Well, I can't say I envy you the moving - don't think I could even contemplate doing that. I do, however, envy your canal trip - pictures please! Alan Stepney wrote: > I am, and have been, taking a break from model engineering for the past few > weeks. > Instead, I am wielding hammer and other assorted tools, in an attempt to > make my new house habitable. > Yes, I am moving. > > The "new" place was in deplorable condition, with ceilings falling down, > holes in floors, doors missing, etc. > Before that it had been occupied by squatters who did their best to destroy > as much as was possible-and believe me, that is a lot. > > My intention is to get most of the work completed before I go on holiday > early next month (a week on the canals around Birmingham area) so that it > will only need decorating after I return. > > Then comes building a new workshop, and that will be another task. > Moving tools and machinery will be an even bigger one! > > So, I am sure you can understand my absence from the List, and from any ME > type activity. > > At least it keeps me out of mischief! > > Alan > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1926 - Release Date: 01/30/09 > 17:31:00 > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.