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How a spade is made
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| David Rance 2008-01-29, 3:25 am |
| On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 Bob Hobden wrote:
>Found this whilst wandering about the Internet......
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>http://www.bulldogtools.co.uk/index.php?mod=11
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>But why the music, why not the real sounds as well as the pictures.
They assume that we're all going to be affected in the same way by their
choice of music!
Awful, isn't it?
David
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| Nick Maclaren 2008-01-29, 9:25 am |
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In article <pvILOQAsvunHFwZ0@david.rance.org.uk>,
David Rance <david.rance@SPAMOFFrance.org.uk> writes:
|> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 Bob Hobden wrote:
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|> >Found this whilst wandering about the Internet......
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|> >http://www.bulldogtools.co.uk/index.php?mod=11
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|> >But why the music, why not the real sounds as well as the pictures.
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|> They assume that we're all going to be affected in the same way by their
|> choice of music!
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|> Awful, isn't it?
My computers don't support sound, either in hardware or software,
except on a laptop (where I can't disable the former except by
cutting wires). It turns out to be quite advantageous.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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| 'Mike' 2008-01-29, 9:25 am |
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"Bob Hobden" <bobh@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> Found this whilst wandering about the Internet......
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> http://www.bulldogtools.co.uk/index.php?mod=11
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> But why the music, why not the real sounds as well as the pictures.
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> Regards
> Bob Hobden
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Agree about the music, but my comment is, isn't it labour intensive?
Mike
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| Bob Hobden 2008-01-29, 1:25 pm |
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"'Mike'" wrote after
> "Bob Hobden" wrote
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> Agree about the music, but my comment is, isn't it labour intensive?
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Very.
I just wonder if it's an old film as I know they no longer make their proper
forged Stainless Steel Fork and Spade in the UK because of the cost. They
ended up over £100 each so very few were bought despite them being the best.
I can't believe that the cost differential between normal steel and
stainless could be such that they can still make ordinary steel spades and
sell them for a competitive price if they couldn't with stainless, the
labour costs must be about the same.
So, are they really still forging stuff by hand in the UK?
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Regards
Bob Hobden
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| Nick Maclaren 2008-01-29, 1:25 pm |
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In article <609a6jF1o180bU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Bob Hobden" <bobh@invalid.com> writes:
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|> I just wonder if it's an old film as I know they no longer make their proper
|> forged Stainless Steel Fork and Spade in the UK because of the cost. They
|> ended up over £100 each so very few were bought despite them being the best.
|> I can't believe that the cost differential between normal steel and
|> stainless could be such that they can still make ordinary steel spades and
|> sell them for a competitive price if they couldn't with stainless, the
|> labour costs must be about the same.
Not necessarily. Stainless steel is notoriously tricky to work.
|> So, are they really still forging stuff by hand in the UK?
Unlikely.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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| David Rance 2008-01-29, 5:25 pm |
| On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 Nick Maclaren wrote:
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>In article <pvILOQAsvunHFwZ0@david.rance.org.uk>,
>David Rance <david.rance@SPAMOFFrance.org.uk> writes:
>|> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 Bob Hobden wrote:
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>|> >Found this whilst wandering about the Internet......
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>|> >http://www.bulldogtools.co.uk/index.php?mod=11
>|> >
>|> >But why the music, why not the real sounds as well as the pictures.
>|>
>|> They assume that we're all going to be affected in the same way by their
>|> choice of music!
>|>
>|> Awful, isn't it?
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>My computers don't support sound, either in hardware or software,
>except on a laptop (where I can't disable the former except by
>cutting wires). It turns out to be quite advantageous.
Unfortunately, in my line of business I need the sound. But I do usually
turn the sound off for such web-sites.
David
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david.rance@rance.org.uk http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk
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