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A very nice christmas pudding and more mince pies than could possible preserve my waist line.

(24th-Dec-25, 04:36 PM)CMOTD Wrote:  Get well soon Mrs B. My good lady is in charge of the Turkey and stuff but my penance comes courtesy of the washing up afterwards!  Merry Christmas one and ...

Ah the dinner......the one thing we do to celebrate the season. We have never been into the whole present giving and card sending ritual but the scenes from childhood still linger in the imagination a...

(21st-Dec-25, 10:28 PM)JasonB Wrote:  Thank you gents, much appreciated. We actually use a proper, paper calendar, and find it more convenient, but unfortunately the next five or six weeks are ...

Jason, not sure your post is one I should give a 'like' to! I've just got home from hospital to have a pacemaker fitted so I sympathise with medical problems of any kind - it sounds nasty. I'm with ...

Don't we all? I find the whole idea that I need assistance to negotiate my way through online life insulting. My Mac has Siri and Intelligence etc and they are all turned off and will remain off. If...

Maybe their AI helper has developed more power than they expected. It probably gets bored having to deal with humans and their limited intelligence.

It has refused to load a few times now, usually when I have the VPN engaged. The VPN is off now and it has loaded normally.  I no longer belong to SFI but occasionally look to see if any of the peopl...

There is a definite link between cars and mental health. Some can delight whilst others can drive you much faster round the bend than any car on earth. We live in a fairly remote village and rely on ...

(28th-Nov-25, 01:03 PM)Kevan Wrote:  The ability to race something you have to make because it's not available to buy is very satisfying. Making it with a knife or a machine is neither here nor...

I hope you'll forgive an old git lamenting progress. For me, the number one point of the hobby has been racing and I've had my successes - and a few failures :-) However, it's also the creative proc...

(26th-Nov-25, 08:47 PM)Kevan Wrote:  Is there such a thing as a scale person, we're all different and not made to construction rules.  You can have two people stood side-by-side, one 50% the siz...

In the spirit of international cooperation and good will, I offer you a translation service without peer. Some might find this offensive in the same way that the French find Belgians beneath them (my...

If you try the same trick through DeepL (better than Google) it ends as follows! I went through Japanese, Albanian, Chinese, German, Latin and about four others! [attachment=44817]

[attachment=44615]It seems wood is a popular choice. Although I do very little but read these days, I still indulge when I can get Ronnie to put up with the sawdust. A bit of woodturning, wooden toys...

I fid it astonishing that you find so many rare sets. The fact that your are not one of the rich guys doing it just makes it all the more exemplary. Keep up the good work Bernard, I just wish I could...

(24th-Aug-25, 02:49 PM)Bobble7 Wrote:  I wonder how many are old guys like me (78) getting old kit working and modernising (ARC PRO)? Not me! Firmly stuck in the 60s/70s analogue and find my gen...

Mine is the 1934 edition and sure enough, the inside cover is stamped: "Presented to the Port Library, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth by SM Whibley, Esq." Boot sale sellers are not that fussy. I just use t...

Looks like they put some rear tyres on the front!! Were they really supposed to be that big? Set looks in great condition.