now sitting with a bag of frozen peas on my wrist# a bit of RSI i think
Can you get RSI on the thumb? Commenced securing starter strips onto nearly seventy top bars by fixing the strips into the groove with a few drops of molten wax:
Method? thin strips of broken wax foundation melted over the target area using a plastic disposable lighter - in the bright sunlight it is hard to see the flame therefore loads of false starts in getting the damn thing lit, slightly singed thumbs (switched hands after a while - great being ambidextrous!) and very sore from spinning the flywheel so many times - lighter also got very hot.
The meeting in my 'office' finally over, so back into the gloom - much easier to see the flame but then the flint gave up the ghost
asked for matches, after a frantic search I was handed the orphanage's last three!! used two, kept the last one for lighting the smoker later (now there's a twist for the BBKA exam - one stone cold smoker, fresh fuel, one ropey safety match! - I passed BTW)
So back to London to source more matches and a lighter - to find out they only sell lighters in the big supermarkets (20 miles away!)
But they also only sell matches in packs of ten boxes, so I should manage!
Early start tomorrow to get these top bars done before my tour of the farmers!
Which goes to prove that:
Anyone who likes TBH's must be a raving looooonatic! who needs his head put under a microscope
