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  1. Epoxy resin tailoring - fixing velcro back to my coat pocket. Can't sew/won't sew!

    1. bgman

      bgman

      Super glue worked for me...only problem is i couldn't get my money out !!!! :)

    2. eastwestdivide
    3. Graham Walters

      Graham Walters

      A stapler is quicker, and not as messy

  2. Stairfoot Junction etc - what a tangle of railway lines. "Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs"

    1. cheesysmith

      cheesysmith

      Wasn't the box there the one with four different bells for the boxes it connected with.

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      That phrase is yet another that most people under 40 will not understand, unless they live in Doncaster and have local Grandparents

      .

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Not just Donny, but all over the north. But my mum says she remembers her grandmother saying it (in East Kent of all places, no northern connection). So a bit of research led to the discovery that she probably heard it on the radio from Tommy Handley's ITMA, a show which I'd vaguely heard of from my elders.

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      11:45 - 104 pieces

    2. brigo

      brigo

      Plenty more RhB jigsaws and others at this site, just do a search for trains

      https://www.jigsawplanet.com/Eilzug/svt?page_pl18=4

    3. beast66606

      beast66606

      I spent a happy hour completing owl jigsaws on the link EWD posted, there's a really nice shot of a barn owl which was very enjoyable - especially as "my" owls are out and about at the moment so I'm seeing plenty of them - they are cleverly avoiding my camera though.

  3. Replacing battery in old iPhone. Scary.

    1. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Well apart from the old adhesive strips coming to pieces, requiring a bit of delicately-applied heat and brute force leverage (with my library card), that went OK. It's got a new battery and it booted up with no errors.

      Thanks to the people at iFixit.

    2. railroadbill

      railroadbill

      Just changed battery on a Sony experia, that wasn't too bad, just had to take out 6 torix screws and prise the 2 halves apart... (had to find a youtube video first though!)

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Sounds OK - I had to deal with 5 different types of screw, 2 strips of hard-to-budge adhesive, a cable that you could have snapped if you opened the two halves without knowing it was there, two connector covers and about 5 connectors to disconnect. 

  4. "It'll be with you tomorrow" Yes, you said that yesterday.

    1. snitchthebudgie

      snitchthebudgie

      Tomorrow never comes

    2. Zero Gravitas

      Zero Gravitas

      Is that Godot, then?

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Might as well be Godot. It's like deja vu all over again.

  5. We need to swap our waistcoats for cravats.

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Wot ho old bean.

    2. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      Can I keep my hat on?

    3. Andrew F

      Andrew F

      hat on jerkin off.

  6. Canal route march tomorrow

    1. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Walking on water?

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      PhilEakins - No, I leave that to the professionals.

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Wondering if the water levels are as bad as 1976. It was like boating in mud...

  7. Brambles - leave for fruit or rip them out?

    1. locoholic

      locoholic

      They multiply exponentially, even if you try to eradicate them.

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Rip em out. They are #######s

    3. LBRJ

      LBRJ

      both...fruit collection than glyphosate em!

  8. Intermittent horizontal snow in S Yorks

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Whilst on Merseyside, the fall of an individual snowflake can be timed using a stopwatch!

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      I don't think any of the horizontal snow actually touched the ground. At least there's none lying at the moment.

    3. Liam

      Liam

      There was a smidging in North Yorkshire this morning, but most of it has now disappeared.

  9. Loose end

    1. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Name of the new layout?

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      .....a day early?

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Tie it up. You know you want to.

  10. DIY mojo returned - laid 3 slabs

    1. walrus

      walrus

      Assuming she's not underneath the slabs.....

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Now, now. Laying the slabs made me happy, and the proper term for each other round here is "worthy adversary"

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      You need to compare notes with "81C"...

  11. Cavendish!

    1. NGT6 1315
    2. BoD

      BoD

      Pleased for him.

    3. steve22

      steve22

      14, New Cavendish Street.

  12. At what point is it cheaper to claim on the car insurance than get it fixed without losing your no-claims bonus

    1. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      But they often say that if you don't tell them about it it can invalidate your insurance. They get you all ways.

    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      tell them and then fix it yourself if you have an unprotected no claims and it costs less than £500 IMHO

    3. Tim Hale

      Tim Hale

      My carpark kiss cost the insurers £3k+, no way was I sucking up that!

  13. After watching TV last night... PANIC! NEED TO BUY SOFAS!

    1. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      The DFS sale will start Boxing Day as usual, but hurry the offer will end soon :-)

    2. bgman
    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Can anyone remember a day when DFS *hasn't* had a sale on?

  14. Secateurs

    1. Debs.
    2. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      Lawnmowers are out.

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      They make my thenar eminence ache

  15. "your call is important to us"

    1. Kev_Lewis
    2. SHMD
    3. Jawfin

      Jawfin

      ... As long as it isn't free phone.

  16. I only put the snow shovel away last week

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      First footy match I was going to in years and is off of course.....handy really as I've got flu!

       

    2. halfwit
    3. BoD

      BoD

      Ah, so it's you to blame.

  17. Bach harpsichord Radio 3 - how does he make room for all those notes?

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      By playing faster?

    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Same as Clapton, Hendrix, Gilmour I suppose.

    3. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      ...and in the right order?

  18. Repairing a bed with duck/duct tape.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      That stuff has so many uses. You can even make a body cast with it....

    2. 69843

      69843

      ...or a boat...

    3. Debs.

      Debs.

      I`m (soon) repairing 'to' bed! :-)

  19. Nice day for doing tax self-assessment form

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      You too, Brutus?

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      hope I'm not betraying you, Caesar!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      It's HMRC stabbing us both in the back!

  20. Watching the Buxton weather forecast for Sat

    1. DonB

      DonB

      Me too, but a bit south and east, Grand-daughter running her first x-country (U-13) representative race. I've got my wellies.....

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Looks better than it did yesterday. Buxton Spa Express still running I hope

    3. halfwit

      halfwit

      Rain. Don't need a forecast to tell me that.

  21. Warning: The operation may require a significant amount of time to complete. Please wait until it is completed.

    1. Horsetan
    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Only 2 cups of tea later. Still didn't work.

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Appendix? New hip? Brain adjustment? Was there anast... anathet.... chemical injection involved?

      P

  22. A random, but somehow slightly amusing noun, probably describing a foodstuff

  23. ...building a computer from parts ordered on the internet. All fits together, but power-on will have to wait until tomorrow.

    1. steve22

      steve22

      Is that to give you time to find your tin hat and sandbags ready for switch on?

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Should be fun. Self-build PC is only way to get what you really want.

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