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To continue your simili :) In the EU, the UK was part of a team ( which as a whole was the biggest and strongest ) and could take on the others such as USA or PRC. Outside it is a bantamweight ( my dad was a pro-boxer before he was RAF, and boxed for them too, and later trained others in there...

Chestnut.

3rd pic is nicer, even if the effect doesn't last.

Lavender needs the heat, we had loads when we lived near St Tropez ( neighbour had hectares of it, lavender products was his business ), up here ( similar climate to Phil but a bit warmer ) it has ( any varieties ) never really taken and spread.Does OK in pots, but is always spindly compared...

What are the regs on a fire door these days in the UK..that looks like it is an el cheapo hollow interior door , not quite paper faced hardboard hollow with eggshell / honeycomb carton inner, but I would n't want to trust that in a fire.:eek:

My house is / was full of cables like that and cut off live wires plastered over, plus the earth was connected to the incoming mains gas copper pipe ( just behind the gas cooker connection point ) , no earth spike. Ma in law ( now dead from old age, at 84, tiny feisty woman ) once "stuck to"...

Xenophobia Phil is fear or hatred of foreigners, I have no problem with foreigners : ) I just think that Brexiters should own the chaos and economic hardship that their votes have inflicted upon themselves and others. Since Covid and the war in Ukraine all economies have had problems, but the...

Our house the french sparkies at the time ( old house ) just buried the cables in the plaster which was applied to the walls. Surprises galore, I eventually decide it was simpler to remove all plaster and rewire, doing the kitchen at the moment, oh what fun.

It used to be, but to be certain, picture and artwork restorers ( such as myself ) always used "pure"..not "drugstore alcohol" or "hardware store alcohol", so as to avoid any adulterants that might leave residues.A bit like using "pharma grade bicarb" instead of "store bicarb".The OP will...

Why would you call me a remainer? I left the UK in 87, ( despite having thriving businesses there ) because I ( amongst other reasons ) had had enough of the voices of the bitter and xenophobic such as yourself , which were getting louder. Blaming everyone except themselves for the state of the...

That just means that the purple dye is not in there, doesn't mean it is "a UK equivalent brand of Everclear Grain Alcohol" it still has "impurities" added so as to render it unfit for consumption, which may ( or may not ) affect how it combines ( and in particular dries out ) with shellac. I've...

As a drink ( like Everclear ) "Polish Pure Spirit" ..it is expensive.. You could also try your local pharmacy or some industrial chemical suppliers, you want alcohol over 90% but without the usual "denaturing", it is used by restorers. When I was in the UK I was able to get it , but I was...

New door.

Bottle gas prices have not been frozen in France. Life is still cheaper and better here than in the UK..and will remain so. You just keep singing "la la lah" and enjoying whatever the daily heil tells you are the benefits of walking away from the largest market that you had.Enjoy the price of...

I'd say the prices in the UK are due to are Brexit, or, "just because we can" .. 13 Kg bottle deposit here..equivalent to £25.00 inc VAT ( Propane or Butane ) Gas to go in it ..equivalent to £25.00 inc VAT ( Propane or Butane ) No "shortages" of bottles of any size. Before the war in Ukraine ...

@Matt Simpson01 .. your bandsaw is probably a rebadged Scheppach.. The one with 80mm max depth ( wood size vertical size ), not throat depth which always refers to between the blade and the frame.look around Scheppachs site and you'll find it, they do spares, and you can download a manual...

Paint a red line inside the cupboard where the conduit is covered and "mark electrical conduit underneath" ,for the safety of anyone coming along after you and trying to drill directly on top of it, or put a screw in, or might even be yourself in later ( forgetful times as one gets older ) 10...

Put a dab of Tippex on the switch so that it is only visible when the switch is in the "on" position.Means a very carefull "dab" , so that no Tippex at all shows when the switch is in the off position.Then all you have to look for is the Tippex, it's white so It will stand out.It will need...

Jacob and his missus could stop by with their tents and give you a hand, you could discuss sharpening.

<Charles voice, in keeping with today's date>If one can afford a Mafell, one's butler's footman ( which one has if one can afford a Mafell ) checks for one whether the switch is "on" or "off" . the butler's footman would also do the actual sawing for one.</Charles voice, in keeping with today's...