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Indeed she is, John. When she behaves! Iain

Most of the mops are rubbish, unless its the start of the season. A few yards use to put a deck brush on board for white boats, King Line did at Horning, but people nicked them, no, not the hirers "tea leafs" took them off the roof! With the "summer" we have had so far this year, I would have thought the boats were well washed by the downpours. Ah yes the weather, maybe, just maybe the yards did well in the time available to clean inside as it was too wet to clean outside. Just a thought. Iain

Ah yes, work, been there, got many T -shirts! I don't think we are too untidy, in fact I'd say apart from clearing up Charlie and Ray's empty wine bottles, checking you are all being a Mod can dream puting back forty pairs....sorry 50 pairs of high heeled shoes owned by a certain blonde on here that is hiding behind the couch. Where do we find time too do puter stuff? Answers please on the back of one of our excellent NBN FORUM beer mats!!! Now where is that brush n shovel ? Iain.

Whitbread Bitter did not travel well on the boat from Liverpool to Douglas IOM, but their Trophy Bitter did. It had to sit in the cellers longer than normal. Probably explains why the local Castletown and Okells breweries did so well in the 70's. My personal choice then, was the Castletown Bitter. Iain

Oh dear, now that IS a purl-er This is not a stitch up...honest ! Iain

Lots of "cables" in knitting too ! Iain

Have some fun with this quiz..... https://www.myoffers.co.uk/quiz/beers-of-britain/11183 Iain

That is a shandy compared to this one ! https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/412/1230/ Iain

JM many thanks for posting the smashin pics Still no JA chocy ...yet ! Iain

Hi Mark, Whiskey with an E is from Eire. Whisky without the E is the proper dram frae Tain and places roonaboot there ! Enjoy your sore head in the morning ! Iain

Thank you Carol for posting the smashing pics ! A wonderful sight to see. Don't see JA's bars of chocolate though . Iain

Correct Andrew, they were nose clips !

Red Bull has wings.....nah, Broad Ambition has though ! That was quick !!!

Twas £ 10.00p a week deposit to hire a B&W tv in the early 70's. Dunno why we bothered, as we were far more interested in sampling the local beers instead ! Hic !! Iain

He has his SPASEEBOS on JM, he didny see them !

Oh thank goodness for Motability, stress free! Iain

Hi Alan, Before hammer drills going up ladders with in our case the AEG electric gun sure was a wrist damager. The recoil was not funny in damp brickwork. A piece of cast hicky pipe that the heating lads used made me a Tbar pipe, very handy with 5/8th conduit if a tight bend was required. A dod of 6x2 with a 1.1/4" hole was ideal for offsets. My boss supplied taps and wrenches it was in a wooden Britool box. The 2BA and the 4BA were the two most used. He also supplied the dies for screwing conduit with the mobile vice. The larger auger bits with a hole you you made the handle from a piece of wood. I gave all my old tools to my mates son in law including a full heavy duty socket set. I still have my wheel brace somewhere out in the garden hut ! The introduction of speed bits because of timber built houses sure speeded up boring all the holes for cabling up. I still have my star rawlbolt chisel I think? But the rawlbit tool holder is a distant memory ! I still have pieces of lead from lead covered cables as they made the best "mouse" for fishing cables inside walls. A coathanger wire was straightened and a hook made to fish the said "mouse" Thank goodness for lathe n plaster walls to route cables rewiring old Georgian and Victorian houses. When I pass a housing estate in Ayr I have a little chuckle to myself, as I wired every bungalow on the estste in the late 60's early 70's lol...... Happy days ! Iain

When PVC took over from lead or VIR covered cables, in the 60's wiring in brand new properties had no earth at the ceiling roses just twin and earth to the conduit box. Funny thing is, in those early days, until Appleby fitted an earth lug in the box, all we could do was make a loop on the earth apply the black sticky insulating tape to said bare earth wire, no sleeving then. Put the box screw through the light switch and tighten. Modern or what ! We did move on to washer and screw to the spare lug not much later after tHe loop method. The materials today are so much easier and better most of the time to work with. With dry lining patress boxes used now, earthing domestic work has changed quite a lot. The more I read this thread, the more I am enjoying reading it all. Iain

I can see Charlie nodding in approval ! Iain

You rang sir ?

Yup, accidents waiting to happen comes to mind Mark ! As for the headline.....oh I am sure our forum members will come up with a few! Iain

Yup, BBC Weather are quoting wind speeds of 42/43mph for Norfolk! Iain

Obviously wasn't a bright spark then Mark

Nah Grendel, not if thee come from Yorkshire !

The end of this month begining of September use to be quite busy for me testing appliances students were taking to University digs. Without a doubt, more and more each year were now double insulated. Iain