KeithAug
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Dear Wonky, Yep, I agree tha shunt stick ont top o paint. (That really won't work for anyone reading this through a translator😬). -
Andy - you can probably find his address in the Doomsday Book.
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I agree with Eric - before I got to his comment I was thinking it looked quite a lot like some of our very old furniture. Very nice but not grunge.
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They look nice and uniform.👍
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Just to be clear Wat the Tyler actually was a roof tiler by trade. As I said Andy - 1280 just doesn't compute!😬
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Andy - I don't think our American friends will be able to compute this information. The west coast cotingent think anything before 1900 is ancient. The roof can't be that bad, it has lasted reasonably well. Perhaps it is still under guarantee try checking with "Wat the Tyler".
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So we are nearly at the end of the piping marathon. Good job really as I have nearly run out of superlatives. Fandabadosey is my last.
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Colchester Smack by Colin B
KeithAug replied to Colin B's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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Eberhard / Keith - I guess you would be a little twisted if you were that old. The spire The most recognisable part of the Parish Church, its adopted name, is of course the Crooked Spire, constructed in 1362. However, the spire certainly is not crooked. It is twisted and leaning, but not crooked. Historians have suggested a number of factors for this - the use of unseasoned wood, a lack of skilled labour, the later use of heavy lead sheeting in the 17th century. Many have tried to explain what makes the spire twist and many have disagreed as to the real reason. Perhaps we shall never know for sure. But the myth I like the best is - A virgin once went to the church to get married and the spire was so amazed it turned round to have a look. It’s going to turn back when it sees the next one.
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Amazing Roel - someone has to volunteer to model it.
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Too simple. I liked the rats nest of wires. I don't understand any of it but it is mightily impressive.
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You had a successful career then Phil. We are all indebted to you!
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Andy - Is your spire still bent?😁 Bravery and foolishness are opposite sides of the same coin.
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What about handbags, dresses and shoes. She has her priorities wrong.
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Hard to know which of the four sides are the bow. First ship I have seen with two starboards and 2 ports. Yes I was just contemplating how excited we are all getting about this lovely little build. An external observer might think we ought to get a life.
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Keith - I like it when people laugh, it insulates me from world events.
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Phil - I need one of those for personal use. When I get out of bed in the morning and hobble across the bedroom floor I often contemplate my final journey to the scrapyard in the sky. Were they the ones trained as swimmers and armed with a big hammer? I do like Churchills quotes, my favourites are:- 1 “I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.” 2 Lady Astor to Churchill: “If I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee.” Reply: “If I were married to you, I’d drink it.”
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Gary - it had just been washed and was drying on the counter top so I didn't have to go looking. In actual fact the full story is that in theory it is mine. My wife bought it for me as a Christmas Present one year because she needed it. She is very good to me. Rick - the advantage comes at the plank ends which press down hard. If you have under bent planks then pulling the ends down can be a bit problematic if the hull geometry makes clamping tricky. Paul - I am basically lazy so I spend a lot of time thinking about the easiest way. I always feel uplifted when someone on the forum inspires me with a new trick that makes things easier.
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This looks very interesting Phil. Your comment reminds me of a Churchill quote. “He is a very modest man, with much to be modest about”.
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Druxey, yes Sussex is beautifully rural and green. You don’t get the glow of blast furnaces in Yorkshire any more. Just the lights from the shopping centres that now occupy their former sites. Tom, I find over bending and then allowing the hull to straighten the plank a little makes the plank nest better while glueing. Phil - Fortunately my wife is Welsh. The Welsh are not really noted for their tolerance but fortunately they do spend a lot of time out shopping. Keith, John , Pat - thank you as ever for your continuing support. Keith,
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Wonderful subject. I do like paddle driven riverboats. I will follow with interest.
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Thank you Andrew, Ian and Druxey. Andrew - I come from Thurnscoe, Near Barnsley. I grew up climbing and sledging down the slag heaps but that was in the good old days before the mines closed. It went rapidly downhill after that which is quite a trick noting its lowly starting point. We always thought Knaresborough was very posh, only visited on rare charabanc trips that always seemed manage a return route via Harry Ramsdens. I escaped aged 16 when I left home and haven't lived in Yorkshire since. My ambition was to retire to Harrogate, sadly not to be.
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