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  1. JohnD

    ERA thumbturn from door cylinder fitted on my front door is the wrong size?

    OK, so the outside escutchron is held on by screws from the inside, I think. If it is sufficiently strong and armoured, it will give some protection against attacks seeking to snap the cylinder from outside. The nozzle of the cylinder has to be completely surrounded so it can't be grabbed...
  2. JohnD

    Day off

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bank-holiday-world-cup-england-b1285412.html https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/64988/bank-holiday-for-celebrations-if-england-win-the-2026-fifa-world-cup
  3. JohnD

    Day off

    https://www.gov.scot/news/world-cup-bank-holiday-confirmed/ https://londonlovesbusiness.com/king-charles-approves-a-one-off-bank-holiday/
  4. JohnD

    Pergola wooden post

    Yes, I use them for fences, they have the advantage of never rotting, and you can often re-use old fence posts by cutting off the rotted end. I am in a coastal region, and the galvanised bolts or studding rust through before the post fails. So I use M8 stainless now. I paint the concrete with...
  5. JohnD

    Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

    Or maybe it is https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5923043-iran-deal-criticized-moulton/
  6. JohnD

    Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

    In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump wrote that “there will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yq82k1wk8o Nothing Trump says is true.
  7. JohnD

    Day off

    I don't think the rest will get Monday 20 July.
  8. JohnD

    Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

    Nothing Trump says it true. He said earlier it was all complete, then he said it will be signed next Friday. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. Nothing is done until it's done. Even then it's just a MoU, not a binding treaty. “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete,” Trump...
  9. JohnD

    Come On England

    This is just the boys' one. The proper one is next year.
  10. JohnD

    Day off

    For some.
  11. JohnD

    Private Number Plates

    Last year the people in the MoT station were very keen to tell me that you can keep a pair of legal plates in the boot, and put them on with blu-tak before the test, removing them immediately afterwards.
  12. JohnD

    Stock market dealing

    Except the ones with an eye on buying a value investment that drops in price as the mugs dump it.
  13. JohnD

    Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

    Maybe Trump will claw back some votes. "The memorandum of understanding agreed by the US and Iran will extend a fragile ceasefire, which was agreed on April 8, by 60 days. Iran will gradually reopen the strait while clearing mines, without charging fees for shipping for the duration of that...
  14. JohnD

    Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

    I wonder if Netanyahu will do as he's told.
  15. JohnD

    Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

    “It’s a very weak deal for the US considering what the stated objectives were at the beginning,” said Dan Shapiro, a former senior US official. “It largely attempts to reopen the strait, which had definitely become the most important issue. But that just demonstrates how much leverage Iran had...
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    Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

    "Andrew England in London and Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv Published 19 MINUTES AGO About a week into the US war against Iran, Donald Trump pledged that there would be no deal with Tehran except “unconditional surrender!” More than 100 days later, the US president is hailing a deal that underlines...
  17. JohnD

    Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

    No, it hasn't.
  18. JohnD

    Imperial pipe bigger than the norm

    is it made of copper? or something else?
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