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I have one of the early Lidl cordless multi-tools - the cells began to fail after a good while and I managed to open the battery and replace them - they are AA size, so it wasn't too difficult. It works very well and I have hardly ever felt the need to plug the mains one in since then. I did also replace the collets with a chuck and that has been a useful mod, I feel. I can't vouch for whether the later batteries are openable or not - anything can be done, I suppose, but there can be a tendency to impede the consumer these days...

Current and upcoming UK Lidl offers can be found here - http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/index.htm - you may need to enter a postcode to select a store, as there can be regional variations in the current offers - usually just a few weeks difference between UK & Ireland - always worth a look every week or so... Same applies to UK Aldi - https://www.aldi.co.uk/ .

Pulling a Cú na Mara set.

This - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34932308 - might be leaf-related, although there's no mention of that in the report here. The smoke here looks engine-related, although the fire service stated the fire was around the wheels.

As this member would no doubt agree - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/member.php/186-Rapid130RS . I saw a 130 on the road a couple of years ago.

Always looking for an excuse for this 1970s Hungarian rally-based video. Trabants, Skodas, Ladas and an FSO.

More...

Allegedly seen yesterday.

A friend of mine does the printing at an MOD location - he got sent to an exhibition today and saw this 3-D printed, gold plated example on the Canon stand. I understand it to be a copy of some famous cup, complete with dents, scratches and nicks.

Cellulose can be difficult to apply over some non-cellulose finishes, too.

They regard trains in general, and passengers in particular, as a nuisance.

There's often problems with them not having valid tickets.

I went once, on a Sunday, having won some free tickets - it was an ordeal and I doubt I'll do it again soon. Stafford is on at the start of February and is a lot more civilised.

I have asked for advice from some tame geeks and got this - http://iphonephotographyschool.com/iphone-photos-upside-down/

¡ʍou uıɐbɐ ʎɐʍ ʇɥbıɹ ǝɥʇ dn ʞɔɐq ɹoʇıuoɯ ʎɯ uɹnʇ oʇ ǝʌɐɥ oʇ buıob ɯ,ı 'ɥo

I get on OK with mine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-34797519

I'm still running an Atari 1040 STF - with a massive 20 Meg hard-drive.

We had a Commodore Pet in 1978. The first thing I ever used with a screen - all teletypes before that.

I've actually seen it.

They take them seriously over here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-34656308 .

As I'm sure you know, the music is extremely important in horror flicks - this might be of interest - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/0/24083243 - I heard a programme about this recently, but I just can't find it now...

Nicely spooky. The music works well, too.

Excellent work!