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Thought I'd drop a brief update to this thread. The auction raised substantially more than the auctioneers expected, which means the administrators of Llangollen Railway plc have sufficient funds to carry out their legal duties without further sales. Bidding for coaches was fierce, with most...

Consider a four-legged chair stood on an uneven floor. The chair rocks a bit. At mid-rock, there is a point at which all the weight is on two diagonally opposite corners, with the legs on the other diagonal clear of the floor. Many moons ago, an incident occurred at work. A large tank full of...

I rather doubt that the teeth of a brass saw (or possibly bronze?), even when well work-hardened, would stand up to much work in the timbers used in boatbuilding. More likely to be an ice saw - such items were commercially available from at least one American maker (Simmonds), but were not...

The usual method of cleaning up a rounded corner left by a router in such things as mortices is the application of a sharp chisel. Chop the bulk out, then pare to a nice finish and square corner. Sawing, however fine the saw, always leaves some rag at the back of the cut and a less than smooth...

On the subject of e-scooters. This is not to make a point either pro or anti, just to point something out. E-scooters have already been a factor in one fatality, sadly. Emily Hartridge: Deflated tyre 'caused YouTuber's e-scooter crash' - BBC News

I would be inclined to agree with your first sentence. The second - emphatically not. There is considerable debate about that, amongst scientists studying matters pertaining to climate, and amongst concerned commentators. That's why having a sound, evidence-based answer to the question of what...

It may only be your opinion, but at least you gave me a straight answer to my question! I agree about Bjorn Lomberg. He does seem to be one of the more thoughtful, informed and pragmatic contributors to the climate debate.

OK - everybody 'does their little bit', and the UK decarbonises by 2050 (or something close to it). What happens to the climate?

There are clearly some well-informed people posting on this thread. May I ask a question? (And this is a genuine question - I'm not trying to set anybody up or take the mick. I genuinely don't know what the answer to my question is.) Let's suppose we push ahead with the UK's current...

How much is all this 'decarbonisation' going to cost the average person? From this article by Steve Baker MP, it seems Whitehall's estimate is about £100,000 per household. It’s alright for some | Steve Baker | The Critic Magazine As for global warming, I've just come back from doing my mum's...

Isn't it the same in many walks of life, though? Take sports - football, cricket, baseball, rugby, snooker, ping-pong, you name it. A few people on the pitch or table working their wotsits off, and thousands stood or sat around just watching and shouting at them. Never be any different. To be...

Don't be so damn patronising. It's offensive.

Chris, not sure I entirely agree. I was trying to use a bit of levity to make a more serious point, which is that through history there have always been Puritans of one sort or another trying to enforce their will on the rest of us. In general, they haven't succeeded to any substantial degree...

Bit too much of this New Puritanism about for my liking. 'Hate Crimes' sounds a lot like the Spanish Inquisition, or Puritans banning plum puddings and mince pies in the 17th century in case someone enjoyed themselves - and look where they ended up. There seem to be rather a lot of people...

Git back under thi flagstone, tha soft southern jessie. Glad Ah've got that off me chest. Right - Ah'm off to feed me whippet.

In general, most 'jokes' are pretty tame these days. Some of the 'jokes' rattling around thirty and forty years ago would be regarded as beyond the pale these days. Where do you draw the line? Stereotypes about different people are one of the common themes of humour. Do we ban southerners from...

There's an easy answer - just ignore it. Don't pay the telly tax, either; paying it only encourages them.

Those nails might have been made very close by! I gather that Quadrant House was built just before WW1 as the head office for Rylands Brothers wire works, part of which occupied the site of what is now Sainsbury's. Among Rylands' many products were wire nails. Rylands became part of the...

Firstly - welcome to the forum! Thanks for that info. Shame- I was fond of Bent's. Still got a Tyzack dovetail saw with a very worn Bent's price sticker on it, and they were great for ironmongery of almost any sort. If they didn't have it, they'd order it. Still, that's the way of the world, I...

Just remembered another one - C J Bent and Sons in Church Street, Warrington. They're a long established ironmongers of the old school which a quick google suggests is still going. Don't know if they're still there, but they used to be in the nice curved-fronted building on the corner of Church...