On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:42:35 +0100, Chris Bacon wrote:

and take great care that it doesn't
shoot away out of control (an emergency rope around a newel or something,
belayed by a third man, is OK).

This is very good advice - take it from me that being at the bottom of the
stairs when one of these finally stops using you as a buffer is not much
fun!

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Regards
Tony
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