On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:09:16 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:

On 2007-07-10 12:55:56 +0100, Frank Erskine
said:

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:45:04 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:

On 2007-07-10 12:37:06 +0100, Frank Erskine
said:

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:14:29 +0100, ":Jerry:"
wrote:


I can still remember when my father bought his first power tool, a
basic B&D corded electric drill, this would have been around 40 years
ago - up until then he used either a bevel geared drill, a bit and
brace or - for masonry - a hammer and raw plug 'chisel' (can't think
of the correct name).

Like the one at the bottom of this page...

http://tinyurl.com/yrpaz9

I've got one of those, and a packet of that very suspicious stuff that
looks like asbestos and cement that you bung in the hole

Philplug (sp?) ?

it was called Rawlplastic.

Yes - that was a different brand of the same stuff.

Each tin came with a little L-shaped ramrod with a point at one end to
"start" the screw.

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Frank Erskine