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  1. W

    Silk purse from a sow's ear? Any advice?

    No it isn't. Pence is the plural of penny so is anything more than a single penny.
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    What is this thing? Hand tool with rotatable hexagon and six different sized semicircular indents.

    I have had one of those for many years and not known what it was for. I'm not sure I know now.
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    Any cyclists? Get the miles in!

    carry an umbrella to defend yourself. really officer i dont know how it ended up in the spokes...... That reminds me of around 60 years ago when my three brothers and one sister all shared a donated Raleigh bike. I was riding it one day and decided to kick a can I saw lying on the road . My...
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    Keep on running.

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    Grafting fruit trees

    What you have seen is quite possible. As far as I know almost any tree or plant can produce what is known as a "sport" where a branch can mutate to form a variation on the normal growth of the plant. These changes are a genetic mutation that occurs in a branch or twig, and if that tissue...
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    Another Joke

    I listened to Round the Horne just yesterday morning on BBC Radio 4 Extra. It's on every Tuesday morning at 8.30 at the moment. They don't make them like that any more. p.s. All episodes are available on BBC Sounds.
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    Another mystery tool.

    OK Sunnybob. You are probably correct but no need to be so puffiny about it. :D
  8. W

    An enjoyable 24 minutes, so it is.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0meQiENR4zA
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    Victorian House of Arts and Crafts

    Anybody else watching this series on BBC4? I enjoyed it but would prefer the woodworkers to be using genuine old tools instead of those shiny, and expensive looking, new tools.
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    Smelly Wood

    That's a new species of wood to me. What does it smell like?
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    Bartering goods, skills, time, etc.

    Same here. I made bread, a banana loaf, a lasagne for Saturday evening and a Sheperd's pie for Sunday lunch.
  12. W

    Do many hobbyists own planer thicknessers?

    I have planer/thicknesser and a surface planer/jointer. :D
  13. W

    Anyone doing any woodworking this weekend?

    Excellent taste. My kind of music.
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