How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
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George wrote:
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Things were easier then ;-)

Steve

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What - you mean you're not already a member of the Barry Bucknell fan
club - shame on you !

AWEM

On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George" said:

How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
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Supataps!!

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What - you mean you're not already a member of the Barry Bucknell fan
club - shame on you !

Have you completed your Mirror dinghy yet?

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On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George" said:

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Supataps!!


Ah! The days when DIY programmes showed techniques and not idiots bodging.

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What - you mean you're not already a member of the Barry Bucknell
fan
club - shame on you !

Have you completed your Mirror dinghy yet?

..he he .... I watched all those programs in black & white G

AWEM

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Supataps!!

Oy, I wanted to say that!

Graham.
%Profound_observation%

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What - you mean you're not already a member of the Barry Bucknell fan
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AWEM


Nope,I was still in my short pants and recollection of TV was Dr Who(John
Pertwee) and Coronation St (Ena Sharples & Minnie Caldwell) :-P

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What - you mean you're not already a member of the Barry Bucknell fan
club - shame on you !

Have you completed your Mirror dinghy yet?

I started one of those..
I gave it up after I still couldn't swim even after lessons.
Whoever said everyone floats is a liar.. I can sit on the bottom quite
easily.

George wrote:
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What - you mean you're not already a member of the Barry Bucknell fan
club - shame on you !

AWEM


Nope,I was still in my short pants and recollection of TV was Dr
Who(John Pertwee) and Coronation St (Ena Sharples & Minnie Caldwell)


Argh - the plague to you! How dare you mention Corro! I've just sent a
vast number of Neighbours (hood) insects to sort you out.
In fun

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On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George" said:

How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
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Supataps!!

They were outdated in 1967. Hardboard too. Remember they put that over
proper panelled doors, and put push-click spring ball-locks. Wow! and they
thought that was trendy.

On 2007-10-07 00:12:41 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message ...
On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George" said:

How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
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Supataps!!

They were outdated in 1967. Hardboard too. Remember they put that
over proper panelled doors, and put push-click spring ball-locks. Wow!
and they thought that was trendy.

You forgot to mention the red plastic door handles.....

Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-10-07 00:12:41 +0100, "Doctor Drivel"
said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George"
said:

How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
http://www.20xx20.myby.co.uk/diy.jpg

Supataps!!

They were outdated in 1967. Hardboard too. Remember they put that
over proper panelled doors, and put push-click spring ball-locks.
Wow!
and they thought that was trendy.

You forgot to mention the red plastic door handles.....

You rotten fellow, I had forgotten until you mentioned it!

On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 00:12:41 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" wrote:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George" said:

How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
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Supataps!!

They were outdated in 1967. Hardboard too. Remember they put that over
proper panelled doors, and put push-click spring ball-locks. Wow! and they
thought that was trendy.


Give it a few years and you'll all be putting the hardboard back. It's called
'being a slave to fashion'. Not long now, for my pampas suite to be back in
vogue.

Andy

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On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George" said:

How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
http://www.20xx20.myby.co.uk/diy.jpg

Supataps!!

They were outdated in 1967. Hardboard too. Remember they put that over
proper panelled doors, and put push-click spring ball-locks. Wow! and
they thought that was trendy.

You forgot to mention the red plastic door handles.....

Yes, and fitted on a slight angle too

"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-10-07 00:12:41 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George" said:

How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
http://www.20xx20.myby.co.uk/diy.jpg

Supataps!!

They were outdated in 1967. Hardboard too. Remember they put that over
proper panelled doors, and put push-click spring ball-locks. Wow! and
they thought that was trendy.

You forgot to mention the red plastic door handles.....

They were a real bugger to cover in fablon.. only door knobs were more
difficult.

"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-10-07 00:12:41 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" said:


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On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George" said:

How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
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Supataps!!

They were outdated in 1967. Hardboard too. Remember they put that over
proper panelled doors, and put push-click spring ball-locks. Wow! and
they thought that was trendy.

You forgot to mention the red plastic door handles.....

That Barry Bucknall had a lot to answer for.

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"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-10-07 00:12:41 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George"
said:

How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
http://www.20xx20.myby.co.uk/diy.jpg

Supataps!!

They were outdated in 1967. Hardboard too. Remember they put that
over
proper panelled doors, and put push-click spring ball-locks. Wow! and
they thought that was trendy.

You forgot to mention the red plastic door handles.....

That Barry Bucknall had a lot to answer for.


Actually it was this show that started the trend...
http://www.transdiffusion.org/pmc/sc...t/atv/1715.htm

On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:46:30 +0100, Andy Cap wrote:

Give it a few years and you'll all be putting the hardboard back. It's
called 'being a slave to fashion'. Not long now, for my pampas suite to
be back in vogue.

Yebbut paying top whack for period hardboard to authentically restore it
with ;-)

--
John Stumbles

Fundamentalist agnostic

dennis@home wrote:

I started one of those..
I gave it up after I still couldn't swim even after lessons.
Whoever said everyone floats is a liar.. I can sit on the bottom quite
easily.

They told me that.

There I am, 6 years, old, skinny as a stick, and they say jump into this
(unheated outdoor) swimmingpool, lie back and relax, and you'll float.

I didn't.

"You didn't relax". What did they expect? I was sinking!

I didn't learn to swim until I was 14, and I'm still not very good at
it. Better BTW in salt water, where I float.

I *always* wear a lifejacket!

Oh, the Mirror? Well that was the source of my son's first capsize. He
was about 3, and sitting in the boat while I sailed. Quite breezy, so I
was out on the toestraps as far as I could go, when I got a gust.
That's OK, free the main. Jib cleated, so it blows the bow down until
the main sets again, and in we go. Only for a few seconds, but enough
to get him all wet.

Andy

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Hang on, isn't this a DIY group, not sailing?

Andy Champ wrote:
dennis@home wrote:

I started one of those..
I gave it up after I still couldn't swim even after lessons.
Whoever said everyone floats is a liar.. I can sit on the bottom
quite easily.

They told me that.

There I am, 6 years, old, skinny as a stick, and they say jump into
this (unheated outdoor) swimmingpool, lie back and relax, and you'll
float.
I didn't.

"You didn't relax". What did they expect? I was sinking!

I didn't learn to swim until I was 14, and I'm still not very good at
it. Better BTW in salt water, where I float.

I *always* wear a lifejacket!

Oh, the Mirror? Well that was the source of my son's first capsize.
He was about 3, and sitting in the boat while I sailed. Quite
breezy, so I was out on the toestraps as far as I could go, when I
got a gust. That's OK, free the main. Jib cleated, so it blows the
bow down until the main sets again, and in we go. Only for a few
seconds, but enough to get him all wet.

Capsized an Enterprise once with my elder son crewing. The boat turned
turtle. My son scrambled on the upturning hull so that he didn't get
wet!

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On 2007-10-07 00:12:41 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-10-06 20:54:50 +0100, "George"
said:

How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
http://www.20xx20.myby.co.uk/diy.jpg

Supataps!!

They were outdated in 1967. Hardboard too. Remember they put that
over
proper panelled doors, and put push-click spring ball-locks. Wow! and
they thought that was trendy.

You forgot to mention the red plastic door handles.....

That Barry Bucknall had a lot to answer for.


Actually it was this show that started the trend...
http://www.transdiffusion.org/pmc/sc...t/atv/1715.htm

Barry Bucknall was on BBC and in the 1950s too, and way into the 60s. He
never used power tools - maybe at the end he did. The only flash tool was a
Yankee screwdriver; which everyone went Wow!! I believe they are banned on
sites now.

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Things were easier then ;-)

Yes, wide angled cameras weren't available to everyone and there wasn't room
in the bathroom for the fitter AND the photographer.

Mary

Steve

In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
Barry Bucknall was on BBC and in the 1950s too, and way into the 60s.
He never used power tools - maybe at the end he did. The only flash
tool was a Yankee screwdriver; which everyone went Wow!! I believe
they are banned on sites now.

With all the holes pre-drilled and assembled before - which made it look
very easy.

Yankees have of course been replaced with cordless drivers. But they were
very dangerous things when used with slotted screws - as at first. When
the BBC changed over to pozidriv in their construction shop in the '70s,
accidents reduced by a vast amount.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Yankees have of course been replaced with cordless drivers. But they were
very dangerous things when used with slotted screws - as at first. When
the BBC changed over to pozidriv in their construction shop in the '70s,
accidents reduced by a vast amount.

Isn't the other danger that of releasing one from the compressed
state, and getting the bit in someone's eye, or elsewhere?

Chris
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Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
Barry Bucknall was on BBC and in the 1950s too, and way into the 60s.
He never used power tools - maybe at the end he did. The only flash
tool was a Yankee screwdriver; which everyone went Wow!! I believe
they are banned on sites now.

With all the holes pre-drilled and assembled before - which made it look
very easy.

Yankees have of course been replaced with cordless drivers. But they were
very dangerous things when used with slotted screws - as at first. When
the BBC changed over to pozidriv in their construction shop in the '70s,
accidents reduced by a vast amount.

They weren't particularly dangerous if you held the knurled bit like you
were supposed to.

Chris J Dixon wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


Yankees have of course been replaced with cordless drivers. But they were
very dangerous things when used with slotted screws - as at first. When
the BBC changed over to pozidriv in their construction shop in the '70s,
accidents reduced by a vast amount.


Isn't the other danger that of releasing one from the compressed
state, and getting the bit in someone's eye, or elsewhere?

Another danger is getting your fingers a bit too close to the spiral and
main body. It can take your skin off something terrible.

Dave

In message , George
writes

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What - you mean you're not already a member of the Barry Bucknell fan
club - shame on you !

AWEM


Nope,I was still in my short pants and recollection of TV was Dr Who(John
Pertwee)

Watched it from behind the sofa with a periscope

and Coronation St (Ena Sharples & Minnie Caldwell)

Now there's a scary image





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geoff

On 6 Oct, 20:54, "George" wrote:
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Thread Hijack alert:

My other half has brought home a useful DIY handbook which was
cluttering up her office. I am trying to date it approximately (no
copyright date of course).

- There is useful advice on how to move a light. A gas light.
- The gas pipes were iron and you hired a die to thread them (or got
the shop to thread them for you).
- The preferred mixture for sealing the threads was a mixture of
boiled linseed oil, 3.5 oz red lead, 1.5 oz white lead! Thick paint
was an acceptable substitute!!
- Skilled gas-fitters might check for leaks in the new pipe work with
a lighted match (but this was not a suitable method for amateurs).

- There is also discussion of electric lighting, and electric irons
- Electric irons are obviously terribly new-fangled because there is a
handy tip to use an upturned domestic laundry iron in a vice as an
anvil. Closer inspection of the picture reveals that they are talking
about an old fashioned plain piece of metal with handle.

(Actually, I'm inclined to think that searching for gas leaks with a
match is probably less dangerous than using SWMBO's iron as an anvil!)

Any dates?

In message . com,
Martin Bonner writes
On 6 Oct, 20:54, "George" wrote:
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Thread Hijack alert:

(Actually, I'm inclined to think that searching for gas leaks with a
match is probably less dangerous than using SWMBO's iron as an anvil!)

It paid for the new science wing at my school (looking for a gas leak
with a match, that is ... apparently)

--
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On 6 Oct, 20:54, "George" wrote:
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Thread Hijack alert:

My other half has brought home a useful DIY handbook which was
cluttering up her office. I am trying to date it approximately (no
copyright date of course).

- There is useful advice on how to move a light. A gas light.
- The gas pipes were iron and you hired a die to thread them (or got
the shop to thread them for you).
- The preferred mixture for sealing the threads was a mixture of
boiled linseed oil, 3.5 oz red lead, 1.5 oz white lead! Thick paint
was an acceptable substitute!!
- Skilled gas-fitters might check for leaks in the new pipe work with
a lighted match (but this was not a suitable method for amateurs).

- There is also discussion of electric lighting, and electric irons
- Electric irons are obviously terribly new-fangled because there is a
handy tip to use an upturned domestic laundry iron in a vice as an
anvil. Closer inspection of the picture reveals that they are talking
about an old fashioned plain piece of metal with handle.

(Actually, I'm inclined to think that searching for gas leaks with a
match is probably less dangerous than using SWMBO's iron as an anvil!)

Any dates?


If the electric iron was 'newfangled' it'll be after 1892, Irons using an
electrical resistance were first shown by both Crompton and Co. and the
General Electric Co. in 1892.

Don.

On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:38:27 -0700, Martin Bonner wrote:

On 6 Oct, 20:54, "George" wrote:
How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel
:-)http://www.20xx20.myby.co.uk/diy.jpg


Thread Hijack alert:

My other half has brought home a useful DIY handbook which was cluttering
up her office. I am trying to date it approximately (no copyright date of
course).

- There is useful advice on how to move a light. A gas light. - The gas
pipes were iron and you hired a die to thread them (or got the shop to
thread them for you).
- The preferred mixture for sealing the threads was a mixture of boiled
linseed oil, 3.5 oz red lead, 1.5 oz white lead! Thick paint was an
acceptable substitute!!
- Skilled gas-fitters might check for leaks in the new pipe work with a
lighted match (but this was not a suitable method for amateurs).

- There is also discussion of electric lighting, and electric irons -
Electric irons are obviously terribly new-fangled because there is a handy
tip to use an upturned domestic laundry iron in a vice as an anvil.
Closer inspection of the picture reveals that they are talking about an
old fashioned plain piece of metal with handle.

(Actually, I'm inclined to think that searching for gas leaks with a match
is probably less dangerous than using SWMBO's iron as an anvil!)

Any dates?

==================================
The laundry iron would be a 'flat iron' made from a solid lump of cast
iron. They came in various sizes and were often used with a 'slipper',
which is a thin metal cover clipped on to the bottom to make sure the base
(heated on the gas ring or coal fire) didn't soil the clothes.

http://tinyurl.com/36h79n

Cic.

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Mary Fisher wrote:
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George wrote:
How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
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Things were easier then ;-)

Yes, wide angled cameras weren't available to everyone and there wasn't room
in the bathroom for the fitter AND the photographer.


And the model was quite sensitive of pictures of, ahem... her behind....

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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Steve" wrote in message
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George wrote:
How to sit in the bath and fit a side panel :-)
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Things were easier then ;-)

Yes, wide angled cameras weren't available to everyone and there wasn't
room in the bathroom for the fitter AND the photographer.


And the model was quite sensitive of pictures of, ahem... her behind....

--
Adrian C

I hadn't realised it was a woman!

Mary