First gracies call of the new year

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Originally Posted by RHClarke

We were all served by the lovely Jessica, who knows us quite well, having served the ROTTERs in the past.



Quote of the evening: "Who else would be spending a Friday night at a pub (full of great looking women) discussing the undercarriage of a rusted truck?" Yep. We're special!

It must be stated that RHC needed about 6 attempts to take the two pictures he succeeded in taking. Jessica is much lovelier than her pictures here suggest.

Mike's stories and photos of the unwrapping of Windsor Carrier tools can only be described as collector's pron.

"Slowly, with strong workman's fingers he peeled back the crisp slippery layers of grease paper. He trembled, careful not to touch somewhere even accidently, lest the original paint be marked. The sunlight shone on the delicate pale surfaces. Gently and demurely the raised letters were revealed, the St Mary's Beaver Company. A fine shovel if ever there was one to be planted. Fixed to a firm shaft of solid unyielding ash, with a robust cleft handle - D size to be sure.

Yes! Oh! Look only the ferrule was dipped in cosmoline! "