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Sorry Steve!! Sam

Whew. I am still paranoid about doing summat stupid digitally, despite having started with an Apple PDP8 in 1977....thanks, no rush. Sam

Sean, just checking: did two P.M's arrive with you please? Sam

Chris, we really need to meet, to chew the celluloid fat, preferably over a good, healthy, rough, red ...or two. I accept your counter, and propose instead: "Blade Runner, the Director's cut", "A room with a view", "The thin Red Line" or, if you are feeling whimsical, "The Guard". You can blame...

I thought "gardz" was a film with the excellent Brendan Gleason... :D Ssm

"Avatar " is a good film!! :D Sam

Seconded. I did my new hearth with three coats in 24 hours, near enough a year ago today; it is still shiney, despite the attentions of a shaggy lurcher betimes. Wipes clean with a damp cloth, then buffs dry to a lovely sheen. Sam

Phil, NOW I'm starting to worry about you. See my tag line? "Still frisky"??? Hmmm?? Sam

IME, the latter. The old stuff acts as wall size. Sugar soap is a much over-rated reconmendation anyway, but removing the old paste residue by other means might leave a horribly porous wall and thereby a patchy paint uptake, necessitating more coats. Sam

Well Steve, making a statement like that really helps to find out WHO your proper friends are... :-" I say this, having been a teacher in a boys' school for 37 years and in the last year, I developed a 'complete blind spot' regarding pulling up my trouser zip...Thank God I had a wonderfully...

First thought: Scott and Sargeant, but you will have to remortgage your front teeth to pay them. Better, there used to be a metal lathe/mill crowd in Kent, D and G or something like that they called themselves. They 'broke' machines as well and were useful, provided they had a saw like yours at...

"professor of spalting " Boy, oh boy....only in Ahhmurricah... Sam

No....honest?? See above! :D Sam

Well, THAT is better news John!! Good to hear you can manage even a short shift back messing in the sawdust! Go Man, go!! Sam

Ta Mock. I was in touch with Clarke's customer service by email before and they actually sent a letter (remember them?) back, quoting costs and naming an individual within the service dept to liase with...can I find that letter? Bulkwarks!! Sam

Me too Bob. Mine came out of our school D&T workshop, where some ham-fisted North Down neanderthal had "broke it". I converted it to single phase, but never thought to check the gearing....Gawd, that headstock weighs as much as Blo(w)jo(b)'s ego...and mine is the floor model...mounted on a...

You got your priorities right then? :-" Sam

Yeah, Brother! :D Sam

That's what I mean by a 'loose fit'. The 8mm boss fits perfectly in the hole, but there is a fair bit of 'play' in the meshing of the gears? That may be normal, I am no engineer. H.T.H. Sam

=D> Superb! Sam