Super Large Charcoal or Pastel Works...

[prospero]

No, I did mean farmer. Lot of them around in my area. They come in the shop pleading poverty with 60k worth of Range Rover parked outside.

[kev@frames]

No, I did mean farmer. Lot of them around in my area. They come in the shop pleading poverty with 60k worth of Range Rover parked outside.

..... usually on the pavement

[Spit]

..... usually on the pavement

and dumping a load of horseshit off the tyres right in front of the shop.

[Not your average framer]

..... usually on the pavement

Round my way, they usually have a dog or even a couple of sheep in the back too! Have you ever noticed the smell, it's still there after they've gone!

[prospero]

RDRRR.

I had one pull up a while ago in his pickup truck. He had a antique oil painting he had 'on approval' from a local dealer and wanted my opinion on the value. He had driven 10miles with it perched on top of a load of rubble and bags of cement. Fortunately it wasn't anything priceless, just your usual victorian potboiler and it did had a hole in the middle as big as your fist. (Which may or may not have been there when he started off).
I told him it was worth maybe £40 as it was and a bit more if he spent about £800 on restoration. I don't know whether he eventually bought it or not....... I do remember him asking with a perfectly straight face if I had any Constables in at the moment. As if I could pick the phone up and order a dozen. I replied that that they very rarely come up for sale and to keep an eye on the big auction houses. "Right" says he. "What do you reckon I would have to pay for one"? I told him that a major work in oil would be well into millions. He never batted an eye.


Was I humouring him or was he humouring me.