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I'm really sorry to bring up the S word but I have a confusion that I'm hoping someone could help me with please? I'm finally comfortable S'ing my planes and chisels, I won't say exactly how as the howls of derision may go on for weeks. Suffice to say it involves some Shapton ceramic plates, and...

I've had iterations of the Leatherman wave for 30 odd years. They have a 25 year warranty and don't need proof of purchase so when the spring went on the scissors I sent mine back and got a new one for free, which I think is fairly good. Being ex BBC sound crew they have always come in handy...

West Bank is quite topical at the moment

English class at School, and teacher asks the children to make up a short phrase or saying using the word Timbuktu, she gives them 15 mins. After the requisite time she canvasses the class for their results. The swot of the class, 'Jacob ' (other swot names are available) stands up and...

Surely you don't run your gas hobs full tilt on every pan?

I wonder if that may be partly down to advances in lighting technology.? Most of my lighting is now LED of some sort, which uses substantially less electricity, and they have come on in leaps and bounds in the last 20 years. I needed some 100w incandescent for a light bulb limiter I made, and it...

When my Dad was on his last legs, he was in QA Hospital Portsmouth. The ward staff would give me a chit that gave me reduced parking by about 80% which I thought was fair.

The greatest hits of Silla Black blaring in the background as you toiled!

"if you go the decking route be wary of composite decking as it’s not as good as they make it sound....." Just out of interest, why?

"Try not to get an erection Michael" "My name's Ewan" "I was talking to myself"

Norway? Used all of its oil revenue for the good of its society I believe, (I maybe wrong it has been known). Currently sitting on a Trillion dollar pot

This guy seems to know his stuff..... wish all P&D's were this good. https://x.com/TheOfficialGRB/status/1816148342801305744

So let me get this straight, you provide properties for altruistic reasons, not to run as a business for profit? I joined this Forum as I thought it was a place to share knowledge and experience, I've even paid into it. Much as I enjoy reasoned debate, I'm finding the general tone lately as...

I buy a lot from a Luthier suppliers in the US, Stewmac. I pay a subscription service of £48 a year which gets me free postage the caveat being it can take between 1 to 4 weeks to arrive, however it's usually around 10 days via FedEx. Sometimes I pay VAT, duty of 3% and a FedEx handling charge...

When I used to work in Sound, on the floor, in TV studios, there would always be ONE presenter who would sheepishly bring their dripping radio mic to me saying it got dropped in the loo usually a couple of minutes before going live😩

Yeah I agree, just bought one for £14.99 (with Lidl Club App) it's great value, even lists where you can get spares.

For 5A lighting switches? I can understand doing that for Double Pole switches, but apart from extractor fans what necessitates running the neutral back and forth? Old fashioned? that box was a mess

I don't think that was wired by a proper electrician, too much congestion in a 5A switch box. The neutrals and earths should've been terminated in a separate junction box in the ceiling void?

"Just as well coz your t*ts are quite saggy"

So last night I got home, to find the Cat had caught a bird and had ripped all its ar*e feathers out, it looked a state. I took it in and wrapped it in a towel as it was obviously in shock. I then had the bright idea of using super-glue to re-attach the feathers as they use it in surgery now...