Richard R

Now I might be able to lay my hands on one of those. In the first instance I can just take one out of the PC and see if it fits.

Bomb-proof.

A bit too saucy...

I'm tempted to start a rival band called Gentleman Jam, but I would get into trouble.

I've swept everywhere, it's gorne. Thankfully no magnetic powder or swarf around. Good tip for cleaning up though.

I've not heard the term "cheese head screw" before. I shall now attempt to use it in polite conversation as soon as possible. Postage is more than the screws, but the total is under £8 so I'll probably get some.

OK, I will have to ask - Who is he? And the other chap with the 'tache and glasses? (JMJ = Jean-Michelle Jarre in my world.)

We could have a BC number, similar to mathematicians' Erdős number or the Kevin Bacon number for actors. If you have bought a bass off Basschat, or sold one, then you have a BC number of 1. If you bought/sold a bass off/to someone with a BC number of 1, then you have a BC number of 2, and so on. It would be interesting to know Kevin Bacon's BC number, and if anyone actors on BC have a Bacon number. Anyone with a low Erdős number- I salute you!

Maybe not countersunk.

It's a slotted countersunk screw.

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Welcome aboard!

Fingers crossed you can come @Geek99. And, more importantly, that the job situation works out.

We're not sorry - we're very appreciative! 🤓 👍

Evening chums! I have a TS100 soldering iron bought a while back. Changing the tip this evening and somehow dropped the little countersunk screw that holds the tip onto the body. I have searched for ages trying to find it - the workshop is now absolutely spotless! - but I still can't find the blessed screw. Anyone happen to know what thread the screw is, or know where I could get a replacement? It's less than M3.5, but I have nothing smaller I can try.

Clapshot - now there's a meal designed to give you calories through the long winter months on the croft.

Haggis, neeps and tatties plus a large whisky is a perfect meal.

I can't think why it took me so long to realise! Clearly the turnip-head in this instance is south of the border.

Re: "neepster" on reading that word it just occurred to me that @neepheid should probably be pronounced "neep-heed", in a Scottish accent. Not "neeffeed" in an English accent, which is how I have been reading it in my head for the past seven years. Am I correct, or now being thick in a yet another novel and embarrassing way??

You prefer the pink one, @pete.young? https://lindoguitars.com/product/lindo-b-stock-kawa-short-scale-electric-bass-guitar/ I do quite like them, but the 5er they have is boring by comparison.

I used to wear my grandfather's old wristwatch to school. When we studied radioactivity in 6th form and got out the gieger counters, the front face of that watch gave a reading as high as the sources we had taken from their llittle lead-lined boxes. There was virtually nothing through the back as far as I remember. The watch got lost in the late 80's 😥

Never heard of them, but looking at the web site I rather like their designs. Definitely need amplification though.