AndyTBoater

It was but the thread drift is playing into my hands At the moment I am in the lead of the pie eating contest. (5) Only 10 days to go and I will win if this keeps up. Yay for me winning!!!

So, according to Tesco (with my highlighting) "With our Atora Vegetable Shredded Suet, you'll make flaky pies and heart-warming casseroles that friends and family will love" Pastry can be made with flour, fat and water. Suet is the fat. Which means Suet pudding is made from pastry. QED Also - Delia says its a pastry If Delia says its pastry - then its pastry Also, where do we all stand on flaky v shortcrust pastry on Mince Pies? This could go on and on.

Steak and Kidney Pie = Pastry on top and bottom Steak and Kidney Pudding = Pastry on top and bottom So exactly the same thing but one is SERVED UPSIDE DOWN If I bung an apple pie on a plate and then put another one next to it but upside down does one become a pudding? It seems to me that someone needs to urgently look into this.

Love a Fray Bentos. Is it described as a pie on the package? They clearly don't have a bottom so can't be a pie. I feel a claim for a PPI (pretend pie infiltration) miss selling coming on.

I am now up to 5 individual ones. Will be 6 by the end of the evening. I seem to be streaking ahead in this contest. Chelsea14Ian - You are not in contention as "More than 4" doesn't count as a real number,

Not bragging but 4 eaten since 1st December. How about everyone else?

I was learning to ski and went to somewhere in Austria. I was determined to learn without lessons and after 20 mins was getting nowhere. A bloke came past and I asked him "Do I zig-zag down the hill or do I zag-zig?" He said "Its no use asking me - I am a tobogganist" So i said "In that case can I have 20 Benson and Hedges and a box of matches please?"

Also the time of year when I find out Mrs Lovejoy has neglected to dust the cobwebs from the garden

Lovejoy had the same issue with the keel. This was partly due to a boatyard dragging a 35ft boat out on a trailer made for a 20ft boat and partly due to a very thin layup. You could see how thin after we got it out of the water and the temporary patch that held the newly cracked keel together fell off and a large quantity of water rushed out. Robin repaired it properly but I know it was a bit of a job and increased the money in the boatyard Swear Jar considerably Andy

Based in Lowestoft/ oulton broad but as JA says. I am sure he will be along shortly.

He did one for mine as well. The former is probably still there somewhere.

Not much of an "emergency" if it going to take 9 days to start the works is it? Just saying

This https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/visingso-oak-forest I did read somewhere that they matured about 5 years ago and are ready for use now.

Found this on FB this morning Lots of boats and a really annoying soundtrack How long is the boat at about 6.17? Its piggin huge!!

50 yds away from the Ferry is Flavours. Been there a couple of times and the food and service is brilliant. On a day when the Ferry was heaving, we were the only people in Flavours. Owner/ chef/ whatever told me we were the only people in that day. Such a shame as its a lovely place but with only a handful of customers a day, I can't see it lasting long. Shame.

As Lovejoy had only just been re launched after a bucket load of work I didnt have time to sort out lights and flags. I asked Mrs Lovejoy if she could bring some sort of lighting from the Christmas box and she arrived with the dinosaurs. Thats about it really. No reason other than they were first thing out of the box I may very well bring them again next year though.

Just discovered that the people next door to me at broadsedge had her before she was called wood nymph. Lovely people.

Just signed up to help with bacon, eggs and teas (cooking not eating) on the graveyard shift, Sunday 4am to 7am. Come and say hello at the yacht club.

So are you going to change the rubbing strikes to match the newly replaced Utile ones?

If you want to get all prim and proper (and this is for wire and rope) Groove diameter should be around 5% bigger than the rope Groove depth should be 1.5x rope diameter Groove angle of around 30 to 45 degrees All well in principle but these dimensions only allow for about a 12 degrees inclusive lateral deflection from vertical. You would probably get a lot more swinging on a mudweight. For your chain it would be completely different so the above is no help to anyone in this case. Just take the old one, copy that and refit. I would go with Delrin or Nylon 6.6 available here (and other places) https://www.directplastics.co.uk/nylon-6-6-rod Nylon 6.6 is hygroscopic but this is only a real problem with tight fitting applications. Easier to machine than standard Nylon 6 as well

So I dont think I ever got to the bottom of Potter I always had it as Potter Hayum Recently been told it should be Potterum Just so you know, I was told Potterum by a self identified "local" who had moved here four years ago. Any other suggestions?

Yep Sort of translates as "High Wood" Also a type of old Oboe. Also pronounced by Garmin Sat Navs as "Hot Boys"

However. People still haven't quite worked out how bins work. To be fair, the recycling ones were pretty full but the general waste had loads of room.

Nothing to catch now. All the infectious bit are in the skip. We do have a template for the shaped bit on the pointy end which you can hire. And lots of Utile just in case you need more than expected.

In the interest of fairness and balance - there may be a few thin ones as well.