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quite interesting, although not exactly scientific -...

I was selling my house and the agent (who was a friend) said he couldn't send anyone around with a woman who only had a day to look at it would I mind. I said no. fine, I just want to sell it. I realised while speaking to the woman that the sale was going nowhere - the house was too big and to...

Last year's monkey puzzle seed.

No. I saw Dara O'Briain live and he totally unfunny.

There appears to be a variety of things named /sold as spurtles.

My most used Bahco is the one with the reversible jaw - it's angled and serrated on the other side so it grips round bar. Brilliant. I'm having a huge sort out at the moment so it's in a box somewhere.

I think last times I counted my pliers, wrenches, stilsons, snips, side cutters and adjustables the total was top side of fifty. :LOL:

Yes. I got away with mine because the car was photographed 250 miles from home and my wife had about twenty witnesses who could verify it had been in a bank car park all day. It might have been difficult otherwise.

I wonder they don't put ANPR cameras at changing random filling stations - everyone stops for fuel at some time.

Mmmm ........... but the one that was a clone of mine was the same vehicle, same colour.

Sorry. I didn't realise I wasn't allowed to joke about St. Starmer.

Sometimes you learn more when threads go out of kilter as it can prevent your getting tunnel vision.

Any combination tool or machine will be bettered by a more specialised one. For general use on nuts and bolts the old favourite takes a lot of beating...

I'm balanced. I wasn't in favour of Sunak either. :)

Living in West Cornwall, I got a parking ticket from Worthing, W. Sussex.

Yours for the postage and a charity donation if you wish. I'll tape them together so no moving parts get damaged in transit. I'll draw lots tomorrow at 6pm if there is more than one applicant.

Man's best friend? Lock your dog and your wife in the boot of your car for an afternoon and see which one is happy to see you when you let them out.

I remember being advised to buy Lindstrom at silversmithing evening classes in 1975. We were told to spend the money once, we'd never need to spend it again. At another lot of evening classes about 20 years ago we were told the same by a different tutor.