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Post by headey on May 29, 2015 18:48:37 GMT -5
Does anyone know the history of the names given to the water bottle. Was it a 'Dudley' everywhere? There is a chat raising the question on this music forum www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=157256I think you can comment there as 'guest' but its nice to add a name in case someone replies. |
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Post by andyexplorer on May 30, 2015 9:17:58 GMT -5
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Post by John on May 30, 2015 12:52:37 GMT -5
The image doesn't have enough data to enlarge, it's only 184 by 199 pixels, so enlarging would cause it to deteriorate big time.
Easy way to post a link is to click on the icon in the post window menu 9th from the right, paste the URL and name the file in the "text box" in this instance "Dudley". When the post is entered it will show up as.>>>>>>>>>> Dudley
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Post by John on May 30, 2015 13:03:07 GMT -5
I was brought up with the heavy plastic water bottles we bought from the bath attendant. Next step was to get a piece of "bellwire", bend it to shape, insert the ends in the heavy plastic loops and bend them over, then you could thread it on your belt.
Drawback to those bottles, if you left them in your locker, the heat caused the water to be tainted with a plastic taste.
We didn't take water into the two Australian collieries I worked at, first one, potable water was taken inbye in 55 gallon galvanized steel drums, and the second had potable water in the firefighting lines. With a potable water hose at the crib rooms to drink from and fill our tea urn, which was always left on.
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Post by headey on May 30, 2015 15:48:06 GMT -5
There's a picture of one here Thanks, yes pic of Acme bottle at the bottom of this page << link made with the 'globe and paper' button. That looks like a pretty old bottle, seems amazing to make them out of steel, the water must have tasted terrible! |
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Post by andyexplorer on May 30, 2015 16:14:03 GMT -5
The image doesn't have enough data to enlarge, it's only 184 by 199 pixels, so enlarging would cause it to deteriorate big time.
Easy way to post a link is to click on the icon in the post window menu 9th from the right, paste the URL and name the file in the "text box" in this instance "Dudley". When the post is entered it will show up as.>>>>>>>>>> Dudley Like I said John , im rubbish with computers , I don't even know what a URL is ??or what the name of a file is or where to find one LoL ive never sent a text or facebooked etc Im just a one fingered typist and if there is a box to attach a photo , I have learned to do that other than that , im stumped |
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Post by John on May 30, 2015 16:28:46 GMT -5
The image doesn't have enough data to enlarge, it's only 184 by 199 pixels, so enlarging would cause it to deteriorate big time.
Easy way to post a link is to click on the icon in the post window menu 9th from the right, paste the URL and name the file in the "text box" in this instance "Dudley". When the post is entered it will show up as.>>>>>>>>>> Dudley Like I said John , im rubbish with computers , I don't even know what a URL is ??or what the name of a file is or where to find one LoL ive never sent a text or facebooked etc Im just a one fingered typist and if there is a box to attach a photo , I have learned to do that other than that , im stumped
What I always suggest is have a play around with the post window menu, you can't hurt anything!!
I'm a two finger typist, I learned to type in my hobby, ham radio, got involved in digital modes where I'd type and receive messages over the radio via my computer, it's amazing how that sort of exercise speeds and helps ones typing skills.
Then I got involved in web site construction, so picked up html, the very language of the internet. My first web software had tons of bugs in it, they showed up in the finished page. Easiest way to locate them is to "read" the html code, you learn to spot bad code in minutes!!
I'm not afraid to try anything, must be my NCB training...LOL I accept I'm going to make mistakes, but that's how we learn, hands on and learn by our mistakes.
One day, if I live long enough, is to have a go at building a forum from scratch, just for the hell of it, after all, a forum is mere "tables" with links to the next page, or back to another page, in essence relatively easy, just time consuming. Adding "plugins" that work is the hard part. "Plugins" are scripts, like the private message system on this forum. |
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Post by headey on May 31, 2015 7:18:57 GMT -5
, im rubbish with computers , I don't even know... Andy, you don't realise how much you DO know!!! Don't knock yourself :-) But thanks for not being frightened to ask too! you can't hurt anything!! Well said John. Whenever I google something to find out more I invariably find info which starts with something quite sensible then drops in a couple of bits of jargon which totally turns me off. Maybe there should be a forum page of internet & typing tips. I'm not going to be a regular on 'coalmine' though. A URL is one type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI); the generic term for all types of names and addresses that refer to objects on the World Wide Web. The term "Web address" is a synonym for a URL that uses the HTTP / HTTPS protocol.
What is Uniform Resource Locator (URL)? Webopedia www.webopedia.com/TERM/U/URL.html
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Post by merlin on Oct 10, 2020 11:34:15 GMT -5
I was brought up with the heavy plastic water bottles we bought from the bath attendant. Next step was to get a piece of "bellwire", bend it to shape, insert the ends in the heavy plastic loops and bend them over, then you could thread it on your belt.
Drawback to those bottles, if you left them in your locker, the heat caused the water to be tainted with a plastic taste.
We didn't take water into the two Australian collieries I worked at, first one, potable water was taken inbye in 55 gallon galvanized steel drums, and the second had potable water in the firefighting lines. With a potable water hose at the crib rooms to drink from and fill our tea urn, which was always left on. |
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Post by fortythreesflyer on Oct 14, 2020 12:20:31 GMT -5
I just used a empty 2l pop bottle.
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Post by John on Oct 15, 2020 17:11:57 GMT -5
I just used a empty 2l pop bottle.
They weren't around in the 60's. |
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Post by fortythreesflyer on Oct 15, 2020 18:56:15 GMT -5
I didn't start till 1969 so i used the smaller quart glass bottles of pop untill plastic became available. hope every one is keeping safe.
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Post by John on Oct 16, 2020 5:49:31 GMT -5
I didn't start till 1969 so i used the smaller quart glass bottles of pop untill plastic became available. hope every one is keeping safe.
Even the glass sample bottles we used for oil filled transformers had to be in a special basket when we took them underground.
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