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Afternoon all F H's 'dead man walking' post reminded me ... https://www.thefarside.com/ If not strange, definitely odd. Cheers Dave

Morning all Just received a very authentic looking mail from 'BT' asking for an update to my account details, accompanied by a mild threat to disconnect my services if I don't comply. It asked for all the details of a bank card including the security code on the back. I spoke to BT and it's...

Afternoon all I've aquired a mouse in the house. His days are numbered, but I am thinking about electronic repellants for the future. Does anyone have any experience of these things? Do they work? Cheers Dave

Morning all I'm looking for a replacement for an AEG machine which does a cold wash. Not a cool wash, a cold wash. Does anyone out there know if such machines still exist? Cheers Dave

Afternoon all A year or so after I bought my lathe, the speed controller failed. Record sent a courier to collect it the next day, repaired it and sent it back. All done FOC under warranty. I had got into the habit of leaving the mains switched on at the plug after I stopped the lathe via the...

Afternoon all Does anyone know if they have ceased trading? The website still seems to work, but three emails and a telephone message haven't produced a response. Cheers Dave

Afternoon all I need to apply a finish to an Ash goblet. Any recommendations for a waterproof and food safe finish. I tried Chesnut's Food Safe oil on a bit of scrap, but it darkens the wood too much for my liking. I saw a recent post about Melamine and Acrylic aerosols, but I'm...

Morning all Not quite sure if this should be in finishing advice. A friend has bought a Triumph TR6 which has a veneered ply dashboard. The varnish, (Polyeurethane?) is cracked and discoloured in places, so refinishing is required. Does anyone know what varnish would have been used and how...

Morning all I've been thinking about these since moving up to Wiltshire. Most of the plumbing seems to have stalactites attached. Anyone use an Aquatec system? Any comments about them? Cheers Dave

Afternoon all At our last place in Devon, I had a chip extractor with coarse weave bags installed in an 'annexe' outside my shed. I recently moved house and now (only :( ) have an integral garage which I will be using as a workshop. The external chip extractor is not an option so I'm thinking...

Afternoon all Tried to log on to TWH this afternoon and was directed to a page telling me that my account has been suspended. Anyone else got this problem? Cheers Dave

Morning all I recently updated to SM 2.3.3 and I use XP SP3. I have the program set up so that a mouse wheel click will open a link in a new tab. In ver 2.3.3 the new tab flickers and/or refreshes a few times as it opens. The same thing happens if I open a new tab via the pull down menu...

Afternoon all I started using Sea Monkey some time ago. I like it better than IE Last week I updated to ver 2.3.3 Since then, if I navigate to another page using the mouse wheel or right click, the newly opened tab flickers as it loads. It doesn't happen if I 'overwrite' the existing page...

Afternoon all I've got an acrylic bath to fit in the corner of a bathroom, which will be tiled. I've been told that the proper way to do this is to fit the bath to the wall before tiling. This means that the bottom edge of the wall tiles sit on the top edge of the roll of the bath and are then...

Morning all I have a radiator to re plumb at our daughter's house. Rather than draining the (combi) system, I thought about using this kit ... http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plumbin ... 711/p38656 Anyone ever used it successfully on CH with inhibitor in the water ? Cheers Dave

Morning all My brother in law in Brum is having difficulty finding a supplier for four and a half inch T&G floorboards. They are nominally seven eighths thick. He needs to cover about two sq. m. in a 1905 house and match the rest of the floor, prior to sanding. He's gone through the Yellow...

Evening all I bought a plank of beech some while ago and I just turned three platters from it. Not very thick timber, about an inch and an eighth. The first two were OK but very light weight and not very stable, so I decided to glue a separate foot onto the third one. I think that there is...

Went to the tip today and was given a flyer about this .... http://www.devon.gov.uk/chargeablewaste :( Cheers Dave

Mornin' all I have a Patriot chuck. I noticed a while back that the faces of the (2") jaws were not quite level. I hadn't spotted this before and moving the jaws round made no difference. I was up at Yandles yesterday buying some pin jaws and took it with me to get their opinion. I left it...

Eric (the Viking) asked me to post a few pic's of the cat in my avatar. I posted a few on Photobucket. http://gs149.photobucket.com/groups/s79/NRMD7ZBRUH/ Cheers Dave