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Chance your arm then Artie. See how far it gets you. If the licence hounds have evidence that you are in the habit of illegally watching your TV then they can get a warrant to enter to enforce what is at present the law. Laugh if you like but you won't win; and no I am not an ex licence hound...

What's so amusing Artie? :dunno:

Artie. That is true, but they can get a warrant to check if they have reason to suspect you are 'deceiving' them. John

I just switch off my hearing and engage my begging filter. Although if I start my painting channel I shall probably be a target for Patreon. Still, I am naive enough to believe content is King and quality is Queen. I didn't cut my aerial; I just blanked off the socket should they ever get a...

More like a ski slope to Hell. Making it in the opposite direction is a little more difficult! John

I watch YouTube mostly through my Amazon Firestick and I am unsure if adblockers will work with my TV. Not a smart TV. So I have to put up with ads I can't skip over. No big deal. John

I solved my sharpening conundrum. I put my chisels and irons under a cardboard pyramid. I make an affirmation and leave it to the force! Works every time and costs pence! John (Tongue in cheek!)

All you have to do with regard to the BBC licence fee is tell the BBC, through their website, that you no longer watch BBC, use no iPlayer and that you don't watch any other live TV. They will send you a letter thanking you for the information and inform you that they will make a check in 2...

The tip! As soon as I can justify a new PC that's where my Mac is going. John

Thanks Star! The offer is open to anyone of course. I'll contact starlounge too. John

Yes James. I apologise. I was thinking of the Nicholson design bench. Not a block construction, as in Schwarz's bench from his book. Rex Krueger (Spelling?) has a video on the 'Tube for the building of an 'English' bench, much like the Nicholson design. That is very 'weedy' by comparison, and...

I can't remember being born either Jacob. But don't worry, apparently you get another choice if you want to come back; courtesy of the Universe. I just got fed up with spam from the Law of Attraction believers, that I decided to find out more about it. So again, I haven't flipped. I just find...

Fully agree Bill. I once wooed a girl by showing her where in the sky, her birth-sign was. (in the 1950s) This only works if the girl doesn't already know! In which case you have to be able to tell her other facts about her particular sign! Like that it takes 65 years for the light from...

We are all part of the Universe itself. We chose to come here and experience humanity for ourselves. When we 'die' we just go back to the Universe. Whatever we do, we must first love ourselves, before we can love anyone else. What ever we want out of life we must ask the Universe for, and as...

I bought myself a pair of 70mm binoculars, in time for the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction. Result? Cloudy right through the window of missed opportunity. And now it's snowing a hoolie here! . . John

To the original poster. If you are making a telescope or an observatory you wiĺl probably have the three volumes of ATM. You should find all you need to help build your 'man cave' for astronomy. Even in an out of date edition of ATM. There's also YouTube of course. HTH Just reminded me... On...

Thanks Dave. Somewhere then I saw someone making a Nicholson bench with a 2inch top and an apron. I could habe sworn it was Paul's video. Maybe I am confused. If so then my apologies to all concerned. Ah well I shall be 82 in February! John

James, In the late 70s I acquired some 'scrap scaffold boards. These were made from pitch pine and were a full 2" thick. They were also around a foot wide. By the time they were cleaned up they just about made 1.5 inches thickness Probably the minimum thickness for usr as a benchtop. Scaffold...

And with cauliflower!

Fattening! Too much starch! Lol! John