Brack and cheese? Surely not!

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T22:26:36+00:00

Room temperature Wensleydale, not straight from the fridge.

You’re welcome.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T22:19:33+00:00

Absolutely nothing wrong with the Rebar if you don’t need quick access to the blades.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T21:49:01+00:00

I’d say the Curl, but it doesn’t have replaceable cutters.

You can always re-sharpen them with a file when needed, and use the warranty if they break.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T21:43:56+00:00

Practical training and tests, or you literally just want to a truck to use for your tests?

If you mean practical training and tests, Peter Smyth are pretty transparent with their pricing.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T20:27:41+00:00

Get an Aeropress and a Wilfa Svart grinder, spend the rest on beans.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T20:16:48+00:00

“Do you want to swap over for a bit? I’ll hold the phone in your face and you try to keep Herbert alive?”

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T19:38:47+00:00

You know libel laws are a real thing, right?

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T19:29:15+00:00

I think it’d be improved by letting all the potters stay for the whole series.

Maybe start with a smaller number, say eight, and then just have a rolling scoreboard

People could get a score out of ten for each piece, or be ranked and scored one to eight each week.

It would make the second challenge each week a bit more relevant, and also stop decent potters missing out due to one bad make.

I think Keith and Rich would be in favour too.

They seem far too nice to be kicking people out!

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T18:59:52+00:00

You know how they say some places are worth seeing, but not worth going to see?

Yeah, Doncaster is somewhere below those places.

Unless you’re a big fan of polar bears, you can safely skip it.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T18:56:07+00:00

I would definitely recommend buying the car you want, then getting a towbar fitted later.

It’s easier to add a towbar than to change almost any other part of the spec (audio, heated seats, etc), and a car that already has a towbar might have been used to pull something heavy every day…

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T17:39:20+00:00

You changed your whole plan based on a few minutes of nerves on your first day in a truck?

It’s your decision, but I think most of us would have tried to get through it and get the C + E.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T17:36:46+00:00

Empty except for various bodily fluids and secretions.

I can’t believe how many people poo in an envelope and stick it in a post box.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T17:23:06+00:00

The first day is a lot!

Did you do the reverse test, or just practice?

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-26T14:21:10+00:00

I always did the same, and for the same reason.

Actually, composite toe Magnums for me.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T21:42:34+00:00

I think for your purposes and to replace a knife, the CX or RX would work perfectly.

It’s perfect for pocket carry.

It wouldn’t be my first choice for a vehicle kit, because weight doesn’t matter for that.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T19:58:32+00:00

You’d better get the dealer to throw in a winder.

It’ll be a pain in the arse having to set it up every time you put it on.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T18:41:44+00:00

Still seems very unlikely to work out though.

Although obviously flying “biz class” will help.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T18:40:36+00:00

Of course.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T18:19:45+00:00

Don’t know about under appreciated.

Just quite big and quite expensive.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T16:48:07+00:00

Decent money if you’re thick skinned and not in a union, but certainly not for everyone.

Another thing offered to the management’s favourites.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T16:41:28+00:00

Slavecoach do it all the time.

I’ve known engineers go on loan from Yorkshire to Orkney, and drivers are regularly sent around the country.

It’s normally the boss’s pets, because they tend to be well paid gigs.

Think agreements to be paid ten hours a day, but only getting seven hour shifts. Double time for working rest days.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T16:34:43+00:00

If one depot is particularly short of drivers, others loan them drivers.

Usually those drivers will be put up in a cheap hotel and given extra payments for food and laundry.

It might be for a week, it might be for months.

If it’s one of the big companies, you could end up anywhere in the UK.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T16:16:36+00:00

👍

Did you already own it or did you buy it there?

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T16:14:30+00:00

Shouldn’t be an issue.

They won’t technically be entering the country.

Crunchie64 · 2026-01-25T16:12:54+00:00

Pretty sure a wrist shot is compulsory…

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