Paul The Bassman
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They’re honking about wood prices there too. But yeah.. some guitar tops.
Travelling to the US - what would you buy
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They’re honking about wood prices there too. But yeah.. some guitar tops.
With good exchange rate maybe
Sachakins: I can remember way, way back when a $ was worth 6s 8d, ie, $3 to the £. I don't think today's rate of $1.31 to the GBP is particularly good! Would anyone care to enlighten me here?
Sachakins: I can remember way, way back when a $ was worth 6s 8d, ie, $3 to the £. I don't think today's rate of $1.31 to the GBP is particularly good! Would anyone care to enlighten me here?
Sheptonphil
Scrumpy junkie
By the time you’ve paid import duties and vat, most savings will be wiped out. Gone are the days of getting anything past customers with every suitcase being scanned these days.
back in the 90’s I brought back a Celestron telecope, paid $1000 dollars there, was £2000 here. With a $50 pelican case, I just wheeled it through customers.
back in the 90’s I brought back a Celestron telecope, paid $1000 dollars there, was £2000 here. With a $50 pelican case, I just wheeled it through customers.
Paul The Bassman
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My late brother-in-law always referred to a ‘half crown’ coin - worth 2s6d (25p) as “half a dollar”..
artie
Sawdust manufacturer.
I believe that originated in a time long gone when a pound was worth 4 dollars.
Edit to add, 1940
Further added to say a half crown was = 12.5p
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stuart little
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I remember in early 2000,s when the $ dropped to £0.50: I boughht a whole load of HO model railroad kit. When I retired from the hobby 3 yrs. ago, I sold up - everything sold, Australia, Brazil , Europe (a lot to former E. Europe). Never regretted what I'd spent (invested as it turned out), I got my money back with a profit.
eribaMotters
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Re earlier post about difference in mains voltage.
If buying a rechargeable could this be to your advantage as you can sell on the chargers to the trade working on 110v sites.
Colin
If buying a rechargeable could this be to your advantage as you can sell on the chargers to the trade working on 110v sites.
Colin
Take a rip into Canada, Go to a Lee Valley woodworking store, an experience in itself, not just the tools, claim back the Canadian taxes back at the border. I have accessories and pocket hole screws.
Devmeister
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LOL The current rage here is Mexican coke. They use real cane surgar and an older formula. I buy it at Walmart mart. I like it much better than American coke.
I believe that originated in a time long gone when a pound was worth 4 dollars.
Edit to add, 1940
Further added to say a half crown was = 12.5p
The vernacular was “half a crown”, just saying. And a “2-bob bit”, ie, 2/-, would have been equivalent to 10p. Some of the 2-bobs, or two shilling pieces, we’re marked “Florin”. Aaah, back in the day…
Puts me in mind of the quite funny Michael Palin/Monty Python sketch, where all these geezers were ruminating about the ‘good ol’ days.
Devmeister
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Hey!!
I resemble that comment. Monty Python! And who could forget Mr Bean! Stupid show but it had me in stitches!
I learned a lot of my initial skills from Jim Kingshot. At first it was like he spoke a foreign language. But you learn. He was a lovely gent who knew his trade. I miss him.
I resemble that comment. Monty Python! And who could forget Mr Bean! Stupid show but it had me in stitches!
I learned a lot of my initial skills from Jim Kingshot. At first it was like he spoke a foreign language. But you learn. He was a lovely gent who knew his trade. I miss him.
I used to go to the US several times a year for work, until covid. While I never really brought anything significant back (I might have bought an iPad once?), I'm not aware of a single occasion where my bag was scanned/inspected by customs coming back into the UK. How does it even work at a busy airport like Heathrow? Where do they stop you and inspect/charge you? My recollection is you just get your bag from the carousel and walk out the door...
Sheptonphil
Scrumpy junkie
It's been scanned before it gets to the carousel, every bag from every plane is scanned. Anything suspicious is flagged and you get pulled through customs.
I bought a kreg notching router bit, for beaded face frames, and some other kreg kit. I'm going in a few weeks time and will buy some more kregs stuff that's harder to find or more expensive, I.e the other notching bits
Fidget
Trying
Eddie Bauer T shirts. They beat anything you can buy in Europe by a mile. They used to deliver to the UK but stopped with Covid and haven't started again [sad face]
Vann
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Yeah but they don't have real gallons over there. Their gallons are well under 4 litres, while ours are about 4.5 litres.
Cheers, Vann.
As a boxmaker I'd visit one of the Rockler stores and buy some pre- planed wood. Rosewood, bubinga and curly maple etc are all available in 1/2" thickness. Getting it home is another question of course .
