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2 L shaped wires; long arm forward, short arm in an empty biro tube or just in your fist. Tilt them slightly forward to point the long arms forward, tilt them slightly together to get them to cross in front of you or tilt them both to the left to get them to tilt to the left. That really is all there is to it. No more. I was sitting in a shed with a mate setting this up once (he wanted to show me it would work when he stepped over a hose-pipe) and with perfect timing, the lady we were working for (it was tea-time) appeared at the door and I tilted both wires to one side so that the long arms both pointed at her. As if by magic. They both absolutely refused to believe that I had done that, they insisted that I had magic powers and that I just didn't know it. In a controlled experiment, years ago (when New Scientist was still worth reading) but probably repeated, plastic bottles were buryed in a sandpit, some full of water, some empty, diviners were only allowed to proceed if they agreed that it was a fair test. I believe there may even have been sections of the pit with no bottles at all. The results were no better than chance. Some were meh, some were angry - some with themselves, some with the organisers - some accepted and reconsidered what they were doing. All went home better informed. T'were a long time ago but google it. As for water engineers looking for leaks, same thing, they just tilt the rods when their feet get wet. Happy days Yourn

Try reading it out loud.

I still remember that first proper party I went to.Got off with one of the girls; I was kissing Jenny Taylor all night long.

I'd be happy to help with anything if I can - maths especially; it was a long time ago that I studied - got made redundant and redundancy paid for Open University - but if anyone is struggling put up a post and I'll see what I can do. And I'm sure that there's others on here that would help in other fields too. Maybe put up a sticky/pin up in this (training,education) thread if there's not too many already. Happy Days Yourn PS. My top tip would be: You've got to want to do it; if you want to do it, that's half the battle won. Good luck.

Though we've all been there; few of us could recount it quite so poetically.

Taxi

I've bought an extra jar of honey: you know, just in case, like.

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yeah. ok. took a while.

Sorry; can't help after all: they don't use wood-chip of any kind.

woodchip off the logs or shreddings off the foliage? I can ask someone that I might see today for their opinion. Edit: Ha! yes any bugger can do that. The person I might see works at a stables.

Bed. Your own bed; not a hospital bed; not a mortuary bed. Good call.

James Dyson before brexit vote: Brexit! Brexit! Brexit! James Dyson yesterday: Singapore looks nice.

What you can't actually see in the vid is the three-foot-rsj-pile-driven-base of the tree-pusher over-thingy

Specso. Soon they'll be able to tell if you've got bald tyres and defective brakes too. Just won't be worth driving anymore. Tis ealth an safety gone mad. etc.