Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

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Remember a a while back I told you an old acquaintance of mine sent me a boat to play with, turns out it's an early Cappolini DAC, beautifully constructed, just needs to be mounted on the right setting.
Base is cast and polished aluminium mounted on a tapped and threaded half inch stainless rod, (bent it to shape myself) think I will have to Fill the square with resin to imitate water, or a nice chunk of exotic timber, it's a bit bland at the minute, but it is the first crack at it.
Will not paint it in case anyone wants to buy it and paint it in their own colours' got an opening bid of £ 200, so no daft offers please, shipping to the USA is £70, and to the USSR £700. The oligarchs have more money.!!!

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Steverino, you got Powerboats report by Bulman on Havasu for 1977/8, friend wants to know, j.

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Hi Jackie you do look as if you are keeping well in those pictures must be all that hard talking and thinking or maybe a small Wine or two has made a difference.Would Ray Bulman have been reporting this event from the US for the Motorboat and Yachting if he did this report it might still be available` last year I told Roy Cooper I would spend a day in London at their offices checking all the old Powerboating History files on back issues of race reports and would get as much information as possible for his Website I will keep you up to date when I can manage all this?.SP

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Hi Jackie you do look as if you are keeping well in those pictures must be all that hard talking and thinking or maybe a small Wine or two has made a difference.Would Ray Bulman have been reporting this event from the US for the Motorboat and Yachting if he did this report it might still be available` last year I told Roy Cooper I would spend a day in London at their offices checking all the old Powerboating History files on back issues of race reports and would get as much information as possible for his Website I will keep you up to date when I can manage all this?.SP

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Bulman did a report on the team that DONMAC was with, said I would look into it, ( via you)

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Back end of last year Kim, my middle daughter asked if I would make her a garden ornament, so I made her a "Newtons cradle"----not just any old cradle, as a rule they are made with steel bearings,anything from half to two inch diameter.
kims is a bit different, it's made from six crown green bowls, 30" stainless table, and a 2"diameter stainless arm.
Cast a concrete base so it couldn't blow over, so bobs your uncle and fannys your ant , the biggest cats cradle you ever saw.
Just thought you might like to see something a bit different from the usual run of the mill stuff.

Hope you all read WILLABEE'S " Hot Singles column this morning, boy has that man got "Elephanttitus" memory,would congratulate him but it would go to his head!
Dont you just know R/J is gonna throw a dicky fit and do a banshee wailer.
Dont you just love it when those two get together, clash of the Titans, the black and white confrontation,who wants the smooth ride through life anyway?

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Went to the car boot sale (fleamarket to the colonials) picked up a couple of really nice modern cast alloy candlesticks by Anna Efverlund, they were covered in crud and candle wax , took about an hour to clean them up, looked in the scrap box and found an odd shaped piece of French Oak------shaped it and polished same, bolted the two bits on it and Voila.

If you look between the legs ( a bit like legs I thought) there is a plate which fits on the front of a motor vehicle, this dates from 1967 and was issued by MYCCA-CANNES.
There was one for each country competing in the GDE SEMAINE MOTONAUTIQUE.
There were seven races held on the French Riviera from Monte Carlo to Dez-Embiez with parties and casinos and big eats every day, Caviar and Champagne were the norm.
if you had one of those plates on the front, you had the key to the town,a licence to park on the pavement, the police would not bother you, as you can imagine every driver wanted one, but there was only one for each country.
I was the only Englishman competing in 1966 and got the English plate, but in 1967 Tony Williams beat me to it, so I put on an American accent and nailed the USA plate, finders keepers -----all's fair in love and boat racing.
Won 22 trophies that week, free gasoline, food and lodging, met Velden for the first time and PRUETT .
thats it for tonight, I'm bushed--hope her next to me doesn't want sex AGAIN.

Attachment 295094I did post this before----honest to murgatroyd , but this should be in the previous post----just can't get the staff these days.
See what today has in store, 7am time to rise and shine and enjoy another day.

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Sorting through the logs for the wood stove, came across an interesting piece that tickled my fancy, shaped it and polished it.
Picked up an unusual Amelite in Whitby last year, thought it would look good if I carved out a place for it and glued it flush.
Cut out my last piece of granite, edged it and polished it, stitched it all together and Voila there you have the "Touchy Feely" in all it's glory.
Going to clean the workshop out over the weekend, got bogged down in there, too many pieces cluttering up the place.
Have a nice weekend folks, may take a couple of days off, give you all a break from my rumblings , try not to bore you all senseless.

check your pm's jack!

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Attachment 295094I did post this before----honest to murgatroyd , but this should be in the previous post----just can't get the staff these days.
See what today has in store, 7am time to rise and shine and enjoy another day.

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General census of opinion is these are legs!!! Who's legs is anyone's guess, will try and load a couple of candles just to show you I'm not telling "porkies"
Ms Lynne Seebold thinks there legs, her who shall be obeyed thinks they are legs, even I have a smidgin of an idea they could be legs
No MR Welch I do not have a legs fetish, whilst I can fully appreciate a nice pair of pins, I am a boob and teeth man, always have been, always will be----Monroe, Dors, Mansfield, Turner, Novak, Hayworth,------where have all the good girls gone?
Time to get up and greet another wonderful day, didn't even unlock the shop doors yesterday, tell you about the day later if I get half a chance, promised I'd leave you alone for a couple of days,and I did.

nice choice boobs and teeth, hope you didn't get to see the latest of Kim Novak, definitely an ad to outlaw botox!!!!!!!

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nice choice boobs and teeth, hope you didn't get to see the latest of Kim Novak, definitely an ad to outlaw botox!!!!!!!

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Stoker, I do not wish to destroy the fond tender years memories of the ladies I admired..
Just like I daren't look in a mirror in case the unknown stranger looks back at me.
Of course boobs and teeth are a nice choice,, I have discerning tastes.
Botox is negative thinking, I don't do that anymore , we have no time etc.

'twas Mother's Day here yesterday and Jilly's eldest boy Ivan invited us both for lunch, he lives in HARLOW which is two and a half hours due east, he has an American wife and three kids and terminal cancer so we like to see him as often as is possible. Lost my eldest girl Sandy to that bastard disease when she was 42 years old, so I know exactly what Jilly is going through. Driving back home through my village which I have lived in since 1952 there is a dual carriage way , I have driven this road 10,000 times and know there is a 60 limit on just one section, we were having a sombre discussion and I forgot all about the camera-----I got flashed, looked down and saw I was doing 72------last blip on my licence was 1973-----what a bummer.
Had my head down and arse up in the shop today, gone a bit super creative , you'll like the result, will do the piccies tomorrow .
Told you I would keep quiet for a couple of days, you had your rest, time to suffer some more, sandman beckons, night, j.

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Did a bit of "Jimmy crack horn" today, you know the bit about the BLUE TAIL FLY, my version is a tad different from the colonial version -------whatever, we're on the same wavelength.
found another chunk of firewood that had an " interesting " look about it in Ivan's wood pile, fooled around with it , gave it some angles and curves.
will explain the whole thing tonight.

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Stoker, I do not wish to destroy the fond tender years memories of the ladies I admired..
Just like I daren't look in a mirror in case the unknown stranger looks back at me.
Of course boobs and teeth are a nice choice,, I have discerning tastes.
Botox is negative thinking, I don't do that anymore , we have no time etc.

'twas Mother's Day here yesterday and Jilly's eldest boy Ivan invited us both for lunch, he lives in HARLOW which is two and a half hours due east, he has an American wife and three kids and terminal cancer so we like to see him as often as is possible. Lost my eldest girl Sandy to that bastard disease when she was 42 years old, so I know exactly what Jilly is going through. Driving back home through my village which I have lived in since 1952 there is a dual carriage way , I have driven this road 10,000 times and know there is a 60 limit on just one section, we were having a sombre discussion and I forgot all about the camera-----I got flashed, looked down and saw I was doing 72------last blip on my licence was 1973-----what a bummer.
Had my head down and arse up in the shop today, gone a bit super creative , you'll like the result, will do the piccies tomorrow .
Told you I would keep quiet for a couple of days, you had your rest, time to suffer some more, sandman beckons, night, j.

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know all about the big ''C'' , hate it with a passion, plus have an 84 year old sister playing with dementia! hell to grow old and watch people you know and love suffer. did you get a ticket for the 72 or did you sweet talk your way out?

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know all about the big ''C'' , hate it with a passion, plus have an 84 year old sister playing with dementia! hell to grow old and watch people you know and love suffer. did you get a ticket for the 72 or did you sweet talk your way out?

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Sorry to hear that Stoker.
Wicked disease, it just takes who the hell it wants, leaves you empty, and challenges you to talk or not to talk about it.
Pain never goes, just reduces to a dull ache you learn to live with.
challenges the beliefs you had all your life, makes you wonder if there is a God, how could he be a party to that ?
If I can talk my wife into marrying me, then you know I can talk my way out of most anything.
You wanna good tip Stoker-------just don't grow old.
At 70 I started counting backwards-----coming up 57 next birthday.

Attachment 295348Attachment 295347Gave it a second coat of epoxy to see the difference between polish and epoxy-----certainly brings out the colours and grain
looks like a proper artist did it instead of an old fart.

Sent you the last post just before dinner so didn't get a chance to bore you with dialogue, there was steak and chips for no reason other than I must have deserved it, so the iPad was shut pronto.
You do not keep her who does the cooking waiting-------if you want to eat tomorrow !!!
Discretion is always the better part of, etc, etc, etc, .
Good day in the shop today, learned a bit more about resin, don't like covering polish, even if you try to get rid of it with acetone. May have something to do with the fact I've had this two pack one litre jugful for twelve years. Buying the West two pack system, twice as expensive as other brands but read some good stuff about it, apparently it makes for being a good wood adhesive as well as being a high gloss finish.
Any one out there could give me a few pointers, it would surely be appreciated.
The base for the last piece came out of my firewood pile----have to stop doing that, there won't be sod all left to burn.
amazing how the top and bottom look alike------took me five minutes on the wood lath to do that.
11pm time for shut eye, more rubbish tomorrow night night,J.

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Sorry to hear that Stoker.
Wicked disease, it just takes who the hell it wants, leaves you empty, and challenges you to talk or not to talk about it.
Pain never goes, just reduces to a dull ache you learn to live with.
challenges the beliefs you had all your life, makes you wonder if there is a God, how could he be a party to that ?
If I can talk my wife into marrying me, then you know I can talk my way out of most anything.
You wanna good tip Stoker-------just don't grow old.
At 70 I started counting backwards-----coming up 57 next birthday.

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how's that work when you're 77??????!!!!!!!!!!!!

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how's that work when you're 77??????!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Just untie the shoelaces---in case ----start point 70----now five on left hand + 2 from right hand, -----=7 got that Stoker ------take 7 from 70 ------tell me what you got. Nobody help him------he can do this.

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Just untie the shoelaces---in case ----start point 70----now five on left hand + 2 from right hand, -----=7 got that Stoker ------take 7 from 70 ------tell me what you got. Nobody help him------he can do this.

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no matter how you do it, it's still OLD!!!!!!!!!!

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Just untie the shoelaces---in case ----start point 70----now five on left hand + 2 from right hand, -----=7 got that Stoker ------take 7 from 70 ------tell me what you got. Nobody help him------he can do this.

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no matter how you do it, it's still OLD!!!!!!!!!!

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Old is just experience, knowledge ,ability , wisdom and reason rolled into a package and dumped anywhere with the message "Get on with it", make the most of it, this is the rest of your one shot at life!!!
If I was a teenager starting out all over again, do you think anyone would read or listen to what I have to say-----bet your sweet bippy they would not, they look at my gleanings because just maybe I occasionally come out with something interesting they can relate to, maybe a piece I stitched together, or a long forgotten memory that rings a bell!!!
If you are going to reach maturity-----do it gracefully----with compassion and understanding, anything you disagree with tell 'em to go f-- k themselves, but nicely and without violence.
Tis better to be remembered for turning the other cheek than the kick in the crutch you wanted to deliver to that " Assho--!!
So, continue to think like an elder statesman, or a politition, or even a lawyer----SCREW EVERYBODY.
Just don't give me that----"-ITS STILL OLD " crap Stoker . Your just a kid, get some time in----tell me in ten years how you really feel huh. !!!

No pictures again tonight though I had a good day in the shop. Was flush with successs over the firewood thingy, so went to the few bits of chopped log I have left for the rest of the winter and selected another lumpa, shaped it , kicked it , sawed it and planed it smoothed it until I had a semblance of something I could give to a very good Swedish friend , Runo Cronström .
He was the guy that introduced me to Johnny Martinson, a Swedish sculptor and creator of modern art. To find out more about his work go to Google-----some of his stuff sells for a million plus---a very creative mind, also five wives and shed loads of alimony. Don't even wanna go down that road do we ???
send piccies of finished object tomorrow, eyes tight shut, night, J.

Hi Jack just wondering if you use these! a junior Gipetto down the street has started carving firepit seats and bowls from logs! He has these cutting and shaping tools. they seem to work real good!
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lancelot
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Hi Jack just wondering if you use these! a junior Gipetto down the street has started carving firepit seats and bowls from logs! He has these cutting and shaping tools. they seem to work real good!
http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/...psc671922d.jpg
lancelot
http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6ca9f86c.jpg
Kutzall

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Yes Don, I do have both the Arthur and the Lancelot, bought them in Home Depot a couple of years ago when I was in Florida. Still prefer the original Australian Arbotec cutter, much easier to work with, it don't snatch like the Lancelot which is really a titchy chain saw. Don't have the A and B rasps, they look interesting.

Sorry folks, I am a bit of a dingleberry, you have to go to the thread "OFF PLANS FOR 2014 "to see the piccies of the last piece I did, then I have to eat a slice of the humble pie and apologise to Rich for slapping it on the wrong site------put it down to anything you like except old age------don't do old age.

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Sorry folks, I am a bit of a dingleberry, you have to go to the thread "OFF PLANS FOR 2014 "to see the piccies of the last piece I did, then I have to eat a slice of the humble pie and apologise to Rich for slapping it on the wrong site------put it down to anything you like except old age------don't do old age.

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I prefer to tell adversaries to perform the sex act on one's self, has a little more breeding than GFY!! And I'm not afraid of aging, I just don't like the parts wearing out and slowing down!

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I prefer to tell adversaries to perform the sex act on one's self, has a little more breeding than GFY!! And I'm not afraid of aging, I just don't like the parts wearing out and slowing down!

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Thats ok for you Stoker, you are what's known in the mother country as " REFEENED" whereas I am just a commoner, any such remark passing my lips would be looked at down the long probiscus with much disdain. I would probably be threatened with expulsion from the Boy Scouts .
GFY is honest and straight to the point, whereas " perform the sex act" is open to all sorts of interpretation depending on your religion and country of origin-----example, if you come from Wales, a playground is two sheep tied to a lamp post. I am sure other countries have similar quirks. I have no wish to travel down that particular road!!!
I'm not afraid of ageing, it's just something that pisses me off like the person who rings and tries to sell me snake oil just as I have started my dinner, I am content to be where I am and who I am, if I keep this machine " well fed, well oiled and watered, then I can live with it. OK so it don't travel at 100+mph any more-----but it's still travelling. Have a nice day folks, J.

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Scratching through the last of the logs in the wood store, unearthed another " interesting " specimen. Put it to one side intending to tackle it next week, then curiosity got the better of me this morning and I decided I would just run one face of it over the planer, was well impressed with the result so I just carried on scratching and farting about, sanding, carving, shaping, and the beauty of it gradually surfaced. Cut the final time with 600 grit and the timber is really hard, was a stone bitch to plane and knocked three sheets out of the blades, means a resharp before I can use the planer again-----just one of life's little " that'll teach you " moments.
Closed the workshop doors at 4 pm and her indoors has snatched the keys and hidden them, we have two of my favourite people coming for three days from holland, TINY and LEO -------TINY is drop dead gorgeous and Leo was an Olympic speed skater WITH THE MOST WICKED SENSE OF HUMOUR, ALMOST EVIL.,!!

Been threatened with an early demise should I even THINK about going into the shop until Tuesday, so you can all have a welcome respite from my ramblings, have a great weekend all of you.

Jackie: Take a look at Lars post on Hot Singles. You're mentioned.

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Jackie: Take a look at Lars post on Hot Singles. You're mentioned.

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Thanks Johnno, I look at WILLABEE'S thread most everyday, it's the most read one on S&F, as you know, I love a " Discussion ".
That particular race was my very last -----retired immediately after and gave the boat to Mark, never ever got back into a boat in anger again.
Did work for " THE MOUSE" ( Disney) on the film CONDOR MAN, with Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed, had a wonderful time, was all shot down in the south of France and Monte Carlo, but that's a whole new story.

I'm out of captivity from 3.30 tomorrow ( Tuesday ).
My Dutch friends fly back to Amsterdam tomorrow, Gatwick at 2, home by 3.30 and off the hook.
As Leo says , there are two kinds of lights, headlights and tail lights, it's nice to see them come, and nicer still to see them go.
Friends staying are like fish ------stays fresh for three days.

I shall be a free spirit in a few short hours, the world is back to normality and all's well again.
mind's been at it the last couple of days, dreaming and scheming on what to do next. Went to Arundel castle yesterday, chucked it down all day, stopped and had a coffee at the boathouse overlooking the river, they had a pizza oven on the go and were feeding some nice looking timber into the fire.. Asked if I could buy a chunk, the owner said take what you need, picked out a piece, will mess with it later today.
Took them to Brighton to see the Brighton Pavilion ----lived this neck of the woods most of my life and never visited it before, obscene opulence !!! What a total waste of money, it may be historic but it's like the cathedrals, full of its own importance and paid for by the sweat of the people.
I digress ----talk later

Hi Jack, what is this building? is it near you? looks like something you had a hand on!
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Hi Jack, what is this building? is it near you? looks like something you had a hand on!
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That's the "SPINNAKER TOWER" in Portsmouth 15 miles down the road from my house.
Did this particular piece some 5 years ago, it's a bit agricultural, one of my earlier efforts. Like to think I've improved a bit since then.
Musn't be too bad, it's been on our bedroom dresser for the last three years.

Managed to get three hours in the shop this afternoon -----bliss----pure bliss!!! I feel humanoid again.
remember the chunk of wood I told you about that I blagged from the boathouse in Arundel, well on close inspection it's a bit nondescript and characterless, spent a couple of hours messing about with the thing, but am not fully convinced much will materialise out of this particular item .
See what transpires tomorrow , here's a couple of piccies of the damn thing, ugly bastard ain't it ?

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Attachment 295785Attachment 295786 That's the "SPINNAKER TOWER" in Portsmouth 15 miles down the road from my house.
Did this particular piece some 5 years ago, it's a bit agricultural, one of my earlier efforts. Like to think I've improved a bit since then.
Musn't be too bad, it's been on our bedroom dresser for the last three years.

Managed to get three hours in the shop this afternoon -----bliss----pure bliss!!! I feel humanoid again.
remember the chunk of wood I told you about that I blagged from the boathouse in Arundel, well on close inspection it's a bit nondescript and characterless, spent a couple of hours messing about with the thing, but am not fully convinced much will materialise out of this particular item .
See what transpires tomorrow , here's a couple of piccies of the damn thing, ugly bastard ain't it ?

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just threw something similar to that in the woodstove!

I'm sure you'll find something hiding in there! I should have sent that package to the Spinnacker Tower, maybe the posties could find that!

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I'm sure you'll find something hiding in there! I should have sent that package to the Spinnacker Tower, maybe the posties could find that!

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Got your check yesterday Don, see it's made out in $ Canadian , will take it to my bank in Billingshurst later this week. It's a fair hike, but it's the only bank that treats me as a human being and not just a feckin number !!! Marion is the girl in charge and has been seeing to my needs for over 25 years (banking needs that is).
If I ever have need to visit any other bank I realize what a bunch of incompetent Morons, ignorant and overpaid dumbclucks who think being rude is the norm.
Sainted mother used to say, " they lend umbrellas when it's fine, but when it rains, they want 'em back" -----about sums them up don't you think?

Enough of all this, it's a beautiful day, cloudless blue sky, I'm here propped up in bed with a cup of tea the lovely Jilly just brought me, the day beckons, what more could a guy want??? All's well with the world

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Best place for it Stoker, if my piece don't come up to muster, that's where it will wind up.J.

Happy to hear you received it! I was really starting to doubt the post office even more[if that's possible]. British lbs. were too heavy for the post, so I just put in a lot of light Canadian ones!did you receive the one wrapped in local blurb or the one that has been touring the world!

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Happy to hear you received it! I was really starting to doubt the post office even more[if that's possible]. British lbs. were too heavy for the post, so I just put in a lot of light Canadian ones!did you receive the one wrapped in local blurb or the one that has been touring the world!

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the one with the art guy attached, thanks Don.