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I mentioned on this threada couple of year back that I would be tempted to buy specs online the next time I needed them. That time came a couple of months back. I have a simple and fairly weak correction for both long and near sight, and both eyes are the same. I did a lot of research online...

To remove 30cms over a 4m x 4m area would mean bucketing out 7.7 tons of spoil. I guess you could put it in pouches down your trouser legs and release it over next doors vegetable patch!

To be even more pedantic, there is a verb missing. It should read "I live in Finchley, have my own transport and am willing to work flexible hours". Each of these 3 points should be able to stand on their own after "I". Please do not send out letters addressed "Dear sir/madam" - it makes...

Hawkeye - I was made redundant in 1992 in the last recession and I know what it's like trying to find work in this environment. The advice given by StevieB is absolutely spot on. My daughter chucked a job in the City to go to Oz last year and has just returned having been unable to find a...

That's a fantastic piece of work Brad. But when do you get to sleep?

I wonder how many other members here suffer from daily ***?

Don't you just love these threads that show a quality piece coming together. This looks like another heirloom in the making Rob. Many thanks for the detailed account and all the WIP pics. Greatly appreciated. I'm waiting for the next batch of pics with eager anticipation.

Just a quickie for anyone considering a project and is an easy commute from Plymouth. Big sale on over Easter weekend at Totem timber. 30% off sawn timber, 20% off WBP ply and 15% of OSB3. Just spent £517 on all the materials I'll need for a 12' x 8' shed for a saving of £194 on normal price...

A good thought Chris. And if the eaves need to be next to the boundary, how about either a hipped or half-hipped roof? That would also more than likely make any point higher than 2.5m more than 2m from the boundary.

Jenx - this was a purely an admittedly poor anecdotal example to illustrate a point. I spent most of my childhood in South Devon, and returned 20 years ago to the same area. Between 1960 and 1974 it snowed most years, and that's not just 1962/63 when the snow lay for 3 months. Most winteres...

... or perhaps he had 1 years experience 30 times!

I've kept out of this debate because it always seems to sink into a slanging match. I am not a climate change sceptic. The data is overwhelming. On the most simplistic level, 40 years ago we had lying snow every winter in south Devon, now it's very rare - it's happened just twice in the last...

Travis - this flag is upside down, normally only flown that way as a distress signal!

I have a 16" electric Ryobi. I've used it about 4 or 5 times to log small trees and now sparks have started flying out the back. An investigation shows that the brushes are fine but there are soot marks where the windings join the armature - so the motor is on the way out. "2 and 1/2 years...

I'll join the chorus of approval for this one as well, and it certainly looks as though it'll last for generations. Funnily enough I like the recessed bottom rail. I'd maybe have set the doors back a few mill, but as the man says, if that's what the customer asks for ...................

That's a great improvement to the hall. Makes it look lighter and larger, more contemporary as well as showing off the table to good effect. I'm not sure I'd have positioned a stuffed animal in that position though! :)

Can't see them selling many overpriced drinks if you have to pay through the nose "on the way out" as well as "on the way in"! And would they really deny access to a toilet for someone whose bladder was about to explode if they didn't have a £1 coin. That stuff is corrosive you know - ever...

I looked at the Mazda 6 last June when I retired. However, whilst it was great on paper I couldn't come to terms with the plasticky interior so bought a Skoda Octavia 2.0 Tdi elegance hatchback with all the bells and whistles, inc heated leather seats, instead. 3 years old, 22,000 miles on the...

The beeb have sent out this email :- "I bring news of the long-awaited return of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue', back for its 51st series following the death of our beloved chairman Humphrey Lyttelton last year. We will probably need to start looking for a permanent replacement for Humph at some...

Neil, the only way it would go into your account immediately would be if he paid a fee for an electronic transfer through his bank. If he just arranged a transfer online from his current account it's likely to take 3 working days, so not likely to be showing in your account before Friday. Not...