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    Antibody Tests with Covid - 15% Population Rate in Germany

    It was the media who told us VW emissions were fiddled as well :wink:
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    Buying a workshop

    I know that I should be building my own but I am occupied full time (given current restrictions) with alterations to the bungalow we hope to move into before Christmas. So..... I am looking for recommendations of a supplier. Around 16x12 minimum. Her majesty says it has got to “look nice”. I...
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    Antibody Tests with Covid - 15% Population Rate in Germany

    If you look at the deaths per million in a population, throughout Europe. Germany ought to be telling us how they managed to have four times less deaths than anyone else. ....... Or their national statistics are being generated by redeployed VW emissions engineers.
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    Every cat owning MP will be putting one of those on their expenses.
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    New parkside scrollsaw

    Parkside is Lidl’s brand so where else could you have bought it. So maybe they will take it back. Assume that it is less than three years old You could try super glue on the joint, not sure if it would work .
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    Virtual shopping at Wickes and B & Q

    Even if not, I guess it will be virtually unusable if it is timber.
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    Steve's workbench build

    Steve, PM me the size, I have a stash.
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    Avoiding Covid 19

    Put a drop of washing up liquid in your bleach solution. It acts as a surfactant. If you make up the bleach fresh every time you can use in lower concentrations. Any organic matter will quickly "mop up" bleach's disinfecting power, so ordinary cleanliness is important.
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    Things I know today - that I didn't yesterday....

    Chernobyl did much the same. Years afterwards I worked at Dounreay in north Scotland, several folks only ate (Poached) venison as their meat source, the deer obviously had been eating very slightly contaminated grass over the years . As a result the blokes had elevated levels of radioactivity...
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    Pressure release valve for dust deputy

    If you have a dead hard drive lying around somewhere, then there are magnets in there.
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    This evening I have baked some hot cross...

    Her majesty has been buying those, I can’t stand them, texture like cardboard, not that I make a habit of eating cardboard.
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    Have I picked the wrong hobby?

    Well at least on short lengths like that, a riving knife is not essential.
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    This evening I have baked some hot cross...

    Her majesty’s Yorkshire puddings tend to be soggy in the middle. I actually prefer that bit.
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    British Airways - a masterclass in losing customer loyalty

    Ryanair treats its customers better than ba. Vowed ten years ago never to use them again. Who owns them these days?
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    Wood yard closed or open?

    You can get floor board from wickes. Store is closed (good thing IMHO) You click and collect .
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    Play in vintage tenon saw - enlarged saw nut holes

    Following what Mike has said. Use a pair of scissors to cut open a coke can (other drinks are available)and create two flat shims for either side of the blade. Will this make the blade tight in the handle slot? The excess shim can be trimmed away from the edge of the handle with a craft knife...
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    Alley, ginnel, what?

    A friend has suggested urinal :D
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    Alley, ginnel, what?

    Just for fun. What is a alley way called in your neck of the woods? I believe ope is Cornish
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    Golden Ratio - any designers out there?

    I have it written in 3 inch high letters on my workshop wall. People ask what it is Golden ratio, sez I. They go away suitably impressed. Never used it though :D
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    Skirting boards obtuse angle

    The big question is will they be painted? If yes don’t sweat it, just buy some decorators Calke. Walls are neither flat nor straight. Corners are rarely right angles.
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