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That's it! Rope Rail. Never heard that term before but that's exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you!

Thanks again all. Toddy, as I said in my OP I don't want to punch holes. I have used and still do use eyelets on these tarps but they're what I'd call high maintenance and obviously once they're fitted permanent, so the leak that you've made is permanent too and thesedays the job is frequently...

Thanks all! They look a bit too small for the very heavy tarps, but at that price definitely worth a punt - even if they don't do this job I'm sure I'll find a use for them. Keep those ideas coming!

I have a couple of tarpaulins which were originally used in marquees. Very heavy duty PVC coated nylon. The edges are finished by fixing a cord about 8mm diameter to the tarp, and then gluing to both the rope and the tarp, along the whole length of the tarp, a strip of heavy woven nylon fabric...

There are loads of alternatives, from something very cheap and cheerful to things you'd want to arrange HP on. I have a few, none of them perfect, but now that my eyesight is so poor there are jobs that I just couldn't do any more without one. Every now and then another job seems to call for a...

When worn on some part of the body, I'm pretty sure it makes no difference. She died in 2002. Her arthritis wasn't bad, and as far as I can remember she never actually claimed that the bangle had any effect at all. I think she wore it in the hope that one day it might. Lots of people pray...

An average life expectancy something like a quarter of ours.

Just read through this thread again as it's re-surfaced. One thing I didn't notice first time through was mention of iron as a trace element. In case anybody's doing anything based on that then think again. Iron is not even remotely a trace element, the human body typically contains 40mg to...

That's odd. Nothing wrong with mine - when I saw your post I snipped up some 80gsm paper with them (they live on my desk) to make labels for pots of plum jam. Still cutting perfectly after probably 25 years. Maybe you should talk to Leatherman about their warranty? They've been very good to...

My Micra has tweezers. ;)

That photo looks a lot like the left-hand side of my desk. :) Yes, the "Officier Suisse" is pretty much the "Fieldmaster" with a different name stamped on the larger blade. My wife is the one who has a corkscrew on her SAK. And her Leatherman. And her Wenger. And...

This is why I carry the SAK in a pouch on my belt. To be fair and honest I carry two SAKs - the other one is a Signature - and a Leatheman Charge, and a bunch of other stuff all in pouches on my belt. The SAK is what gets used the most, followed by the Leatherman, many times every day. I...

Weird. I have a Grieve, between a Bramley and a Victoria. They're all doing what they're supposed to do. The crop on the Victoria has been huge this year but the apples nothing to get excited about. This is NE Derbyshire.

Plums - strictly speaking harvesting them, not actually growing them. They grow all by themselves, I just have to, er, fertilize them a little... Can I not insert an image that isn't already on the Web somewhere? One that's just on my computer? I've tried everything I can be bothered to...

Yeah, every day I see a couple of dozen spam emails offering "negative review removal" as a service. It seems to be a thriving business! They're all rejected, and the sending hosts are then blacklisted, usually permanently.

Did you pay by card? If you did then you could ask the card company to do a chargeback.

IMHO the BA bivi bag is the unsung hero of the camping world. I never go anywhere without one. If I use some random sleeping bag/blanket/whatever instead of my more usual kit I'll always use the bivi, if for no other reason than it prevents condensation on the bag and makes the experience so...

That's stunning.

I'm not sure I follow. I don't want to post a link to anything, I want to view some images which are behind the facebook login screen and therefore accessible ony to those who have facebook credentials (or, alternatively, those who are prepared to bypass the facebook security - which I'm sure...

Is there a way for those of us without a facebook account to view the images?