Statistically the 166th most popular first name.

Here is the calculator I used.
How many of me?

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Every time you see a Bug or Beetle driving down the hwy or fwy, you'll see My 1st two initials. My brother, and sister each owned one.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I bought a bug at a thrift store once. I bid $68 for it and got it. All I need to due to get it running was replace the fuel lines. So for under a $100 I gave it to my Nephew as his first car.

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I bought a bug at a thrift store once. I bid $68 for it and got it. All I need to due to get it running was replace the fuel lines. So for under a $100 I gave it to my Nephew as his first car.

I always think, a bug needs a fly swatter, when I see one driving down the road.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Does anybody have a suggestion for a good cleaner for sterling silverware? Of course I know about the product, "Tarn-X", but it doesn't really do as good a job as I would like. Some of the silver sits inside a special cloth bag and that keeps the tarnish away, but the basic forks, knives, and spoons, I use everyday, and they need some spiffing up.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Frank Zappa Hologram Tour Is in the Works

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/frank-zappa-hologram/

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Frank Zappa Hologram Tour Is in the Works

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/frank-zappa-hologram/

That should be pretty trippy. ;~)

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Ah, polishing silver brings back memories of vacation jobs in a precious metals rolling drawing and coining mil with its hours of cleaning and polishing everything between stages. A(rg)h those were the days.
The best - jeweler's rouge. But that I hard to use properly.
Next come the proper liquid silver polishes, since we are on opposite sides of the pond I won't name brands. For deep "crinkly" decoration I find an old, soft tooth brush to be quite effective. I find the wadding and cloth types of polish ineffective in comparison.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Ah, polishing silver brings back memories of vacation jobs in a precious metals rolling drawing and coining mil with its hours of cleaning and polishing everything between stages. A(rg)h those were the days.
The best - jeweler's rouge. But that I hard to use properly.
Next come the proper liquid silver polishes, since we are on opposite sides of the pond I won't name brands. For deep "crinkly" decoration I find an old, soft tooth brush to be quite effective. I find the wadding and cloth types of polish ineffective in comparison.

The old toothbrush is a good idea. I'm not familiar with the "jeweler's rouge", but the jewelry store I talked to certainly offered their services, however they advised if they did it, it would obviously be expensive. What's in the liquid cleaners? Maybe I could make my own?

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Ah, polishing silver brings back memories of vacation jobs in a precious metals rolling drawing and coining mil with its hours of cleaning and polishing everything between stages. A(rg)h those were the days.
The best - jeweler's rouge. But that I hard to use properly.
Next come the proper liquid silver polishes, since we are on opposite sides of the pond I won't name brands. For deep "crinkly" decoration I find an old, soft tooth brush to be quite effective. I find the wadding and cloth types of polish ineffective in comparison.

The old toothbrush is a good idea. I'm not familiar with the "jeweler's rouge", but the jewelry store I talked to certainly offered their services, however they advised if they did it, it would obviously be expensive. What's in the liquid cleaners? Maybe I could make my own?

I just got an email from a friend who suggested soda water and aluminum foil.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Orion's belt is a big waist of space.
Terrible joke, only three stars.

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Does anybody have a suggestion for a good cleaner for sterling silverware? Of course I know about the product, "Tarn-X", but it doesn't really do as good a job as I would like. Some of the silver sits inside a special cloth bag and that keeps the tarnish away, but the basic forks, knives, and spoons, I use everyday, and they need some spiffing up.

I'd suggest "Silvo" - its an impregnated wadding type of material, but I'm not sure if you can get it in the USA - I've used it on my Sheaffer 'Imperial' pen, for about 40 years and I still have a pen left! Perhaps you can get something similar, if you can't get it there. My late brother, would probably have recommended Goddard's Silver Dip, given his expertise in metal-finishing, but then, it would've been for a different reason - amongst other things, he was responsible for the Silver track PCB in the Audio Innovations valve amp, back in the 90s (and they said it couldn't be done!), so he was more concerned with a different sort of 'clean'. Something like Silver Dip, I'd only use for very bad tarnishing and very carefully - it can 'bite'.

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Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive!

Does anybody have a suggestion for a good cleaner for sterling silverware? Of course I know about the product, "Tarn-X", but it doesn't really do as good a job as I would like. Some of the silver sits inside a special cloth bag and that keeps the tarnish away, but the basic forks, knives, and spoons, I use everyday, and they need some spiffing up.

I'd suggest "Silvo" - its an impregnated wadding type of material, but I'm not sure if you can get it in the USA - I've used it on my Sheaffer 'Imperial' pen, for about 40 years and I still have a pen left! Perhaps you can get something similar, if you can't get it there. My late brother, would probably have recommended Goddard's Silver Dip, given his expertise in metal-finishing, but then, it would've been for a different reason - amongst other things, he was responsible for the Silver track PCB in the Audio Innovations valve amp, back in the 90s (and they said it couldn't be done!), so he was more concerned with a different sort of 'clean'. Something like Silver Dip, I'd only use for very bad tarnishing and very carefully - it can 'bite'.

You can try Bar Tender's Friend. But it is a very mild abrasive. But only as a last case if all else fails. The foil and baking soda work for me.

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I'd suggest "Silvo"

We've got both Silvo and Brasso here in Australia, and both do an excellent job of cleaning the metals they're meant for.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Soda water and aluminum foil is OKish on smooth, undecorated surfaces.
The liquid polishes are basically a very fine abrasive suspended in an oil/water emulsion or an oil/alcohol mix. Some have a tiny amount of a detergent, and some have a small amount of wax (which is supposed to coat the surface and slow down tarnishing).
In the past I've had some luck using a toothpaste/water mix, but you have to wash that off after you've done otherwise one's silver spoon adds a mint flavour to everything.
Whatever you use a really good buff up once finished with a good quality "yellow polishing cloth" will improve the shine, and the shine will tend to last longer.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

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Grant
Darwin NT

Doesn't that make the iPhone, an X Phone? ;)

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I tried the baking soda/hot water/aluminum foil thing earlier this evening, and I was sort of amazed the results were as good as they were, but I'll definitely be giving them a second treatment, and also be using a toothbrush for the ornate portions of the handles.

Yes, that's me talking in these home videos I just made:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4SgYifnrqQ&list=PL8B258F67B378DFCD&index=23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB7qoIwkfFU&index=24&list=PL8B258F67B378DFCD

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

I tried the baking soda/hot water/aluminum foil thing earlier this evening, and I was sort of amazed the results were as good as they were, but I'll definitely be giving them a second treatment, and also be using a toothbrush for the ornate portions of the handles.

Yes, that's me talking in these home videos I just made:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4SgYifnrqQ&list=PL8B258F67B378DFCD&index=23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB7qoIwkfFU&index=24&list=PL8B258F67B378DFCD

Where's the selfie Gordon ?

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My name is Bill Gates and I am an Android user
Sir. Have you no, er, shame?

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has admitted to switching to an Android phone but he still won't entertain using the Jesus Mobe iPhone.

With Windows 10 mobile orphaned into the slow lane (it no longer receives the latest Redstone 3 and 4 development in line with the desktop release) and Microsoft not selling own-brand handsets, the ability to run modern mobile apps clearly became too great.

The world's richest man confirmed he only succumbed to temptations "recently" and wouldn't say which Android device he habitually uses.

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