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Post by **JimboPSM** » October 5, 2007, 5:17 am

.... and for those who like a bit of trivia, the successor to the Wheel Barrow - the Ballbarrow:

Before he invented the bagless vacuum cleaner, James Dyson invented the Ballbarrow which won the Building Design Innovation Award in 1977.

Post by **Frankie 1** » October 5, 2007, 7:04 am

We're off topic, so it's pointless to continue

Post by **lee** » October 5, 2007, 11:17 am

farang wrote:sorry to go off topic ,but ,dose anyone know where to buy reasonably priced wheelbarrow?

What do you plan to do with it?

I like to sit in mine.

Post by **Roy** » October 5, 2007, 11:26 am

I'm going to get one of those Ballbarrows and wait for it to break, then as BM suggested I will open a foot and fitness centre where you can have a foot spa after a tough session of Pilates.

Post by **RALPHCUSENS** » October 5, 2007, 11:35 am

Roy,

You will be waiting a long time for the ballbarrow to break! you hav'nt a garden to use it on, even if you had a garden, you would only plant hopps! [or such geen growing plants] none of which would damage the barrow, but they may your head!

Post by **Roy** » October 5, 2007, 11:52 am

Problem solved Ralph, I will lend it to Lee and whom by sitting in it would surely speed up the deterioration process by a number of months.
Me smart me is.

Post by **BKKSTAN** » October 5, 2007, 2:14 pm

To stay ''on topic'',I once had a siamese cat,his name was prince yallidibobo the second!

Post by **rickfarang** » October 5, 2007, 2:23 pm

If I recall correctly, Tool Pro had some out in front of their store a few weeks back. Not sure about the price.

I really dislike cats. They might be fun to play with, but they really aren't domesticated. Here in Udon, there is a cat who leaves foot tracks up and down my garden all, and kills the lizards around the house. Now, if it were killing snakes, I wouldn't mind having it around here, but I haven't found any dead snakes, only dead lizards. And why does it have to use my lawn as its toilet? Did you know that Richard Feynman nearly got the order of the colors in a rainbow backwards during the orals for his doctorate? Its true and its on topic, just not this one...

Post by **BKKSTAN** » October 5, 2007, 2:52 pm

Actually,I hate cats too!He was my mothers and I had to take care of him!She finally kicked me out because of my negligent care!
I have stuck to dogs every since

Post by **beer monkey** » October 5, 2007, 3:17 pm

JimboPSM wrote:.... and for those who like a bit of trivia, the successor to the Wheel Barrow - the Ballbarrow:

Before he invented the bagless vacuum cleaner, James Dyson invented the Ballbarrow which won the Building Design Innovation Award in 1977.

i remember when it hit the nation, i thought to myself how odd and how very furturistick surely this won't take off...but it did once a friend of mine attached a small propeller engine to it it went up to at least 36 feet but he never saw it again, so he tells me anyway but i am not so sure.

Post by **Roy** » October 5, 2007, 3:32 pm

I met a cat once on the road to London. He had on such a lovely pair of boots I asked if he was going somewhere special. Apparently he was off to see the queen!

Post by **beer monkey** » October 5, 2007, 4:14 pm

can you actually 'meet' a cat , i mean you can't shake hands or have a brief chit-chat or invite them out for a drink or anything or even arrange to meet up some other time...

Post by **Roy** » October 5, 2007, 4:45 pm

Extract from the Oxford Dictionary:

meet (BECOME FAMILIAR WITH) Show phonetics
verb met, met
to see and speak to someone or a cat for the first time:
They met at work.
I met her in Hawaii.
Would you like to meet my sister?
Come and meet (= be introduced to) my friend Laura.
Would you like to meet my cat
I would like to meet Top Cat because he is a cool cat
See also Note know, get to know [and] meet at know (HAVE INFORMATION).

Post by **BKKSTAN** » October 5, 2007, 6:35 pm

I did it ''My Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy''!

Post by **beer monkey** » October 5, 2007, 7:36 pm

Roy wrote:Extract from the Oxford Dictionary:

meet (BECOME FAMILIAR WITH) Show phonetics
verb met, met
to see and speak to someone or a cat for the first time:
They met at work.
I met her in Hawaii.
Would you like to meet my sister?
Come and meet (= be introduced to) my friend Laura.
Would you like to meet my cat
I would like to meet Top Cat because he is a cool cat
See also Note know, get to know [and] meet at know (HAVE INFORMATION).

cheers Roy, but don't get too familiar with it.

and i too like Top Cat, was'nt that based on the great Sgt Bilko or the other way round.

Post by **JimboPSM** » October 5, 2007, 9:10 pm

I remember "Top Cat" first being shown in the UK on the BBC under the name "Boss Cat" to avoid any perception of being linked to advertising "Top Cat" which was a proprietary cat food (maybe Mrs Slocombe fed her cat with it?).

...and for Top Cat lovers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Cat

http://whom.co.uk/whom/topcat.htm

Post by **BobHelm** » October 5, 2007, 10:27 pm

Jimbo, if my memory servers me correctly (& it was a long, long time ago). Top Cat originally appeared on the BBC under that name for at least a couple of years. However the link with the cat food name caused all sorts of hassle for the Beeb (as they were absolutely zero advertising channel in those days) so they changed the shows title to Boss Cat - bit stupid really as he was still referred to as TC on the show!!!
But, sorry I can't help you with Mrs Slocombes' pussys' eating habits.....

Post by **beer monkey** » October 5, 2007, 10:40 pm

Officer Dibble, Benny 'The' ball, Fancy, brain, spook and chootch...

and the tune.

Top Cat!
The most effectual Top Cat!
Who's intellectual
Close friends get to call him T.C.
Providing it's with dignity.

Top Cat!
The indisputable leader of the gang.
He's the boss, he's a VIP, he's a championship.
He's the most tip top,
Top Cat.

Yes he's a chief, he's a individual
But above everything,
He's the most tip top,
Top Cat.

Top Cat! .

Post by **Roy** » October 5, 2007, 10:58 pm

I met Top Cat in a laundrette once, he asked me for change so he could finish drying his pork pie hat.
I said sorry I don't have any left but I gave him a phone card so he didn't get into any more trouble with Officer Dibble.
He thanked me and left, his still wet hat dripping water down his whiskers.

Post by **beer monkey** » October 5, 2007, 11:07 pm

Theme Tune here