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  1. John Fenna

    Wooden Chopping Boards

    Been using mine for years - not dead yet...
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    Wolve66 is howling

    Hello and welcome!
  3. John Fenna

    Wooden Chopping Boards

    I use a bamboo board I got in Aldi - years ago....
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    Sooty from Scotland

    Hello and welcome! I make a lot of my own clothing and gear - have a look at the threads I have started :)
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    Craighill-desk-knife. Candidate for worst edged tool ever.

    Once they mend the hole in the blade I may take a bit of interest....
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    Craighill-desk-knife. Candidate for worst edged tool ever.

    I have a few in "Ivorene" (early plastic) and some in bone ... the first iterations of Stainless steel were excellent and I have turned some into very useful crafting knives, such as detail carvers, and ... desk knives! My letter opener is a double edged "dagger" made from an old file ....
  7. John Fenna

    Newbie

    Hello and welcome!
  8. John Fenna

    Really good budget clothing

    I do most of my shopping in Charity Shops and have found some real bargains - but mainly no name clothing designed for work wear.... Aldi do some good stuff but never seem to do my waist size in their trousers, 32" seemingly "small" now and I am a 28" - 30" now! I had much more choice back when...
  9. John Fenna

    Hello from Colwyn Bay

    Hello and welcome!
  10. John Fenna

    What was the smell of school dinners ?

    I still love custard skin - but rarely see it now that I have basically given up deserts .... :(
  11. John Fenna

    Wintermoot

    A Hangi may prove difficult with waterlogged ground ... but it would be good! See you there!
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    What was the smell of school dinners ?

    - Ming - =Yeeeuch
  13. John Fenna

    20th Anniversary competition

    To visit Castell Henllys in full Iron Age cozzie...
  14. John Fenna

    New Here

    Hello and welcome!
  15. John Fenna

    A sore mouth

    Salt also makes a great tooth paste (as does soot/charcoal - but that looks scary when you brush in front of a mirror! :)
  16. John Fenna

    Buffalo style smocks- Why?

    I used to swear by Buffalo clothing especially for winter open canoeing and winter in the high mountains but now the body is no longer up to all that kind of thing I find the "Double P" system just too warm and inflexible for my more modest activities and I stick to layered (mainly natural...
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    What was the smell of school dinners ?

    Same cheap ingredients, same cheap utensils, same cheap detergents, same cheap disinfectants, same cheap labour....
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    Hello from Sussex

    Hello and welcome!
  19. John Fenna

    Intro

    Hello and welcome!
  20. John Fenna

    Missed by a few days; my 20th Anniversary.

    Quite a milestone! I reach mine next year....