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Anybody interested in photography in Egypt the legacy left by the great Stan Kurowski,
His photographic collection is totally amazing, ancient egypt at it's best.... 8)
Ps: That just goes to show...
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Well Who2, you certainly triggered a blast from the past with this topic. I never met Stan but did correspond with him on photography matters and to gain local Luxor info. Apart from all his pictures...
Whilst 'prepping my Waitrose's 'locally sourced £3 chicken just now,
after it's amazing roasting yesterday, after watching Lovejoy with it's sound still drifting into the kitchen,
I heard on't...
:D I have a wooden coffee table that has been varnished but not stained. I want to paint it.
!. can I paint over the varnish?
2. if I can't how much of the varnish must I remove?
3. Will a quick rub...
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Thank you Teddyboy and Dusak. I will do what I have been told Dusak.
Sorry Hepzibah no photo's because I don't know how to do them.
I have had full instructions before and failed miserably.
I am halfway through 'Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb' and for a change I found 'My Octopus Teacher', also on Netflix. If you enjoy wildlife videos you will like this one about...........no, I won't say...
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Wonderful! :br
The imprint on your bedroom window brought back memories of a blackbird which did the same on my patio doors when I lived in Norfolk.
Impression lasted several weeks. No sign of the...
:lol: :lol: Not wishing to labour the point but I DO have mobility problems (2 mobility scooters to help with that) and impaired vision (only one eye and the other one not too good) so, keeping...
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I'm not the Carrie who made the mosaic Grandad. Don't want to steal someone else's thunder.
That solves that quandary then, I never saw you as artistic 😜
We have been talking about London recently and with a couple of hours to kill this morning I put this slide show together from visits we made a number of years ago to 3 visitor attractions. I have...
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Cheers for that info A-four :up
I suppose the one that truly fits its appearance is 'The Gherkin'. I think it is great when architects take off the blinkers and come up with something really...
Never could stand it or it's supporters.
My uncle once dragged me to watch Llandudno play sum unpronounceable welsh village. It rained.
Anyhow, that place near where I was born Sandbanks,
where all...
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I think a few quotes are in order.....if only to demonstrate the intelligence of those at the top of the beautiful game. Clearly, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I have a long history of banks and visa-versa.
From having a Coutts account to robbing a few, having met the head of HSBC and given them all a lots of money,
It cuts both ways....
Today I went to...
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The thing I remember about Coutts & Co was, when cards were introduced to verify cheques
if one was asked for 'one's card all one had to do was stare at the said assistant and point at the...
So after a couple of fires the 'Shed arises from the ashes...
Now I am beset with a quandry, Shall I call it A Gazebo, an Arbour, or my favorite, a Pergola
which translates as 'an erection in a...
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No, as it was also my flammable store including paint, varnish, thinners ect, it went up like a torch.
It never even spread to the jacuzzi roof, but did leave me with lots of metal tools with no...
Gardening one of the jobs that 'must be done . I'm a crap gardener if it grows great,
if it dies buy something else.
'Life's to short...
Anyhow Aida bought 4 shrubs from the shrubbery planted them,...
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I have put some photos of a creeper growing around my gazeebo,in my gallery, have been told its called a Pandoras but I have never heard of that before. If anyone has the time to look can you...
I love my lawn, small but well maintained.
I learnt to love lawns having been made to mow ours every week since a small child.
So, out with the scissors, the shears & the braun......and
In with the...
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I can well imagine, my mates and I did a similar thing with a push bike and a small engine pressing on the back tyre, I still have the scars :lol: :lol:
Today 'Juma holy day The scales fell from mine eyes...
I, have been awaiting delivery of my new fireback design, for..... three days now overdue.
Seems like my 'fixer got hit by an 8 year old on a...
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So an interesting day, the fire goes well but!
I set fire to the jacuzzi again...
And the newspaper around my trout caught fire, next!... 8)
'such is life!
This week-end, 22nd -23rd September, Open House takes place throughout the U.K., it is without doubt the world biggest architectural festival, and this is its 27th years. This festival has grown ever...
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But if he practiced an ''open door'' policy towards releasing information to the forum as a whole, then A-four looses his clique. :lol:
Bought some beeswax whilst I was in Turkey, couldn't find it here, and have made some beeswax polish. Just tried it out and love it, I had a coffee table that was unpainted just raw finished wood and...
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Old fashioned treatments such as beeswax polish, with or without lavender, are still better than many of the more modern answers. There is also so much more satisfaction in using them too.
I was invited to the Classic Car Show at the Excel center the other evening.
Stunning exhibition of extremely expensive modes of transport.
Bruce paid £1200 in 1965 for this Lotus Cortina last sold...
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Unfortunately the Law is an Ass and always has been. :td
I abhor violence and undoubtedly the train driver suffered an injury - but it was not the cause of his death.
For sometime I've thought it would be a good idea if we could build up a collection of paintings of Egyptian scenes. Finally, I'm going to start a thread for this purpose. Please post pictures of...
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