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From: SIRPip on 11 Aug 2010 15:57
Zeb Johnson wrote:

> Pip said" so it looks old."
>
> Do you do wall paintings?

Do you do breathing through your mouth?

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From: SIRPip on 11 Aug 2010 16:03
Thomas wrote:

> On Aug 11, 10:55�am, Catman <cat...(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Thomas wrote:
> > > On Aug 11, 9:41 am, "SIRPip" <gingerbl...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Plastic, even hard and brittle plastic, expands a great deal
> > more than >> glass, I suppose.
> >
> > > Perzackly. Coefficient of Thermal Expansion 'n all that.
> > > Manufacturing plants often have freezers and ovens to make
> > > assembling parts easier when there are tight fits. Heating a
> > > sticky bolt will often help get it off.
> >
> > NAHAY?
>
> Why, has SIRPip expounded on sticky bolts before?

Once or twice. Are your nuts sticky?

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From: SIRPip on 11 Aug 2010 16:04
Catman wrote:

> Thomas wrote:
> >On Aug 11, 10:55 am, Catman <cat...(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:

> > > NAHAY?
> >
> > Why, has SIRPip expounded on sticky bolts before?

> Standard UKRM answer, just after 'angle grinder'

Gixxer Thou.

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From: wessie on 11 Aug 2010 16:08
"SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote in
news:xn0gxrll63n55bf01v(a)news.eternal-september.org:

> No, these are spindles for a "Captain's Chair" for our dear landlord.
> One of those things with a semi-circular back/arms that seem to come
> all the way around: green leather, set on castors. Much more delicate
> than the pub furniture.
>

I like them. Very difficult to fall out of. Although, never seen one with
castors. Seems counterintuitive for a chair to be used on the deck of a
ship or by a pisshead in a bar.
From: SIRPip on 11 Aug 2010 16:22
wessie wrote:

> "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote in
> news:xn0gxrll63n55bf01v(a)news.eternal-september.org:
>
> > No, these are spindles for a "Captain's Chair" for our dear
> > landlord. One of those things with a semi-circular back/arms that
> > seem to come all the way around: green leather, set on castors.
> > Much more delicate than the pub furniture.

> I like them. Very difficult to fall out of. Although, never seen one
> with castors. Seems counterintuitive for a chair to be used on the
> deck of a ship or by a pisshead in a bar.

Home office type seating accommodation.

They've been putting castors on 'em for a while, it seems:

http://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/antiquedetail.asp?autonumber=42834

And still do:

http://www.designersofas4u.co.uk/images/pictures/product-images/chesterf
ield-range/chesterfield-captains-chair.jpg

http://www.chesterfieldsdirect.co.uk/captains.html

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