Sice Darlo got mothballed...

threepintwonder · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 4:26 pm

them little things between it's legs :laugh:

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threepintwonder · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 4:31 pm

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37538

ElvisAintDead wrote:

..I've been thinking. WTF IS a "mothball"???

Small balls that were made of some noxious chemical they used to put in clothes in wardrobes years ago to 'discourage' moths.

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 4:40 pm

Moths are only attracted to light, not clothes.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37538

Warwick Hunt wrote:

Moths are only attracted to light, not clothes.

Apparently they were, or someone made a fortune flogging mothballs that weren't needed.

grabec · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 4:47 pm

I think they laid their eggs in the clothes and then the hatchees had the clothes for dinner.
Of course, it's not a problem these days because clothes don't last long enough to see a gestation season out......

Mr Poolz · **Joined:** Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:34 pm **Posts:** 484

Warwick Hunt wrote:

Moths are only attracted to light, not clothes.

Except clothes moths are attracted to clothes. Because they are clothes moths.

grabec · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 4:53 pm

You're not listening, Quakerz. :wink:

threepintwonder · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 4:57 pm

Grabec wrote:

I think they laid their eggs in the clothes and then the hatchees had the clothes for dinner.
Of course, it's not a problem these days because clothes don't last long enough to see a gestation season out......

those are ladies clothes and are out of fashion after about a week,blokes keep the same clothes for years and years and years :laugh:

grabec · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 6:13 pm

threepintwonder wrote:

Grabec wrote:

I think they laid their eggs in the clothes and then the hatchees had the clothes for dinner.
Of course, it's not a problem these days because clothes don't last long enough to see a gestation season out......

those are ladies clothes and are out of fashion after about a week,blokes keep the same clothes for years and years and years :laugh:

You sound like a scruffy article to me, threepint. :grin:

threepintwonder · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 7:14 pm

no what i mean is a blokes summer wear is jeans and a t shirt,winter wear is jeans and a jumper,if you look at the shops you get more womens sales of clothes than blokes,a blokes clothes differ very slightly from year to year

parmopooly · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 7:56 pm

naphthalene is the chemical used - smells cushty!! Well I think so anyways......

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37538

parmopooly wrote:

naphthalene is the chemical used - smells cushty!! Well I think so anyways......

Well you obviously aint a moth then.

Matty_Robson's_Chin · **Joined:** Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:57 pm **Posts:** 2155

ElvisAintDead wrote:

..I've been thinking. WTF IS a "mothball"???

Some of them LP's sold but the Crinklewood one wont shift, at £14 at the min starting. but been on for 2 weeks.....

you were about right with £3-£4 for others like (well 2 of them), rest aint gone yet!!!!

I also dont know what 'mothball' is meant to mean....

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37538

Matty_Robson's_Chin wrote:

ElvisAintDead wrote:

..I've been thinking. WTF IS a "mothball"???

I also dont know what 'mothball' is meant to mean....

In this context, it means to take something out of use and keep it in a state of readiness in case it needs to be used at some future date. We used to have a 'mothball fleet' of wasrships in Hartlepool docks, kept in a state of readiness, but with no one on board. Does that explain it to you ....?

grabec · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 4:58 pm

Snowy wrote:

In this context, it means to take something out of use and keep it in a state of readiness in case it needs to be used at some future date. We used to have a 'mothball fleet' of wasrships in Hartlepool docks, kept in a state of readiness, but with no one on board. Does that explain it to you ....?

So that's how your anagrammatic career began, Snowy? I knew it would be connected somehow with transport. :wink:

parmopooly · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 8:25 pm

three of our production units were mothballed.......18 months later all that remains is a vast area of pebbles. They are on about mothballing two more plants this year....................

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37538

Transport is brilliant...If I could fly somewhere or travel overland, I'd travel overland, you see and learn so much more (except autobahns overnight)...am I the only person whothinks it's the best part of a holiday?

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37538

parmopooly wrote:

three of our production units were mothballed.......18 months later all that remains is a vast area of pebbles. They are on about mothballing two more plants this year....................

Evertime I drive past the derelict offices of ICI at Billingham, I realise how the chemical industry has alsp been screwed.

parmopooly · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 8:43 pm

it's all in India, China and Russia

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 9:42 pm

Snowy wrote:

am I the only person whothinks it's the best part of a holiday?

Well, I don't think it's the BEST part, but it is something to make the most of rather than tear-arsing to your destination and being bored silly at the end of two weeks.

Sice Darlo got mothballed...

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