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Can you define small amounts and give us some idea of cost at all? Name of supplier if they have a website? Have you added VAT and import duty or is the order small enough not to attract this? Cheers, Steve.

Erm, two I would have thought - cutting a mortice and cutting a tennon.... Sorry, couldn't resist :wink: Havent used one but watched a demo at D&M tools show, looked a good piece of kit for what it is but a dedicated morticer would be easier to use I think. Depends on your useage in terms of...

Have not had one in the post but did get one for in store purchases for the new catalogue launch in store a couple of weeks ago. Perhaps you get one or the other? I live near the Sittingbourne store so always purchase from there rather than than by post - perhaps that makes the difference...

But as a parent you know in advance that your offspring are going to produce smelly nappies at a young age and become stroppy 15 years later. Its hardly a surprise. Parents shouldnt have children so they have a carer in their dotage, nor should the argument 'I changed your nappy, you change my...

Yes, Why? As this thread demonstrates not everyone wants their parents with them until they shuffle off their mortal coil. Steve.

Ah, but it is not unknown for unscrupulous people to invent mythical ailing relatives, do 25k of modifications to a house and then sell it a little later for 50k more than it would have been worth without the annex :wink: Some form of social services assesment would need to be built in with the...

Hmmm, web evidence to support it and deny it in almost equal measure. Report from the BBC says elephants can be trained to paint but dont know what they are doing, they are only copying: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/5203120.stm Or if you go to this site...

I remember watching a programme about custom car tunung and massive stereo's and the damage to hearing they can cause. They did a hearing test on one chap and told him he already had reduced ability to hear sounds in the high frequency range - his response was to go and buy a bigger pair of...

If its for a workshop new build or rewire then an alternative would be to run your cable through 20mm conuit if the insulation is already in place, but it can be a pain to get cables doubled up through the 90 degree bends sometimes (DAMHIKT). If its for the house then that may be a non starter...

I built a website on the Joomla template for work but it was not that easy to get to grips with if you wanted to edit things to the nth degree. We now use plone instead, again freely available, which is slightly better. Steve.

Flying as a whole is a pain, from the waiting in the terminal to the numpties on the plane to the arriving at your destination looking and feeling like a squashed sarnie in a lunchbox. However, I think we have all been used to very cheap flights for too long. For instance, I need to go to Nice...

Only if I am allowed the rights to 'super commuter', who will attempt to thwart your dastardly plot using nothing but a sporan and a porridge spoon - as cultural artefacts these are all he could get through airport security.... :wink: Steve.

Fair enough Dave, I didn't check the UK site since the link was to amazon.com not amazon.co.uk. Quite happy to agree that the security situation here is just as ridiculous :roll: Certainly will not be buying the set for my sons anyway! Steve.

Unbelieveable :shock: It is actually sold, I took a look at the playmobil website: http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-US-Site/en_US/Product-Show?pid=3172&cgid= Sometimes perhaps it is better not to live in the good old US of A :roll: Steve.

Hi, and welcome to the forum :D No difference between fretsaw and scrollsaw other than which side of the Atlantic you hail from - fretsaw traditionally this side, scrollsaw the other. All will make life much easier than using a hand fretsaw, althuogh you may have to get used to the increased...

Why would fitting a water meter in the road outside at the site of your current stopcock increase the chance of a burst your side of the stopcock? A meter does not increase flow or pressure on the house side if at all. Where were the other 5 bursts? Underground, at the meter, in the house? Got...

Hmm, not sure I totally agree that hundreds of years of inbreeding coupled with inheriting a fortune typically made off the back of slavery make for a better person somewhere down the line. A quick gander at the history books may well lead you to conclude that the nobility are a bit of a...

Just out of curiosity, how do you define someone as being posh/rich or not? Is it that they have a bigger house than average? Or an Aston Martin sitting on the drive? Or just someone you don't like much because they have an arrogant attitude? Not meaning to be patronising, but surely it depends...

OK, I have been in touch with the council, and all I need to do is submit a buildings notice application. This will cost £96 and is a government set charge. So long as this is submitted 48 hours before I start taking out the old windows they will then come and inspect at their discretion either...

Thanks for your opinions, diverse and interesting as always! The grain looks something like this: Thats not the actual piece I have prepared, but very similar. Not saying all 30 boards look like this but I have not prepped them all yet. To me that grain is fairly distinctive and interesting...