I believe that we are in this situation, declining industry, generally low wages, poor infrastructure is due to the policies of past goverments. In the 1960.s when I started work as an apprentice at a world leading company called Ferranti Ltd (at £2.80 a week, cash in hand at the end of the week) th...

I am an old guy and have retired, so my situation is different to most you young guys.
Of course you could always escape to the Chateau (spelling?).

Phils place looks to have plenty of character and should be cheap to run with low council tax. There is no doubt that the coming years will be full of challenges but I think that we are used to facing challenges in our line of business. On the subject of Brexit, I was told that the EU had been forci...

We rode over to the continent for two to three months. When we ride over, most of us would normally spend only two to three days at the most in one place. What I am suggesting is that we spend weeks at the same place, this is so that we can fully explore the area, get to know the people and improve ...

If you are out in the middle of nowhere and you have to solder something, the soldering irons are usually mains driven, I wonder if those pencil blow torches would work on petrol?

A copy of an article from the deep past, offered up for historical interest only. On reading it you will see the use of blow torches and very strong/dangerous acids, which would not be used today for obvious safety reasons. We now use electrical temperature controlled soldering irons and use cored s...

It all sounds a bit futuristic, but there is one place that is now top dog because of the viris, that is already like this and thats China, just not sure about the Chinese women.

I stick my bikes (four) on optimates over the winter period and also start them up every two months or so.
Have had trouble starting bikes that have been laid up for ages before where you would need to use one of those electric starters that they use at the racing to get the bike started.

You can tell if one of the bikers has been attacked by one of these women, he will hav long scratches down his back.

Sounds better than one of those Klingon women.