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Nobody mentioned a bonding bridge yet! Cement mixed with adhesive to form a wet slurry (consistency of pancake batter) brushed onto back of slab before laying. Its esp relevant for porous slab - granite as a case in point - it improves adhesion and reduces the potential for staining to draw through from underside to top side. My local quarry did this vid which shows the potential issues with spot staining.

Do bridges fail? (I don't know but haven't heard of it commonly.) That’s a fair observation Paul - probably not but maybe on a rare occasion? Could we also say the same about ropes and anchor points also? Does anybody even know how many times a trained and experienced UK climber has had a cut / failed rope or a failed TiP? Rhetorical obv’s.

National Trust had a look around and found some kahoonas in a dusty corner of the room....

What size are your boots??

Piffle! There is absolutely NOTHING officer like nor gentlemanly about intentionally setting out to break the law of the land in the pursuit of a psychotic pastime which results in the chase and destruction of a wild animal for nought more than personal gratification. Those, Sir, are the actions of a psychopath! Get THEE to the library!

Not a Socialist! Just afflicted with an inherent sense of decency and honesty ? Everybody knows trail hunts are a lame cover for predetermined illegality. It was just a matter of time before it could be proven irrefutably. The audacity of those embarking on a trail hunt with terriers was about as blatant arrogance as could be imagined. It was just a matter of time and now those at the organisational level have been well and truly hoisted by their own petard. FC finally finding their bollox will, hopefully, be rapidly followed by the other large land owning quangos.

About time too. Exclusive: Trail hunting suspended on Forestry England land | ITV News WWW.ITV.COM In a statement to ITV News, Forestry England say it had 'suspended all licences for trail hunting in the nation’s forests'. National Trust the spotlight is on your tacit acceptance of this illegality now.

Where 2 rings are on 1 bridge Ti, you'll need to wear 2 harnesses - otherwise it would still be a single point of failure.

I saw this one earlier ⏬ You beat me to it ?

It IS funny though (and I don’t ‘do’ football!

When I read that I laughed out loud! Then I saw 1 ? emoji... I’d have bet the mortgage on knowing who it was before I checked! @Stubby

?. All well Paul! Busy! Kinda hoping for a 'slow down' in the NY ?

Identifying and overcoming resistance to change is a well recognised challenge. Less well recognised (often completely misdiagnosed by the change leader) is the determination to implement illogical change in the face of opposition whilst claiming 'resistance to change' is the barrier.... The seatbelt analogy is a strikingly poor one (perhaps symptomatic of an attempt rationalise that which isn't rational) since the 2 scenarios are so obviously out of kilter. Seatbelts - a binary "wear / no wear" outcome with the "wear" benefits supported by factual RTA accident / injury data, with the driver as the 'authority / responsible person' for compliance within a vehicle, a simple demonstrable and irrefutable advantage from the "wear" outcome in the event of an accident, an observable confirmation of compliance, an authority able to monitor and a penalty system for non-compliance. Rather than adopt a "resistance to change is the barrier" approach, the Mark Drakeford "rules for Christmas" approach might be advisable.... To paraphrase what he just said on t' TV news, "...we're adjusting the restrictions over Christmas because if we didn't nobody will take any notice off them anyway..." Rules that make no sense and cannot be applied / enforced are generally ignored...

There was an inventory classification for such items in military stores - UID - “useful to the ill disposed.” Quite a broad range of materiel was classified as UID and it always attracted a higher degree of accounting and security. I can see how those ‘jaws of life’ could certainly be very handy for the ill disposed!

So there’ll be some containers and security shutters getting some attention soon then....

I knew you’d ‘get it’ Marcus. You have to have ‘seen’ it to be able to believe it....

No. They should review this ‘so called’ code which (anyone with any experience of civil service) knows full well, is designed by civil servants to ensure the perpetual protection of civil servants regardless of how incompetent, inept and ineffectual they may be. Ask yourself,, is it the Minister that is responsible for departmental inefficiency or is the career civil servants as departmental heads? What happens when (a long overdue) Ministrrial ‘shake up’ is attempted? Apparently, it’s bullying.... Complete and utter garbage.

It’s just a BS story Mark. When did life change such that ‘work time’ was meant to be protected fun time? Having fun at work is a bonus but claiming ‘bullying’ when the boss tells you to do your job is not bullying - it’s work. A boss has a job to do too - be the boss. That means they sometimes have to tell people to do stuff they don’t want to do. Doesn't make it ‘bullying’, it makes it work. People take a job voluntarily, they sell their time in exchange for money.

Boys on tour! Love it ?

Boys on tour! Love it ?

Ah, PadStein! Don’t know it, bit out of my parish. Looks nice though ??

What place Mark?? Rod & Line @ Tideford is legendary for great beer, great music, great atmosphere , great food. It’s a proper pub! Gig in the pub:

That’s only the ½ of it Mr S. Mike Jones is a bit of a legend!

A cunning stunt??

Awesome band Mark! The wedding gig has a bit of a tale behind it too. The Friday before the wedding on Saturday, Mike Jones - proprietor of the Rod & Line Tideford (awesome pub), phoned to say “Kev, there’s a problem, the band have cancelled but don’t panic, I’ve got a better one for you. They’re gigging at the pub tonight, come see. Didn’t tell the (then soon to be) wife, just got the lads and zipped over there. Banging! Mike said, you pay them for tomorrow, I’ll give them free bar. In the pub which is, shall we say, compact, there were 4 band members. Next night, at the wedding, there were 12! A bloke on the spoons, a bloke with a triangle, a bird with a tambourine etc, etc. Ive not doubt they called all their mates and said get your glad rags on, Mike Jones is doing a free bar ?? It was the MADDEST night! The wife & I left the marquee at 5AM, I said to those that were left they could stay as long as they like but I’ve got to turn the generator off. Some were still there next morning! Shortly after that BFs did their record breaking 24 gigs in 24 hrs in Plymouth. Great band! Great pub too ??