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Hi Gus, Sorry your modem got fried. You might want to check out some of the newer power filters that are out there. They not only guard against spikes entering your system via your electrical connections (you can hook up all of your PC's peripherals to them via a power stick), many of them...

Hi Gus, You said it! Cheers, Laurie

Good Morning, Everyone, I have come on a most interesting website. It will not be everyone's cup of tea as, on first impression, it has a pacifistic leaning. From what I have seen thus far, it is not. Rather it is a compilation by a Dutch journalist, Rob Ruggenber, who has tried to examine...

Michael! No chestnut ale! Aggh! This will not do! And if the only other excuse for a beer is Kronenburg, I suspect you may have to take extreme measures: Either move North to beer country; or Switch to wine! Hang in there, lad. This, too, will pass! Come to think of it, excuse me for a...

Good point, Mike. Pour back one of those chestnut ones, will you!!? Cheers, Laurie

Grey sounds vile. Personally, I prefer amber, clear and cold, with just a bit of a head. Cheers, Laurie

Hi Craig, You're very welcome! I do know that a definite thumbsdown goes to lacquering metal pieces - Lacquer yellows with age and tends to scale off. I haven't tried car wax on brass. I suspect that it might work. It wouldn't be too different from what bronze sculptors do - they patinate...

Hi Craig, Welcome to the forum and forgive Gus his ramblings, he means well. I think the chemicals in his gas mask have affected his brain. Gus, that is you in there, isn't it? I am the group heretic. I come up with all manner of mad schemes for restoring and refurbishing 'haubes. I borrow...

At the risk of being turned into a toad, I thought you all might enjoy this: "Christmas with Louise" As a joke, my brother used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say about Santa checking the list twice...

Thank you, Charles. It is tales just such as that which remind us of the privations of war and basic goodness of the people caught up in it. Cheers, Laurie

Trust someone to bring the discussion around to beer. Hmmm....That's not such a bad idea! Cheers, Laurie

I hadn't thought of the medical angle. My thoughts were more along the lines of a sausage-stuffing spiggot off a meat-grinder. Whichever, it is very creative but only for the most desperate of collectors. Cheers, Laurie

Greetings All! Just playing the Devil's advocate, here, but it occurred to me that there may have been occasions where private purchase helmets found their way into the BJA depots: Helmets that, one way or another, got separated from their owners; or private "favours" - everyone uses their...

The spike looks more like a recycled kitchen utensil. Cheers, Laurie

Hi Steve, You have a very handsome piece, there, a great find! And the way you found it is every collector's dream. As to refinishing the exterior, that is an operation that takes a huge amount of skill; something akin to French polishing fine furniture. You may not be aware, but Brian Loree...

Merry Christmas to All! And a Safe and Prosperous New Year, too! May the world be a little bit better in 2006! All the best, Laurie

G'day Everyone! I began thinking about some of the other Landwehr cross variants there are out there: Saxony, Bavaria, Wuerttemberg; and wondered if they came in a range of sizes, too. Joe, do you have any insights? I am making one dangerous assumption, here: The other Landwehr crosses...

Hi Mike! Now you have two addictions: Pickelhaubes and books about Pickelhaubes! Commiserations. Cheers, Laurie

Thanks, Tony. As always, you are gracious and your information is well-researched and complete. All the best, Laurie

Thanks, guys. As you know, the exceptions can get a bit scarey sometimes. Cheers, Laurie