John's Blog
Its Monday That used to be the worst day of the week, but now I’m working piecemeal at several things or sometimes not at all? Well, the young ones are all back at school, the parents who took time away from work to be with their kids during school break (well done...John's Blog
I’ve a nice long post all written out, pics taken, captions done, all that stuff but for some reason my lappy wont read the camera card. Grrr! So it will wait for a little while, and just to show that I’m not asleep on the job here, I’ve pulled up...John's Blog
Its been a week in which I did not achieve much, but felt as though I’d been working my butt off. Sick relative needs help, my mother at 90 needs a gentle watch kept on her, busy at my “ex’s “ house, some engineering work and two days downtime after the blood clinic....John's Blog
SEI. Progress. Gunwale time. I found some short pieces of mahogany 2×4 in my collection, many years ago it had come out of a bank that was being refurbished. I’d spotted it in a dumpster on the footpath, managed to get some of the shorter pieces into my car and...John's Blog
About 30 years ago I was lucky enough to walk into a very special shop, all woodworking tools, and it was closing down. The old Yorkshireman who ran it was retiring, and it was all to be sold. Off to the bank, came back with a wad of cash and I told him to keep...John's Blog
The storm is still on its way south toward New Zealand but the latest information has it downgraded from Cat 5 to Category 4, that’s still nasty, but it looks as though the cooler waters its encountering as it comes out of the tropics is taking some of the sting out...
