people will watch almost anything if theres some skill or art involved. unfortunately that skill and art was mostly taken for granted until recent years.

@@chilly22 ... I personally believe You are misinterpreting the situation. I believe there has always been and "audience" for "displays of skills", and I don't think that has changed. What has changed is that we ((by the magic of InterNet")) can reach that audiences that are much more "niche" than anyone ever could before. Even if You had ability to use "MassMedia". Simply because through the "traditional massmedia" You would never be able to get a large enough ratio of it's audience to care for Your "niche subject"... But the internet has made it possible for anyone to create the equivalent of a "trade magazine" only catering to a very "narrow audience" BUT since they publish on the InterNet, it's available to a larger audience than ANY of the traditional ""Mass media"" could even dream of reaching... AND it's available for ((nearly)) free at the "beck and call" when ever the viewer has time and interest. AND it's "searchable"... So I believe that's the reason why there might appear as if there is "more interest/respect" for "skills/craft" than before, rather than that the "appreciation" for it has changed much. Best regards

That must have been before the two hit TV shows _This Old House and The New Yankee Workshop,_ which all had very successful runs for decades. I certainly watched all three - couldn't wait to see each development, even problems that had to be resolved. Insightful editing makes almost anything watchable.

The same thing happened to the Beatles at Decca in the early 60's, no we already have enough guitar bands and that's passé, sorry guys but here you don't stand a chance, history has told us a very different story hasn't it over the years. I wonder what happened to that man when the Beatles scored one hit after another at EMI and yes with the help of a good producer too of course and so all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place regarding history. But probably they didn't see a revenue model in it because that also played a role back then and now with all the commercial TV etc. it has basically just become some kind of Mafia practices that's why I never but never watch and listen to commercials and I'm certainly not the only one!!!

They were always wrong

agreed

She'd be taking the range rover for that.

@@DaleDix ... Yup, that'd be better, lol.

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I have plenty to do there notwithstanding but I have been watching this channel for almost 3 hours now and continue to amaze myself. I built two houses on four walls, in short demolished everything that was in them and rebuilt them from the ground up for 90% all by myself and that was more than 35 years ago and the technology that was available to us at that time was what we had to do with, I still don't understand how I/we managed to do that, ha ha ha (we still have the pictures!!! ha ha)

YWe

The rods are solid cold rolled steel. Very mild steel = easily bent.

I'm always more relaxed watching someone else do the work. You must be a lazy git like me.

thanks Mick.

I see what you did there...

cheers mate

Are you able Please to provide me with the supplier of your Wrought iron ? When I've needed it in the past I used Rourkes near Burnley, but it's since closed it's doors. Cheers

ROBERT POMFRET www.fhbrundle.co.uk