Mister Gain
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Good man Socks, well done. This is the kind of crap we were up against with my son... A mental health patient says he was discharged from hospital with "the rope he tried to hang himself with" just three days before. Daniel Durrant, 40, was admitted to the Shrewsbury Ward at Oxleas House, based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, on July 30 after he was found with a rope around his neck on a bridge over the A2 in Charlton. Police were called when members of the public saw him on the wrong side of the barrier tying rope to the railings. Officers were a
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Haven't had kidneys since before the pandemic, thoroughly enjoyed them today.
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I'm afraid I have to agree with you 100% on that. My son (only child) killed himself recently. He was found hanging in woodland in a small village in East Sussex during that heatwave in July, was hanging there for 4 days, and we were advised not to view his body. He was 41. He was failed by the NHS, how the hell can a psychiatrist evaluate someone over the phone, surely with mental health body language comes into it? It's a long drawn out, complicated story so I won't go into it here, all I can say is that it is devastating.
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Very sad indeed, absolutely gutted for you Doug.
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Managed to get a Record Holdfast clamp about 20 years ago, brand new, in exchange for a turned Iroko 10 inch fruit bowl, and matching goblet off a bloke at work. Fantastic piece of kit. Band clamps are handy for all sorts of stuff, you can even remove the jaws and clamp segments tightly if making segmented bowls for turning, although I have just bought a Draper Hose Clamp Set, you get 3 metres and 8 fittings and make up whatever length suits
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I wonder if they were oak apple galls?
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I use a Reber (Italian) but they are a bit more expensive than the usual, also the vacuum bags are more expensive because one side of the bag is embossed to allow for better expulsion of air whilst creating the vacuum. It's over 15 years old now and hasn't skipped a beat.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thali-Outlet-Rectangular-Microwave-Containers/dp/B00J1KPEA6/ref=pd_lpo_201_img_1/257-2953221-9383326?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00J1KPEA6&pd_rd_r=6709a0c7-7e06-4cdf-8680-35fc863062e9&pd_rd_w=TAtui&pd_rd_wg=v2mG6&pf_rd_p=da0677f5-a47b-4543-8b54-10be576b8f26&pf_rd_r=CZSNXJ4PFB97S4HP5R6W&psc=1&refRID=CZSNXJ4PFB97S4HP5R6W My old woman buys them in packs of 6 (including lids) for £1 in the local pound shop. They get washed and reused a number of times and are microwaveable. Obviously they are rectangular and stack well in the freezer
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Went for the Covid-19 inoculation, she said "Can I help you?" I said "I've come for the jab." She punched me in the mouth.
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Yep, Banjolin. Just seen a Youtube clip of a bloke who borrowed one. He said it sounded a lot better when he removed 4 of the strings though.
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You can buy garlic grown in the UK on the Isle of Wight. https://www.thegarlicfarm.co.uk/
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One which I find very cringeworthy is when (mostly) women refer to their pet dog or cat as a "Fur Baby". Heard my wife talking to the dog the other evening and heard "mummy's little fur baby." I went straight into speak to her and asked if she is a fcuking retard or something. "Why are you being so nasty?" I replied "It's a six year old bull terrier weighing over 50 lbs, with defined musculature, a neck like Mike fcuking Tyson, with the ability to burst a football within 2 seconds... does that sound like it's a 'fur baby?" The last word "you're fcuking miserable" ?
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The Aussies use that one as well. First time I visited my son we went to get some fish and chips he used that to start to order. I said "What the fcuks that all about?" He said he hadn't realised he had picked it up. The shop we were in clearly stated on the front "Fish & Chips", but he ordered fries. I questioned him again and he told me chips out there are crisps despite it saying chips outside. You would think they would take on the traits of the old motherland, but I found it more Americanised.
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I have to add that these cuts were cured inside protein lined casings, which were removed prior to slicing and eating, the taste of the mould had already migrated into the meat. Was absolutely delicious.
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Some years back I was into charcuterie, and some moulds were deemed desirable on produce like salami, chorizo, bresaola etc. The favourable mould was white and resemble a coating of whitewash. The general rule of those experienced members of the forum was anything fuzzy could be washed off with a brine or vinegar solution and the product would be fine. Any signs of black mould was deemed very dangerous.
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This topic bought back a few memories from the 70's. I had a mate who lived in the terrace of railway cottages adjacent to Staplehurst station in Kent. He told me about 2 very small ponds nearby, one was about 200 yards from his cottage, and the other about 600 yards. Being close to the railway they were probably bomb craters from WW2, the closer one having abundant weed, and being in the middle of an open field, contained good sized tench to about 4lbs+ along with some smaller rudd. The further pond was mainly surrounded by trees and also contained tench and rudd but to a much smaller size, s
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I've been viewing some Youtube videos of an American woodcarver, Mike Stinnett, and his attention to detail is superb. Although his sticks do look heavy as they are mostly walking staff's. His channel is well worth a look. https://www.youtube.com/c/StinnettStickStudio/videos
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Only ever had to deal with resin pockets in softwood bought from Wickes, but white spirit always cleaned it away from both wood and hands.
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Thing is that they pick and choose what to be offended by. Years ago if you had a black cat or dog there was a good chance it would be called Nigger, Sooty, Sambo, Blackie etc. I take it they are offended by the term/name Sambo, I wonder what they are going to do with the inscription on 'Sambo's Grave', at Sunderland Point near Morecambe... I know the answer... Nothing, because it was the name of a black cabin boy who was buried there, and they would no doubt play the 'slavery' card for good measure. We should not be re-writing our history to appease them.
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It's still pretty big in Aussie. I went out to visit my son back in 2015, but a few weeks before we went is wife's step father passed away from cancer, so we attended the service in Lilydale Memorial Park (burials and cremations) Victoria. On arrival there were literally 'hundreds' of bikes parked up with hundreds of bikers congregated around the chapel grounds, nowhere near enough room to accommodate them all. What I did notice was that there were very few under about 40 years of age, conversely there were many 60+. When their service ended they all started their bikes and revved th
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Yes, definitely old school. I recall him mentioning in one of the videos that it was how he learnt from and old fellow as a young lad, and if you consider that the old guy probably learnt the method from a predecessor then it would be donkey's years old. No doubt there are more user friendly methods available today, back in the old days they wouldn't have had the luxury of buying pre-formed body moulds off the shelf, and the array of eyes available now is massive. I only bought the borax powder to try out on the next fish to die in my pond, which happened to be a grey and white fully scal
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If you decide to have a go, as per his method, let me know as I have a couple of small unopened packs of Borax I can send you.
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Gnasher, there is an interesting bloke on youtube called Peter Wood. He's a holy Joe but as well as being an accomplished artist he has loads of other hobbies he turns his hand to, including very basic taxidermy, and he explains it well. Watched him do fish, birds and small mammals. Might be worth a quick look, here's a link to one of his video's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbAl4vhjpnA
