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Is there anyway I can stay logged in permanently? I have no problem on other forums I frequent, but on here, if I disappear for 15 mins I have to log in again, most annoying, or am I doing something wrong? Rich.

Well folks, listening to the news the NHS has come up with plans for a new class of wheelchair, look to your local hospitals tips/rubbish dumps in the coming weeks as there will be a lot of wheelchairs being discarded with each having 4 braked wheels, the same thing happened about 8 years ago...

Good evening woodies, can anyone point me in the direction for the construction of a 5 bar gate please? the dimensions are of no importance but the construction method is, it will probably be of oak or cedar or even cypress, any help will be much appreciated. Rich.

Good evening chaps, last weekend a colleague of mine who was clearing out his garage came round and presented me with 2 very dilapidated planes, one was a Stanley bailey No 4, and a wooden plane which I have never owned or used before, I'll get to that later, sadly with the stanley, I did not...

Embarrassing I know, but could some kind member remind me how to update the forum clock please, tia. Rich.

Well I never, whilst watching country ways I have just watched an elderly lady making archery bowstrings, I always thought that they were factory made but this lady made them by hand from Dacron, absolutely fascinating, she once made 100 in a day and she waxes them too, well, you live and learn...

Good evening team, as an existing sky customer on a basic package, I am coming round to switching to an HD+ package, I am also looking at changing from Tiscali to Sky broadband as an ISP. Has anyone done the same? is it worth it, were there any difficulties, I'll be calling Tiscali on monday to...

I wonder when Axminster will follow the high street trend and offer 50% off of the quoted price, dream on Rich. :roll: Rich.

I am saddened to see what's going on in India at the moment, it must be horrendous for those in the vicinity, however, I am at the same time sad to see what is happening to such a lovely building as the Taj palace, I have never been to India and did not realise that such lovely architecture was...

Tonight over dinner we were discussing the nativity, my eldest (17) and the youngest(13) were unaware of who king Herod was, when I asked what they were being taught in RE, the youngest said that they were being taught about euthenasia :shock: what this has to do with religous education is...

Once again , I had the priviledge of watching the rememberance festival at the RAH. (on the tv) The hymns were beautiful and touching, the pageantry was a joy to behold and as usual I shed a tear, it is comforting to know that while we are safely tucked up at night, we have the finest military...

Listening to the BBC news at ten, I learn that the reason for widening the M27 and installing overhead gantries at spur joining lanes is to offer motorists the opportunity when joining a slow moving traffic queue to use that hard shoulder and join fast moving traffic and also be automatically...

I can't understand how Jonathan Ross or Russel Brand are described as comedians, they have NEVER made me laugh in the same vain as, say, the two Ronnies or Tommy Cooper, I find their "humour" to be both cynical and sarcastic, is it just me? or do others actually find them funny, for the amount...

I can't believe that no one else has signed up to Gregs invitation to support the Gurkhas who have laid their lives on the line for this country and yet we are content to let immigrants in from the Indian and African continents when these people have not paid a penny in taxes, we support them...

Could someone out there please explain what is pitch pine and why is it so called? Regards, Rich.

Listening to sky news I learn that truants are to receive air miles and laptops if they turn up for school, surely that means that the kids who do attend on a regular basis will receive a lear jet and a 40" flatscreen tv, you could'nt make it up, could you, :shock: labour, have really lost the...

At the risk of being branded a "killjoy" I have to say I can't believe my ears, Hull NHS have announced that they are prepared to purchase a yacht in order to train youngsters into becoming rounded citizens :shock: apparently, this will get wayward youngsters off the street and teach them how...

Does any kind bod out there know of a blank CV form I can download for my eldest lad to copy and fill in? he just wants a weekend job whilst in the sixth form, he has an interview with M&S this week, but if he has several forms filled out he can post them off to different companies.

Blimey, DO NOT give your babies powdered milk that originates from China, they have mixed melamine into it, melamine is normally used to make glue :shock: , 3 babies have died and many more are suffering from liver failure, can you BELIEVE this, surely heads must roll for this criminality, they...

18 Months ago when I purloined half of the garden to build my workshop, I promised to build SWIMBO a greenhouse on the far end, well it has'nt moved very far, so I've taken a week off to try and push the agenda forward, I decided to erect a covered walkway from the rear of the house all the way...