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After growing up with dogs, it was much later in life that I had my own. We have two now, 11 and 8 years old. The first one, I’m not...

Our last to go was a 16 yr old cat. I was the one who had to take her to the vet. Walked there with her tucked inside my jacket and...

Kipling sums it up all too well in his poem 'The Power of the Dog' - " Brothers and sisters I bid you beware, of giving your heart to...

Or more precisely, losing a dog 🦮 I don’t want to make a miserable thread :). I lost my dog yesterday and I can’t believe how hard...

I completely agree with every response on this thread and I too really struggled when I lost my best friend at age 7 a few years back...

We have had 2 Westies for over 16 years we lost my girl on June 12th and then on Sept 24th we lost our eldest. Losing my girl hit me...

Every time it happens my wife and I drive back from the vets bawling like two 5 year olds who've just been robbed of their ice creams -...

You can use a stiff wire brush to clean a polishing mop when it's spinning, and the old-guy polishers at my friends factory use a strip...

I posted this up a few years ago - but it's still my favourite piece. I found these old fire doors and desk legs and runners in a skip...

Managed these: Spanish 75; the Nina; French 75; & USS Constitution.

Slacken off the tail stock and realign it, then tighten back up ..

Ok I have been going through this thread and the english phrase " a bull in a china shop " springs to mind. The UKW welcomes everyone...

I won't say where but sadly my experience with American forums has not been pleasant. Banter ? I grew up with it and I do speak native...