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Your tongue is firmly wedged in your cheek, I hope?

Does that mean I've been doing it wrong all these years? Seriously, on an individual level, no I don't think it matters, but I do think it's important there's a good mix of people in the craft and in the forums - it lends a certain balance and different perspectives and it's nice to see the...

Well that's good to know! I suspect the clue may be in your user name....

...Are there any women members in here, or is it just men? Just asking out of curiosity as I've been here a few weeks now and as far as I can make out, I've yet to see any posts by women. It would be nice to think that in this day and age there may be a few female contributors, not just a load...

Think you mean Holsworthy... (No "D".)

Surely the precautionary principle applies? Even if you don't really think the current global warming is exacerbated by our human activities, if there's even a one in a thousand chance that it is, surely we should be doing all we can to limit those harmful activities? If you think of it in a...

Having worked in the roofing (slate) game for the best part of thirty years, I think it's safe to say that lead is the best option - it may be a bit pricey and a bit harder to fit, but you get what you pay for. Chase it into the wall by about an inch, don't forget to use a good sealant designed...

Get an air rifle, shoot the squirrel and eat it - wonderful meat! Lots of people are a bit squeamish about eating it, but having watched teenage girls almost come to blows over the last KFC style back legs in the bowl, I think it's safe to say if you try it, you'll like it.

Believe me when I say I'm no fan of either of the two main parties, but the party in charge right now seem to be doing their best to ignore the problems faced by the planet, the real irony of which is that we're missing money generating opportunities by doing so as well as condemning all the...

...And now the Tories are opening up new mines and drilling more oil wells, so they can't be that bright after all.

"Vegetabalism" - my new favourite word!

Macron won't be passing the presidency down to his son, grandson, ad infinitum... The monarchy has had its day and should be abolished.

Love the round window, Jacob!

I warn you, lettering in wood (or stone for that matter) is rather addictive...

Proper carving chisels. A selection of straights and a handful of gouges with sweeps that roughly match the curved lines - they don't have to be exact but remember that while it's possible to cut a curve slightly tighter than the curve of the gouge, it's not easy to cut a curve shallower than...

My point was more that the membrane would cease to be waterproof once it had screws or nails driven through it and therefore be redundant...

Rajiv, how did you fix the sheets without driving the nails/screws through the waterproof membrane? Not a criticism, just wondering what purpose the membrane serves...

I've got insulated metal sheets on both my office and workshop - brilliant things. No need for anything else, just fit and forget, cool in summer, warm with no drips in winter and very strong. Bit pricey, but fit and forget. Mine have 50mm insulation and I find that more than adequate. Heavy...

Maybe a colloquialism then - never knew what a mattock was until I was in my mid-teens, but I was very well acquainted with a vizgy and its uses!

A Cornish word for a mattock (hoe on one side, axe on the other) is pronounce vizgy - hereabouts, if someone calls it a mattock they get a strange look.