1 - OldGreyBeard
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Lonely little petunia in an onion patch
Spotted in a pub window yesterday: a Standard Folding looking a bit bedraggled.
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Re: Lonely little petunia in an onion patch
Oh how I miss 'junk' shops. Here in Australia they are few and far between, and the prices are silly.
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beak.
- OldGreyBeard
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Re: Lonely little petunia in an onion patch
They seem to have largely gone here (UK) as well, at least where I live. The window in the pic is a display window for a pub. It is North facing in a narrow ginnel so there won't be much sun damage. Seems a sad end to stuff that was once so useful. The sewing machine as well. But I've got a manual sewing machine & a Standard Folding.
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Thread Starter- KatLondon
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Re: Lonely little petunia in an onion patch
Sad. Where are you, out of curiosity?
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Re: Lonely little petunia in an onion patch
Bedfordshire
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Thread Starter- Uwe
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Re: Lonely little petunia in an onion patch
Does the word "pub" have other meanings than a name for a stereotypical drinking establishment? I've spent a lot of time in pubs, arguably too much time, but I've never come across one that had a display window of any kind. On the other hand I have seen typewriters in pubs being used as display pieces, which were equally sad sights as OldGreyBeard's Corona 3.
Behold the fate of this poor Royal 10 that I spotted in a pub in Antigua. It looked like it had been literally thrown on top of the bookcase to spend the rest of its days beside a pile of cricket equipment. I should have offered the pub's owner a few bucks for the spools, but didn't think of it at the time...
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
- OldGreyBeard
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Re: Lonely little petunia in an onion patch
I think the best description (by an American I think) of an English pub is that its a sort of communal living room. That pretty much sums up what the best ones are like.
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Re: Lonely little petunia in an onion patch
Then we are talking about a pub in its classic definition of the word. Had you considered talking to the pub owner with a display window (still a novelty to me) to see if the Corona 3 and sewing machine might be for sale? You might find a sympathetic ear when you explain that you lovingly collect and bring back such neglected machines back to life...
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
- OldGreyBeard
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Re: Lonely little petunia in an onion patch
Strangely enough it has occurred to me
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Thread Starter- Fleetwing
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Re: Lonely little petunia in an onion patch
He may ask (rightly) what he's supposed to put in the window to replace the typewriter! But a little cash may make him more tractable.
