"Bob Mannix" wrote in message
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"Andrew Mawson" wrote in message
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That newel post still sits in my cellar, a nice piece of workmanship,
that so far I have shown to two sets of 'new owners' of next door!

I think you just answered the question - sort of! It's not being a newel
post anymore, it's just taking up space in your cellar and you don't need
it. I always try and shift stuff to people who want it but, at the end of
the day, if no-one wants it, you have to chuck it out before you drown in
stuff that remains unused for decades.

It is being a newel post. Just a spare newel post...