can we use modern orange plastic stuff.


Ah bless.... "modern" orange plastic farm string has been around for at least 50 years, my granfer used it when he could no longer get proper gaiters to stop his ferrets escaping his trousers.

MDF is the universal wood replacement now. It's made of wood pulp/fibres mashed up and pressed together, in the manner of papier mache, but stronger. It's smooth, easy to cut, comes in many thicknesses from 1/2" to 2", takes paint, screws, nails and glues well and is as dull as tapwater. (Pedants - I know it should be ditch water but have you looked at what lives in the average ditch? Fascinating!)

It's a bugger to cut as it produces a very fine dust - there was talk of banning it a few years ago because of the health & safety implications but I haven't heard much about that recently.

I wonder how some of these make-over programmes would survive without it......?

As for the fringe - you've lost me. Maybe it was finger - as in tight in the ear?

LTS