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Thanks, that's useful to know. Does yours have the magnetic textured pei plate? I know some of the earlier ones didn't which makes me wonder if there was an update to the basic model, but I'll be sure to check the 5V line if I decide to customise it or use a print server.

I'll be watching this thread with interest... I got a Creality Ender 3 v3 se in February and for a cheapish entry level printer I have to say I'm very impressed with it. It has an automatic levelling system that also takes care of the Z offset as well and takes a lot of the tedious setup stuff out of the equation. I've not designed anything as yet but I'm looking at either FreeCad or Fusion 360 for modelling. Most of my immediate needs were on Thingiverse and the other print sites. It's addictive lol

The most reliable rechargeable battery I've found would be a Sanyo Eneloop. I've used them in all sorts of things and never had a problem with them.

Same for me. I loved the band but as soon as Morrisey started whining that was it for me. The Rick Astley set was a revelation - The Blossoms were impressive as well.

I was rather impressed with Rick Astley and the Blossoms covering the Smiths numbers. Now there's a sentence I never thought would be said...

Bona to vada your dolly old eek... They're rerunning some episodes of Round the Horne on Radio 4 Extra (and some other old classics as well) 😊

I was 13 or 14, playing trumpet and at the Royal Festival Hall (I played Mozart's Alleluia as soloist). This was a Newham Academy of Music thing and one of a series of annual concerts called "Newham Goes to Town". I remember being very nervous before the solo, but as soon as I started playing I was fine and the music took over. What an experience!

Son of my father Molded, I was folded, I was preform-packed Son of my father Commanded, I was branded in a plastic vac Surrounded and confounded by statistic facts

If you go down to Willow Farm...

It's a Shergold modulator. The tone/volume module was an interchangeable unit - quite an advanced concept for the time. A mate of mine had one in the 70s.

Crimson. https://www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/guitar-maintenance-tools?page=1 https://www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/fretting Very high quality and UK manufactured. Not the cheapest but buy cheap, buy twice.

That one was used in Iain Banks' Crow Road.

It's just embarrassing.

I know, and quite rightly so. I was using it as an example of something really dreadful

Actually, returning to this, they didn't need permission to cover the song. All they had to do was to pass on any publishing it generated. Simon wasn't aware they were covering it until they performed it on TV. His response was spontaneous rather than planned.