RWD3M
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Yeah, I remember that one doing the rounds. A great story though
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I've got a tree stump that I've dug a bowl out of for trying to learn how to shape metal, but a mate had another tree cut down and gave me this (buckets in the background for scale).
It smells lovely, as well. He thinks it's a bit of fir of some kind.
It smells lovely, as well. He thinks it's a bit of fir of some kind.
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Fresh conifer smells good. When you chip the brush it smells nice, kinda medicinal. Eucalyptus is nice too.
A new spare wheel for the van.
Dropped the original from under the van a couple of nights ago, (the one on the right), after a battle royal with the seized mechanism to find the tyre flatter than a flat thing and the rim rustier than a rusty thing, and when I tried to put some air in it the valve broke off in my hand
. Found a spare on Ebay that arrived yesterday afternoon so I had a trip to a tyre place in the sprawling metropolis of West Auckland this morning for a new tyre to be told that the original is still in date and in good order so the nice young man swapped it over to the new rim.So instead of forking out for a new tyre, all it cost was £10
. To balance that out, I'll doubtless end up looking like Charlie Williams by the time I've fettled the rust off the old rim 
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Can well understand throwing that in a skip , I did the same with a Russian made power tool the other week.
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Sometimes it's just the brushes that need replacing.
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Was working no problem, just don’t want it in my workshop given how Russia treats its neighbours
I'd ordered the Amazon one before I saw this. Need some more anywayAmazon has them for a tenner but these folk have them at £4 a pop:
12V 3.1A Dual USB Car Charger 2 Port Adapter Power Socket Charging Panel Mount
12V 3.1A Dual USB Car Charger 2 Port Adapter Power Socket Charging Panel Mountwww.sinbury.co.uk
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Yeah, its sad but some thing's can just develop an ugly feeling about them.
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Very much along the lines of the USAF sending a photograph taken at high altitude from one of their spy planes of a UK RAF base and the RAF sending them an overhead shot of their spy plane taking the photograph!
Urban myths the lot of them I suspect
Having had the great pleasure to meet and talk to an ex RAF camera operator I suspect these myths are actually rooted in truth
The UK and USA may be allies but they will always be rivalry
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Irony being there is a good chance it may have actually been made in the Ukraine, as they have a strong history of manufacturing and machinery, and of course probably weren't neighbours at the time when it was made.
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I’ve not come across much Russian / USSR (as this is, so it’s pre ‘91) stuff, but when I have it’s been well made. Perhaps not “German Engineering” but strong, functional and easy to repair.
I’ve used a Russian lathe on a ship and that was a good bit of kit. This vice is decent enough. Doesn’t offend me. It offended me more that some **** threw out a perfectly good vice.
I’ve used a Russian lathe on a ship and that was a good bit of kit. This vice is decent enough. Doesn’t offend me. It offended me more that some **** threw out a perfectly good vice.
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I follow the developments of things there quite closely, but it never occurred to me to throw my Soviet watches, timing machines, power generators, measuring instruments etc. in the rubbish.
That wouldn't be very rational either, would it? In any case, it wouldn't change a thing.
It would be much more helpful if the West stopped buying Russian oil, which has doubled Putin's oil revenues since the invasion began, because we have to pay world market prices but an authoritarian ruler can dispose of his country's resources as he sees fit.
This, among other things, finances this illegal war of aggression.
My country alone has paid €9.5 billion for oil to Russia in the two months since the invasion began, followed by UK, Netherlands, Italy ....
European energy policy and making it harder to hide large illicit assets in London would be rational approaches to the issue.
Have a nice Sunday all,
Carsten
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