• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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  1. Blackswanwood

    HDL LDL

    Thanks Steve … although I’m not sure a pot of tripe sounds any more appealing 😉🤣
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    HDL LDL

    I’m in Paris at the moment and the discussion on Marmite came to mind as I ordered lunch today … I assume it’s not the same thing!
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    Timber Delivery

    It’s a really enjoyable wood to work with and frequently has very attractive figuring.
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    First shot at an Acanthus Leaf updated with second attempt

    Thanks - some good pointers and I am definitely finding that not going too long without touching up the sharpening makes it a lot easier.
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    First shot at an Acanthus Leaf updated with second attempt

    Indeed - I’ve been copying Follansbee’s lunette design and the concentric curves cutting across the grain are particularly difficult to do accurately.
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    First shot at an Acanthus Leaf updated with second attempt

    This is my second attempt which incorporates a lot more depth and “curliness” …
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    Hosepipe ban

    It is ironic. We have an underground rainwater harvesting tank which hasn’t run out despite the need for Yorkshire Water to bring in a hosepipe ban. I don’t understand when the pictures are shown of empty reservoirs in times of drought why there are not bulldozers and earthmovers deepening...
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    Hard working wasps

    Despite best efforts to give them a wide berth the wasps are turning out to be aggressive little blighters. The nest is also suddenly starting to grow again. I’m afraid they will have to go! Previous nests have been easy to deal with using pyrotechnics but given where this one is I think I...
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    Local authority powers

    Unless it has changed in the last few years yes they can. The Building Act gives Local Authorities quite wide ranging powers to deal with dangerous buildings. It’s handled by Building Control Departments. It happens sometimes after an accident or fire which damages a building and access roads...
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    Blood (without the gore!)

    Nice one @Malc2098. I donated last week and got a similar message showing mine went to Northern Hospital in Sheffield.
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    Garden room restoration

    @Doug - it would be good to see how you tackle his!
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    Flies

    If done without gaining the relevant planning permission then it would. Whether permission would be given depends on the listing, design of the screen and rationale for the change.
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    Michael - MY63

    Has anyone heard from Michael @MY63 recently? I noticed he has neither posted on here or Instagram since October last year and am hoping he is okay.
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    Delivery company phrase translator

    While there are many wrinkles in the systems (IT and people) that delivery and logistics companies use on the whole I’d say it works - often very well. I ordered some clear parcel tape on eBay at 6pm yesterday. I had tracking information by 8pm and it was delivered by an Amazon driver at about...
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    Bears using the trails. Trail cam captured four bears.

    And I got excited when I found three field voles queuing up to eat strawberries ;):ROFLMAO: Do you take any action to push them away from your home Duke or just give them a wide berth?
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    A movie sort of about modern architecture: Columbus

    It’s intriguing how we all like different things. If I pulled up as a potential purchaser to view the top one I wouldn’t get out of the car as, to me, it looks like a primary school not a home. The second one looks quite attractive.
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    Flies

    +1 for Avon skin so soft. Far more pleasant than deet and other insect repellents and works.
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Finally finished and installed the cot for my first granddaughter. Plenty of room for growth! I used Chestnut Hard Wax oil and am really pleased with the colour.
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    Delayed emails

    Not an uncommon misunderstanding. I was once faxed a job offer which, as it was confidential, was in an envelope.
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    Another scam

    It could have something to do with this … https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/06/20/16-billion-apple-facebook-google-passwords-leaked---change-yours-now/
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