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At those prices, White Heron is about to be renamed, White Elephant! paul

If you are unsure which way the tide is going, just put the throttle into tickover. If it feels like the brakes are on you are against the tide. If you do not appear to be slowing you are with the tide. paul

No, It's you that needs our best wishes. Aas news indeed. paul

Vaughan, you are a cynic. You obviously do not believe in spontainious combustion! Who does. paul

Hope you can help me. I have got 4 hexkeys that do not fit any metric or Af bolts I have. Did Whitworth make Hex/ Allen keys? They are about 16,25,37 and 48mm. paul

I do not know what is going on at Woods! What I do know is this is the usual inane forum diversivication from topic that happens every year before Easter!! You are all stir crazy. Boat time or bed time for this topic. paup

High blood pressure is not good (I have it) BUT it is a damn sight better than NO blood pressure. paul

. Just spray it all black then with fine sand paper on a firm backing rub over the lettering. Brass letters on a black background. Longest part of thw job,waiting 24 hours for the paint to harden. paul

Non! It is pronounced as, This rounds on me. Remember to say that when we meet. paul

I am using it to taper spars/masts on the Mary Rose model I am building. It is quite a nifty tool for many small things. paul

My latest toy for the shed. Yes that is a 12 inch rule. £21.09 including p&p from onbuy. paul

Peter, how I flatten metal bits like that is to put them between 2 sheets of kitchen paper an use a coolish iron and turn often, never failed yet. You need to be able to touch the base of the iron, how you test it is upto you. paul

I don't drink water, unless it is boiled or fermented, so sorry cannot help. paul

Not so. A big Roys store in Beccles. Cough up or I tell your wife. paul

Carole. If it had been my boat ( when we had one ). It would have been QUANTITY of life for me. pa

Helen, after I fitted the house out with smart plugs/ led lights. Jill now sits in the lounge and before going to get ready for bed she say Hey G......le switch on blanket then as she goes down to bed, switch on bedroom light, gets into bed then tells all to switch off! I now feel redundant. Yes I said goes down to bed, we live in an upside house. Enjioy your trip. paul

My day, spent 3 hours undoing what I did on a model that took 2 hours to do yesterday!. Oh well nobody really knows what the Mary Rose looked like. paul

My latest toy in the shed having many wall cupboards with lights under, is voice controlled wifi sockets to turn on/off the light where I am working under. paul

Have tried a single strand of domestic 13amp cable or maybe 5amp, and use the heat shrink tubing for insulation? Have done this up to 6 volt levels but I could get away with 2 layers of heat shrink. paul

Far too tidy for any work being done. Here's my tidy bench. One of the tools I bought on the 28 Oct 1972, after the 1st 3 weeks of my apprenticeship and I had been told I was being let loose to work alone so I went out and bought a load of tools, these are all I kept when I retired 41 years later!

Strangely I take my glasses off for close working. Bright lights shining onto to work piece do for me. paul

Merry christmas. May I say a special thank you, to all the people who have worked today to enable a it. Members or not. Thank you. paul

My slightly modified TVR Tamora would easily do those motorbike figures in total comfort with the heater on (if it was dry) If wet I had to watchout for those 2CV's passing me. paul

Main to rememder is you have retired from work NOT life! paul

Retirement is not what it is cracked up to be! For a start you lose all your holiday entitlement. Takes about 2 years to realise you can finish that urgent task later, work won't have to come first. Enjoy and remember others do still work so cannot play when you can. paul