The General Chat Room

[Serial_Apologist]

You may have heard of him under his real name, Leon Dudley Sorabji from Chingford

I always suspected he was Lord Tebbitt's grandfather.

[MrGongGong]

Never heard of it.

And what in any case is "Danish oil"? Something prepared from bacon fat?

I'll let you know (I think we put some on furniture) i'm going to Copenhagen for 45 minutes tomorrow

[P. G. Tipps]

Never heard of it.

And what in any case is "Danish oil"? Something prepared from bacon fat?

Poorly-informed members, who nonetheless retain a thirst for at least base knowledge, may be exceedingly grateful to Yours Truly for providing the following link ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_oil

[french frank]

Danish Oil is a nice finish if french polish* is too 'bright' (or you're not skilled enough to use it). You just rub it into the wood with a soft cloth, polishing it dry, and build up a nice gleam with several layers. Dispose of the cloths carefully as they are highly combustible.

*I hope ahinton is not going to ask whether it is French or Polish.

[ahinton]

I always suspected he was Lord Tebbitt's grandfather.

Then you should consider questioning your suspicions. Lord Tebbit (one "t" please - no sugar) was from a so-called working class background and had anti-homosexual views, although whether or not his grandfather shared those views is not something about which I have any idea. Whatever his sexual standpoint, he hailed in any case from Middlesex, not Essex.

[ahinton]

I'll let you know (I think we put some on furniture) i'm going to Copenhagen for 45 minutes tomorrow

Then I look forward to the outcome of your researches, however short they may be; if indeed "Danish oil" is for the uses that you assume, the connection here is yet to be proven, methinks.

[ahinton]

Poorly-informed members, who nonetheless retain a thirst for at least base knowledge, may be exceedingly grateful to Yours Truly for providing the following link ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_oil

Then the Sorabji connection, if any, seems even more tenuous, lest it be something to do with the spontaneous combustion mentioned in the article to which you have kindly linked.

[ahinton]

Danish Oil is a nice finish if french polish* is too 'bright' (or you're not skilled enough to use it). You just rub it into the wood with a soft cloth, polishing it dry, and build up a nice gleam with several layers. Dispose of the cloths carefully as they are highly combustible.

*I hope ahinton is not going to ask whether it is French or Polish.

As it is supposedly Danish, why would I ask such a question, especially as I see no connection with Chopin either?

All that I would suggest, however, is that, as it is clearly of pan-European application, it might well get purloined in the forthcoming referendum as an illustration of the need to maintain European unity.

[BBMmk2]

Well the re-configuring nearly done. Be finished by bedtime! Nearly like moving house! Hope everyone had a great weekend! :) I'm finishing it off with a pint of Black Sheep Ale 4.5%

[french frank]

As it is supposedly Danish, why would I ask such a question

I thought you might have noticed that the asterisk (*) came after 'french polish' rather than Danish or Danish Oil, and therefore the footnote referred to french polish rather than Danish Oil. French polish, as far as I know, is not even supposedly Danish.

[ahinton]

I thought you might have noticed that the asterisk (*) came after 'french polish' rather than Danish or Danish Oil, and therefore the footnote referred to french polish rather than Danish Oil. French polish, as far as I know, is not even supposedly Danish.

Whilst I noticed the asterisk, it preceded "I hope ahinton is not going to ask whether it is French or Polish", hence my response; I had referred, after all, to Danish oil and NOT to French polish which, I am sure, is "not even supposedly Danish", as you write, although the original reference to it remains unclear (to me, at least) in the context in which it appeared.

[P. G. Tipps]

Well the re-configuring nearly done. Be finished by bedtime! Nearly like moving house! Hope everyone had a great weekend! :) I'm finishing it off with a pint of Black Sheep Ale 4.5%

Congratulations on your successful re-configurement, Bbm!

[teamsaint]

Congratulations on your successful re-configurement, Bbm!

Indeed, good work BBM.

We have been re modelling( I like to think of it as) a garden over the last two weeks. Lots of hard manual work.
I'm knackered. It has gone really well, and the weather has been really kind, though. Most of the tough stuff done for now.
Hurrah.
Cheesecake and some decent music to relax.

[Beef Oven!]

Well the re-configuring nearly done. Be finished by bedtime! Nearly like moving house! Hope everyone had a great weekend! :) I'm finishing it off with a pint of Black Sheep Ale 4.5%

Well done and nice choice of beer after a solid day's work! Glad you didn't go for cheesecake - bit namby-pamby, that.

[teamsaint]

Well done and nice choice of beer after a solid day's work! Glad you didn't go for cheesecake - bit namby-pamby, that.

Its deeply infused with 80% jamaican rum.
And i had a proper french lager as well.