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Stainless steel Sierra cup clone I bought in the USA in the 1980s Aluminium trangia mess tin bought in the 1990s. I wouldn't recommend either and wouldn't replace them if lost, but I've had them for years and got used to dealing with their shortcomings. Bit like other old friends.

I agree. It's probably my background in Art Education and aesthetics, but I am very uncomfortable about ranking works of art. However, I do vote every month mainly to show my appreciation of Mesquite's initiative and work and the participants' willingness to share their vision. Thank you Mesqite...

I usually use mint imperial as practice ammo. They make a satisfactory burst when I hit something hard. Few years ago i got hold of a large bag of glass marble with the idea of using them for ammo. Madame has just used the last of them to blind bake a pastry case!

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Excellent choice. Some very good French friends of ours from Auch presented us with a bottle of this, their local speciality, with our family name on it. Thank for reminding me that there is still just a drop left. I'll think of you as well when I drink a drop after Christmas lunch.

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I'm committed to ignoring it. I shall check the thread daily so I can say so.

Finished Christmas shopping. The fridge, larder, wine rack. fruit bowl and log basket are full. Wallet and I are empty. I'm soon to be overfilled and I'll worry about the wallet in the New Year.

lit the blue

grey hairs, dandruff,

Sorry, but I can no longer resist the temptation to make the claim that I am still using my great grandfather's axe which has had only three new new handles and two replacement heads since he used it.

Not sure how wide a definition of kit the OP intended but the thread has reminded me that when making bird nest boxes a couple of years ago, my grandson used tools that once belonged to my grandfather.

I still regularly use the hatchet that my wife used to use to chop kindling when she was a little girl. I rescued it from my mother-in-law 's garage sometime in the 1960s and gave it the much needed TLC it deserved. Both head and haft are original. I don't know how old the hatchet is, but my...

The foot odour

He's highly strung.

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washing his pink

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A man with two wives is a bigamist. A man with three wives is a bigger mystery.