Sussex beaches

Not your average framer · Tue 22 Jan, 2008 10:00 am

Following the sinking of the timber ship, "The Ice Prince" and the news stories about some 80,000 tons of timber washed up on Sussex beaches, one wonders if any of our hand finishing framers in Sussex were temped.

Unfortunately being January, the stormy weather has not been so helpful, possibly a case of "not seeing the wood for the seas"

markw · Post by **markw** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 10:06 am

Picture on the BBC website showed masses of timber just washed up on the shore line. It needs to stay there for a while so that the grain gets washed out.

Post by **prospero** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 1:35 pm

I bet there will be a few new sheds springing up in the vicinity.

Not your average framer · Tue 22 Jan, 2008 2:33 pm

I mainly brought it up as an excuse to use my corny line.

However, I suppose a lot of it will find it's way into the local economy, it did down here when a ship load of timber ended up in Whitesands bay, near Plymouth. Large numbers of people were hiring vans and trucks from all over the region.

A friend of ours who is a tree surgeon and normally did O.K. selling wood for people's wood burning stoves could not compete with people turning the timber into fire wood and selling it on petrol station forecourts.

Roboframer · Post by **Roboframer** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 2:43 pm

It's actually a delivery from Ikea for a new pier - we're just waiting for the instructions.

markw · Post by **markw** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 2:54 pm

There's bound to be at least one vital bit missing.

Roboframer · Post by **Roboframer** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 3:05 pm

Here's a link

Moglet · Post by **Moglet** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 6:38 pm

Roboframer wrote:It's actually a delivery from Ikea for a new pier - we're just waiting for the instructions.

Tee hee!! (We are on form tonight, John!!)

Not your average framer · Tue 22 Jan, 2008 6:57 pm

John (Robo),

I think this could be a good theme for one of your songs.....

Of course there's scope for some new words to suit the situation. Whatchathink?

I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me...
She showed me her room, isn't it good, norwegian wood?

She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere,
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair.

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
We talked until two and then she said, "It's time for bed"

She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh.
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath

And when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown
So I lit a fire, isn't it good, norwegian wood.

Moglet · Post by **Moglet** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 7:10 pm

Classic!

Roboframer · Post by **Roboframer** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 7:24 pm

Coupla 'Durraings' in there Mark and it's look out pop idol!