discussion Dont try this at home kids

[David Lovell]

Having picked out the road wheels and track pads ,then picked out the end bits that hold the pads in some hull red my favorite pre rust/metal colour I sat back to admire my undoubted tallent? feeling the love for myself course through my body i turned to admire the courtyard through the patio doors reaching out for my coffee I swallowed two or three large mouthfuls before it got too cold not only was it cold it was the water I wash the brushes off in ,I knew some would smirk more than others and think what a ?thats what the other half called me as well. It doesn't seem to have had any adverse affect so far so should be OK to carry on annoying some laughing with others and enjoying all the fantastic work shown on here. Dave

 

[Mark1]

:tears-of-joy: I just hope it was your favorite colour:smiling5:

 

[slupanter]

My mother once did this with my paint water when I was a child. This makes me laugh to this day :tears-of-joy:

 

[slupanter]

:tears-of-joy: I just hope it was your favorite colour:smiling5:

Colourful toilet time :flushed:

 

[Allen Dewire]

Well Dave, the good thing is that you are ok and have had no ill effects. At first I did chuckle, but then realized that it could happen to any one of us, at any time......Like Alexander said, wait and see what comes out later.......

Prost
Allen

 

[scottie3158]

given some of the weird flavours you can get I would try and bottle it.

 

[Guest]

I guess I made a good choice in using an old glass jar with a lid for cleaning my brushes

 

[Dave Ward]

The most unpleasant surprise I had from a hot drink was from a Bengali greaser - it was our routine that halfway, through the watch he would make the drinks. I'd bought a jar of Bovril & asked him if he knew what to do with it - he nodded & put the kettle on - 5 minutes later he put a steaming mug on the control console - I didn't pay much attention, 'til I took a swig......................................... Have you ever tasted Bovril with milk and sugar????? It took me several minutes to wipe the console clean. I asked him what he thought Bovril was - He told me he assumed that it was another make of Camp Coffee, to which you would add milk & sugar. I had to laugh eventually, although I wouldn't be able to get another jar of Bovril for about 4 months
Dave
p.s. Google 'Camp Coffee' if you've never heard of it!

 

[David Lovell]

The most unpleasant surprise I had from a hot drink was from a Bengali greaser - it was our routine that halfway, through the watch he would make the drinks. I'd bought a jar of Bovril & asked him if he knew what to do with it - he nodded & put the kettle on - 5 minutes later he put a steaming mug on the control console - I didn't pay much attention, 'til I took a swig......................................... Have you ever tasted Bovril with milk and sugar????? It took me several minutes to wipe the console clean. I asked him what he thought Bovril was - He told me he assumed that it was another make of Camp Coffee, to which you would add milk & sugar. I had to laugh eventually, although I wouldn't be able to get another jar of Bovril for about 4 months
Dave
p.s. Google 'Camp Coffee' if you've never heard of it!

Ahh nothing like a cup of chicory, im old enough to remember used to work with a bloke who lived on the stuff.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Well you made me laugh both Davids! Paint water doesn’t worry me though, I repoint my brush with my mouth when I’m painting! Sometimes I even rinse it first LOL….
Saw someone on a forum a while back with two mugs. One said “paint water”, the other said “Not paint water”….

 

[Airborne01]

Ahh nothing like a cup of chicory, im old enough to remember used to work with a bloke who lived on the stuff.

We used to take bottle of Camp into the field - it fitted in odd corners of the Bergan - what's even better is that the landlord of my local is an ex-squaddie with similar tastes - we share a hot and steaming memory occasionally! Mmmmmmmmmmm!
Edit: the label would probably bring a perfect storm of opprobrium nowadays!

 

[Guest]

:rolling:
Well it was nice knowing you Dave. Not many recover from this you know. :dizzy:

Normally it takes about 6 months & then phew you turn yellow.

Eample



No known cure except to keep taking the same mixture every morning at the same exact time. .:tired::tears-of-joy:

Laurie

 

[Dave Ward]

Ahh nothing like a cup of chicory, im old enough to remember used to work with a bloke who lived on the stuff.

I'm talking about over 40 years ago! On most of the ships I was on, Camp Coffee was part of life ( mostly for the older members ).- Like Stewed Compote of Fruit - which was a breakfast menu staple ( amongst the older officers, bowel movements were an unhealthy interest ).
Coffee was normally brewed by emptying a 500g bag of ground coffee into the giant coffee pot at about 6.00am, boiled, then kept hot & topped up with water throughout the day, finally being emptied at around 7.00pm! - It was a bit muddy, later in the day!
Dave

 

[Tim Marlow]

It was a bit muddy, later in the day!
Dave

Hence the expression “Ground coffee”…..

 

[yak face]

Ahh nothing like a cup of chicory, im old enough to remember used to work with a bloke who lived on the stuff.

I'm talking about over 40 years ago! On most of the ships I was on, Camp Coffee was part of life ( mostly for the older members ).- Like Stewed Compote of Fruit - which was a breakfast menu staple ( amongst the older officers, bowel movements were an unhealthy interest ).
Coffee was normally brewed by emptying a 500g bag of ground coffee into the giant coffee pot at about 6.00am, boiled, then kept hot & topped up with water throughout the day, finally being emptied at around 7.00pm! - It was a bit muddy, later in the day!
Dave

Still available guys , excellent stuff , Makes a lovely frappe ( cold coffee flavoured milk!) too , just stir in one teaspoon to a glass of milk . Not in the old glass bottle anymore but the label has survived in a slightly less provocative form , the officer is now sharing a cup with the Indian guy instead of being served it .

 

[David Lovell]

I'm talking about over 40 years ago! On most of the ships I was on, Camp Coffee was part of life ( mostly for the older members ).- Like Stewed Compote of Fruit - which was a breakfast menu staple ( amongst the older officers, bowel movements were an unhealthy interest ).
Coffee was normally brewed by emptying a 500g bag of ground coffee into the giant coffee pot at about 6.00am, boiled, then kept hot & topped up with water throughout the day, finally being emptied at around 7.00pm! - It was a bit muddy, later in the day!
Dave

I'm talking at least forty Dave its the paint waterI consume keeps me looking so young ,as Steve says the lable by todays paranoia was bang out of order, I wonder if anybody ever made a little vignette of it. Dave

 

[David Lovell]

Still available guys , excellent stuff , Makes a lovely frappe ( cold coffee flavoured milk!) too , just stir in one teaspoon to a glass of milk . Not in the old glass bottle anymore but the label has survived in a slightly less provocative form , the officer is now sharing a cup with the Indian guy instead of being served it .

I'm sure it used to have a officer being served by the char coffee wallah?

 

[Tim Marlow]

There you go David…

To be honest, the new label is well done and could be from a few seconds later!

 

[prichrd1]

I'm sure it used to have a officer being served by the char coffee wallah?

There were various adverts for Camp Coffee - all had a military theme - the labels changed through the years -
but the two most remembered are these :-



Purely for discussion purposes only.

Paul.
:smiling:

 

[Guest]

Camp Coffee very smellee. Tasted it ONCE. First came across it in 1944.

Evacuated to my Grandmothers in Hull to escape Hitler trying target me ( & sister) with Doodle Bugs.

The house stunk of the stuff. It tasted like poison. All sticky & horrible as it came out of the bottle

Stick to the paint water David.

Laurie