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Fair point, i suppose its down to how the respective governments put the ideal on the table to the people.
I wonder if anyone these days even considers these ideals, other than as us vs them as its been so long since the bolshevik revolution (1917? 18?I should have researched)

Perhaps it is because capitalism and communism are fundamentally opposite? That Capitalism works under the assumption that you as an individual are what is important, and that you as an individual are in control of what you end up with. Work hard/play the system and you can have whatever you want, a...

Just watched this one

Had some new milling cutters delivered this morning, been having a play with the new machine All seems fine Decided to modify my drilling vice slightly to allow it to be squared up on the compound table. Its jaws have a step machined into the top of the jaws so you can clamp a block into them withou...

Happy birthday phil, have a relaxing evening with perry como and a nice g&t

No probs, ta ray

Well ive been looking and researching, and come to the conclusion that unless im willing to pay a couple of hundred quid for a camera and lens this is something of a non starter. All she does with the pictures is put them on a forum she goes on. She takes the picture on the phone then uploads it. Us...

One for the photographers, my wife takes alot of pictures of her corals in the marine fish tank we have, and is finding that the phone camera is just not up to the job. The pictures she takes tend to be close up shots, not sure they are macro shots, they are of the corals as a whole. And closer in s...

As you know, I stumbled upon an Akai 4000ds mkii rtr machine in a local charity shop, less than a week after I sold the Sony to partially fund the new milling machine. after vacillitating for 10 minutes I bought it, then as mi dads house was closest and I'd have to carry the bloody thing from the sh...

Ritchie sambora - stranger in this town

Morcheeba - big calm

Just testing the water, great little machine that is meant for small stuff such as small model making, it will do brass, plastics, aluminium, and mild steel if you take small cuts, i made the bits for the unipivot arm with it Also spot on for pcb drilling, and can be cnc'd pretty easily Would come w...

Steve liddle, aerodynamicist for aston martin f1 team is in son no 1s school giving a talk this wednesday, as part of the f1 in schools program they are running with the stem schools. pretty cool thing for him to be having, ill have to get him to ask if last years car really was a copy and paste mer...

Finished working for the day so i thought id have a look at the charity shop akai Took the fascia off to get at the pots and switches, and was quite happy to find all the rubber bits in remarkably good condition. All the grease was not in a hardened state, in fact it was pretty much ok everywhere so...