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Sure it isn’t the foxes? They are at ours every week.

The guys who did our block renovation used Murex to repair the underside of a masonry cill that had crumbled off. They drove some screws in to give it some purchase before applying but it held amazingly well. They did say it was a bastard to sand though.

I hadn’t thought about that, it has indeed been cold out. I don’t think I have used oil based paint in winter before so this explains a lot. Thanks for the advice on how to make it less sticky. It really drags the brush as it is.

Tried the Cover Stain. It does block the tannin stains nicely, however it is horrible to apply. It has been a while since I used an oil based paint but I think this is particularly challenging.

I have one of these. No sockets, but handy. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000BK7AOS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_MKY654H5NPGG3QS9R65W

Ratchet sets, I did the research this year for a secret santa. This one ticked all the boxes

. Bahco 2058/S26 Ratchet Socket Bit... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000Y8TIMY?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

As Shirley Maclaine said, life’s too short to laminate battens.

Is that the stuff that is made out of smaller battens to avoid cupping? I built some shelves with it a couple of years ago and really liked it. Expensive now though.

One thing that would help readability would be to make the 996 and GT3 different colours but use a dotted or translucent line for the modified vs the stock. This creates a visual grouping.

Walked out to the bins this morning to find a large human turd on the pavement in front of the recycling. It must have been there a while because someone had already stepped in it. I’m no expert but the lady who does the litter pick for our managing agents confirmed its human provenance, based on her experience working in care homes.

At least he has the decency to kill them first.

I heard somewhere that cancer is 40% water. Makes sense.

As the great Joe Jackson said, everything gives you cancer.

Safety data sheets are generally terrifying.

They work on the same principle as those oscillating tools they use to cut off plaster casts without slicing through the quivering flesh beneath. In fact, I think I read somewhere that those medical tools were the precursors to the multitools we all know and love.

Would rep.

I’m sure I must have registered your positive review of it at some point. Presumably you painted over previous paint?

The metaphor round my corner.

I’m getting staining through two coats on ten year old pickets, which I never had with the Superdec. I have a tin of Zinnser primer somewhere, so I’ll see how far that will go on the rest. I picked up the recco for the Barn Paint from Painters Pit Stop.

Bedec Barn paint, talk to me. I heard good things about it and renounced my Sadolin Superdec habit to use it to paint our building's picket fence. Bit by bit, because I am having to remove the pickets because they weren't fully painted before first assembly and the wood between pickets and rails is starting to rot and needs treatment.

It says I don't need a primer, but 20 pickets and two coats in, it looks like it does. Superdec certainly doesn't. I am regretting my urge to explore rather than exploit.

We have a London bar and hinge bolts, Banham lock, so the window is the weakest link.

I hadn’t heard of security film, interesting. Yes, you can see the thumbturn through the glass.

Continuing the security chat, anyone have any recommendations on diamond mesh grilles to fit on the inside of a door with a window (to prevent the window being smashed from outside in order to get at the thumb turn inside? Banham do a custom fit but it’s obviously spendy. Other sources seem almost as expensive. It feels like the market has been stitched up.

When I was a kid, maybe 10 years old, another kid I was kind of friends with was annoying me in assembly at school, kicking me in the back as we sat down cross-legged. Not hard kicks, just annoying. I asked him to pack it in but he didn’t and at some point I snapped and offered him out. This was a big deal, others had heard, and news of our forthcoming fight went round the school. At four o’clock a largish crowd had gathered in the park opposite the school and we both walked into a circle of kids shouting’Fight! Fight!’ He took a few swings, missed, then somehow fell backwards on his arse. I jumped on him, and pinned his arms underneath my knees. He was finished. I didn’t rain blows on him, maybe a slap or two. Eventually, he said the magic word ‘submit’, I let him get up and he walked off as the crowd jeered him. In theory I was the victor, but I felt awful. It was as if I were walking off under the shaming of the crowd and he were the one getting the slaps on the back. It still makes me sick to think of it.

I agree, we need some regulation, and fast. Both in terms of usage and manufacturing.