My Dad was a timber merchant and then joiner, but I ticked carpenter as it involves working with wood.
Any chippys out there will understand the differences (carpenters work on site, joiners work inside a fixed workshop) which is quite important to them.
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My wife discovered my Grandfather was in the Sussex regiment and fought in the Somme until injured and was discharged home for recovery. We also fond out he changed his name from John to Tom. I had no...
I'm beginning to consider putting the winter duvet back on, only got the summer one out two weeks ago. On second thoughts I might as well use them both.
Oh yes, but I have always been very disappointed with them.
AA and AAA rechargeables are very expensive and have a habit of running out of charge with little notice, especially annoying with things like bike lights where traditional batteries start to go dim and then give you enough light to...
Battery tester. £5 from Maplins years ago.
The number of batteries I've saved by identifying the dud one in a batch of 4 is amazing. Also allows me to check new ones have plenty of charge before fitting. Amazing piece of kit...
I've used a Thumper mini Pro for the last 5 years (no sniggering at the back please). Its excellent for my back and neck. https://www.thumpermassager.uk/massagers/mini-pro/
My Chiropractor uses the same brand so comes highly recommended and guaranteed to last a long time. Thumper even do...
My three match pack says we have a game on 1 August against an unspecified opponent. That's the date of the second leg of the second round of qualifying for the Europa Conference league!
is this Super optimism by PBOBE? Is he predicting we win our last 3 games and all results go our way so we...
See thread 'Anyone actually going on Sunday?'
Loads of good explanations why people couldn't go, including resceduling from Saturday. I put my seat on the exchange but it didn't sell. Not surprising given our recent woeful form and lack of goals.
I'm so pleased we won, and sad to have missed...
I wont be attending as I have a can't miss family party for my grandson's first birthday. In other seasons I'd have made excuses and been at the Amex. But this season it's not worth the grief I'd endure for putting Albion before family..