The Ass is out of the stables

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Jesus H Christ with a Bridgeport. Whatever you are drinking I want some.........................

You can prove that? With actual proof that doesn't require wearing a foil helmet?

Bazyle, you really do need to get out more!

Dave

Cheer up lads!

At least, reading all these comments takes my mind off what the Thought Police may be planning to do to me!

(George Orwell merely got the date wrong by a few years, if you think about it. Or is thought forbidden, certainly monitored if spoken or wtitten, these days?)

Howard

Is it a requirement to be paranoid to be a Model Engineer, or just to be on this forum ?

1984 comes to mind.

When I read some of the threads on this forum it's books like 'Catch 22' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' that come into mine...

Neil

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Certainly helps. Personally I blame the demise of the Reliant Robin.

When model engineers use to own of of these plastic pigs they were far more active at trying to keep the things running in a reasonable straight line to bother with T'internet.

It's only sine they moved from the Reliant to Audi's that they have the time to bitch and moan about everything and since they no longer own a Reliant they can publicly come out with the "Fit for purpose " mantra because when they had the Tamworth Silly the mantra was "Fit for purse" of which most owned one, the type with the opening flap where six and eleven pence could carefully be shuffled out when attempting to purchase a 7 bob item.

I like this thread, it makes me feel normal. It's comforting to know I'm not alone! Roy M.

You're never alone........

Woooooooohhhhhh!

Maybe parliament and the police should concentrate their attention on those who are committing crimes of violence, and leave, model engineers, morris/highland dancers and those standing at a bus stop, in the morning, on their way to work, whilst carrying a broken fishing stool that they planned to repair alone.

Come and live in France where M Holland is talking about the 40 new tax laws - One of them is to tax garden sheds !!!

No need to worry.

Just keep posting in threads such as this and it will keep you away from doing any work

Although its hard to breathe with your head in the sand.

Just seen the posts about my earlier comment. You guys should listen to the news occasionally. I was of course referring to the recent case of the Lord and the hooker, and a few years ago to the case of a computer repair man who took the opportunity to examine the contents of the hard disc and provide it to the police.

That's me done for then! Workshop, replica pistols, books on explosives, chemistry, improvised weapons, copy of the Anarchists Cookbook, a score of books about atomic weapons, and nuclear physics, Geiger counter, radio transmitter, internet connection. Guilty M'Lud. Goodbye, guys, Vectis Prison here I come!

Geoff

And they tax sand, but they don't tax air... yet.

They WILL find a way! Probably Greenie related.

There was talk in this country by certain people that they should claim a tax on the air space above their land.

Ian S C

Here, in unimportant New Zealand, it's still possible, having satisfied the various legal requirements, to be granted the privilege of an appropriate licence to own and use most types of firearms, including semi-auto pistols. Home manufacture is also possible. I heard a story, which I have no reason to doubt, that an experienced shooter and toolmaker, having completed a competition target pistol, woke up to the fact that he should get it registered with the police. Of course, it had no serial number, so he stamped it with his initials, followed by the last two numbers of the year of manufacture (it was in the '90s). When the Firearms Officer saw the number, he nearly fainted, and spluttered "Crikey! How many have you made?" They had a good laugh about it, and all was well.

It will, I fear, only take one idiot to ruin this freedom for us. Whether that idiot is a criminal, or in the government (not mutually exclusive), remains to be seen...