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There are a lot of standard industrial plugs and sockets that are not commonly used. For example there is one for three phase 240v that is not interchangeable with three phase 415v for obvious reasons.

I wonder if you could clear something up? Irrespective of the legalities or otherwise, and given that "Europe" is such a wonderful collection of countries, why are all these asylum seekers struggling so hard to reach the UK? As you say, they have no money or passport, plus the weather here is...

If you do go with it, please, please, please inform us as to the reaction:):):)

We used to just take the plunger out of the solenoid if it failed. Just start the car as normal but you have to stall it to stop it. Lots of LR TDI engines running like that in various parts of Africa...........:)

Emapsite.com You can buy the digital version of the land registry and os maps. If you buy the .dxf versions they can be viewed and measurements made in DWG Trueview which is a free download from Autodesk.

I used to live in The Gambia. There, GMT stood for Gambia Maybe Time.

To drain any condensation forming between the brick skin and the flue. This is the section most likely to produce any as its going to have the largest temperature differential. A bit OTT though..........

Unless its a combined sewer, which the vast majority are....

There would also need to be a Structural Engineers report to say that it was appropriate to remove part of the chimney, which is quite likely to be a significant load bearing structure, particularly if it's an older dwelling.

So you think that the laws of thermodynamics have no relevance....... Did it occur to you that the bigger the stove, the more steel to be heated...........?? According to your logic every radiator ever made should be the size of the wall its fitted to....... Bonkers.....

Impact Socket Supplies UK, unsurprisingly, supply all kinds, shapes and sizes of impact sockets, from single items through to sets. I have used them many times, usually to buy single sockets for a specific task. I tend to agree with those above who question the need for a 3/4 inch rattle gun...

As long as you are measuring something that doesn't require much accuracy they will be fine............

This thread, as usual with anything that has remotely political nuance, is fascinating and highly entertaining. Whilst the protagonists produce some excellent points and some frankly bizarre ones, I feel that there is a rather more fundamental point to be discussed: It's not the scientists...

Rotring 800, its retractable and just a very nice bit of kit.....

Marker posts are not accurate either, they are often only accurate to about 10 metres or so. Other items take precedent and the markers are often the last things to be installed when us surveyors have long gone....... The best way to check distance and speed is with the GPS data on your phone...

You can buy adaptors for the major brands to use one make of battery on another make of tool. I've never used one but do have an adaptor for the old oval dewalt tools to use the newer batteries. Works a treat, a 20 something year old all metal drill/driver was worth stripping and rebrushing once...

Therein lies the rub, during a risk assessment the term "do all that is reasonably practicable" accompanies all levels of mitigation. Cost can and has been used to justify not undertaking certain mitigations. Another well used term in RAMS is "training and experience". The big problem is that...

Was it an iron bar?

So that's the solution to all occurrences of injury in the workplace? Eliminate the need for use of the brain........ Fantastic idea.....

It's a solution looking for an accident.