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21 minutes ago, denshaw said:
It was put it to all the members a few years ago and we had a poll. The majority decided we don't want politics. So be it.
This could open a whole new can of worms so I'll leave it alone ..........................................................
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First time I've seen this topic so I scrolled back and read some of the earlier posts.
Despite the basic tenet of no politics there is an amazing assortment of comment back there and a very active M2M taking swipes at things like Tony Blairs net worth, immigration and Europe etc...
A typical M2M comment form March 5 2014:-
'If you feel that Clagg, Cameroon or Millibland should be put in power next time, feel free to express your views.
Freedom of speech and that's what I say.'
There was no nastiness among the various posters, in fact they all appear to be singing from the same hymn sheet. How times change...
So who decided 'no politics'?
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Just now, Beekay said:
Better close this post before I get myself in too deep. Please more of your paintings.
Nonna, always wise when in a hole - stop digging!
I'm sure BK knows what you mean..
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I was thinking of this thread a few minutes ago. I like fresh crusty uncut bread made myself a ham sandwich. Without thinking I flipped the bread knife over and used it to spread the butter. It's something I saw my gran do when I was about 7. Why did it suddenly come to mind? Strange things memories...
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Ah OK ,,,thnx
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I'm being a bit thick here... DF?
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12 hours ago, DJ360 said:
It probably wasn't wise long term for the blokes doing it, but then again a hundredweight on the back isn't impossible. As with all weight lifting exercises.. 'good form' is important...
I was quite weedy as a youth (still am..) but I could do it. And of course knowlege about things like 'repetitive strain injury' etc., wasn't so hot.
When aah wur a Coal Board apprentice, we useter 'ave whole lessons in 'Kinetic Liftiing', to reduce injury from poor lifting technique. Basic principles along the line of. 'Bend knees not back. Back straight, legs together..' etc.
When I worked on assorted building sites, but mostly on the Basford Flats site, we were often called upon to unload whole wagons of cement. It was in 56 lb bags and still warm/hot from the manufacturing process. Carting a couple of tons of those on one shoulder or the other often resulted in pretty sore shoulder.. Not from the weight, but from the heat. Also, unloading great wagons of bricks by hand. Rough edges, bits in your eyes etc.
Very character building though... I now have a character as rough as raw bricks and as cool as cement..
I've done a lot 'handball' loads. 22tons of bagged cement, as you say still hot - full 40' trailer of 1cwt bags of plaster - trailer full of McCarthy bricks from Bulwell - 2cwt hessian bags of sugar beet (they damn near killed me) - raw brown sugar in 1cwt bags, sticky and as rough as sandpaper - building blocks - concrete paving slabs... the list goes on and on all unloaded by hand. The beer barrel I now carry around my waist was once quite an impressive six pack.
Thank god for palletisation
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I've never seen anything but good comments PF. Your photos are excellent as are the descriptions of the rides
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There's a lorra lorra work gone into that!
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BK consider EBay if you're thinking of turning it into a sideline. Typical example below:
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Exactly so - there has to be a market for a bespoke security device and a niche market will always command premium prices at the outset as evidenced by the ridiculously over priced ancillaries you mention.
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Probably a bit higher tech than the Maplin machine but the space station has one to make spare parts! Don't know how that would work in zero gravity but I supposed they have thought of a solution.
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4 hours ago, Compo said:
I must fecking bonkers!
It's been said before Compo ...... and by more than one person!
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Perhaps an opportunity there PF. With your engineering skills and workshop facilities. invent and manufacture security kits for trikes. There's not always a convenient lamppost to anchor them to.
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49 minutes ago, DJ360 said:
I was thinking of getting a Desktop Printer.. but I realised I already have a desktop, and if I printed another, I'd have nowhere to put it.
Groan......
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Always go the day before and stay in a hotel overnight. Plenty of hotels let you park for free whilst you're away, provide a free shuttle and it's roughly the same price as the long stay car park.
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After meals or drinking tea are the worst but I'm pretty much wound up all day. I'm struggling to convince myself that at 73 it's worth the aggravation, the fact that herself smokes doesn't help.
One tip. Be careful of using Wrigleys Extra chewing gum as a substitute. The label warns, in small letters, of a possible laxative effect.... it's true.
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A better question is how do you stop it! Excellent work..
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2 hours ago, benjamin1945 said:
been 6 months,, now.still struggle.
Don't tell me that Ben, I'm now on day 76 and struggling. I am hoping, because it's what I've been told, it gets much easier after 3 months....
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You can still fly EMA to LHR. The downside is it takes over three hours via Edinburgh, Amsterdam or Belfast,,
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There were exposed tram lines at ha'penny bridge too, I came of my bike when the front wheel dropped into one.
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57 minutes ago, Stavertongirl said:
Not a Wendy house BK it will be a lady cave, complete opposite of a man cave it will only have useful gadgets and gizmos in it with loads of pictures of Johnny Depp and other assorted eye candy! Beautifully decorated and not a tool, screw or nail in sight.
Good grief, it's the end of civilisation as we know it...
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Employed several different crews to do minor repairs and decorating etc and to be honest the quality of workmanship was not great, one even tried to charge an extra £45 when I asked for a receipt. The last crew were eager and at least showed up on time but they used one tin of the specified paint so they could leave it where I would see it and B&Q cheap paint for the bulk of the work.
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6 minutes ago, FLY2 said:
Well my plastic bunker at the side of the house is full of pallet blocks, and the other one beside the greenhouse is full of hardwood off cuts from my son in law who is a director of a furniture manufacturing company.
Also, at the other side of the greenhouse is several bags of logs that my nephew gave me.
I can elaborate but.....Zzzzzzzzz
All you need now is an environment destroying log burner!
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Daft, I Call It.
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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