Thank you Steve, you filled me with both terror and then the answer - phew. Sadly our rather delicare bodies will wear out. But some of ot can be sorted.   Roger    

Can someone tell me what the Moss Rimmer shipping policy is based on? I live in France and needed a couple of small parts so I thought just order them from moss France, all going well till I hit the order button and the shipping charge from Paris to where I live in France was 27 euros! Being tighter than a ducks nether region I wondered what it would cost from Rimmers UK. Even with me paying the import duties up front and a 2-3 day fast delivery rate it was still cheaper to buy from Rimmers in the UK! 🙃😳by over 15 euros for a few small parts 🤔

Roger, A quick heads up and a caution notice for the future. Back while Covid 19 in 2021 was sweeping the world, I too had an eye problem. I was having a distortion in my left eye which caused a pincushion effect. Lines, both horizontal and vertical were not straight but had wiggles. My eye doctor explained it asa form of macular degeneration/retinal issues), which causes straight lines to look wavy or blurry due to retinal damage, though he was quite clear to state, YOU DON'T HAVE MACULAR DEGENERATION. I breathed a sigh of relief when he said it could be fixed. In order to repair the retina, they would first have to remove the cornea. Simply put, I needed a cataract surgery as well as repairing the retina. Four years later I gradually became aware that the vision in my surgical eye was not as clear and crisp.  I thought I needed a new pair of glasses. I was VERY wrong. Turns out that the majority of people who have cataract surgery and a new lens implanted develop this situation ... though it takes time for it to develop ... years in some cases. My Retinal doctor sent me to a a specialist who used a laser to obliterate a thing called a capsule which is often left in place during cataract surgery. For a few days afterward I used a steroid eye drop. Low and behold, my vision is back completely, sharp and clear. Steve

The thing is, the ENTIRE WORLD WAS FOREWARNED about the coming of DOOM in america. Project 2025 actually put it all in print prior to the 2024 USA election ... the orange ape denied ever hearing of it and yet most of his cabinet had their fingerprints on it and ALL of his advisors teamed up to write it. Now he is implementing terror on Americans and even trying to remove citizenship from some born in AMERICA https://www.aclu.org/project-2025-explained This is paramount to making the British Magna Carter of 1215 nonexistent.  

If only !!

I'm not sure the engine is standard, as it has a big Alisport intercooler and it has an amazing amount of low-down torque. It doesn't sound a bit agricultural, which is a bit disappointing, but it's gaining my affection by being economical and starting brilliantly. Life is a series of compromises I suppose!

I won't kick you out.  There are nutters out there Who wrote what and where is up for grabs.   Roger

Hope I don't get kicked out for that!

Poetic Justice  - He he

I think Sinclair Lewis was previously mentioned.  "When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, and carrying a cross". (Or Bible.) I don't think it can be confirmed as coming from Sinclair Lewis. Regardless, this is exactly what's happening. But that "cross" is not the Cross of the C of E, Anglican, Presbyterian or Methodist church.  It's the "Cross" of Evangelicals, and specifically those following a heretical theology called Dominionism. It's rampant in America, all too common in Canada. And may be spreading to the UK with your "Reform Party".  It started in the 1960's and has been gaining traction since. It's based on a twisted interpretation of Genesis 1:28.  "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." They believe it's about THEM. Their version of "Christians". (Even though Jews were not even mentioned at this point or Christians thousands of years later.  They totally disregard the clear teachings of Jesus, and essentially twist Old Testament verses out of context to justify doing so. THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY "CHRISTIANS". And  they want to forcibly turn America into their version of a "Christian Nation". A Theocracy.  That is the "Cross" or "Bible" they carry. It's a complete perversion and total violation of their own Constitution. Sorry if anyone is offended, and I don't mean to preach. I want to 'educate'. I was IN that movement back in the 70's and taken in by it.  I just offer the information as a warning to others. I got out of it. And far-right conservative politics. All I can do now, is warn others.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_theology