On Wed, 20 May 2020 07:08:14 +0100, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

On 20/05/2020 00:54, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 20 May 2020 00:11:07 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 19/05/2020 17:08, tim... wrote:


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On Tuesday, 19 May 2020 12:15:05 UTC+1, Dave Liquorice wrote:
Blimey. That's rather more 029 card punches than I've ever seen
in one
room.
I wasn't going to bother to look at that image, until someone
mentioned card punches... B-)

Boots were very proud of their "perforated metal ceilings, filled with
a compound of fibreglass and asbestos" to absorb the noise ;-)


I'm sure Bryant & May were very proud of their matches filled with
phosphorus

your point was?

That one suspects that they would be less boastful of a ceiling in the
workplace full of asbestos these days?

I had an Irishman at my door last week claiming the asbestos was
crumbling at the edge of my roof. I pointed out it was called "mortar",
then told him not to ****ing well wake me at 10am again for an "emergency".
not asbestos soffit boards then ? ...

No, the vertical bit, like he http://roofers-rates.com/wp-content/...le-300x140.jpg