Brenda Fricker, actress in Casualty, My Left Foot and Home Alone etc

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/j ... -foot-dies

Idiot on a scooter…

He was riding in front of me at 30mph in a 40 zone, so I indicated and started to overtake him. As soon as he saw me doing this, he started to weave from kerb to centre line to block me from doing so.

It was a wide lane road with plenty of room for me to pass without crossing ...

I'm intrigued by the type of fibreglass you're using. It really does almost disappear/become transparent. Is it some special stuff like satin weave or summink?

Where are you going for the maiden voyage?


It is 160g sqm twill woven fibreglass fabric which is a million miles away from the ...

I'm intrigued by the type of fibreglass you're using. It really does almost disappear/become transparent. Is it some special stuff like satin weave or summink?

Where are you going for the maiden voyage?


It is 160g sqm twill woven fibreglass fabric which is a million miles away from the chopped ...

It's hard to tell there's any fibreglass involved!

That's v cool. :thumbup:



Thanks, the owner of the business and his staff have all complimented the build and the finish I've achieved. It hasn't been easy but I've enjoyed every step but I'm annoyed at the bubbles (I'll take some pictures ...

Day four - got to the workshop this morning to find the hull plywood had gassed (created bubbles in the finished fibreglass from air taped in the plywood released as a result of outer veneer softening slightly from resin and heat) so I've got around a dozen bubbles to sand out and patch before ...

Day three - contortionist exercise of adding fillets and tape to the joint between the hull and deck whick involved squeezing my head, shoulder and arm into the various holes in the deck.

Next was sanding the hull and rounding over the chines (joints between the planks) before covering the hull in ...

Taipan wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2026 8:00 pm How are you going to get it home?

I'm torn between floating down the nearest river to the coast then navigating my way around the coast vs putting the roof bars on the car and strapping the boat on top then driving home...

What colour are you going to paint it?


I'm tempted to paint it black below the lower chine, flame red between there and the next chine with a white accent line, in line with the 5JJ R1 colour scheme and varnish the deck which is a combination of sapele and okoume.

The alternative is varnish ...

Today, cut holes in the deck, took boat apart, fibreglassed the interior, put boat back together again, permanently.

What happened to our other boat builder guy?


Yambo?

He popped in on the depression thread very recently.


Isn't that Trumpers old man? I spoke to Trumps recently he's living his best life in Vegas, been attending a bunch of the World Cup games.


Yep. One and the same.

IIRC Funners ...

Day one of building my kayak:
Hull stitched
Deck stitched
First stage of glueing, thin bead of thickened epoxy in each of the joints before temporarily joining the hull and deck together with tape.

Horse wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2026 11:05 pm

Silly Car wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2026 6:01 pm
You'd think, given the number of people insured under the company policy, they’d be proactive…

Wouldn't that cost them?

No more than me chasing the claim already submitted.

Last day at work today, so trying to offload stuff from desk onto someone else’s, 3 or 4 tasks to complete before 5pm. Tonight, iron and pack my clothes without the dog realising I’m packing his stuff up for a week away as he’ll get overly excited and want to get in the car to go ‘somewhere’

Dog ...

Bupa…

I registered a follow up claim for my wonky knee a week ago via an online form but had heard nowt.

Phoned them today, “you need a follow up medical report before we can authorise further treatment”

How was I supposed to know that.

“You will have received a text to call us” - arsey twat ...

Just booked my holiday, week away in early July :thumbup:


Oooo☀️. Where you off to?


I’m heading to the Lake District to spend a week building one of these:

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https://www.fyneboatkits.co.uk/kits/kayaks/shearwater-sport/

At Fyne Boats near Kendal.

I decided I’d rather ‘do a ...

gremlin wrote: Fri Jun 26, 2026 4:42 pm

Silly Car wrote: Fri Jun 26, 2026 4:37 pm Today, put up with my boss being a dickhead

I'm from Sarf London and I know people. That's all I'm saying, right.

PM me if needed.

Ordinarily, I would outline why I think he’s being a dickhead, but I have neither the patience or sufficient crayons to explain it to him…

Today, put up with my boss being a dickhead*, lunch with a solicitor, admin

Tomorrow, off to Newcastle races with daughter & her boyfriend, many drinks to be had

Sunday, recover

* he double booked guest speakers on the fortnightly planner Teams call this morning, my solicitor mate was supposed to ...

I’ve not read all of the replies but if you are currently a higher rate tax payer, stop working and don’t start again until 6/4/27, you’ll be able to reclaim overpaid tax as mentioned above, tax is collected pro-data each month via PAYE assuming you’ll have the same / similar income each month ...

Just finished shifting two cubic yards of hardwood logs for winter fuel. Log store is pretty much full to the brim. :thumbup:

Now about to commence the mammoth task of ironing work shirts, t shirts, chinos, jeans and, if I can be arsed, two lots of super king sized bedding.

Got a dog walk ...