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but wearing a poppy as a mark of remembrance, does not necessarily mean supporting the british legion, yesterday i saw a couple celebrating remembrance wearing crocheted poppies, the poppy is a mark of respect to remembrance no matter where or how it was obtained, while one would like to think a donation has been made to the legion, it is the display of the poppy that matters as a mark of respect. Bling it may be, but it still a gesture of respect and remembrance, at least the effort has been made.

i am not against pride in my country so much as against all the hate and emnity generated in its name, the hate is what those ancestors and older generations fought against, so using nationalism to generate hate, to me is against the values they fought and died to uphold.

looking stunning

sorry - yes threads wander all over the place, but usually return back to their original topic, my apologies for hijacking your thread

yes getting Barry re-united with his name was a bit of a struggle, re-uniting all the posts was a bit past even our skills.

the one thing that i took back from visiting the war graveyards in france and belgium was how well kept they are throughout the year, grass kept short and everything so neat and tidy.

the big problem is that to take advantage of these cheap offers you have to be able to book holiday off work at short notice (or be retired) I already have 2 weeks of my next years holiday booked (as well as the boats) to ensure that I can get the weeks I want (both with the boatyard and at work)

A bottle of San Miguel?

I was more talking about buying food in the weekend before christmas, only to find the use by date on the turkeys was the 24th, when I dont have time to shop during the week (not that I could eat a whole turkey anyway so I usually get a turkey breast joint and a beef joint )

perhaps their majesties are just not interested in motorsport (Phillip hardly has a great track record with motorised Transport, and HM probably had enough oily bits during her time during the war).

my thoughts when shopping for the christmas food and finding everything dated 24th December - unprintable

Jay, I have just one thing to say about this

I thought it was a mooring that 'did' beer

I nearly had one last night, - not in Norfolk, but pulling on from a slip road onto the A127, and there was a gap in the headlights so i pulled over, narrowly missing the car that was happily driving in the dark with no headlights on, last seen still with no headlights on heading for the M25 northbound (thank goodness I was headed for southbound)

and there was me thinking it was all the fault of the drivers that couldnt be bothered to pay attention to the roads and drove too fast.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7967380 looks like you can get something like it at Argos https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warmies-Extra-Bottle-Nordic-Snowflake/dp/B01M984OCW or Amazon

I will let you know when this southern softie requires a hot water bottle, it will probably be after I stop wearing shorts for the year, maybe 32nd December, of course come 1st january it will be once again deemed warm enough for shorts.

oh, taps are no problem, i have taps and dies all the way down to 12BA, as well as a full set of whitworth from 1" down, and a full set of metric, so thats not a problem.

progressing the toe rails

no - looking for an equivalent thread to 9BA for connecting meccano spring drive bands

Ah M2.0 works

at the moment too busy trying to find some 9ba threaded rod - or 9BA screws.

Tim, i can recomend the talking pictures channel, old films and series from the 60's and early 70's. added bonus - for most of the programs you would only need a black and white licence.

I believe there were issues with the company that did the clothing which was why we stopped doing it.

stay an extra night and have a long weekend?