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Keith Emerson (of Emerson Lake & Palmer - a 70s super-group, kids...) was a terrific guy, very down to earth. He came to my studio (by bike, no entourage) for a photo-shoot 'back in the day' and entertained the cast & crew during downtime with tales of what it was like to live 'round here'...

OK, answered my own question; have just bought these - will report back. Pete

Festool CXS is great - wouldn't be without mine - but kind of a one-trick pony right now. I bought Bosch 10.8v a while back as they had more tools that ran on the same batteries than Makita, and that range hasn't reduced over time - I've just picked up an excellent work light, for example. But...

I will never willingly watch anything featuring Chris Evans - something about him just puts my teeth on edge. Apparently they've also kept exactly the same format, which is a mistake IMHO - too easy to make direct comparisons. I'll try to catch The Grand Tour ("Top Gear Two" lol!) with the...

Is it a pop up or in the sidebar DW? If it's the sidebar, there are *very* subtle controls in the (usually) top right corner:- If you touch the 'X' you can flag the ad as inappropriate:- It doesn't stop ads in general being shown, but might keep things happier with the Mrs. HTH Pete

It's a nice little sander, but with a 2mm orbit best suited to finishing, IMHO. Pete

Very sorry to hear that, Alan - your work rate has always put many one-man-bands to shame! You need to look after your health though, so I hope the 'lighter duties' work out for you. Best of luck, Pete.

I have a non-AS hose on my workshop vac (older CTL22) and I definitely get more static hits from that than from my vacs with AS hoses. Also 7 metres is pretty long - could you get away with something shorter (therefore cheaper)? If you do need a D36 fitting for you tools, could you get a short...

What RogerS said - the occasional restart or shutdown is a useful 'throat clearing' exercise, but not necessary on a daily basis. Just to trade anecdotes, I was told (by a sysadmin looking after a large Mac installation) that it could be detrimental to regularly shut OSX down, as (being based on...

Agree with MattRoberts - here's a few more things to consider. You're massively over-engineering this IMHO, and consequently making work for yourself. 4x2 CLS is for making studwork i.e. walls. You're building a wardrobe, not a bomb shelter, so consider something smaller - 2x2 would be perfectly...

Yes, I do understand. But, in all the time we've lived here (almost 25 years, mortgage paid off next month, yay! :) ) we've never had a power cut, and I've never lost my broadband, aside from temporarily, when changing providers. I've only ever dialled 999 twice, and both times were from a...

Agree with much of the above. It would certainly help to know which Mac you have - MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac etc... - as potential solutions are different for each model. If you're coming to Mac OS from Windows there can be significant differences, and Apple run a variety of (free) educational...

Absolutely something to consider, though from what I've read on the various SIPs, you register emergency details with them and everything is taken care of. But it requires an Internet connection, of course, and a steady power supply... Much to consider. Cheers, Pete

Virgin media want the same £ as Sky for the landline - slightly more, actually. When we were first with Sky the broadband was included in the overall package, but at some point in the not-so-recent past it was split out as a separate cost, as were 'evening & weekend' calls. I want the fastest...

Thanks everyone. Yes, our virgin broadband is fibre, so separate from the landline. Big sports fans here and "we" do watch a lot of the sky-only channels, so we won't be ditching the TV anytime soon. We did have a moan to Sky and they have given us 'free' broadband and calls for 12 months, but...

As per the title, anybody done this, ditched their landline and used some kind of VOIP solution instead? Long story short, we've just realised we've been paying Sky 15 quid a month for broadband and calls that we don't use, for god knows how long. They won't cancel it as they link it to the...

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Very tidy, nice one. I'll confess, I'm not totally convinced about through dominos on the face of a drawer - I like to rebate the sides of the drawer box into the face and domino through the sides, though the face has th be thicker, of course - but that's in no way a criticism, just a personal...

I'm with Custard on this - MR MDF was made for this kind of application; with (painted) ply you'll just be making work for yourself, and you'll likely end up with a finish that isn't as good. IME MDF generally takes paint very well, wether sprayed, or applied with foam roller; if you can't get a...

If you have a Domino, then don't faff about with anything else, unless you want the aesthetic appeal of, say, dovetails - simple butt joints with dominos and plenty of glue is the quickest way I know to make a drawer. I tried DomiDrawers when they were a new thing, way back - this one's from...