Recent content by Manacles

signed........ :)

Hi Andy, hope all is well with you. We are in danger of agreeing here (mild shock;)), as my OH has work for British Antarctic Survey and bears out your comments re the continents, including Antarctica. :)

:rolleyes:

That's a good point. It's worth checking out Mark Boyle's book "The Moneyless Manifesto" where he proposes what you describe as an alternative future, by his own admission in the book, he has had to resort to living in a borrowed flat. Having said that, his book is very thought provoking...

That's a great read and very informative too. He has since written a jolly good book on foraging skills aswell

Good grief, I go away for a few weeks and when I get back war has broken out over Starbucks lol. I think I'll keep my head down on this one :lmao:

At around £150 look at Opticron, particularly their "Oregon" range. They do a very good 8 x 32 for about a ton. Well worth a look.

Thanks guys, interesting point re removing the bit Graham as that was one of the criticisms that had come up, but as you say, oddly enough, I have a handy pair of pliers too :) Bigroomboy, I'll check that out, thanks, depends a lot on the comparative prive, I can get the extender for a tenner...

Has anyone ever used a Leatherman bit driver extension (the knurled bar one) with a Skeletool? I've just gone to order one and the reviews are mixed, with some claiming that it is not really suitable and others claiming that the once "in" the bits won't come out. As most published reviews are...

I would like to congratulate Richard III for getting a council parking space for 500 years - the last time I drove into town I struggled to get one for thirty minutes........

And in the same vein: What has six wheels and flies round? A dustcart......

Excellent!

what do you call a deer with no eyes no legs and no genitals,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,still no ******* idea

It is not fantasy at all Lurch, if power prices continue to rise at the current rates in the UK, it will start to become genuinely unaffordable for some, and that might result in a reduction. China and India? A meteoric rise followed by a quick fall. China is certainly powered by coal. If the...

Article on BBC news today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-21298117 Puts a perspective to our collective arguments :)