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Picked up a couple of tins in Tesco this morning, no great drama. Think they were in sunflower oil, maybe tomato but we get either or both. Sainsburys normally have them as well. They come in flat rectangualr tins these days. Very occasionally I get fresh ones for the barbecue in early...

Good idea on the inserted decorative bits, could start out with a beech rolling pin and make it more exciting (they are very inexpensive in some supermarkets). What you have there is a coffee-tamper for your expresso machine, or a mouse-club for rodent removal, or a soil-firmer for seed...

I must think about my odd stock of unused and now obsolete oil, I have an almost full 5l of pre-semi-synth and even an unopened pint (yes, pint) can of Hypoid that I have left over from overnight re-building my Hillman Hunter differental around 1978. Out local tip (sorry, recycling facility)...

Excellent, I recognised the chair but didn't know it was called #14. Looks like it might stack., albeit a bit awkwardly. I can 'see' a group of artists sitting on these in a Paris pavenment cafe, late 1800's, smoking gauloises and drinking pernod. Back to the original post, I think I am...

The hasty bodger approach: Inexpensive pencil, roll of masking tape or something wider. Roll tape tightly round, and round, and... Etc in the right place, until it is a snug fit? Inexpensive fairly slim pencil, 10mm dowel, use lathe to drill pencil-sized hole through dowel? Or if jig is a...

Just finishing this off - ordered from Toolstation yesterday, their standard next day delivery. Came about lunchtime, bright day (cold though) so fitted them without drama. Stunning difference. Downside? Yes, all the odd bits I put away in dark corners to deal with another day, no dark...

Interesting. Looks very familiar but can't quite place it. If you have time and enjoy such things, the V&A website is a fascinating place to spend time. Go to www.vam.ac.uk Click on collections in the top bar menu Put chair (or whatever you are interested in) in the search bar and press return...

Thanks all for input. Seems like there is no downside to LEDs in principle. I've looked at the straightforward (and cheaper) tube replacement, didn't know they existed, but I've decided to put 2 new fittings in to replace the fluoro and the old spots. I'm also at the age (almost 70) where I...

My double garage/half workshop has a 5ft fluorescent near one end and a pair of 60w spots at the other - filched from a bed headboard I ripped out the day we arrived. Both have been here 25+ years and I have replaced bulbs as necessary. The garage has a proper roof and the lights are fitted to...

Don't even think about thinking about Yew. It has a reputation, not everyone concurs but in ancient times legend has it that you could poison your guests with Yew goblets. I've made things like pestle and mortar, used for dry spices and wet mixes, sycamore and maple, and left them unfinished...

I tried bleach on a small sculptural project, as you said not that effective. It wasn't going to be handled,and I wanted to get the effect with what I had in so I ended up giving it a thin coat of diluted ordinary white ceiling paint, let it dry and sanded back. When happy, a wax finish. A...

Yes, I'm really struggling with the concepts here. I really did think my meter had a green electron filter. Can you please explain nice and simply for someone clearly as dim as me how it all works Especially when you get to the bit about when total peak demand exceeds the total peak delivery...

If its the black look you are after, Sadolin Classic, ebony. If you do decide to burn it, take your petrol lawn mower out first. 🤔 I have charred small pieces for decorative work and you really do have to get it burning. Just wafting a blow lamp over it is not very effective.

Anything British. I know people make some very nice things from exotic hardwoods, but at the level I am at there are plenty of home grown choices. I like elm for sculptural pieces for no reason other than it was the carving wood of choice for Henry Moore and Barbera Hepworth. Nice regular...

Yep, just read that the Treasury has set aside 1.7 billion to cover costs to keep it going over winter. I read it twice, billion. They must have run up some very big debts.

The regulator has, this morning, applied to the Courts for a special administration order. Its a parallel process to appointing a receiver but in this case there is no winding up order. The regulator says that current customers will have their supply and current contract prices honoured, so...

To answer your precise question: "Yes" - on the basis that someone probably does know where to find them. No idea who though. (unless of course it was a custom made job, in which case the discussion already posted might be helpful) A lot of topics wander off in odd directions and are more...

I used SLRs back in film days, then DSLRs, then a good quality compact, now just a phone with occasional outings for the camera. DSLR days were numbered when I realised I no longer wanted to lug all that stuff around. Dust is a problem with any removable lens camera, less so with film because...

Well I've got a special electric meter that looks at every over excited electron as it comes down the line and only lets the green electrons into my house. Black ones from oil get thrown away and grey ones from gas get sent back. At least I think that's what the salesman said ....... :)

Yes but we are where we are, and the party of privatisation keeps getting re elected so someone must think its a good thing. It's a 40 year old argument. Fact is, right now it's all private sector and we have to manage the consequences both at a personal and national level.