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Hi, I've just enjoyed a very nice relaxing violin practice after an hard day rustproofing the car. A pleasant surprise rob after removing the wing liner; no rust under it and still with factory rust proofing doing its job. Here's what happens even at seven years old and it needs treating...

Hi, Yes Rob it's controversial but given our dire Yorkshire climate where our Skoda Yeti is a submersible a lot of the year due to rainfall it seems to be wet for months on end so any protection I can give it must be worthwhile; it hasn't rained for a couple of days but each morning it has...

Hi, Thanks Raymond; yes in an emergency I'd immediately turn off the gas at the supply but the boiler was working fine just the controls;/programs being messed up; going to bed at night I'd pop down to the workshop first and switch the boiler off then first thing each morning pop down again to...

Hi, A while since I posted; the reason being my bad luck won't leave me alone. Just over two weeks ago our C/H boiler wouldn't turn off. No problem just call in a service guy to sort the problem out and as the yearly service was imminent have the service done at the same time. In came service...

Hi, Thanks Raymond I've now got a smile on my face. I downloaded the free 18.5 version of DaVinci; I'm sure I'll never fully use or even understand it but if it has bugs surely with my luck I'll quickly find them. If your weather is like ours today then a good excuse to knock the dust off...

Hi, It looks like rob's started something by tipping us off regarding DaVinci Resolve; my version is 18.5 Raymond. What a lovely start to this morning; I've just enjoyed a nice violin practice without the slightest stress being totally relaxed; the new strings on my Yamaha YEV-104 are settling...

Hi, WOW two excellent violin practices this morning and more to come shortly today. I'm finally caught up on all the heavy work around home even the car is now ready for its MOT & service on Wednesday; I had the wheels off yesterday and it's been washed; polished and cleaned out. Surely I can't...

Hi, Two violin practices today. My memory is terrible; I've tried and tried to remember which way around on the G string the "B" & "C" notes are whilst sight reading but it's driven me mad; just these two notes; it's like I've got a severe memory block on these; the harder I tried the more...

Hi, WOW Raymond what a way to hurt your back; once you do injure something like your back it remains with you as you know only too well and is very quick to remind you too. I wouldn't have survived diving off a top board because I can't swim. Thanks rob; well done I bet you enjoyed it. I've...

Hi, Thanks @TalismanRich good suggestion but I'm not good at doing nothing; (y) I'm not at all into any sport thinking it to be a waste of time and effort with little to show for it; I like to go to bed at night having done something useful and of benefit to us; I well remember my first 11...

Hi, Thanks Raymond; how true. Well done @TalismanRich; it's better than Horlicks. Saturday after dinner I became restless not used to being lazy; I didn't feel right; I overcame it though by deciding to get rid of the big tree stumps piled behind the hut; these stumps had been bugging me...

Hi, Three nice violin practices yesterday; yesterday night I had a stiff neck. :ROFLMAO: Kind regards, Colin.

Hi, Nice looking bit of gear Raymond; Christmas has come early. All you need now is lots of time to play with it. Reading this I too thought you were displeased with it thinking it would put others off buying. Kind regards, Colin.

Hi, WOW I've just enjoyed an hours violin practice in peace and will practice more this afternoon and this evening. I'm concentrating more and find I've been playing two wrong notes on the G string whilst playing "Somewhere my love". The new strings on my Yamaha YEV-104 are taking a bit of time...

Hi, I couldn't agree with you more @TalismanRich It seems every piece of electronic kit I buy has its own connectors; nothing can be taken for granted; even the small DC connectors can catch anyone out; try to buy a power adapter from AC 240V to 12VDC but with negative center even then they...

Hi, WOW rob; a place for everything and everything all over the place. Neatness and tidiness were beaten into me at the age of 15 when I went into the pit; the engineers didn't take prisoners; if I was on the pit top at the forge and cheeked any of them if I was caught I went head first into...

Hi, Thanks Raymond; however it's done I think identifying so many plugs is a good way to go; all it takes is an hour or so and it's time well spent; making the labels the way we do costs nothing other than a bit of time. At work I used a top quality label maker the design similar to the one in...

Hi, Now I have time I'm looking at my studio gear and also gathering violin music scores to practice with. When I set the studio up I installed 16 x 13A sockets in two groups of eight to accept plugs from assorted gear leaving a few spare; with so many plugs and cables it then became a problem...

Hi, August 2021 almost two years ago my lovely wife bought me my first violin since then I've struggled to play it with so much heavy work to get through. Surely this must be the last load of logs; the only tree work I'll do in future is storm damage; I'm not taking any more big trees down...

Hi, Thanks Raymond; these are the first steel strings I've used and it took quite a while balancing them to get them in tune but then having sorted them out I've not touched the violin or even been into the studio; last week for the full seven days I've worked flat out felling the oak tree...