PhilW wrote:A toilet seat? (I can just see Derek coming home to his mum and dad, waving his prized new possession made in woodwork).
You can tell Daniel is keen to win.
A question, if we're allowed - was this something you chose to make, or were told to make?
None of the above.
I seem to remember that there was a choice of two or three items to be made and I chose this one.
An obscure hint: the item was used by my parents for many years. Without modification, its purpose changed from around 1982 onwards.
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
PhilW wrote:A toilet seat? (I can just see Derek coming home to his mum and dad, waving his prized new possession made in woodwork).
You can tell Daniel is keen to win.
A question, if we're allowed - was this something you chose to make, or were told to make?
None of the above.
I seem to remember that there was a choice of two or three items to be made and I chose this one.
An obscure hint: the item was used by my parents for many years. Without modification, its purpose changed from around 1982 onwards.
A bit of wood for them to beat you with? You were 17 in 1982 and thus too big for them to beat. From them on it was hung on the wall, where it remains to this day, inspiring fond memories for all - a real Turnbull family conversation piece!
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
delete.. delete.. *sigh*.. delete...
djewesbury wrote:A bit of wood for them to beat you with? You were 17 in 1982 and thus too big for them to beat. From them on it was hung on the wall, where it remains to this day, inspiring fond memories for all - a real Turnbull family conversation piece!
No.
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
djewesbury wrote:A pipe rack
A boot rack
A walking stick rack
A coal scuttle
A bus driver
A terribly good period novel
Oops more than one guess.
All incorrect, but will be rejected one at a time as other guesses come in so you need to wait for six more guesses from other people before you are allowed another guess.
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn