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Just moved house which has meant a workshop/studio rebuild :(

 

It's coming together but a lot to do still... will get back to videos real soon :D

 

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Hello Mark,
Are you sure, you have everything in the right place.[emoji3] A new workshop takes a lot of planning
Not sure of anything at the moment - bloody exhausted :D


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A word of encouragement:  I retired and moved into a new home in August of 2005.  I lost my favorite microphone.

Finally purchased a replacement after 3 weeks of searching.

I found the old one last week.

What season is this in Taiwan?

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1 hour ago, Mark said:


 

 


Thailand, coming up towards the rainy season. Bloody hot ATM though.

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You're serious?   Must be a bit of culture shock.  Is there a decent tin of Spam available?

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Thailand.

I thought Mark mentioned Taiwan in one of his videos and perhaps mistook it as a joke.

I've not traveled much.  Been in the Rome airport a few times and spent a few weeks in Greece, but never lived anyplace more exotic than Kansas City.  Living in the Ozark hills was culture shock.  You know how far I have to drive to buy anything like decent scotch?  It's a day trip! 

I would love to see the U.K.  Give up my artillery and move there?  I don't think so.

I suspect Mark is having at us.  I suspect he has made so much money off of us he has moved to a large country estate!

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Not long been back from Thailand. Love the place. Been 3 times now. Did Island hopping, lot of sea fishing - fresh fish with Thai food every day. The fish we caught we gave excess to t he locals and t he hotel chef cooked meals for 4 for 300Bhat.

Cool! Have a great holiday Mark.

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You're serious?   Must be a bit of culture shock.  Is there a decent tin of Spam available?
Been here 2 years now and love it. Back to the UK for a 2 week holiday in July - my two lads are graduating Uni.

Great opportunity to get down to London and buy some new kit :)

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2 hours ago, Colditz said:

I am after a decent set of second hand main spring winders at a reasonable price. If anyone hears of a set sounding like a bird please let me know. Cheers

I haven't heard any, but if you use Ebay -> Advanced search -> https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=watch+mainspring+winder&LH_PrefLoc=2&_ftrt=901&_sop=15&_dmd=1&_osacat=0&_ipg=200&_ftrv=1&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=watch+mainspring+winder+-covers&_sacat=0
 

Then figure out how loud you want the bird to cheep, and put in your price range, I'm sure you will get something.

However I feel we are hijacking this thread somewhat.

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Hi Mark L
Have I read you right, you now live in Thailand? I thought you were native of Uncle Sam.
Yes. Been here for a couple years now. Love it.

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On 5/19/2019 at 8:55 AM, Mark said:

 

Just moved house which has meant a workshop/studio rebuild :(

 

It's coming together but a lot to do still... will get back to videos real soon :D

 

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Its....its....SPECTACULAR!

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