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@fredk that would be perfect for satay or marinated chicken or pork skewers , while marinades may not be 'medieval ', they'll taste real good 😋 HS

You did a great job on the paint. That is some serious rubber HS

My latest pet peeve atm , we've had some great weather lately, mainly during the week, but it seems that every time a weekend market comes up over the last few months it rains heavily, or theres a storm causing market cancellations.we really need the rain, except on market day, why can't it be the other way around, rain during the week and lovely weather on market day? I was going to attend a market on Saturday, but I've cancelled as its yet another wet weekend, but right now, its perfect weather HS

Here in Oz , there's a TV program atm , ' Wheeler Dealers, where they buy unloved cars , fix them up, and sell them on. Tonight, they did an 80s ' Jeep Wagoneer' , ,it did remind me of your Suburban , it looked nice, when finished, but perhaps too nice,like brand new, but i would never take it to the places I've taken my landys , I'd scratch it, bend it to billy'o . HS

'I once saw a fish play a piano, it was a ' piano tuna ' HS

Seeing your burb makes me think of my landys. 'sigh' . I have 3 of them Your burb looks so good btw 👍 Atm I am ' resource rich and time poor' , that's my latest catch phrase . There's so many things I'd love to do but no time to do them , including playing with my 'toys' . Yeh , that barby works great 👍 It's Fathers Day here in Oz on Sunday, 7th September. So I'll be doing a roast lamb and vegies, and with champers😋 I got him a Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle model, for fathers day , like the one he had in the uk , and I once rode in ( the side car ) when I was a baby. I sat on mums lap. It was all black with red leather interior, I still remember how it looked and smelt, i don't know how I remember that, i just do, that's weird. HS

@fredk I had a look around on line at some goth 'stuff ' , and holy crap , there's some really wild and bizarre stuff out there. I did start some gauntlets a few years back and never finished them, so I might dig them out of my "basement " and finish those off,finally, just like the boots and put those on display as well. While I am by no means a 'goth' or a punk, but for some reason what I have seen just makes me smile ☺️ You can see those spikes along the back a bit better. HS

That looks great 👍 One thought that went through my head when i saw that was 'Pinhead' from the movie Hell Raiser. I'll put my thinking cap on, pardon the pun, 😀 HS

@Sheilajeanne and @fredk When I put them on my stall, there's a 'not for sale strictly for display ' sign attached as they bring people into my stall, peeps take a lot of pics of them. I' ll try to up load another pic ,but the spikes along the back of the boots are around 3" long x just under an inch in thickness. The rest are around 1" to 2 " in length , some around 3/4 " . The hardest part was fitting the spikes on the toes, as getting my hands , being a bit arthritic , into a small space. I quite like them . I do have some spikes left over, I'm sure I can find a creative use for them try googling ' goth boots with spikes' , and omg, some designs are so wild and whacky. One design had a knife blade as the heel of the boot. So i came up with a design of my own. Love to do more HS

@fredk it been a while , but I have finally managed to up load those goth boots that i did a while ago. The boots came from an op shop years ago, and the spikes were from the US years ago. They certainly get a lot of attention at the markets. HS

My little bbq . It's not very big, but it works just fine, and big enough for me and dad. I got a 2 ring gas burner for my wood fired brazier so I can at least have a barby, while my ol' bunky is being restored. HS

@Gosut I don't think you have much to worry about. I use beer logos in leather, and I also sell beer bottle tops as fridge magnets. Some years ago , I spoke to a rep for a company that covers many beer brands etc. here in Oz , he told me ' as long as I don't modify the logo they are fine' . There's a thread regarding copyright on this site. HS

That lump of beef was......ok , hardly restaurant quality. Quite tough in fact. I'll do a slow cook curry on monday with the leftovers . I will never buy a "discount " lump of beef ever again 😒 thing is, I have one more lump to use up in the freezer . Lesson learnt. HS

@kiwican I know how you feel . Stuff happens often out of our control. Glad you're still keeping up with your leather, working with leather can often be therapeutic. i went to my leather supplier a few weeks ago he pulled out an old invoice....from 2004, just reminds me how much has changed, price wise, and how much I have changed. HS

That's it, I've committed. One of the ' lumps' is thawing out as I type. Its around 2kg . I'll cook it s-l-o-w-l-y on Saturday. It will either be nice juicy and tender , or I'll be able sole my shoes with it . I'll let you know how it goes at the weekend. Thankfully I can freeze the cooked meat if I have a lot left over, soups etc. HS