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Post by Dave Homewood on May 16, 2007 23:28:51 GMT 12
Are there any knitters here? I'm certainly not, but I thought someone may find this of interest. You can now make your own genuine replicas of wartime RNZAF woolens for winter... From the NZWW sometime in WWII ;D ;D ;D.   |
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Post by corsair67 on May 17, 2007 15:42:34 GMT 12
Noice: every modern pilot should have one! ;D Does this mean you are going to establish a knitters forum on this site Dave?  Forum beanies/balaclava's for all? |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 17, 2007 17:07:22 GMT 12
;D
An Air Force knitters forum! Hmmm. I'm still yet to set up that Pie forum that you recommended!
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Post by corsair67 on May 17, 2007 17:18:16 GMT 12
Ah, the New Zealand Pie Forum! ;D
Do they have competitions in NZ for the best pies? I think they run one over here.
I know that the Australia & New Zealand Food Standards Authority were having a crackdown on the minimum amount of meat a pie can contain, as far too many manufacturers were bulking out their products with fillers like onion, carrots and peas!
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 17, 2007 17:58:58 GMT 12
Yes, there is a competition here. I've always wanted to become a judge but never get the call.
Another of the tricks that the more dodgy pie shops do to fill out the filling is add leaks.
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Post by corsair67 on May 17, 2007 18:02:32 GMT 12
Leaks? But then all the filling will fall out! ;D
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Post by yak2 on May 21, 2007 23:59:22 GMT 12
I had one of those as a kid for frosty mornings doing a paper round in the fifties. We called them 'balaclavas'. The story goes that my mum knitted it and some matching sox during WW2 and sent it to my father who was in the RAAF and based in the Middle East at the time. He wasn't really impressed as the parcel arrived in the height of summer. Practical, but sure looked daggy.
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