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zagatoes30

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Roadside picnics there was little option back in the day, nowadays there seems to be a coffee van in just about every lay-by but no toilets
 

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Roadside picnics were a thing you did while you waited for the recovery van to turn up or while your dad swore at the car and banged his head on the bonnet catch.

We did that too, I remember we use to take a little camping stove to boil the kettle for a cup of tea but the old man got fed up of waiting so he rigged up a roofing torch to a small caller gas bottle and we carried it everywhere in the boot. He could get the kettle boiling in super quick time but then we had to wait for the torch to cool down before we could pack up.

Something like this

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We did that too, I remember we use to take a little camping stove to boil the kettle for a cup of tea but the old man got fed up of waiting so he rigged up a roofing torch to a small caller gas bottle and we carried it everywhere in the boot. He could get the kettle boiling in super quick time but then we had to wait for the torch to cool down before we could pack up.

Something like this

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Genius!

My father-in-law uses a torch like that to light his wood-burning stove.
 

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We did that too, I remember we use to take a little camping stove to boil the kettle for a cup of tea but the old man got fed up of waiting so he rigged up a roofing torch to a small caller gas bottle and we carried it everywhere in the boot. He could get the kettle boiling in super quick time but then we had to wait for the torch to cool down before we could pack up.

Something like this

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We’ve got a Jetboil, takes a minute. So much quicker than my Sigg in the Norway pic. Plus you don’t have to look like a alky carrying a bottle of meths around.
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We did that too, I remember we use to take a little camping stove to boil the kettle for a cup of tea but the old man got fed up of waiting so he rigged up a roofing torch to a small caller gas bottle and we carried it everywhere in the boot. He could get the kettle boiling in super quick time but then we had to wait for the torch to cool down before we could pack up.

Something like this

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My granny used one to light her cigarettes! lol
 

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My granny used one to light her cigarettes! lol
My first summer job was working with my Dads company on chemical plants, all the pipe fitters lit their cigarettes from the oxy acetylene welding torches *** in mouth and then point the torch your face - seems bonkers these days
 
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My first summer job was working with my Dads company on chemical plants, all the pipe fitters lit their cigarettes from the oxy acetylene welding torches *** in mouth and then point the torch your face - seems bonkers these days

Ah, the days when men were men and fingers / noses were optional!
 

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The trick is not to use the flame itself, cigarette end a couple of inches from the torch and it’ll light fine.
 

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My first summer job was working with my Dads company on chemical plants, all the pipe fitters lit their cigarettes from the oxy acetylene welding torches *** in mouth and then point the torch your face - seems bonkers these days
Every Saturday morning at my Dad's Garage we burnt all the rubbish around the back.
Everything went in there from the body shop and workshop big flames and bangs too.
All the metal left from the fire went in the scrap pile.
Good Times indeed ;)
 

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Every Saturday morning at my Dad's Garage we burnt all the rubbish around the back.
Everything went in there from the body shop and workshop big flames and bangs too.
All the metal left from the fire went in the scrap pile.
Good Times indeed ;)
My Dad was in the litho industry back in the 70’s 80’s and I remember the twice weekly bonfire to burn the rubbish. It contained a lot of polyester film amongst other things so a massive black cloud marked the spot. The thing was his premises where in the town about 2 minutes walk from Debenhams. I remember one old boy who used to love bonfire day and line the bins up to tip them as the fire died down. Little did he know that one bin had had a load of acetone soaked rags put in the bottom for a giggle. Boom! Up went the bin and half his hair. We all creased up laughing. The good old days indeed.