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Vidahost: One of my better decisions.

Posted on 6, Mar

I have the tendency to change my hosting with the same regularity that I change my underpants – roughly every six to eight months as a rule. This time I had to change things up due to my own stupid fault. You see, Butler Sheetmetal is on a dot com and it’s generally been hosted [...]

My (Rusty) Ship is Coming In

Posted on 1, Mar

Ah yes! The oil-stained supermarket carpark; the mini-suv; the partially detached vinyl banner and the rusty skeleton of a ship’s bow surrounded by oversized pipe clips – a picture of lottery-funded urban renewal in Britain I sadly miss. We did the pipe clips (seats) btw. One of these days we’ll get to do the ship [...]

Jovial Jasper Hits Fifty

Posted on 13, Feb

Butler Sheetmetal Ltd

The only thing that surprised me when I was informed last week that Jasper had turned 50 was that I thought he’d already turned 50 four years ago. Sorry Jasper, time hasn’t been so kind. Who can forget the great Jasper giveaway? Jasper – Pvt Frazer meets Clyde the Orangutan. Or the time Craig wrote [...]

Craig Russell 1983-2007

Posted on 8, Feb

Butler Sheetmetal Ltd

I’ve no idea how to say this other than just saying it: On Sunday, during a game of football, Craig collapsed and died. He was 23. It really does go without saying that everybody at Butler Sheetmetal sends their deepest and heartfelt sympathies to Craig’s Mum and Dad, Carole and Barry. If memory serves me [...]

Pete Burns’ Lips Cause Massive Traffic Explosion

Posted on 25, Jan

You know something is going on when you suddenly find your referrals clogged with google image results for Pete Burns. Obviously, here in America people are more concerned with the State of the Union address than the state of Pete Burns’ lips. But, it’s awfully nice to know [...]

That was the year that was.

Posted on 3, Jan

Happy New Year lads and lasses. Is it a sign of being something of a joyless old gimmer when you see in the New Year sober with some Cherry Garcia and a can of herbal iced tea? (Just typing it makes me realise how gay I sound!) But, we had been on something of a [...]

Deep-Fried Whippers

Posted on 13, Nov

Butler Sheetmetal Ltd

I have to say that I don’t think I’ve ever seen Butler Sheetmetal quite as busy as this past couple of weeks during a brief trip back. Matt had half the workshop taken up fabricating a rather large Moroccan-style seating arrangement, John was piling up stainless steel morgue tables like nobody’s business and Jasper and [...]