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Prop skilled plasterers are a dying breed....... even in the old days 30 odd years ago the one I used for all my jobs needed a rough booking at least 3 months ahead..... he would do the odd job for me at night or weekends..... I treated him like a king.....

Stig. my old GP was just as ellusive.....BUT for things like repeat scripts and heart probs we could just ask for the surgery nurse..... she quikly got the script sorted ..... In the end I spoke to her more than the doc......brilliant lady who listened..... here u pay €25 for a 1/2...

Sideways, do u think we should start wearing pointy toed, high heeled shoes to help avoid this problem.......hahaha.......

As it's that time of year...... If you could, name a couple of people you would like to meet just for an hour.....dead or alive....?.......reasons, if u want..... for me it would be Sam Maloof, great designs and workmanship.....reminds me of my time in California working wood and metal...

cant help with the belt prob but I'd be getting a 6mm thick drip tray cum belt shaft mount made up.... not a really good idea being bench mounted.... benches sag *eventually* and what if u want to relocate....? do it once and do it properly....

whats a turnip fit...???? a new one on me.....even after 50 years.... must be envioronment friendly ....lol....

a link would be good.......

Oldman, ur exp brings back memeories..... the later smaller engines had a geared timed out decompression lifter plus a neat fuel dump straight into the inlet manifold..... U can see why the like of Kubota took over.....hahaha...... Filament..... the gen part is the most important...old school...

do u own the river....? prob not.....then u wont be allowed to interupt the main flow..... a small turbine would work but it wont deliver much juice...... To get high power u need weight of water for a turbine..... If u went with a wheel, midshot is the most efficient but ur's would be under...

Jorny, they have a bad reputation this way...... that and ground source heating........unless it 500meters into the ground..... or just move to a warmer climate.....lol.....

Filament, I second Spectric.....often the old fuel oil has turned to glue..... Ye, they will run quite happily on veg oil......but here it costs more than regular fuel oil..... but there are engine specific starting aids.....so we need to know the engine and it's HP...... There are many Lister...

oh, it's only me n the wife, both very frugal we only use electric for lights, everything LED, TV and comps.....cooking totally gas/propane..... I know it's relative but our last bill was almost €400 for 2 months...... the swimming pool is now empty.......so no pumps....

Tibi, heating oil here was over €,140 per liter the last time I looked...... LPG/propane was €1,20 p/l.... just to give u an idea..... here, most burn wood, typically Olive.....now €160,00 per ton, cut to 35cm and delivered......... we have a wood boiler for heating n hot water when the sun...

just wipe a thin film of vaselene on the door rubbers seals ..... or AC 50 etc....they'll never stick with ice....

I was like that in the begining ...... but that changed after having my own small hoding for 17 years...... coz there was nobody else to do it.... hang the bow in the workshop/office as it's a thing of beauty.........

a lot of good machines come from Taiwan....... the prob is who orders the spec.... I have an as new milling machine that just great....

we're having it tuff as well....bit exceptional tho.....lol....norm 20-25º I'm in shorts and a T shirt....

Superduner a very sensable system..... having lived abroad most of my life, in the poorer countries, u take power cuts as the norm...... once geared up propane cooker, rechargeable torches, lamps etc it's all quite easy to sort out.... we keep everything to hand once the weather turns.....ie...

Cozzer... glued with some kind of resin.....remember it also has to be heatproof...... I think even the known brands have their standards lowered.... watched a doc about Osram or Phillips developing a special high powered LED for the Soudis..... they cant sell the tech anywhere else for 5...

nasty...Chinese made.......?? can't remeber the last time I changed a bayonet fitting bulb...... did have a years old bulb that melted the terms once...... had to shorten the wires by cutting off the fitting....lol..... what other part of the world uses these fittings....??