thanks for the comments guys - Treasureman I am loving the Deus in full but platonic way.
I have a friend who is struggling to choose between a CTX or a Deus, he's nearly saved enough for either (has enough for an XP Deus right now).
He keeps asking me which is best... correct answer is they're both very good machines but both very different in so many ways. I'm not a helpful friend
My wife notices that the CTX hasn't been out for a while (she could take it out of course) and that the Deus is my weapon of choice for night time work.
She suggested that maybe I should sell them.... 8) And yes that does sound appealing given the trouble I had finding them in Australia, however I don't have the capital to invest in that kind of thing. Otherwise I am happy with mine and would sell them if the bank looked a lot better than it does.
I didn't get to Chewton due to a late night migraine that hurt a lot and wouldn't p*ss off even with some good medication. But I did get out last night.
Nothing particularly old but the badge was the second good target - I found another patch worth working.
The reverse of the badge says "Issued by the State Emergency Council" one of the two eyelets is missing and I'm guessing that's how the badge ended up in the dirt. Somewhere there's a dusty old book that records the name of the person to whom "BB910" belongs.