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I’m after advice on the best timber to use for a garden obelisk. I’ve made a very rustic version using palings but I’d like to go a little bit up market and design and build something similar to the...

Thanks mate.
I stripped it down and you were right. The cost of new parts got me two thirds of the way to a new saw with no warranty etc. so I’ve ordered a new saw. It’s on its way so I should be...

I have the saw mounted in a series 2000 table and while it's had little real use I've recently been giving it a bit more of a workout. A friend was running for local council and I volunteered to make...

I think you'll find that the SMH site actually derives the time from your PC. If you change the system time and then refresh the SMH page you'll see the new time come up on the site.

40+ acres near Peel in Central West of NSW. We made the tree change from Sydney and we are loving it. We've got a creek frontage plus a bore. Huge shed (no power to the shed - yet). No stock at the...

Many years ago when I was about 12, a mate and I were checking out all the really good junk the people were throwing out for the council clean-up. We found a stack of lead light doors and windows...

The link to woodwork supplies seems to be broken - Try this one
Even then, I can't find any reference to the joint genie on that site?

We have a small outdoor setting that was left behind by the last owners of our house. I find the chairs really comfortable and quite like the overall design. I'd like to have a crack at replicating...

Interestingly, according to Snopes.com, this letter (or one very similar to it) was actually penned by Peter Wear, a columnist for the Courier Mail in Brisbane, Australia, for that publication's...

I remember that, it's where I got my nickname.

I don't think so.

Snopes is your friend.

What's the difference between your book "Woodworking Guide For Beginners" and the freebie "Things To Make by Archibald Williams" that I can download at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14664 which...

This song is about the horses sent overseas during WW1 to serve in the various theatres of war. At the end of the war the Anzacs were ordered to get rid of their horses, the authorities did not want...

Many years ago, I went into the factory on a Saturday to do a stocktake. SWMBO came along for the drive and decided to take the opportunity to clean my office for me. It looked great but all I wanted...

1958 (.mov file)

More than old, it's antique...

According to Snopes, there is a version of this story in a joke book published in 1918!

If you'd like to read the rhyming version

All too true!!

And remember, Murphy was an optimist.

Thanks to one and all for your thoughts.

I don't know whether it's common sense or whether it's just the 'right' thing to do, but I'm going with my initial idea and won't be using the list. I...

I hate being pestered but try not to blame the poor bugger who is on the other end of the line. As soon as they start speaking, I say "I'm not interested and I'm hanging up". The way I see it, the...

This title might be a bit of an oxymoron, but I'd be interested in the views of other forumites.

I subscribe to a local real estate agent's weekly newsletter. Recently, they stuffed up and sent me...

I usually tip if the service has been good.

The major exception to this is for restaurants who put a public holiday surcharge on the bill. I treat the surcharge as the tip and leave it as that.
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This website has some extremely useful tips for house design.

I was helping a mate and he had a Yankee screwdriver in his tool box. I picked it up and undid the 'collar' so that the spiral shaft shot out, it scared the pants off him. He'd had it for years and...

I convinced SWMBO to call her friend and tell her we weren't interested. We prepared our arguments but I'm pleased to report they weren't needed. The friend is a newbie to the whole thing so perhaps...

Thanks for all the great feedback. Wish me luck with SWMBO.

SWMBO dragged me along to a presentation for Amway/A2K last night. I'm the resident skeptic in our house and firmly believe the old adage 'if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is'. On the...

Thanks to one and all.

Everything is connected and works - although the picture form the VCR is a bit dodgy but I think a head clean might fix that?

I got a simple RCA adaptor from DSE that...

It might be hot, but it's a good dry heat. We drove to Brisbane over Christmas and on the way home we stopped for lunch in Tamworth. It was about 44 degrees but it didn't sap you the way 38 degrees...

Barry,
Thanks for the advice. We don't have the free to air connection, it all comes via Foxtel. To complicate matters we can't find the power lead for the vcr so that's been parked temporarily.
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I didn't think the tv was all that old but these days time seems to fly by so it might be a few years old. It has a great picture and as it's the 'spare' for the bedroom it's a bit hard to justify an...

I'm trying to connect the TV in our bedroom with the VCR, DVD player and Foxtel (analog)

The VCR is a Panasonic NV-HD675 and has the following connectors at the back:
a pair of yellow sockets...

I think you're right. According to Snopes the first part is true the second half was photoshopped.

If this wasn't so true it would be even funnier!

Love this one. In our house it is Womanhandling but the result is the same.

That'll teach me to let work interfere with the more important things in life.

I couldn't believe it was listed as 'buy it now'.

As you say, it'll be back but at a more commercially realistic price I'm sure.

Bugger...too slow!

Thanks for a great link.

It got the nod from me when I checked out its entry for myself, a word that seems to be used by all and sundry whenever they're not sure whether to say "me" or "I"

If you like folk music

Now we can all sleep soundly!

I thought that this might be of interest........AFDB

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According to the CIA Factbook, make that 295,733,934 to go!!

Very funny, but it wasn't John Cleese.

He was doing his job. Trying to preserve the amenity of the poor buggers who get woken at all hours of the morning by uncaring builders etc.,

We've had a Valet ducted system for more than 15 years and we love it. We worked out where we needed the connection points to allow us to do the whole house from two points. I agree that there is an...

Thanks for the advice. When I checked their site, the Rhino racks that are suitable for my car are a little dearer than the Rak version ($299 v $279) which is not a major issue as there will be a...

Since deciding to drive to Brisbane and share Christmas with my darling daughter, she has gone berserk on EBay and after filling the boot of the commodore, she has just bought a Hills swing set...

As I recall, he was actually unsuccessful in his amorous attempts and the last paragraph read:

"We can now solve the problem with the 1990 postulation of Theresa Le Clair, the girl who lived...

I've tried this and it seemed really handy until I clicked on the Page2 link in the left hand pane and it opened the NewPosts page in the right hand pane - I was back where I started from (iykwim)

We had a new Operations Manager who had been seconded from the Head Office in Dallas. He was sitting in his office when the cleaner, who was doing his daily rounds, knocked on the door and asked,...