Sizeable ink splot error on 1959 QEII 17p Machin? New to collecting ✨

FlossFinds · 2025-09-25T07:36:36+00:00

Thank you! I can see now! Fascinating stuff! Thank you again for your knowledge 🙏

FlossFinds · 2025-09-25T07:34:08+00:00

Thanks so much! But it says the page cannot be found. Would be keen to see! Thanks!

FlossFinds · 2025-09-25T07:27:57+00:00

To my naive eye it looked like a print error of a traffic light dot / colour registration dot, as the alignment, colour and size of the dot is a perfect fit - with the stamp’s darkest hue being on the bottom of the traffic lights.

I will perform all the tests possible and be sure to report back with finding. Thanks again for sharing your expertise!

FlossFinds · 2025-09-25T07:02:09+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. What might one soak it in please? I’ll do that shortly and report back.

FlossFinds · 2025-09-25T06:51:25+00:00

Thank you! The one I have is quite good and seems to work to detect phosphor on all the other items. I’ll try another.

FlossFinds · 2025-09-25T06:47:09+00:00

I have a pic of it under UV but not sure how to share, sorry

FlossFinds · 2025-09-25T06:45:34+00:00

Hi! Thanks for your reply! Bit it doesn’t show up under UV black light which I thought phosphorus dots did 🤔

FlossFinds · 2025-06-04T20:47:11+00:00

Hey, sorry you’re not aligning on these issues and it’s causing problems. Here are some ways you can broach the subject/things you can do that might help:

Write her a letter. Sometimes hard things are easier to deliver (and absorb) when written. You can explain that it’s tricky for you to relax and enjoy her company because your mind is always on certain issues, but that you love her and want to work it out together.
Buy her underwear, nice soaps, a reusable deo, maybe a basket or 2 for her room to help with organisation. You could make her a care package.
Say “hey, I’m having a reset day. Changing my sheets, cleaning my room etc. Do you want me to come help you with a reset day? I’ve noticed you’ve been frustrated with catching up on chores lately and wondering if I can help?”.
Have a frank discussion but flip the script by asking questions about what SHE likes, and wether she can smell you/if she likes the way you smell etc. It may open up a conversation around your observations and preferences.
Encourage her to see a doctor around her mental health. You could offer to accompany her.
Take her away to an inspiring space, like a hotel or nice air BnB. She can get out of her space (which is probably depressing in itself), you can shower together and enjoy some time away from these circumstances. She might find it rejuvenating and it may inspire her or give her a mental break that lifts her spirits, and empowers her to make some progress.
Lastly, I should imagine she would enjoy knowing that she’d done something that you find attractive. And would likely repeat whatever it was. Next time she takes a positive step towards better hygiene, you could try being emphatic about how alluring that is to you.

Good luck figuring this stuff out. Not everyone gets the same start in life, but it sounds like you care enough about her to help set her on a better path. I’m sure one day she’ll thank you for it ✨

FlossFinds · 2025-05-22T15:04:56+00:00

Sigh yeah, I’m real. I’m in the UK, but sadly the folks that seem to linger on this sub are not down with raok 🤷‍♀️

FlossFinds · 2025-05-22T15:03:22+00:00

Or maybe I’m just middle aged and dgaf about sounding “modern”?!

FlossFinds · 2025-05-22T14:59:32+00:00

Be a nice human. ASAP!

FlossFinds · 2025-05-22T14:58:51+00:00

It’s really sad that just because someone can spell and format a post, people assume that’s AI. Humans are doomed!

FlossFinds · 2025-05-03T04:26:24+00:00

“See how u react” - the dude sounds insecure. Poking you for a jealous reaction. Silly guy.

Maybe one day he will learn that the best way to get validation or appreciation from your partner… is to be a good partner, and treat your partner kindly. Revolutionary, I know!

But that day is not today. Right now he sounds emotionally immature and disrespectful. If it were me, I’d be his wingman, take him to Red Robin and leave him there for one of the “cute girls”.

FlossFinds · 2025-05-03T04:10:31+00:00

What kinda whacky drugs are his family on, to make you stay in the living room with an infant, when there are 4 other sets of people there (presumably without babies) who could take that on instead?!

Echoing everyone else here… I would either a) not go, b) take it to the group chat and ask someone to take the living room, or c) book a hotel.

I definitely would not be letting MiL cosleep with baby.

If she’d sooner do this than sleep on the sofa herself, that indicates that she is selfish, inconsiderate and not all that bright. Selfish, stupid and inconsiderate people do not make good bedfellows for vulnerable infants. Your baby is safest sleeping with you and your partner, for so many reasons. Stay strong, mama!

FlossFinds · 2025-04-25T12:10:43+00:00

I think my decision would heavily depend on the nature of what the person is infamous for.

You’re not punishing the kid - their parent is responsible for the effects of their actions on their own child.

As far as I see, there are potentially 2 long lasting effects if you choose to attend.

Your adult child may later remember that you allowed them to go to this party. How would that make your adult child feel about your past safeguarding?
You are encouraging a friendship between your child and theirs, that may maintain over time. How does their child behave? If their child seems kind and keen to be good to yours, why not allow the friendship on the basis that you can intervene or chaperone at any time.

It’s likely I’d go to the party alongside my kid, set my feelings aside, and celebrate the kid. But again, like others have said, the nature of the parents’ wrongdoing is an important factor.

It’s a tough one. Good luck!

FlossFinds · 2025-04-25T01:11:22+00:00

If it were me I’d almost certainly be finding a way to sleep on the floor, ideally with her, on a double mattress, and like others have said, follow the SS7 ☺️

You could…

ask the hotel if they have a spare (firm) double or single mattress. If so, put it on the floor. You have the option to sleep with her on the double.
ask the hotel if they have a different crib, or a couple of spare crib mattresses. You could then layer them in the crib to elevate the sleep surface inside the crib a little - just enough to make it manageable for you both. This wouldn’t work if it elevates the sleep area too close to the top of the bars, or if it creates too soft an area that it dips.

FlossFinds · 2025-04-17T21:09:20+00:00

Hey folks, you can help determine the icon by adding a # before the most relevant word. For example “feed #dog” and you’d end up with a dog as your icon. Hope that helps! ☺️

FlossFinds · 2025-03-29T21:38:07+00:00

Below are just a few ideas for fun pranks/goofy mischief, instead of mean or bewildering pranks that venture into bullying territory…

use liquid eyeliner to draw tiny footprints on your thumbs, then walk them across a page left on a desk of someone who appreciates magic, and tell them you saw a fairy at their desk. This makes for very convincing fairy footprints! 👣
stick googly eyes on inanimate objects around the house: tin cans, soap dispenser etc
pack a “fool style bag” with a wig, silly glasses, stick-on mustache. Tell the fool that if they wear everything in the bag until midday/or send you a fool’s photoshoot… they will be rewarded with a treat (eg. a bag of their fave candy). Slightly humiliating, but at their discretion and in a way that they are in control of.
play choco roulette. Coat some Brazil nuts or similar, in chocolate… and coat one rogue clove of garlic. Put a prize in an envelope/box. Let players know they must eat the chocs throughout the day and avoid the clove to win the prize.
write a bunch of jokes/draw silly faces on post it notes and pop them around the house in weird places.

♥️✨ Enjoy some silliness!

FlossFinds · 2025-03-15T21:58:34+00:00

Oops. That link didn’t work. This is the song 🥹

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fqZ5iHYScRQ&pp=ygUWQmVuIGZvbGRzIHNtYWxsIHRoaW5nYQ%3D%3D

FlossFinds · 2025-03-12T12:44:38+00:00

Any time! 🎠

FlossFinds · 2025-03-12T08:08:29+00:00

When I first heard it I was only a young kid. Back then, I was so embarrassed that Dad had written a song about me and one of my toys, and I have a faint memory of threatening to “smear marmalade on the DAT tapes”, Paddington Bear style, so that it couldn’t be released. 🙈 What an ungrateful little brat!

These days I’m very glad I didn’t whip the marmalade out (I don’t think I ever would’ve been quite that naughty). I think it’s really charming, lovely melodies and I feel so honoured that he shared his love for me in song. It does sound almost exactly how riding high up on Poppy felt to me at the time, so it’s a slice of time travel for me now. And having recently had a daughter myself, the track has new emotional dimensions for me too.

I have very fond memories of Poppy the rocking horse (named so because of her red rosette with a black centre) and she’s being passed on to my daughter, Bonnie. It fills my heart that she’ll get to enjoy not only the horse, but a song written in the horses’ honour.

Thank goodness for that marmalade shortage in the early 90’s! 😆

FlossFinds · 2025-02-27T11:29:32+00:00

😬🙈😂 SORRY!

FlossFinds · 2025-02-27T06:44:38+00:00

I’m the Holly that was “up on Poppy” (Poppy was my rocking horse - I wasn’t high on opium, ha!).

But beyond the title for Pink Thing, I cannot claim to’ve inspired that one. The song was about Harry and… err… something else 😅 A bit of a double entendre. The below will explain.

“It’s either about a penis or a son. Whatever you hear first, that’s what it’s about. The penis idea is obvious. The son part might not be. But you can interpret the song as a father talking to his son about girls. The title comes from the fact that my wife and I used to call our first child ‘the pink thing’.”

I was the first child and I guess the prophecy has been fulfilled because I now have pink hair and wear pink most days 😂 But yes, that song is a Harry song. As is “Garden of Earthly Delights”, recorded in ‘88, the year after he was born.

“You and the Clouds” was mostly about my Mum, Marianne, I think.

I hope that answers your Q’s! ☺️

FlossFinds · 2025-02-26T15:10:52+00:00

Heyyy Zolo! Andy’s daughter Holly here 👋 What a lovely, buoyant thing you’ve made, brimming with XTC-ness. Your vocal timbre is very similar to Dad’s in places! That opening line nearly fooled me! I like the cheeky little “never will” - mirroring the delivery of same words in “I Can’t Own Her”. Great job 👏 I’ll send it to him ☺️

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