tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post8268493140756414529..comments2024-03-28T13:40:22.969+00:00Comments on Crinoline Robot: In which I fail at pub, but win at shoppingMimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-25183618888115983212017-08-05T09:42:49.444+01:002017-08-05T09:42:49.444+01:00The White Bear looks fantastic and it is always a ...The White Bear looks fantastic and it is always a bonus if they do great beer. Too many places nowadays just don't know how to keep beer well, and to be honest probably have too many so that they lie in the lines too long. I have never had 6X so will keep and eye out for it. Your scarf is lovely and that brass tray/tabletop is gorgeous. What a lovely design. The charity shops gods were indeedMother of Reinventionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14409826036412353940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-57877742815414008912017-08-04T20:34:02.701+01:002017-08-04T20:34:02.701+01:00Fab scarf, you cannot go wrong with a good scarf ;...Fab scarf, you cannot go wrong with a good scarf ;-)<br /><br />I have never got the 6X thing, back in the day all my beer drinking buddies LOVED it but 6X and me we just never did see eye to eye.Miss Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899889154015378547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-14761692329870100612017-08-03T08:38:36.578+01:002017-08-03T08:38:36.578+01:00I did woodwork at high school. I'm rubbish at ...I did woodwork at high school. I'm rubbish at it, but making legs and joining them with dowels shouldn't be too difficult - it's not as though I'm making dovetail joints or anything. I've just got to cut a thick cylinder into 4 or 8 lengths, drill two holes at 135 degrees in each, and ram dowel into the holes.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-87215139824106084752017-08-03T08:36:15.762+01:002017-08-03T08:36:15.762+01:00I've never heard them called Benares tables. I...I've never heard them called Benares tables. Interesting...Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-60214531849304281672017-08-03T08:35:59.103+01:002017-08-03T08:35:59.103+01:00Oooh, would be good to have the perspective of som...Oooh, would be good to have the perspective of someone who knows Asian arts. I am really pleased with the tabletop. I quite like the fact I don't know much about it for certain - I can spin as many stories around it as I like.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-58098938627818906202017-08-03T08:33:45.463+01:002017-08-03T08:33:45.463+01:00It's a very nice tabletop, isn't it? I'...It's a very nice tabletop, isn't it? I've looked at others online, but this one seems particularly ornate and nicely done. <br /><br />I do wonder if half the reason Devizes is still so nice and has lots of little shops is because the buses stop early and there's no train station. They have to supply all their own needs in the town.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-68773642211535878212017-08-03T08:32:21.474+01:002017-08-03T08:32:21.474+01:00I will try to get a shot of the £5 frock, though i...I will try to get a shot of the £5 frock, though it's quite light in weight and the weather is so awful it might have to stay in the wardrobe till next summer.<br /><br />The White Bear is fantastic. I'd definitely recommend it. Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-87536070038291961112017-08-02T08:04:39.754+01:002017-08-02T08:04:39.754+01:00Lovely scarf, I'd like to see you in your new ...Lovely scarf, I'd like to see you in your new frock too! You must be clever to be able to make table legs - I've never done any wood work. Good luck! XPorcelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202283149145094340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-18183558241763183432017-07-31T21:45:37.499+01:002017-07-31T21:45:37.499+01:00Great finds! The pub looks rather splendid, too!
I...Great finds! The pub looks rather splendid, too!<br />I've always been rather partial to Benares tables but Jon gave our last one away 'cos he kept tripping over it. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-16354147307292370882017-07-31T15:48:04.134+01:002017-07-31T15:48:04.134+01:00Wow! gorgeous scarf & gorgeous tabletop!
The S...Wow! gorgeous scarf & gorgeous tabletop!<br />The Sheikh fancies himself an Asian fine arts specialist so I'll ask him what he thinks about that brass tabletop.Bibi Maizoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383381158640915162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-86906526807513698882017-07-30T21:52:24.503+01:002017-07-30T21:52:24.503+01:00I grew up in a home with a large brass table-top h...I grew up in a home with a large brass table-top hanging on the wall, so naturally I'm all excited by your find. Yours is much nicer, by the way. <br /><br />Last bus out by 9 sounds like Omaha...but we roll up the sidewalks and draw the shutters as well. <br /><br /> Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-38447530851779502792017-07-30T19:02:25.693+01:002017-07-30T19:02:25.693+01:00Glad to hear the charity shops were still with you...Glad to hear the charity shops were still with you, Mim. I quite like the look of that big brass octagon. I guess it would look quite nice - and certainly unusual - as a table. Good to see The White Bear (I took a photo of its pub sign when I was there in 1996) looks as good on the inside as it does on the outside. It seems like quite a few nice looking pubs get ruined by incongruous modern Polyester Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602613792584925087noreply@blogger.com