sime42
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Things are already looking a trifle messy.
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Tin foil is in rather short supply at the moment. There's been a spike in demand over the last two years ..............
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I've not, so thanks for the tip. If I'm ever in the market for a ride on mower I'll avoid Countax!
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Nice;- Big Six made £1bn profit in 2020 WWW.OPENDEMOCRACY.NET Exclusive: Analysis of most recent accounts shows huge profits as customers face soaring energy bills British Gas owner appoints Amber Rudd as a director | Centrica | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Former Conservative energy secretary joins Centrica board as non-executive director
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Yep, I keep hearing rumours about this. It's proving painfully slow to be implemented. Hope the idea doesn't get canned completely now that we're no longer part of the EU, wouldn't be surprised. It can't come soon enough IMO.
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I spent a couple of hours yesterday taking the bread maker apart, in order to replace what I thought was simply a broken drive belt. I almost had to disassemble the whole thing, just because it had been made and put together in a stupid way. It would have been so easy to just have the baseplate screwed on to allow easy access to the belt. Highly likely I'd say, that it was an intentional design decision by the manufacturers to force people to buy a complete new machine rather than spend a £fiver on a belt. Pisses me off, it just encourages the throwaway consumer culture that's ruining everything, such a waste of money and resources, it shouldn't be allowed.
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Anyone know what type of rubber goes around these boots?
sime42 replied to Bootbreaker23's topic in Picture Forum
I'd try some Stormsure adhesive. It sticks almost everything in my experience. Stormsure - Adhesives | A Glue For Every Need! WWW.STORMSURE.COM Buy Stormsure adhesives and Gluelines stock here. -
Bulls eye! On all 4 points. We'd do well to stop underestimating China and stop buying all the crap that they're playing us with. If we didn't buy it they wouldn't keep making it. They'll be No. 1 in the new world order very soon IMO. As well as everything else they're market leaders in manufacturing alternative energy plant, wind turbines etc. Look back at history over the centuries and most technological advancements came from the East. I don't believe that has stopped.
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He can't be guilty because sweating is a known sign of guilt; and he doesn't sweat! Apparently.
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He's great, Ian Hislop. There's a vacancy come up for a prominent position at No. 10. Shame he doesn't apply. I'm sure he'd be a good fit for the role.
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Reminds me of the ferry company that was given a lucrative contract even though it owned no ferries. It would be funny if it wasn't our money being thrown away No-deal Brexit ferry company owns no ships and has never run Channel service | Brexit | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Concerns raised over Seaborne Freight, which won a £13.8m contract to operate a Ramsgate to Ostend route
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I tend to use 1" by 1.5" roofing batten for the sides and roof structure of my log stores. So as to maximize exposure and air flow. I only use pallets for the base. These allow for a stack 3 layers deep, though 2 is better for rapid drying. Batten used to be quite cheap, but like all other construction timber and materials in general has gone up massively recently unfortunately. I've got corrugated plastic roofing on top. With a large overhang as @Stere recommended. I've built them all around the large brick built shed, not ideal but I don't want to use up valuable garden space. I try to keep a 3 or 4 inch gap between the back of the stacks and the wall. I agree with the idea of using multiple partitions in stores, the more the better to an extent. They allow more flexibility in terms of filling amounts and dates; useful if you've got an inconsistent supply of wood like me. Arb arisings that I've cut down myself and managed to persuade the customer to part with normally.
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Spot on. I've always fried cabbage but only recently thought to do the same with sprouts. If you want to be really decadent you can fry them with finely diced chorizo.
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Tasty bit of fish for dinner last night; a giant Gurnard. Simple baked and served with boiled tatoes and fried cabbage. Bloody lovely.
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My local Wickes store gives them away; any that don't get returned to the supplier apparently. So a lot of them are damaged, but also a lot are fine, though look to be of the lighter type mostly. I've got a stack over the last couple months for various projects around the house and garden, they been a great supply of rough but decent timber. There's normally a pile of them on the verge outside the store. I assume it's a national policy.
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Amazing. Still not quite sure how he can manage it; can only be by feel, smell and sound.
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Imagine sharpening that saw after being on it all day. [emoji36]
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Best process to finish and treat elm timber
sime42 replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Thanks. I'll give it a try sometime. I know what you mean about artificial looking resin filled cracks. Useful stuff coffee grounds. I was in Crete a couple years ago and in one restaurant they were smoldering coffee powder to ward off mosquitoes. It seemed to work a treat. Didn't smell nice though. -
Best process to finish and treat elm timber
sime42 replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Interesting idea to use coffee as a filler. Never come across that before. Do you use it just for the dark colour, (it certainly looks good), or is there some other benefit as well? -
Fair do's. Can't say I didn't try!
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You ought to give fresh smoked trout a go. Possibly even better cold later on rather than straight from the fire.
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Yeah I got one of them too. It comes out a couple of times over the summer most years. Any fresh fish is great cooked in there. I've always thought trout to be the best though. Mackerel is probably second best. I think this book is aiming for a slightly higher level of culinary smoking; I might have to build myself a Smoke Shack!
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Any smokers amoungst us? I got given this for Christmas. It looks pretty good.
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Floorboards. I've got a stack after replacing the floor in a bedroom. It splits and burns beautifully as kindling. Not sure what the wood is but it's softwood and obviously bone dry. The house is 1930s is so it's whatever they were using then. I'd like to know if anyone has any ideas of an ID.
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Full Time Groundsmen Required - Birmingham & Surrounding Area
sime42 replied to Nothing 2 Something's topic in Employment
https://arbtalk.co.uk/applications/tapatalk/index.php?/topic/128336-Looking-for-work-Bromsgrove/West-Midlands&do=findComment&comment=1930449 This guy is looking for work.
