I’ll re-phrase it – lack of builders, so none to whistle at me!!:(

Running sweetly as ever!;)

Builders, builders, builders…!!!:mad:

Early Presley were the first records I actually bought and I think that Hound dog and Heartbreak Hotel were the first two. So Lieber and Stoller got right under my skin!!

AA – quite right – we have to preserve high standards.:)

Just finished Julian Barnes “The Sense of an Ending” and starting The Flannelled Fool by Michael Simkins.

Some of the reaction here is a little oversensitive as though a general hush must descend. Of course it is a dreadful tragedy for his family and friends but none of us can feel it personally, unless we knew Egging or his family. We can share in the sorrow but surely we can continue to debate the ramifications of the event.

You don’t need to. The country of manufacture is in the specification. Since it doesn’t matter to me where things are made I wouldn’t need to look anyway. The point I was trying to make was that that it is all very well to boldly state your objection to buying Chinese produced goods whereas the reality is that it is almost certainly unavoidable.