Long shaft pots

[davent]

When I have to buy pots from Maplin in the UK, the only Alphas available are these so they're definitely available. I have to cut them down every time. To prevent swarf entering the pot, I use a Kinder egg container with a hole cut at one end. Put the pot in that and clamp the shaft in a vice. Keeps things clean

Way off topic, do Kinder surprises in the UK still come with neat little snap together models inside or have them been safetyized down to a lame-ass single piece surprise like Canada's version?
dave

[stallik]

Last eggs I stole from my grand kids contained a very simplified 2 part toy so probably yes.  And while we're so far off topic, this sums up my feeling on the matter

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's and Early 80's !!! First, you survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. You had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode your bikes, you had no helmets .. As children, you would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun. You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. You ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOU WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! You would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach you all day. And you were OK. You would spend hours building your go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out you forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the problem . You did not have PlayStation's, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on satellite TV, DVDs, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and found them! You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents you played with worms(well most boys did) and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although you were told it would happen, you did not poke out any eyes. You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! You played sport in a local team and not everyone got picked to play every week. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing you out if you broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and you learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Rant over, back to the topic

[Cozybuilder]

Paul Harvey RIP

[stallik]

Was it Paul Harvey who wrote that? I've never known the source

[davent]

Aren't the ones who managed to survive all that the same ones who are now the killjoys?
dave

[PRR]

> Was it Paul Harvey

Does not sound like him.

*Possibly*:

I Am Not Just a Teacher
By Robert J. Denise
Page Publishing Inc, Feb 26, 2015

Sample

[mth5044]

Aren't the ones who managed to survive all that the same ones who are now the killjoys?
dave

[stallik]

Aren't the ones who managed to survive all that the same ones who are now the killjoys?
dave

Sir, you have a point but I reserve the right to fight against the cotton wool...

[davent]

 I too am part of that survivor/killjoy demographic.
dave