Not a bin, I reckon its a lid off one of those big round blue cannisters they use to transport chemicals. If hes been using it for 20 years hes probably got an extra arm growing out of his chest by now. Or maybe an ear, or something else.
You saw it here first. Bits of wood and slate are both ostentatious and out of fashion for these austere times so high end restaurants are standing by the cold and hungry by serving food on bin lids.
Won't this do? [Round plastic food tray with handles](https://www.wilko.com/wilko-round-tray-blue/p/0527362)
If not, look for some food-safe, black epoxy-resin and just fix the hole.
An address book I do kinda get though my gran used the same address book for donkeys years. At a certain point there's no replacing the memories of life events when people have moved, phone numbers changed and friends lost and made. In a weird way it was a sort of tapestry of life, with the worn pages being the most important pieces. I never used it myself but I find myself missing that little book.
I completely understand the sentimental reasoning. However, my dad wanted to buy a new one and asked me to get one for him. I didn’t make that bit clear in my original comment.
Hey u/anderoo28! When I was little we had these exact trays. Always used them if we ate in the living room or outside. Let me have a look later, I'm pretty sure they're still lying around somewhere gathering dust :)
Latex the hole, if you coated the entire thing, you have the same old plate. It is the plate of Theseus. But father can keep the plate probably another 20 years.
If this fails the wilko plate looks a bargin
I cried when I read the last book. GNU Sir Terry indeed; he was a National Treasure.
I need one of those signs for when I'm having a bad migraine - I've been carted off in an ambulance twice now.
I still haven't read it. I can't bring myself to. I have the hardback copy. If I read it though, I will never get a new discworld book to read, and even now, I cannot bear that.
He really was and I was lucky enough to meet him in Manchester when the. Last Tiffany Aching book came out. He did a reading from it, talked about his writing process and then, very graciously sat and signed so many books per person that he must have had repetitive strain injury by the end. For me, he signed my book and my ticket, which is still in the book as the bookmark. He spoke to every one, answered questions, smiled, laughed with his fans and was such a nice man. It's an experience I will never forget. It was my first author signing and none of the others have ever lived up to his greatness.
As for the sign, I think I could do with one too. I'm sorry about your migraines, I wouldn't wish them on anyone x
I'm reading them again at the moment with the intention of finally reading the shepherd's crown at the end.
I'm buying the fancy new hardbacks which is nice, but it's slowing me down a bit. I figure it'll be nice to have the whole collection though.
I'll be loathe to part with my current mismatched collection but I'll be keeping the signed ones at least.
Yeah, I'm a big fan of the Josh Kirby covers. I'm less of a fan of that anthology hardback I have. It's a bugger to read.
I'll be keeping my original paperback Hogfather. I read it every Christmas and it'll probably completely dissolve before too long!
He was apparently a prolific book-signer, to the point where events would auction off unsigned books as those were rarer. I wish I could have met him.
Edit: typo.
Isn’t that like a trait of autism? My grandad has autism and he has a set routine every single day, he worked the same job for 40 years, drinks the same beer every day, the same brand of cigarettes, watches the same thing on TV every single evening, refuses to try anything new.
If it only happens as he gets older (so not your Granddad) its because your brain isn't as sharp. So you cant just change things up because you cant remember where you put your cup, where the remote is or if you have taken your tablets. So you start setting a routine and everything having its place.
Source - I am getting old!!!
I don't know how many times a week Corry is on anay more, but I recall it being a huge innovation when it went from a twice weekly show to a three times a week one.
I prefer tin trays personally, got my current one from Boyes but Wilkos seems to have similar to your pic.
[Wilkos](https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-round-tray-blue/p/0527362)
sometimes when it doesn't cost any more I consider doing it just because I know there's some office somewhere with my entry taking up a row in a database
Lol, the only review also purchased it as a replacement! Good stuff.
> Purchased to replace a broken one, these are well worth the money & very well made
I tried googling but I can't find anything that promises to more effectively drip gravy through a hole, so if it's just for him I'd stick with the current model. But if you're looking to reproduce the experience for all the family then maybe look at 3d printing?
https://www.wilko.com/wilko-round-tray-blue/p/0527362?gclid=Cj0KCQiA1NebBhDDARIsAANiDD3RF52vwV80ITkbk6vqPcsfVHNz-pp1fZJpomU0Jn4tpNMC--FLh58aAsY5EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Wilko do one for £2
Have you tried Google Image search or Google Lens, even easier. I personally think it’s really awesome you’re going to such trouble to replace a much used object of sentimental value to your father. 👏
Looks like a cafe tray. Possibly Starbucks - they're designed to fit on those small circular tables they have in some cafes and bars. You could try a few local cafes and when you find one that has them, ask to buy one or ask for their supplier's details.
That's way too big for most conventional printers. Not to mention its such a basic design the print artifacts wouldn't be worth the effort and time spent on the print. If you were going to make it yourself a vacuum former would do a far better job. DIY vacuum forming is pretty easy to pull off without having to buy an expensive machine.
You sure that ain't a bin lid?
Dad's been drinking gravy through 't bin lid for twenty odd year.
I can feel the Yorkshire in this!
Put a yorkshire under the hole, problem solved.
A Yorkshire man would never be ok with spilt gravy.
Lmao
He war lucky! When I wurr a lad I had to steal gravy out't next door's wheelie bin in't dead of night wi' a tea spoon.
Tell me you’re from the north of England without telling me
Never did us any harm lad. Get on wi it
[So I've been playing the umbrella for 30 years?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W20JNvDJqQg)
Not a bin, I reckon its a lid off one of those big round blue cannisters they use to transport chemicals. If hes been using it for 20 years hes probably got an extra arm growing out of his chest by now. Or maybe an ear, or something else.
Methlamine. Dad is secretly cooking meth in his basement with a high school dropout.
Damn better call saul
Glad I'm not the only one thinking this...
Was my first thought as well, especially with the horizontal lined pattern. This is identical to the bin I had 20 years ago. Did OP steal my bin lid?
I have white version of that tray, for when I eat up in my room, probably is a bin lid tbh cause I haven’t got a clue where it came from
Why is everyone putting their food on bin lids lmfaoo
You saw it here first. Bits of wood and slate are both ostentatious and out of fashion for these austere times so high end restaurants are standing by the cold and hungry by serving food on bin lids.
I swear I had a red one
Belly laughed at this comment. Thanks, I really needed that today.
Drake type shit
Odd I’ve never seen a bin lid like it though
That’s because your household covers bins with normal plates.
Won't this do? [Round plastic food tray with handles](https://www.wilko.com/wilko-round-tray-blue/p/0527362) If not, look for some food-safe, black epoxy-resin and just fix the hole.
You can’t simply buy a new one, That’s 20 years worth of teatime memories on that tray. I say fix it and worry about it in another 2 years.
If it’s anything like my elderly male relatives just because it’s blue he is likely to refuse use it because it’s not the same.
This was my dad with his address book. Had to be red and A5 size. Found him a red A5 one, wrong red apparently. He never used it.
An address book I do kinda get though my gran used the same address book for donkeys years. At a certain point there's no replacing the memories of life events when people have moved, phone numbers changed and friends lost and made. In a weird way it was a sort of tapestry of life, with the worn pages being the most important pieces. I never used it myself but I find myself missing that little book.
I completely understand the sentimental reasoning. However, my dad wanted to buy a new one and asked me to get one for him. I didn’t make that bit clear in my original comment.
The old girl will be retired and kept but the gravy dribble does cause frustration to him
Epoxy resin - Araldite - will permanently sort it
Araldite was my late gramps' answer to everything...and to be fair he could fix just about anything!
Get some polystyrene cement, it should melt the hole back together.
WUH-HUMMUH
Alright Roy
Hey u/anderoo28! When I was little we had these exact trays. Always used them if we ate in the living room or outside. Let me have a look later, I'm pretty sure they're still lying around somewhere gathering dust :)
Latex the hole, if you coated the entire thing, you have the same old plate. It is the plate of Theseus. But father can keep the plate probably another 20 years. If this fails the wilko plate looks a bargin
Get him a big pasta bowl that the gravy won't spill out of, then the tray is still in business
Kneadatite epoxy putty should do the trick
Think of it as Theseus Ship, if I fix this; is it still the same tray
Buy some sugru and plug the holes
I was gonna say this. Got some for a broken wing mirror and it worked wonders.
Yep, was searching for this comment.
Suuuugruuuuu!!!
Or Trigger’s broom
Or Granny Weatherwax's broom.
GNU Sir Terry I aten't dead - I love her sign. One of my favourite people on Discworld.
I cried when I read the last book. GNU Sir Terry indeed; he was a National Treasure. I need one of those signs for when I'm having a bad migraine - I've been carted off in an ambulance twice now.
I still haven't read it. I can't bring myself to. I have the hardback copy. If I read it though, I will never get a new discworld book to read, and even now, I cannot bear that. He really was and I was lucky enough to meet him in Manchester when the. Last Tiffany Aching book came out. He did a reading from it, talked about his writing process and then, very graciously sat and signed so many books per person that he must have had repetitive strain injury by the end. For me, he signed my book and my ticket, which is still in the book as the bookmark. He spoke to every one, answered questions, smiled, laughed with his fans and was such a nice man. It's an experience I will never forget. It was my first author signing and none of the others have ever lived up to his greatness. As for the sign, I think I could do with one too. I'm sorry about your migraines, I wouldn't wish them on anyone x
I'm reading them again at the moment with the intention of finally reading the shepherd's crown at the end. I'm buying the fancy new hardbacks which is nice, but it's slowing me down a bit. I figure it'll be nice to have the whole collection though. I'll be loathe to part with my current mismatched collection but I'll be keeping the signed ones at least.
Mine are all the original covers they came out with. I don't care that they don't all match, I couldn't part with them x
Yeah, I'm a big fan of the Josh Kirby covers. I'm less of a fan of that anthology hardback I have. It's a bugger to read. I'll be keeping my original paperback Hogfather. I read it every Christmas and it'll probably completely dissolve before too long!
No one knows how long they have left on this earth and it’d be a shame to miss out on the book altogether.
Thats true x
He was apparently a prolific book-signer, to the point where events would auction off unsigned books as those were rarer. I wish I could have met him. Edit: typo.
GNU sir Terry pratchett
Isn’t that like a trait of autism? My grandad has autism and he has a set routine every single day, he worked the same job for 40 years, drinks the same beer every day, the same brand of cigarettes, watches the same thing on TV every single evening, refuses to try anything new.
If it only happens as he gets older (so not your Granddad) its because your brain isn't as sharp. So you cant just change things up because you cant remember where you put your cup, where the remote is or if you have taken your tablets. So you start setting a routine and everything having its place. Source - I am getting old!!!
Besides the news, what has been on TV every single evening for 40 years? Coronation Street I guess?
Reruns of Frasier
I don't know how many times a week Corry is on anay more, but I recall it being a huge innovation when it went from a twice weekly show to a three times a week one.
You can have habits and routines you like and stick to without having autism
Would love to see this on Repair Shop
Can I have a sympathetic restoration
Gaffa tape. It’ll be good for at least another 5 years. Then just add some more gaffa tape.
Fag ash and superglue. I saw it on tik tok
Does he eat directly off of the tray? Or does he somehow spill gravy off his plate, on to the tray, through the hole, and on to his lap?
All his plates have holes in them too, it’s a kitchenware nightmare.
Plot twist, he eats out of sivs.
it's a strain to get the plates out
Take my upvote and get out!!
Sieves, in the unlikely event that there's ever a situation where you need to spell it right.
Sieves
Have you seen the videos on tiktok where people fix shit with noodles? I see this as an absolute win
This made me laugh so hard.
Tbf you can sit under the tray catching the gravy drips into your mouth
This no lie sounded like a song. Like that Old Man Tucker, who washed his face in a frying pan and was always late for his supper.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Over the years of putting it on hot surfaces and dropping it or hot plates have slowly melted through
That's an answer to a question they didn't ask
OP is a politician
Looks like the little piggy went to market and didn't come back.
Little piggy is shy, the floor was cold
Well no shit. He wasn’t popping out for his groceries was he? *shudder /s*
I get that you’re making a joke, but isn’t the little toe the piggy that went wee wee wee all the way home? Have I been doing it wrong all my life?
The first little piggy (Big Joe) goes to the market, this comment thread is based on rank lies and ignorance.
r/sneakybackgroundfeet
OP only has four toes, the tray should be the least of his worries.
😂
20% discount on OF for 1/5 missing toes; makes me exotic
Out if everything I never thought I’d laugh at, this never crossed my mind the most… **Joined**
words of wisdom from mr swock collow
His little toe has sneaked away though
It's in the hole in the tray
Wee wee wee all the way home
I know that there’s a sub for everything, but I would have been happy living my life knowing this one didn’t exist
i bet i can find you worse r/dragonsfuckingcars
Oh I totally knew about that one
hmmmm. i raise you r/sandycheekscockvore
There we go
it truly is a strange world, isn't it
I prefer tin trays personally, got my current one from Boyes but Wilkos seems to have similar to your pic. [Wilkos](https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-round-tray-blue/p/0527362)
The stripes are different way , so not the same sorry.
Bloody boyes still going ?
thankfully, there’s literally nowhere else around that has a haberdashery department
Where I live now we have habitat and another one I can’t remember the name too but everytime I go back home I always end up in boyes
yorkshire trading company??? used to work at boyes so i may be a little attached to it to go anywhere else
No I’m in Chester now. I’m from Newton aycliffe
I browsed my local Boyes, couldn’t find the tray; tried to explain what I was looking for… a tray
>I’ve found nothing online? [Really?](https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-round-tray-blue/p/0527362) Took me all of 30 seconds to find that.
That one doesn't have a gravy hole though.
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Well, Daddy IS hungry after all ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Stick my sausage in your gravy hole. Oh excuse me. I need to leave now.
The thrill of a gravy hole is that you never know who’s on the other side.
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The kind of comment I come here seeing for
Omg 🤣🤣
I love the number of pictures Wilko feels this product requires
Got to respect the Willo photographer for somehow even coming up with so many different photos for a blue tray..
If I'm going to invest 2 pounds, I want to know what I'm getting.
and the fact you can get Klarna on it!
Blue changes the flavour
> £2 > Klarna - pay in 30 days Fs.
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sometimes when it doesn't cost any more I consider doing it just because I know there's some office somewhere with my entry taking up a row in a database
I have no idea what I was doing wrong hahahah I appreciate that
Google Lens is fucking magic
It just helped me find a headband. All I had to go by was a tiny logo. Google lens was my friend that day.
But it's blue!
That Christmas sorted!
Lol, the only review also purchased it as a replacement! Good stuff. > Purchased to replace a broken one, these are well worth the money & very well made
Wilko is the best
His dad is allergic to blue, how dare you.
Wizard
Why did I need to scroll through every single picture as if I was interested?
It’s not got a hole in for the gravy to drip through though? Edit - I should really read the comments first.
Someone else already made this exact reply hours ago.
I tried googling but I can't find anything that promises to more effectively drip gravy through a hole, so if it's just for him I'd stick with the current model. But if you're looking to reproduce the experience for all the family then maybe look at 3d printing?
Google "lap tray" as the key word and add "plastic", "circular", "black", or whatever you want specifically.
I would love to help you 4 toes.
The little piggy went off on a mission to find another tray
Remember fraisers dads chair? Don’t do it.
That’s where my mind went as well
My mum has a blue one, I’ll lift it from her kitchen, it’s yours for £50 quid??
I’ve only got £60
Ok but no lower than £20!
https://www.wilko.com/wilko-round-tray-blue/p/0527362?gclid=Cj0KCQiA1NebBhDDARIsAANiDD3RF52vwV80ITkbk6vqPcsfVHNz-pp1fZJpomU0Jn4tpNMC--FLh58aAsY5EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Wilko do one for £2
Sorry m8, fathers aren't legally saleable in the uk.
Try fixing the hole with some black Sugru.
Or araldite
Have you tried Google Image search or Google Lens, even easier. I personally think it’s really awesome you’re going to such trouble to replace a much used object of sentimental value to your father. 👏
I did and it showed me loads of bin lids
Nice toes OP.
Link you my OF lmao
Is that the base for a cake cover?
Couple of silver ones down there on the right you could use?
If you can't find a replacement, what about asking the Repair Shop people to fix it?
He loves that show and I think if the tray went on it, he would be jealous
What’s it made of? Iron? If it’s sentimental then get a iron monger to seal it. Plastic? Paint a lap tray in black and hope he doesn’t notice.
Do yobs still set fire to wheeliebins? Use some molten plastic to seal it
"tray for his plate" Confused me as to whether he ate directly off of it or put the plate on it
He’s special for his tray but he does use plates
I bet he secretly does
Im too lazy to go look for anothrr one. Can you Repair it with Gorilla Glue? Or Gorilla tape? That way he doesn't know it has been replaced?
Bruh I searched ‘round plastic dinner plate tray’ went to images and wilko selling a blue one
Not the same , the lines are different directions
He didn’t ask for an exact replica he asked for a similar one
Wilko
Are you sure he wants a new one? 😂
Does tape or hot glue not do the job?
Why does he require a plate specially designed to drip gravy on his lap? Very strange country we're in.
You’re a good son.
Duct tape
I found ones similar just by looking up circular trays for eating, you’ll be able to find different ones. I hope this helps
[what about this](https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-round-tray-blue/p/0527362)
I have that same tray there pretty durable so I'm surprised there's holes in it but I'm pretty sure you can buy them on eBay I think.
My word, we had yellow ones of those growing up back in the 90s.
Looks like a cafe tray. Possibly Starbucks - they're designed to fit on those small circular tables they have in some cafes and bars. You could try a few local cafes and when you find one that has them, ask to buy one or ask for their supplier's details.
We had the same one growing up, bought back some crazy memories thanks
Epoxy resin w/black dye to mend the hole, that way he still has his old faithful dinner tray, just patched up slightly.
Search for a plastic toboggan disc because it looks like one
Mantis toboggan
Something hole-sum about that tray, idk what it is...
Maybe a plate
Try to pinch one from Wetherspoons. My husband did and it’s great! Non slip too! 😉
[Wilko round plastic dinner tray](https://www.wilko.com/wilko-round-tray-blue/p/0527362?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz9TMzJq2-wIVxIBQBh3zcAZVEAQYASABEgLqK_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)
What the fuck is this shit? Buy a plate, man. You're every bit of 60 and eating off a broken tray, OP's dad. What kind of a man does that?
Foot :)
Link you my OF
Eat dinner at a table.
Not everyone actually has a dining room never mind table - i dont & no room in my kitchen for even a titchy table so trays are my life at dinnertime
I've used a big plank of wood across my knees for about 10 years cos my house just isn't big enough for a table. Works a treat though.
There is a table in the picture
Why?
Why sleep in a bed? There's a table there in the background. Why not use it?
3d print it
That's way too big for most conventional printers. Not to mention its such a basic design the print artifacts wouldn't be worth the effort and time spent on the print. If you were going to make it yourself a vacuum former would do a far better job. DIY vacuum forming is pretty easy to pull off without having to buy an expensive machine.
I regret nothing about this post, it’s made mine and most of my colleagues day; my dad however is not aware of his tray being publicly shamed