My OH's attempts at DIY yesterday, was to place a wheelbarrow loaded with the pressure washer and the mower against a fence threatening to blow down.

Yes, you've guessed it. It all fell down!

Heath Robinson springs to mind.

He won't put in an insurance claim for any storm damage we incur, convinced that the Insurance Co. won't pay up.

He used to be a Claims Inspector.

Totally O/T but a chum's father is a retired Claims Inspector,his'Personal best'is a claim (totally true!)
for an Austin Mini that was sat on by an Elephant.

Jumbo pay-out on that one.

:^O

Help finding this one please:

Competitors and Officials Guide to Drugs and Sport. Compiled and edited by Jacki Bird and Michele Verroken. ISBN: 095328400x

Thank you - have no idea how to price.

It's terribly obscure. I can't find it in The British Library catalogue.

Chris, there are quite a few links when you Google the title. I didn't click any, but one mentioned £6 - have a look. It seems to be a Sports Council publication.

Thanks Manor House, I couldn't find it either.

Well done, Bee and good old Mr Google. It is, indeed, a Sports Council publication.

Hi, can you tell me which is the first state printing of the first edition of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the one with the printing on the back of the D/W or the one with the blank back? Thanks

Was checking out a book and when I took the dj off it appears something has been nibbling, little holes along join of spine and end boards.
Is this bookworm?
Is it likely to still be in there?
Can I still offer it for sale?

HI CAN ANY BODY HELP I HAVE A COPY OF CARP CARP CARP THE FIRST ANNUAL OF THE BRITISH CARP STUDY GROUP IT IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. I KNOW THEY ARE RARE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ITS ITS ROUGTH VALUE BEFORE I LIST IT FOR SALE.I CANT FIND ANY INFORMATION AT ALL ANY WHERE.

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I've never actually seen bookworm damage, and would be interested to hear from someone who has.

This is what I found from Wikipedia

Bookworm is a popular generalization for any insect which supposedly bores through books.

Actual book-borers are uncommon. Both the larvae of the Death watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) and the Common Furniture Beetle (Anobium punctatum) will tunnel through wood and if paper is nearby they will pass into that.

A major book-feeding insect is the booklouse (or book louse). A tiny (under 1 mm), soft-bodied wingless psocoptera (usually Trogium pulsatorium), that actually feeds on molds and other organic matter found in ill-maintained works, although they will also attack bindings and other parts. It is not actually a true louse.

Many other insects, like the Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) or Cockroach (various Blattodea), will consume these molds and also degraded paper or the starch-based binding pastes – warmth and moisture or high humidity are prerequisites, so damage is more common in the tropics. Modern glues and paper are less attractive to insects.

Thanks manor_house, could be woodworm I suppose, that's what it looks like.

Manor House I have seen book worm damage - and very odd it looks too. I found some in some of my Dad's books when I was clearing them out - v old books - either Italian or Spanish and I'm not sure I've still got the book. It looked rather like a apple with a maggot hole - only not coloured or anything - just a funny sort of worm shaped hole in the middle of the book. I'll try and remember which book and if I've still got it I'll scan it........... ______________________________________________________________


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I got some books as part of an auction lot last year which had some bookworm damage. It looked like the holes caterpillars make in leaves. I just listed them as having insect damage and showed some pictures of it. They sold for a profit 🙂

#970 could only find two others similar, but not the first annual....

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&bi=0&pn=carp+study+group&y=12&tn=carp+carp+carp&x=105&sortby=1

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Yes Mollybob - exactly like that - I wish I could remember which book it was in. ______________________________________________________________

Good morning,

Have a copy of 'His Mother's Book' by Evelyn Everett-Green. There are several listed on other sites, but all seem to be published by Pickering & Inglis Ltd., C1938 as part of the Honour series.

The one I have is published by John F. Shaw & Co. 48 Paternoster Row. The frontispiece is black and white, unlike the others which are coloured.

Not expecting any great value, but would like your opinions to further my very limited knowledge.

Many thanks, as usual.

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