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Phil L wrote:
I too have half a dozen decent plumbers merchants within a few miles of
my house. The OP said 'real merchants'....I now realise he meant to
say, 'real plumbers merchants', as opposed to handymans outlets and
homebase etc, but it's not much use him moaning now, seeing as it was
his mistake in the first place.

I thought Dave's 'tartan paint' bit quite apt for reel merchants.

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