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"-GB-Carpy" wrote in message
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Thunderbolts are perfect if you really have to drill into brickwork as
they don't rely on expamsion and won't split the bricks. I wasn't sure
about them at first, but wouldn't use anything else now. They really are
perfect for fixing Sky dishes to brickwork!

These sound interesting. What are they and how do they work? I've done a
quick Google but can't seem to find anything very useful - probably because
I don't know what I'm looking for.

Incidentally, have you tried resin fixings? I needed to fix a very heavy
weight to my inside wall, and the Thermalite blocks are so bloody soft I
just couldn't get a reliable fastening. Then I discovered that special bolt
fixing resin you can get. You drill a hole ALMOST all the way through the
block (it works best when the hole is blind), pump the resin in, and then
push/screw a threaded rod into it. Leave it for a few hours and the nett
result is immensly strong - you could probably pull the wall down with it.

The long cure time makes me doubt whether it would be of practical use to an
aerial rigger, though.

SteveT

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"Steve Thackery" wrote:

"-GB-Carpy" wrote in message
...

Thunderbolts are perfect if you really have to drill into brickwork as
they don't rely on expamsion and won't split the bricks. I wasn't sure
about them at first, but wouldn't use anything else now. They really are
perfect for fixing Sky dishes to brickwork!

These sound interesting. What are they and how do they work? I've done a
quick Google but can't seem to find anything very useful - probably because
I don't know what I'm looking for.

Google for Ankerbolt.

--
Dave Farrance

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"Java Jive" wrote in message
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When I lived out west, during the reign of Queen Margaret Of The
Unemployed, there was circulating the following rumour ...

Digging a hole in Goodrich Castle car park under the charge of an
overseer with a map of all the local services, there were some
unemployed (technically they were actually on one of these
multitudinous 'Work While You Claim Benefit' or 'Be Paid A Pittance To
Do Socially Useful Work Instead Of Claiming Benefit' or similar scheme
designed to reduce the then current headline 3 million unemployment
rate).

What you mean as opposed to the present 2.46 million (and going to get a
whole lot worse when the public sector etc starts to have a clear out) along
with another circa 2.5 million people on 'incapacity' benefit?

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On Feb 13, 10:37*pm, "Ivan" wrote:
" wrote in message

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On Feb 13, 1:56 pm, J G Miller wrote:
On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:03:50 -0800, explained:

All too often the ties break.

Is this primarily due to degradation from sun light and UV irradiation?

Some of the black ones are advertised as uv proof. I find that all
black ones are OK, but other colours tend to perish. There's always
the risk though that you'll happily work your way through 500 black
ties and start to realise, months later, that in fact they are not uv
proof!

When ties first came on the market (incidentally they were about 20p
each!) I had no idea about the uv problem. I ran a catenery over a
main road and when I went back a year later the CT167 was hanging in
loops and threatening to catch on the double deckers! Whoops! *Over the
wire

The technique used the old Rediffusion wired/cable distribution company used
to be for a chimneys, prosperous bronze lashing wire along with heavy duty
galvanised brackets, or for walls half round brackets held by *Rawlbolts,
the catenery was supported by stainless steel wire, with the cable attached
by a copper spiral spring which was pulled and stretched over the cable and
stainless steel wire.
Call me sad if you will, but I still notice the odd catenery which I know
has stood the test of time for the best part of 50 years, despite the
company now being long defunct.

Yes, that was a good technique. I once had the job of removing all the
Rediffusion cables from three streets and it was a mega task.

Bill

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On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:52:08 +0000, Java Jive wrote:
It may get worse if Labour stays in power, it will certainly get much
worse if the Tories win.

One should recall that some free market economists consider a greater
than baseline level of unemployment a desirable feature because it keeps
down wage costs and means higher profits viz bigger directors bonuses
and large dividend cheques for the stockholders.

If people are afraid of losing their job and becoming unemployed, they
are much less likely to engage in industrial action for better conditions
and pay.

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On Feb 13, 10:49*pm, "Ivan" wrote:
"Ivan" wrote in message
*Oops, why does one always notice typos immediately after posting, that
should have read.. The technique used by the old Rediffusion wired/cable
distribution company, used
*to be for chimneys, *Phosphor bronze lashing wire...- Hide quoted text -

Oh, there was me thinking I'd learnt a new bit of jargon. 'Prosperous
bronze' sounds smart! It isn't so improbable either. Lots of inanimate
things have names that sort of personify them. ******* files, nails
that are 'proud', sacrificial anodes, jack planes ('jack of all
trades') -- these I can think of now, but I'm sure there are more.

Bill

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"Dave Farrance" wrote in message
Google for Ankerbolt.

Ah, thank you!

SteveT

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" wrote in message
...
On Feb 13, 10:49 pm, "Ivan" wrote:
"Ivan" wrote in message
Oops, why does one always notice typos immediately after posting, that
should have read.. The technique used by the old Rediffusion wired/cable
distribution company, used
to be for chimneys, Phosphor bronze lashing wire...- Hide quoted text -

Oh, there was me thinking I'd learnt a new bit of jargon. 'Prosperous
bronze' sounds smart! It isn't so improbable either. Lots of inanimate
things have names that sort of personify them. ******* files, nails
that are 'proud', sacrificial anodes, jack planes ('jack of all
trades') -- these I can think of now, but I'm sure there are more.



Put it down to lack of attention, in the main due to my late night
medication..

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"J G Miller" wrote in message ...
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:52:08 +0000, Java Jive wrote:
It may get worse if Labour stays in power, it will certainly get much
worse if the Tories win.

One should recall that some free market economists consider a greater
than baseline level of unemployment a desirable feature because it keeps
down wage costs and means higher profits viz bigger directors bonuses
and large dividend cheques for the stockholders.

and those on benfits feed the fast food / booze / tobbaco industies

If people are afraid of losing their job and becoming unemployed, they
are much less likely to engage in industrial action for better conditions
and pay.

But those who are unemployed have more time to go on protest marches / riots

Steve Terry
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On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:02:46 +0000, Steve Terry wrote:

But those who are unemployed have more time to go on protest marches /
riots

Not if they are kept sedated with recreational drugs.