Coombe Barton

Our taps are mixer taps - so not suitable as drinking water supply.

Is that classed as an "own goal"?

Rather an own goal than a student got it.

Yes... The thing is that there are plenty of us that would do test builds for them if asked.

Things that bug me are 'fix X to Y' without any indication how, and an etch which gives no indication of what is what.

Chris at High Level is NOT guilty of this - he should run training courses for others.

The High Level Husky is an example of excellent design. I'm looking forward to trying one of his other kits.

... to put on the floor. Then we said sod it, let's do it tomorrow and did what all academics do - had a sherry.

And after that (it was a largeish sherry) managed to spatter yorkie pud batter all over the kitchen as I lifted the zapper out to test that it worked. It did.

That happened to me on my last evening in a previous (rented) house. Put some RMs on the shelf in my bedroom so I wouldn't forget they were there (and wondered why I hadn't thought of putting them there before as the shelf was just the right width). 2 hours later - large crash as the shelf collapsed! Fortunately the landlord didn't seem to mind too much....

Lost the thing I cleared. oops!

so that we can eat off it for Christmas'

Don't you have plates?

Lost those as well

The 'instructions' don't help, either.

Blu tak

So what kit is it?

Just had 10/11/12 13:14:15 here not long ago

Except here it will be 11/10/12....

We already had 10/11/12 last month.

Setting the bar high for the rest of us there.

I'm not holding anyone to the copyrighht on that

Congrats to you two! (:

I took A level maths 12 years ago. We were encouraged to use calculators.

they don't teach IT in schools, just surfing the social notworking sites.....

IT apps are glorified typewriters to most schools, used for producing output neatly rather then doing real work with them.

Good Lord! I'm only seeing Valentine's Day crap over here (USA).

Oh... I wanted turkey eggs ( for next Xmas! )

Creme Eggs are one of the best things about Easter. The longer they are avilable the better.

After breakfast - trip to the tip - more cooking - clean car - clean caravan - and now it's lunchtime

And after lunch it'll be load caravan and car. Then there's a bottle of cider with my name on for later

Ho hum - getting too lazy for foot pump so bought tyre compressor last night - stared using it this am - pressure gauge wildly out (30 psi tyre reading 55psi). So off to Halfords for a replacement. Jobs that should have been started at ten this morning now being started now - 2 this afternoon.

Mine worry about me to the extent that if I do something to myself their walks and feeding may be delayed.

Am now repeating the wrong end of the soldering iron experiemnt with hot saucepans. I'm definitely not safe at teh moment.

How can you pick up the wrong end of a saucepan John?

Coldgunner, that's a good one, then spend the rest of the day thinking of the excuse for his missus why he has custard round his nether regions!

Hmmm. She likes custard ...

Just been informed by text that there's "lots of bargains". Should I be worried?

Our dogs just stayed out of the way - they're very experienced in this sort of thing!

Is it up yet?

no - tomorrow

Electric hook up? Aluminium caravan? Problem solved!

chuck some seed on your neighbours roof

bread is better than seed...

Still, it's sort of appropriate to represent all the BS that went into creating the whole thing.

A satisfying vision of green old England can only be found in the country. In our towns and cities everything looks black.

A good old dose of HumBug from the usual crowd.

feck,

feck,

Nooooo I'm still on that fekkin Island!

Progress! She now wants 'just a little bit' of the dining table.

How are you gonna watch tv now?

The 'little bit' she has in mind is quite a bit more than the 'little bit' I had in mind.

I bet the bits are for a GWR Loco!

I bet the bits are for a GWR Loco!

If the castings are misshapen lumps, they're probably MTK. Or Crownline.

Paul > Yep!

David > You will be inventing new swear words.

It's gone together square! Pity I misread the instructions and have to take some of it apart!

Beware the levers - get solder in the 0.7mm hole and you have to redrill the carefully opened out holes again!

There was a very large 'dust and dog hair' horizon.

perhaps you need a flotation tank to separate the dust/dog from lost parts?

Fortunately the only small objects that could be under there at the moment is swarf! (I have a very understanding SWMBO)

You also need a good tool chest and a vernier/micrometer as you have to cut tube to 1/10 mm

That accuracy; I think could manage....My signals and points will all effectively be on one baseboard, so mechanical working really appeals.

Well done! I think they're worth it.

I bet you thought you were 'quacking up' eh? Geddit?

Can you hear the groans from there?

Three ceilings - 2000 quid each - thirty light fittings at about 60 quid each, carpets, PCs, other electronics, pumping out the lift shaft, lift service and dry out. Had eight to ten people pulled off other jobs to clean up today. Fortunately as it was caused by plumbing it's not my direct responsibility

Thinking of you John; good luck.

Thanks all - discomfort going away quite quickly, praise be. Had to be done, no use being an ostrich, just be realistiic. And being lucky with an excellent (and I mean REALLY excellent) consultant.

Hope all turns out OK, John, best of luck.

Ebay? Skip? Bottom of a canal? My house if its anything usefull or interesting?

Back on the dining table. until I 'find' somewhere else to put it. SWMBO and I are just as bad as each other. her styudy is just about navigable by her - even the dogs have trouble getting in

You could store it in the c***van...

oh, most places do those these days...!!

Sky hook? Skirting hammer? Left handed screwdriver? Ain't got any of them.

at an engineering firm I used to work for we sent a YTS lad from drawing office to stores for a long weight, after runnaging around for 10 minutes storeman tells him he can't find one and "would a short one do?" - lad toddles back to us and we say yes and send him back. Storeman makes him wait another 10 mins!