why I won't buy a k3 (Warning: Satire Thread)

tim60 · 07-04-2021, 05:12 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by rod_grant

Getting the parts in would be a bit of a problem, but...

Would there be enough room left for an airstrip so you could fly the blighter out when completed?

I was only thinking they would do the Far East kind of process of shipping the bits he drills and fills, and he drills and fills in his existing shed. Then they come and get the bits and assemble them somewhere else, maybe the big shed.

tim60 · 07-04-2021, 05:20 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by JimJohnson

From a friend:

Australians got the idea much better. Instead of being antisocial and fighting a war we wrote a letter and made some compromises and got most of what America got, and all the practical independence, without the dead bodies.

Anyway enjoy the day, the fireworks and all the other means of celebration.

Has the bad weather and fires gone away?

Racer X 69 · 07-04-2021, 06:39 AM - **5 Likes**

Originally posted by rod_grant

Would there be enough room left for an airstrip so you could fly the blighter out when completed?

Well there is that too.

Maybe a few of these could swing in and carry the thing off to the nearest airstrip large enough then?

Racer X 69 · 07-04-2021, 06:47 AM

Originally posted by StiffLegged

Sunday BACON about to join runny fried eggs in brioche buns, thus constituting Exploding Bacon & Egg Banjos. One slightly stained teeshirt later and all’s well. Top off with much coffee. Ahhhhhhhh!

Looks tasty.

Tip: When posting iPhone pictures, do a small edit before posting. Otherwise they wind up lying sideways when viewed on a PC or laptop. I usually do a quick edit to the exposure settings, then straighten and maybe crop a bit. Works every time.

slartibartfast01 · 07-04-2021, 07:01 AM

Originally posted by robtcorl

Looks like your "bacon" is being cooked over charcoal. Is that correct?

Don't think it is over charcoal. Looks like an oven grill pan. You probably call it something else though

Racer X 69 · 07-04-2021, 07:08 AM

Originally posted by slartibartfast01

Don't think it is over charcoal. Looks like an oven grill pan. You probably call it something else though

A metal thing with a wire grid that one places food items on such as meat to grill under a broiler.

I think.

slartibartfast01 · 07-04-2021, 07:25 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

A metal thing with a wire grid that one places food items on such as meat to grill under a broiler.

I think.

Exactly that.

robtcorl · 07-04-2021, 07:55 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

A metal thing with a wire grid that one places food items on such as meat to grill under a broiler.

I thought that too, but saw a bag? marked Fire Pit, thinking it could be a brand of charcoal, so I started to wonder.

robtcorl · 07-04-2021, 08:04 AM

It's beginning to look like Lord Stanley's Cup won't be heading back north again this year. I think it's been down here 28 years now.
A local guy, Pat Maroon, plays for the Lightning, the same team that won it last year, and in 2019 he played for the cup winning St Louis Blues.

**StiffLegged** · 07-04-2021, 09:35 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

Looks like your "bacon" is being cooked over charcoal. Is that correct?

Ha ha! iPhone photos speak with forked tongue: bacon is on grill over oven tray, black enamelled, for catching all the drips while under the electric oven grill. The Fire Pit stuff is packets of stuff to barbecue this evening, it’s just a supermarket brand of ready-to-cook holiday food.

**StiffLegged** · 07-04-2021, 10:53 AM - **3 Likes**

Happy 4th July y’all! Tonight’s barbecue was not to mark anything but our last day in Wales: Pembrokeshire has been an enjoyable break. I do hope Racer’s whizzbangs whizz and bang satisfactorily and a fine old time is had by all.

Burp!

tim60 · 07-04-2021, 11:12 AM - **1 Like**

Well @stifflegged, you will need to wait till Guy Fawkes Day to have your chance to let off fireworks. That is fun to see. I should get out sometime to see a bonfire on Bonfire Night.

Do they put Guys in them, like we did in Australia before Guy Fawkes was shifted to Queens Birthday weekend because of the fire danger. The it was completely banned because too many teenage boys were using fireworks to blow up the dog.

Queen’s Birthday is a holiday in Australia, in mid June, but strangely absent from the calendar in UK, even though there are several “Bank Holidays” for which they could not even think of a thing the day was meant to celebrate, except that bank employees have a day off.

**microlight** · 07-04-2021, 11:52 AM - **2 Likes**

Happy 4th July, US friends! It may sound a little odd coming from a Brit, but we lived in the US years ago and our oldest son and his family still do, so we’re biased. We were at a 4th July party in North Carolina a couple of years ago and we were guests of honour - because we were Brits!

**StiffLegged** · 07-04-2021, 12:03 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by tim60

Well @stifflegged, you will need to wait till Guy Fawkes Day to have your chance to let off fireworks. That is fun to see. I should get out sometime to see a bonfire on Bonfire Night.

Do they put Guys in them, like we did in Australia before Guy Fawkes was shifted to Queens Birthday weekend because of the fire danger. The it was completely banned because too many teenage boys were using fireworks to blow up the dog.

Queen’s Birthday is a holiday in Australia, in mid June, but strangely absent from the calendar in UK, even though there are several “Bank Holidays” for which they could not even think of a thing the day was meant to celebrate, except that bank employees have a day off.

My dear fellow, nowadays fireworks are set off on all sorts of occasions, not just November 5th. Birthdays, New Year’s Day, Christmas, even Brexit Day would you believe. Her Majesty is famous for not wishing a fuss, so although she has two birthdays, an actual as well as an official one, there is no public holiday. Mind you, should she make 70 years as monarch I might be inclined to detonate several firecrackers myself for the occasion.

But you’re right about the guy at Guy Fawkes: when I was a lad in short trousies a stuffed replica was often burnt on the bonfire. The overturning of the custom is due to objections from weeds and the utterly wet.

slartibartfast01 · 07-04-2021, 12:08 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by StiffLegged

My dear fellow, nowadays fireworks are set off on all sorts of occasions, not just November 5th. Birthdays, New Year’s Day, Christmas, even Brexit Day would you believe. Her Majesty is famous for not wishing a fuss, so although she has two birthdays, an actual as well as an official one, there is no public holiday. Mind you, should she make 70 years as monarch I might be inclined to detonate several firecrackers myself for the occasion.

But you’re right about the guy at Guy Fawkes: when I was a lad in short trousies a stuffed replica was often burnt on the bonfire. The overturning of the custom is due to objections from weeds and the utterly wet.

Trick or treat is taking over from Penny for the Guy.

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07-04-2021, 05:12 AM - 1 Like	#90166
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	Originally posted by rod_grant Getting the parts in would be a bit of a problem, but... Would there be enough room left for an airstrip so you could fly the blighter out when completed? I was only thinking they would do the Far East kind of process of shipping the bits he drills and fills, and he drills and fills in his existing shed. Then they come and get the bits and assemble them somewhere else, maybe the big shed.

07-04-2021, 05:20 AM - 1 Like	#90167
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	Originally posted by JimJohnson From a friend: Australians got the idea much better. Instead of being antisocial and fighting a war we wrote a letter and made some compromises and got most of what America got, and all the practical independence, without the dead bodies. Anyway enjoy the day, the fireworks and all the other means of celebration. Has the bad weather and fires gone away?

07-04-2021, 06:39 AM - 5 Likes	#90168
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,067	Originally posted by rod_grant Would there be enough room left for an airstrip so you could fly the blighter out when completed? Well there is that too. Maybe a few of these could swing in and carry the thing off to the nearest airstrip large enough then?

07-04-2021, 06:47 AM	#90169
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,067	Originally posted by StiffLegged Sunday BACON about to join runny fried eggs in brioche buns, thus constituting Exploding Bacon & Egg Banjos. One slightly stained teeshirt later and all’s well. Top off with much coffee. Ahhhhhhhh! Looks tasty. Tip: When posting iPhone pictures, do a small edit before posting. Otherwise they wind up lying sideways when viewed on a PC or laptop. I usually do a quick edit to the exposure settings, then straighten and maybe crop a bit. Works every time.

07-04-2021, 07:01 AM	#90170
slartibartfast01 Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,931	Originally posted by robtcorl Looks like your "bacon" is being cooked over charcoal. Is that correct? Don't think it is over charcoal. Looks like an oven grill pan. You probably call it something else though

07-04-2021, 07:08 AM	#90171
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,067	Originally posted by slartibartfast01 Don't think it is over charcoal. Looks like an oven grill pan. You probably call it something else though A metal thing with a wire grid that one places food items on such as meat to grill under a broiler. I think.

07-04-2021, 07:25 AM - 2 Likes	#90172
slartibartfast01 Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,931	Originally posted by Racer X 69 A metal thing with a wire grid that one places food items on such as meat to grill under a broiler. I think. Exactly that.

07-04-2021, 07:55 AM - 1 Like	#90173
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by Racer X 69 A metal thing with a wire grid that one places food items on such as meat to grill under a broiler. I thought that too, but saw a bag? marked Fire Pit, thinking it could be a brand of charcoal, so I started to wonder.

07-04-2021, 08:04 AM	#90174
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	It's beginning to look like Lord Stanley's Cup won't be heading back north again this year. I think it's been down here 28 years now. A local guy, Pat Maroon, plays for the Lightning, the same team that won it last year, and in 2019 he played for the cup winning St Louis Blues.

07-04-2021, 09:35 AM - 2 Likes	#90175
StiffLegged Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2018 Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,617	Originally posted by robtcorl Looks like your "bacon" is being cooked over charcoal. Is that correct? Ha ha! iPhone photos speak with forked tongue: bacon is on grill over oven tray, black enamelled, for catching all the drips while under the electric oven grill. The Fire Pit stuff is packets of stuff to barbecue this evening, it’s just a supermarket brand of ready-to-cook holiday food.

07-04-2021, 10:53 AM - 3 Likes	#90176
StiffLegged Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2018 Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,617	Happy 4th July y’all! Tonight’s barbecue was not to mark anything but our last day in Wales: Pembrokeshire has been an enjoyable break. I do hope Racer’s whizzbangs whizz and bang satisfactorily and a fine old time is had by all. Burp!

07-04-2021, 11:12 AM - 1 Like	#90177
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	Well @stifflegged, you will need to wait till Guy Fawkes Day to have your chance to let off fireworks. That is fun to see. I should get out sometime to see a bonfire on Bonfire Night. Do they put Guys in them, like we did in Australia before Guy Fawkes was shifted to Queens Birthday weekend because of the fire danger. The it was completely banned because too many teenage boys were using fireworks to blow up the dog. Queen’s Birthday is a holiday in Australia, in mid June, but strangely absent from the calendar in UK, even though there are several “Bank Holidays” for which they could not even think of a thing the day was meant to celebrate, except that bank employees have a day off.

07-04-2021, 11:52 AM - 2 Likes	#90178
microlight Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,129	Happy 4th July, US friends! It may sound a little odd coming from a Brit, but we lived in the US years ago and our oldest son and his family still do, so we’re biased. We were at a 4th July party in North Carolina a couple of years ago and we were guests of honour - because we were Brits!

07-04-2021, 12:03 PM - 2 Likes	#90179
StiffLegged Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2018 Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,617	Originally posted by tim60 Well @stifflegged, you will need to wait till Guy Fawkes Day to have your chance to let off fireworks. That is fun to see. I should get out sometime to see a bonfire on Bonfire Night. Do they put Guys in them, like we did in Australia before Guy Fawkes was shifted to Queens Birthday weekend because of the fire danger. The it was completely banned because too many teenage boys were using fireworks to blow up the dog. Queen’s Birthday is a holiday in Australia, in mid June, but strangely absent from the calendar in UK, even though there are several “Bank Holidays” for which they could not even think of a thing the day was meant to celebrate, except that bank employees have a day off. My dear fellow, nowadays fireworks are set off on all sorts of occasions, not just November 5th. Birthdays, New Year’s Day, Christmas, even Brexit Day would you believe. Her Majesty is famous for not wishing a fuss, so although she has two birthdays, an actual as well as an official one, there is no public holiday. Mind you, should she make 70 years as monarch I might be inclined to detonate several firecrackers myself for the occasion. But you’re right about the guy at Guy Fawkes: when I was a lad in short trousies a stuffed replica was often burnt on the bonfire. The overturning of the custom is due to objections from weeds and the utterly wet.

07-04-2021, 12:08 PM - 1 Like	#90180
slartibartfast01 Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,931	Originally posted by StiffLegged My dear fellow, nowadays fireworks are set off on all sorts of occasions, not just November 5th. Birthdays, New Year’s Day, Christmas, even Brexit Day would you believe. Her Majesty is famous for not wishing a fuss, so although she has two birthdays, an actual as well as an official one, there is no public holiday. Mind you, should she make 70 years as monarch I might be inclined to detonate several firecrackers myself for the occasion. But you’re right about the guy at Guy Fawkes: when I was a lad in short trousies a stuffed replica was often burnt on the bonfire. The overturning of the custom is due to objections from weeds and the utterly wet. Trick or treat is taking over from Penny for the Guy.