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Things That Gladden The Heart

SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Friday and Saturday in my local (maybe also rest of week) we had the cockles and fish sticks guy, plus the Sally Army…the SA played a neat trick…a bloke went round pubs with two pretty lassies…he stood by the door as the two lassies took their winning smiles and donation boxes around the pub.?
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You were lucky. A 40 & 80 year old. Always bought the Young Soldier. One Friday night a few young lad were giving them some grief. They were ‘encouraged’ to drink elsewhere.
 
Car insurance renewal that's £200 cheaper than last year. Result!
 
My dog, a spaniel, has been getting grumpier and grumpier when we clip her. The real deal breaker has been her front legs and paws. We haven't been able to cut them for about 4-5 months now and they have gone full Afghan whilst the rest of her is okay. Someone recommended Pets at Home scissors, we have tried others that haven't really worked, and we tried them tonight. Armed with them and a full bowl of chopped carrots I went to work.

Boom, brilliant. They cut superbly. As my gran would say, you could have stuffed a cushion with what I took off. Not as neat as clippers but good enough. Looks better, will dry quicker.

Anyone struggling with dodgy scissors, try PetsatHome own brand ?
 
Collecting 270 + signatures on a petition from motorists using the diversion route at bottom of our garden in just 4 sessions , to the County Council to give our collapsed culvert and road closure maximum priority
 
Lord Tyrion said:
It is and I'm on it every day :rolleyes:. If it can't get done now with AMT in charge of the dept then it will never happen. Everything is ready to go, literally everything, she just needs to pick up the phone and say 'go'.
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Absolutely no doubt that it needs doing, but ..
If she does that, she'll open herself to claims of corruption! So it could actually take longer to be approved with her running the show than simply as an annoying lobbyist!
 
Beezerk said:
Sounds superb.
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My lad wants to do a woodwork project (as he really enjoys it at school but 'the tools are a bit limited' in his words). So we're going to start him off with making a cutting board, just to get him in to using the jointer, table saw and gluing up etc. So with the CNC I can personalise it for him, I made this little logo vector for him and tested it on some planed cherry.

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The first is just the vectored outline and the second is line-by-line and this is only on 50% at the laser head, bear in mind cherry is quite a hard wood as well.
 
@GreiginFife with your knowledge of wood types a question if I may. We have built a sleeper wall (softwood sleepers) in the back garden and want to put a seat on the top at one part (1.2m wide). We were looking at making the seat from deck boards/scaffold planks etc but struggling to find anything we like. Were now considering using something like Teak planks - is this a decent option or would you recommend something else?
 
fundy said:
@GreiginFife with your knowledge of wood types a question if I may. We have built a sleeper wall (softwood sleepers) in the back garden and want to put a seat on the top at one part (1.2m wide). We were looking at making the seat from deck boards/scaffold planks etc but struggling to find anything we like. Were now considering using something like Teak planks - is this a decent option or would you recommend something else?
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It depends on how much you need tbh. For outdoor projects hardwood is always going to beat softwood like sleepers or deck boards. But, and it's a big but, not all hardwood has good weather resistant properties and the like of oak and even teak will need treated with some sort of oil/preserver. For my outdoor work I always try to get Cedar where possible. It's slightly cheaper than Teak (which for the most part is usually actually Iroko) but also slightly harder to come by.

Now, more than ever, budget plays a huge part. I have had to stop buying black walnut as the prices are mental.
 
GreiginFife said:
It depends on how much you need tbh. For outdoor projects hardwood is always going to beat softwood like sleepers or deck boards. But, and it's a big but, not all hardwood has good weather resistant properties and the like of oak and even teak will need treated with some sort of oil/preserver. For my outdoor work I always try to get Cedar where possible. It's slightly cheaper than Teak (which for the most part is usually actually Iroko) but also slightly harder to come by.

Now, more than ever, budget plays a huge part. I have had to stop buying black walnut as the prices are mental.
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Many thanks Grieg, we like Cedar so will see if we can source some :)
 
fundy said:
Many thanks Grieg, we like Cedar so will see if we can source some :)
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The beauty of Cedar is that it will naturally "silver" over time, but if you get a UV resistant oil like Osmo you can lock the colour in from the start or you can let it weather a bit and then lock in the colour that you like. There's not many timbers that will do that (Siberian Larch will but I wouldn't like to buy that at the minute with the war and all).
 
GreiginFife said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185558813417?hash=item2b342acae9:g:GtwAAOSwzJti4vyw&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAsAQT7vVkaOf8dXGpNHIxsEWuNAoDq1tQbyom4QykRyGo1Ym5yOhm8Brnh/RdU9KD3f1698InA4ME66NzAbkvr6qGbvS71j3Ju91+TD9DD08OcHGBOrQ5cDxKQdE8ooeAshs0AKO24ZhUDjbAXXRMNlTw0HGTQ1M5bpvY1I7x0f7Z5VzDK8FEShp2RNU+N2mWi0GSk9ak3ECJ+cIjlEm8cfEy1InZsejKqPXBrgm8Wsk8|tkp:Bk9SR5aG5qbmYA

Looks decent tbh, at £15 a 2.4m length, that's a good price considering the market. Just nip it through a table saw to get rid of the T&G (unless you wanted to use the T&G to add strength to the seat).
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Ok thats local enough :) Now to check Mrs F likes it lol
 
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