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JC wrote:More to the point, why? It's actually someone bending over (doing what, I've no idea)

.............Hiding - my camera and I seem to have this effect on people

Thanks Mr PM, I will try that but I think it is Chrome playing up - I logged onto the site using internet explorer and all was ok ! back to Chrome and same problem.

Are you loading from a shortcut on your desktop? Try again by entering the whole address ........ tried all that and also short cuts, long cuts, narrow cuts, deep cuts, power cuts, lean cuts, tory cuts. labour cuts, wage cuts, standard of living cuts, saw cuts, job cuts, price cuts, time cuts, and ...

Only too pleased Mr PM

Anyone else lost the dividing lines between differing topics? all the topics are now displayed on a blank page without subdivision............ or should I add more tonic

..and for all of you on the way to an auction with a good size wedge in your trousers I can only assume this means one of a number of things...................... you are well endowed, or you have a bundle of Her Majesty's loot down your trousers, or conversely, you have crapped yourself when reali...

jonesthegarage wrote:quick reference point for all things German is http://www.automatix-club.de/

Thanks JTG, interesting site - and the google translation into English is quite interesting if not entertaining

Anyone know which came first the Duomat or Duolett?
Looks like this one has a Nostalgic machine as stable mate.

Just to be pernickety I would say Corteen, as I understood R & W to be distibutors, not manufacturers.

But if I was not pernickety - Ruffler & Walker, without doubt.

badpenny wrote:It was years before I realised I had looked a gift hearse in the mouth

what dead rotton joke Mr BP, nobody will laugh at that - if they do, its grave consequences

Something about erroneous signs these days..................

I had an inkling that you would be Stuart

I did not realise Whittaker still existed, but looking at their website, they probably in their same factory Sounds like an ideal opportunity for an intrepid slottie journalist to make contact with them to see if they still have records or any history available of their early machines. Could be an ...

coppinpr wrote:I always shut my car windows and lock the doors as soon as I've crossed the Thames

I do it before - it stops the water coming in.

badpenny wrote:Why do I sell the good ones and keep the bashed up ones?

cos there is little chance of removing the skin from your knuckles or fingers with the good ones?

10 votes for yes eh, well I guess if you are of a mind to vote no, then you are also of a mind not to vote either?

John T Peterson wrote:Think David Niven with an American accent

John, David Niven has been dead 20 years, so as my Father-in-law is a funeral director would you like me to bring along a coffin instead?
ps what style of handles do you like?

treefrog wrote:I think the Gapwin went for £2200

So with commission that's £2420 !! and on 1 new penny with a damaged piece just under the door, that's quite an amount to pay - obviously well fought over on the day.

John T Peterson wrote:I'm pretty sure the top item is a rare do-it-yourself circumciser

I think Mr BP will be rather circumspect about that John.

John T Peterson wrote:You guys get that jet fueled and loaded; I'll meet you on the tarmac and give you a ride you won't soon forget

JET............JET!!

John, my metal image of you dashing around the sky akin to 'Biggles' in a good old fashioned aircraft has gone forever