Yes but it would have to be a nice wood - Georgia white oak. When I was in Boston looking round the 'USS Constitution' battleship, they explained that it was made from Georgia white oak and it is springy and the British cannon balls bounced off. At the end of the tour, the guide said - 'Do you all know why we were able to beat the British ? '

I shouted 'because their cannonballs bounced off ?' and he said ' NO ! it was because we loved freedom and we were fighting for it ' and the crowd applauded

Carolyn dragged me away before I said something else like 'cheating Georgia white oak' .

Anyway bike versus teeth ? we now know why hells angels have no front teeth - it was a choice thing.

Well I have my blocked left ear appointment on Friday - they said they would not see me unless I had been pouring oil into it for 2 weeks.
I reckon it was an infection as every time I poured oil in it got painful and worse (my detractors would say it was pouring out the other side). It's a lot better now - they know they can save 80% of appointments by putting you off a couple of weeks until it mends itself.

When I was a kid, my mother would 'send word' to the doctor, and a couple of hours later he would walk into the house without knocking and treat you in 2 minutes and walk to the next house.. We still had ration cards for food then, but the Doc was able to do that - now in the midst of our affluence, it is not longer possible.

I think I need to go find something to clean off my morning tea off my monitor

and there's me thinking it was because the French pulled their butts out of their fire and saved them when we had them almost beat.