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 From:  Linn (INDYLS)   5 Jun 2003 20:57 
 To:  JonCooper      561 of 2579 
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I have it all wrong - I'm tryng to remember the place with thatched roofs, not sod roofs. Do you have thatched roofs in Cornwall?

(If you type roofs three times it starts to sound wrong. Rooves maybe?)
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 From:  dank (XPANDER)   5 Jun 2003 20:58 
 To:  Linn (INDYLS)      562 of 2579 
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My dad's a thatcher y'know.

And yes, Cornwall has loads of thatched roofs.

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 From:  JonCooper   5 Jun 2003 21:11 
 To:  Linn (INDYLS)      563 of 2579 
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yes, loads of thatch, most of it protected by law (ie can't replace it with a decent roof)
Jon
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 From:  Linn (INDYLS)   5 Jun 2003 22:42 
 To:  JonCooper      564 of 2579 
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"...can't replace it with a decent roof"

Why do you say that? Why would you not want a thatched roof?
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 From:  JonCooper   5 Jun 2003 23:13 
 To:  Linn (INDYLS)      565 of 2579 
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I don't like most of the creatures that live in thatched rooves

spiders, bugs, creepy-crawlies, mice, etc

and thacth is /very/ heavy, I would worry about all that weight held mostly by dry cob and gravity
Jon
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 From:  koswix   6 Jun 2003 00:58 
 To:  JonCooper      566 of 2579 
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And the fire risk, and the maintence costs etc etc

Ben - stud, hung like a shetland pony.
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 From:  dyl   6 Jun 2003 01:06 
 To:  JonCooper      567 of 2579 
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Mice will live in any roof, thatch or no thatch.

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 From:  Mouse   6 Jun 2003 09:10 
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Tis true :$


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 From:  Rowan   6 Jun 2003 10:41 
 To:  Mouse      569 of 2579 
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<offers cheese>


Jack 10 9 of all most some trades, master of none.
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 From:  Mouse   6 Jun 2003 10:51 
 To:  Rowan      570 of 2579 
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Is it Cheshire? Cos I can't be doing with none of that crumbly shit.


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 From:  Rowan   6 Jun 2003 11:27 
 To:  Mouse      571 of 2579 
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I have a small board of a variety. Take your pick.


Jack 10 9 of all most some trades, master of none.
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 From:  Mouse   6 Jun 2003 11:29 
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Mmmmmmmm, Catheeedral cheddaaar :P . . .. .. .


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 From:  Ixion   7 Jun 2003 10:53 
 To:  Manthorp       573 of 2579 
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Steve, have you got any online pictures of your balls still? One of my mates is into whittling and was interested when I said I knew a man who did ace balls. Also he wanted to know what sort of wood you used and whether you just used knives.

EDITED: 07/06/03 11:01 BST by IXION
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 From:  steve   7 Jun 2003 10:54 
 To:  Ixion      574 of 2579 
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He uses weasels with retractable teeth.

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 From:  Menace! (DENNIS)   7 Jun 2003 10:55 
 To:  Ixion      575 of 2579 
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<Pedant>Knives, dear boy, knives!</pedant>

;o)
The Menace
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 From:  Ixion   7 Jun 2003 11:01 
 To:  Menace! (DENNIS)      576 of 2579 
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Oooh good point, that's what I get for typing quickly when having only recently woken up. I shall edit it right away.

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 From:  Ixion   7 Jun 2003 11:02 
 To:  steve      577 of 2579 
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And adjusts the speed by twisting their Scrotums?

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 From:  Manthorp    7 Jun 2003 11:35 
 To:  Ixion      578 of 2579 
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I still haven't made a webpage of them and my other carvings yet (I must): but there are shots of one (not the best by any means) in my Yahoo briefcase: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/manthorp/lst?.dir=/Carving&.view=l .

In answer to your mate's question, I draw up the designs, model them 1:1 in plasticine, use a Dremel and dozens of bits for roughing out, and do the carving with a mixture of Xcelite Knives, Swann Morten scalpels fine carving tools and a set of cheapy cheapy jewellers screwdrivers sharpened into chisel and gouge ends. I finish by scraping only and waxing with Renaissance Wax.

Democracy shouldn't be too difficult to sell to dictators: after all, Hitler was elected
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 From:  Manthorp    7 Jun 2003 11:37 
 To:  Mr (M00RL0CK)      580 of 2579 
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Bloody hell, that was BP swiftness.

It was done before Madonna had teh old and manky.

Democracy shouldn't be too difficult to sell to dictators: after all, Hitler was elected
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