Can’t claim it’s a finished project yet but I’m part way through a complete strip down and repair of a Meddings Driltru pillar drill from about 1965.

The government managed to find hundreds of billions to waste on leaving the EU.

Not to mention the Track and Trace billions.

In the women’s league.

Absolute top result – brilliant for Evie and UK XC/mtb.

Yes, I’ve the Marantz CD6006 UK Edition amp and CD for the house and use it a lot. I buy quite a lot of s/h CDs and as commented above it’s a cheap way of buying music. While I’m a long way behind the curve in terms of digital media, I’ve a cheap lossless player for use with headphones on trips and I rip everything to that. Also have some ancient vinyl which still gets used from time to time with my first job turntable… 1986.

Sent you a text in case of interest.

Yes, cinnabar moths.

Sorry to hear it. Saw them live on the Eliminator tour and they were excellent. Gone too young.

I ended up with a several bottles of Reverb fluid which works for me.

I got mine a few years ago but the Giant XTC Advanced was in that sort of range. Can be run 29, 27.5+ or single speed. Probably the only criticism is that it’s a tad short by latest standards but I still really like it.

I think he was being ironic.

Love the third comment on that web article.

@hamishthecat – Crete, North Africa and Cassino – incredible and hardly surprising that had an impact – I think any one of those campaigns would have been enough to finish most people off!

Absolutely – I’ve not read up much on DCLI during WW2 as there doesn’t seem to be a huge amount available but he reckoned there weren’t many of them left after Crete and he was one of very few evacuated from the island via fishing boat. I think he was attached to a different regiment after that. My wife’s got some handwritten notes of his about his time in the war which we really need to transcribe.

All the Pace manuals are still on the website the Hollowform ones are here

As you say – Kingsley is The Pen Shop’s own brand – I’d try them:

The Pen Shop Trading Ltd
24 Newgate Street
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 1BA

+44 (0)191 4870033
sales@penshop.co.uk

I’m so very sorry to hear this TJ – thoughts are with you.

Marcus

My wife’s great uncle who died 5 or 6 years ago was in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (or related units) for most of the war including fighting Rashid Ali in Iraq early on, was on Crete fighting German paratroopers at Heraklion airfield, fought in North Africa and then up through Italy including at Monte Cassino. After Italy he was due to be sent to the Far East in 1944 but basically had what would now be called a nervous breakdown and refused to go, being convinced he wouldn’t survive and was sent to Barlinnie prison in Glasgow, although he did receive an honourable discharge on his release in 1945. I don’t think he ever fully recovered from the war and lived for years in a caravan in a field. He did occasionally talk about the war – hiding from Me 109s on Crete by standing in the shadows of olive trees, provided sage advice – never drink from a stagnant pond (he caught Elephantitis in Iraq) but much as we would have liked to talk to him about the war we didn’t as he would quickly get to a point where he would just stop talking as the memories came back.

I misread the title as “death to the forum member”, was expecting that someone’s shoes had been ****ed in, dog ****ed, lawn sausaged, etc.

My first thought was that it was a particularly niche sub-forum for the use of Lorena Bobbitt.

I don’t think it’s do-able, especially for a stainless option. Does it have to be a tube – could you cut it lengthways to make it easier to shape? Or heat it up with a blow torch (tricky for a 150mm length) to make it softer? How good a fit does it need to be?

Is it not irrelevant what the ambient air temp is (unless you were dealing with an air source heat pump) and the thing works on temperature differential and is a closed system like a fridge?

Pretty much describes all STWers…

FTFY

Well I laughed.😂

A big part of the issue, like many problems, is trying to achieve socially and environmentally desirable outcomes and relying on a market economy to deliver that. With a deregulation mantra from increasingly right wing politicians it ain’t going to happen.

Very nice!

I know nothing about road bike construction but personally would have avoided any potential risk of a stress riser from the hole for the internal routeing. I’m sure the chap who built it has considered that though.

Disconnect it and put these on instead?
Spring hooks

And a lathe.

I agree that there is a design flaw but that’s around the fact that some Shimano brakes can be very difficult to bleed fully.

IIRC they’re low pressure forks. 45psi per leg sounds right although that’s quite a bit more than mine were – think they ran at nearer 30.

I’m with Weeksy on this. I’d also possibly get a hair drier and pin but would probably just ride it.

We went to Wren on Thursday. 2.5 hour session… kitchen design is exactly the same as the 20 year old IKEA one we’ve got, but to be fair it’s a small kitchen which is also a through-route so limited as to what can be done.

Price was actually more or less what I expected supplied and fitted. Going to check out Wickes. Thought Wren were ok to be fair but I always start from the perspective that I’m going to get ripped off, to manage expectation.

Leave it in gear with the handbrake off if leaving it for a while. Assuming you can do that safely and an electronic handbrake allows it.

Easton have always (well, since the ‘40s) made the best arrows, in aluminium, carbon, and carbon/aluminium combined. Still do.

Article 4 Directions remove certain Permitted Development rights and rarely all. As per the above, unless there’s an online council source that makes clear where any Directions are then you probably are best calling the planning department. They aren’t that common as they are frowned on by government but there were quite a lot designated particularly in the 70s and 80s on new estates where councils tried to limit PD rights to protect neighbour relations.

Edit: Just had a quick Google and it appears Cheshire East designated a borough-wide Art4 Direction in 2019 to limit the ability to create Houses in Multiple Occupation from normal dwellings. There seem to be others in Conservation Areas. I’d speak to the planning department. NB, you also need to check Article 3 restrictions on PD rights. Must admit I don’t recall those from when I was a planning officer, but it was nearly 35 years ago.

I put 25mm Celotex on top of t&g roof boards, with Onduline corrugated screwed down through into roof bearers – but obviously that’s for a pitched roof. Think I might be inclined to do what stevextc suggests, for a flat roof.

Does that mean reverb oil works in Shimano brakes?

Having ended up with numerous bottles of Reverb oil that’s what I’ve been using in my Shimano brakes for a few years – works fine.

Harry beat me to it. Clem Burke, absolutely superb drummer. Also Copeland.

Time seems to have slowed down!

I’ve been thinking about getting one but the WNW kits are very expensive at the moment.

Unfortunately that’s unlikely to change as WNW closed just after COVID got going. Massive shame. Maybe the tooling will resurface somewhere.

Our toad spawn arrived Sunday too. Pond had ice on it Saturday.

Blimey, and I think it’s gone downhill since then. My girls were both there 11 years ago. Neither gobbers though, I can confirm.

Ha, my daughters went there. Had a good time and did ok.

Being spat on is not acceptable though and I’m shocked to hear that. How long ago?