Dunkield Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEFTY478 Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 What a waste! All the fairy lights will make the beer warm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Thats Kirky's tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Very good, I'm quite impressed. This made me remember a time 30 odd years ago, when I was an apprentice fitter. We made a Christmas tree from various sprockets and gears., it must have weighed a few tons. We draped it with 1/2" and 1" PTFE tape, got the sparks to light it up with instrument bulbs, and stuck a cartoon of the fairy who worked in the wages department on the top. Over the weekend it was craned to an elevated position on top of a wall inside the fitting shop. All was well, and peace to all men for a couple of days, until it caught the eye of the engineering manager. Then all hell was let loose. So much **** hit the fan that we had to build a bigger fan to cope with it all. Apparently some of the sprockets were specials and were needed for a job, because they could not be found, new ones had been ordered. Did we know the cost of PTFE tape? Well no, we didnt really, but we soon did. and were told to wrap it all up carefully and get is used wisely or we be going back to Stag, (sticky stinky stuff). After the new year we discovered that the engineer had not actually seen the tree. The foreman had helped us to build it, but we didnt drop him in it. It transpired that the fairy had complained to the personnel officer. Apparently the boys in the fitting shop didnt love him anymore. None of us actually thought that we did, but we were young and impressionable in those days. I am however happy to report that none of us went batting for the other side so to speak. The year after, we made a tree from road sweeper brushes, garlanded with large lengths of steel swarf that we painstakingly made on the lathe, being careful that it didnt break. Again it was lit with instrument bulbs. The fairy was a nude Barbie doll with a slogan which if repeated on PW would probably get me banned, but you can use your imagination. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Outlaw Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Mr Webber, great story but I am shocked you openly post things with anti gay undertones Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Outlaw I claim immunity, under the "this was before P C regulations acts 1996", and subsequent PW ameendments forthwith. Blimey one lad was suspected of being orientated in other directions shall we say. His Christmas present was to have his tackle daubed with engineers blue ( a special blue dye grease).. I understand that he was still leaving impressions on his underpants at Easter. These were the days when very few "came out"; no wonder when they got treated like that. Please understand it was not I who did the daubing. I did actually get him a gallon of plusgas, but he just complained that the stain just went all over his legs and that it smarted like hell when the plusgas found its way to the more private parts of his tackle. Swarfega was next to useless. Poor lad. He eventually got a job fixing x ray machines in hospitals; all them nurses; what a waste!! webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Who could possibly drink that much Grolsch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Outlaw Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Outlaw I claim immunity, under the "this was before P C regulations acts 1996", and subsequent PW ameendments forthwith. Blimey one lad was suspected of being orientated in other directions shall we say. His Christmas present was to have his tackle daubed with engineers blue ( a special blue dye grease).. I understand that he was still leaving impressions on his underpants at Easter. These were the days when very few "came out"; no wonder when they got treated like that. Please understand it was not I who did the daubing. I did actually get him a gallon of plusgas, but he just complained that the stain just went all over his legs and that it smarted like hell when the plusgas found its way to the more private parts of his tackle. Swarfega was next to useless. Poor lad. He eventually got a job fixing x ray machines in hospitals; all them nurses; what a waste!! webber Excellent Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Who could possibly drink that much Grolsch? I bet that there are a few on PW who if they started on bonfire night, would easily have enough bottles to build such a structure. Has anyone counted the bottles? webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 looks like the usa.from the window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Shaun Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Berettaman1's house is built from tennents super cans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 I was wondering when Bman's name would come into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Think I might be able to build one of those from Stella Bottles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Absolutely no joke. The bottle Christmas tree has just been featured on BBC North West Tonight. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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