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  1. Steve Maskery

    Captive fasteners

    You could make the equivalent of a bearing-puller quite easily. Two pieces of board with a hole in each. one the size of your screw thread, the other the overall size of the fastener. Glue them together concentrically. Then put it over the fastener, insert you rbolt and tighten away, it should...
  2. Steve Maskery

    Let me be the first here……..

    OK, how about "embarrassed by the actions of some of my fellow countrymen over the years, including up to the present day"? S
  3. Steve Maskery

    Let me be the first here……..

    Hmm, fair point! :) S
  4. Steve Maskery

    Let me be the first here……..

    You are quite right, Andy, the UK has given a lot to the world, no doubt. But how can I be proud of something that had nothing to do with me? S
  5. Steve Maskery

    Let me be the first here……..

    I don't understand this Pride thing either. How can anyone be Proud of where they come from? An accident of birth? Pride in one's work, achievements, certainly. There are a few things in my life of which I am proud, I with there were more. But being born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK, is not...
  6. Steve Maskery

    Well, that day didn't go to plan.

    My partner was given Tramadol when she had her hip done. She kept calling the nurses to ask why the picture on the wall was moving and what were all these fairies around her bed doing? Good recovery, both of you. S
  7. Steve Maskery

    Hello, good morning and welcome...

    Yes, and it will make no difference whatsoever. It was nice knowing you all. S
  8. Steve Maskery

    Hello, good morning and welcome...

    When you live in the middle of nowhere, as we do, buying online is actually cheaper than going shopping. Anywhere is 40m away, and I can't guarantee getting what I want when I get there. I personally am funding Jeff Bezos's boat. S
  9. Steve Maskery

    Hello, good morning and welcome...

    I'll have you know that this morning I was at my lowest weight since moving to France, probably the lowest in the last decade. So Na, na, na-na, nah. S :)
  10. Steve Maskery

    Hello, good morning and welcome...

    There is no reason for anyone to have noticed, but I've not been here this week. There is a reason for that. On Monday, our oven went pop. It was a replacement, under warranty, for its predecessor. At least this one lasted 20 months instead of 6. Ninja is not the brand I thought it was. They do...
  11. Steve Maskery

    Let me be the first here……..

    I really do not understand this Patron Saint thing at all. I don't just mean St George. {Though it makes me laugh that the Cross of Saint George, as an emblem of English Nationalism, is used by racists (as well as others, of course) who would gladly ban every Turk and other foreigners from the...
  12. Steve Maskery

    Square of Thales

    Can I suggest to anyone who is thinking of making one of these that you make the points long and slender rather than short and fat. That way you will have greater degree of movement, which is handy if you have something tall but narrow, such as a cabinet, to square up.
  13. Steve Maskery

    Square of Thales

    And just for the Bots...
  14. Steve Maskery

    Need help with Sapele wood sash windows

    I don't know, but I know a man who does. If MikeG contributes to this thread, take his advice. He knows what he is talking about. BTW, welcome to the forum. S
  15. Steve Maskery

    hacked debit card

    I was robbed in Limoges a couple of months ago. Two young women asking for help. They had been next to me in the queue at the supermarket. They'd seen me type in my pin. One asked me for directions while the other went into my car, opened my bag, opened my wallet and took my bank card. Within...
  16. Steve Maskery

    Square of Thales

    Thank you, Lurker. It's been a crap few days and that made me laugh. And some days I do feel as if I've been dead for two-and-a-half-thousand years... S
  17. Steve Maskery

    Sausages

    Oh that is a shame. There was a Bird's in Kirkby when I got there, but, like all but one of the other butchers in the town, they closed. Been there since the 1920s, IIRC. A few years later, the same shop was taken over by a new butcher. Hooray, I thought. It was a small shop, so a line of us...
  18. Steve Maskery

    Sausages

    I tried to buy some pork back fat yesterday at my local supermarket (where I have bought it before) and was told it was not available from the abattoir. I don't know if that means no longer or just not at the moment. I can sub lard, but it's not quite the same. S
  19. Steve Maskery

    Sausages

    Maybe not, but most Hindus choose not to, for cultural reasons. Pigs are dirty, so their meat is considered impure by many. S
  20. Steve Maskery

    Sausages

    Thank you Robert, I'd not seen that before. My kitchen is half refurbished at the moment, I can't cook anything and it is driving me mad. S
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