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Well my political views are conservative with a small "c", inherently libertine and a firm believer in VERY small Government. I most object to being bent over taxation wise to enable the unsustainable prolifigate lifestyles of both our Governmental "masters" either elected or Civil Service, and the unemployable underclasses(with their own expensive to sustain and wholly unsustainable poor-choice trashy lifestyles "that are not their fault") that vote them into power. Which despite 70 odd years of pumping never-ending public money into, HAVE NOT changed. The numbers, and demands, merely continue to increase. There is something wrong with our system, it is NOT the lack of funding. Simples.

My longtime take on the whole issue is; "moderation in all things, especially moderation", i.e. buying natural fabric cloths very very infrequently, and wearing them until done, regardless of changing fashions, then using as dog beds and rags. Never buying coffee(or tea) in plastic/paper cups, re-using(and hoarding) plastic bags. Buying old solid wood furniture and NEVER changing it to suit our unchanging internal decor. The simple stuff. Bought proper lifetime China, unlike the sisters in law who change theirs near as frequent as they change their underwear. Not leaving food on the plate(to be wantonly dumped) when eating. etc etc etc. Only replacing kitchen/household consumer electrics/electronics when they fail and are unfixable, not because of whim or fashion. Buy a car and take 200,000 /250,000 miles out of it. NOT buying into this whole; "we are doomed, so give us prolifigate politicans more tax dollars so we can claim to fix the worlds unfixable problems, by throwing money about". All while they jet about(& 1st class obviously) in a profligate wasteful pontificating 5* expenses paid trash-the-World lifestyle.

NOT looking good, unless we somehow get an election.

Eggs, easy for me to say since I am fortunate in that I will never be in your sad position, since ah baint got no best mates, nor any mates in fact. So count your blessings. mth

And that would be the "professionals" bodging it. Yet those in the industry profess that only they can safely and correctly install a stove. The very same as within the gas-fitting industry. P.S. I made no mistakes either in my choice of stove,(since we bought a Morso(e)) or my own non-professional installation, way back in 1997, so 22 years later I imagine that is a sound judgment. P.S. Just to irritate the chimmney sweeps, the flue has NEVER been swept in the 22 years.

If you speak with this type of sincerity Eggs, you will be fine. Marcus

I read somewhere that "traditionally" the new recruits to the FFL, bought the red wine for their new squad mates, who reciprocated by pissing in the recruits new boots. To be worn the next day. I simply boiled a kettle and filled my TA boots at night, then tipped the water out the next morning and wore them, over 2 pairs of socks. Nary a worry. Edit; From hazy recall I understand the theory was that since urine was used in curing the leather it should help, plus urine being sterile it should help with any blisters or cuts. How sterile the urine of a hairy-arsed/time served FFL was is probably questionable though.

Split and cut to length Conifer, i.e. cut and split for firewood, not kindling. Simply randomly select the splinterest/smallest/most misshapen bits from the pile, when bring in a box of firing. A handful of scrunched up newspaper/junk mail/plastic not for recycling. Apply match. Job Done.

Cant really remember, but "the Essential Craftsman" was expounding their virtues. link att; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UixavBBmHmw

Started with old Teak Lab benches from a school, 6' 6" long by about 52" wide the joints between the individual planks had started to fail, and some of the planks were a tad cupped and warped. I merely sanded down with 60 grit, to take a boiled Linseed oil finish, and absolutely minimized wastage. Anyway the back toilet/utility area was a perfect fit in that the narrow dimension was about 6' 3" wide and using a 12" wide(being 2 still soundly jointed planks) top shelf at one end left the lengthwise span just a squeak under 6'6". The individual planks were random widths, from 6" to about 9.5", I simply sorted them to "fit" as best possible, and I have still to tidy up the resulting, somewhat untidy projecting corners. The only problem was the space was NOT square, remarkedly off-sq in fact, which combined with the various capped and warped planks made it more of a challenge to fit. The 3 sets of gable ended short shelves were cut from 2 planks with zero wastage, and the gable ends were one particularly warped plank cut in 1/3rds, though I did require to plane one face true(ish) to allow the butt joint.to mate up. The cupping can be seen in the corner joint above the door hinges,(it really needed cramped, but I missed it) but I got the other 3 corners better trued at least. I could put the entire wastage in a coat pocket. All butt joints are floating tenons. Anyway, see images. My next project is a set of curved doors for beneath the curved stonework for the washbasin in the daughters en-suite

The Remainers are making much of the current market uncertainty and weak pound, "due to Brexit" when it is their very actions in weakening the UK's bargaining position and endless prevarication and shit-stirring multiple delays that are the real cause. Because. Markets hate uncertainty. Simples.

And yet when, with 40 years of squeaky clean driving behind me, I, simply due to a miscommunication with the local UFU Office, was caught driving without insurance(and I/we simply CANNOT afford to risk an uninsured PI claim) A straight "slam-dunk", no excuses/zero tolerance, and since I vainly took it to court, got treated like dog-shit-on-his-shoe by the RM. I was equally disgusted by the behaviour of the Soliciter I was recommended to use, if he had been any further up the RM's arse-hole, he would have been looking out his ear-hole. That is it would have been honest of him, when I first phoned, to advise me to represent myself, since he could do nowt for my case, instead he arranged a consultation, took my driving licence hostage, and then crawled up the RM's arse in Court, and of course charged me up front for such professional conduct and services. Why the Police and Politicians cannot understand how these blatent double standards harm respect for the Law is quite baffling. Marcus

I have lit our stove this past few mornings, akinda justified because (i)the wife is female, and (ii) akinda sedentary/couch bound (plus there were racks of clothes to dry) BUT The sweat bes proper roping off me when I come back inside, However 27 to 30 plus deg C does NOT BOTHER her. Astoundingly she has even taken to re-firing the Stove herself "just in case". Hell must sure suit the gentler sex.(Could Satan be female even?)

The very nub of the issue!

Certainly not, my wife has much, much better taste. Never mind some standards.

Bercow should have his cock nailed to a cross, and then be slow roasted, all while being eviscerated , the smug odious arrogant(partisan, but strangely not to his own party) posturing prick he is.(Except his wife needs to look elsewhere for cock/prick, apparently) I dare to say he would have fitted in consummately well with Mr. Hitlers Nazi party of the 1930's through to about 1943.

No, I read that bit, so, he may indeed wish the subsidies to be done away with, BUT, while they continue to exist he will rightfully claim them. How would his not claiming make any difference. Hell he may well use the subsidies he does not approve of, but claims, to campaign against the existence of these very same subs.

So £18,800, per year, AND split 4 ways. So actually £4,700.00, and taxable, quite a bit less dramatic. When the top "earning" NI/Belfast benefits claiming families are on £100k+ per year.(untaxable)

Au contraire, Wor pond bes up fully 5 or 6" this last couple of weeks! Which means about 2.5 to 3" of rainfall.

Happenstance we met a gentleman with 2 very well behaved Cocker Spaniels on our 1/2 mile walk, a very well mannered older dog and an equally beautiful 10 month old bitch(imported from the US apparently) Despite me not being Spaniel fixated, they really really were lovely dogs.

Bugger me, but I do! Tis that Presbyterian deferred gratification thang coming home to roost, wi a bang bang!

I took the Mrs. to the Dr. this afternoon, we also took Montgomery, I parked at the Clinic, then walked the 13 week pup about a 1/2 mile down to the shops and back, quite heavy traffic whizzing about, plus we needed to cross the main traffic route a couple of times, going in both directions, and I had to(briefly) leave Montgomery tied outside the shop. Montgomery behaved impeccably, despite being a tad nervous of the traffic at first, especially his calm demeanour when left tied outside the shop, for the first time EVER. This was also his first proper walk on a lead, but he almost intuitively walked "at heel". The Mrs. then volunteered to drive me home, if I wanted a couple o excellent pints o Guinness, during the consumption of which he blissfully slept in the car, without stressing out or chewing owt.(like the leather clad gear knob or steering wheel) Came back home to a wonderful, pre-prepared Spaggati Bolagniase, washed down with a quite magnificent Rioja. Seriously impressed, in most all respects. P.S. Hoping to get called DogFace anytime soon, wink, wink!

The kit arrived this morning. I first tried the plane iron on my forearm hairs, after a touch-up on the 1000 grit diamond stone. No dice. I then followed the instructions for using the honing paste, and after a very few strokes, WOW A wee snowdrift of downy hair piling up on top of the plane iron. Seriously impressed. £15.00 well spent, even though, as I thought, I did not need the bit of leather. cheers mth

Looks like a Farmer up a tree with a chainsaw to me.

Most Excellent Anal-ysis good Sur! Now go fuck yersel!