Squaredy

Correct.

Not exactly! I also have milled lots of Lawson cypress recently (or white cedar to give it a stateside name). It is excellent Timber. Stable, strong and durable outdoors. Here is my new shed for my inverter, entirely built of cypress. Uploaded better photos now.

Pincers, not pliers.

There was another thread started a few weeks ago asking the same question. There are very few options these days, but have a search for back boiler on this site and read the other thread - I think there were one or two options mentioned.

Maybe it’s about time you increased your daily rate. But before you do can you take down a leaning oak for me please?

If you're using mileposts for navigation Oh no I use an electric map these days….

What I have wondered for many years is what happens when roads are straightened etc to all the signs, and indeed the old mileposts? I guess the signs maybe get corrected as and when they are renewed. But do they keep moving old stone mileposts? For instance near me on the Newport to Chepstow road is a milepost which I assume says Chepstow on one side and newport on the other. It surely predates all the major improvements that took place to this road in the post war period but before the M4 was built. So the distance to Chepstow would have been much further going through villages that are now by-passed etc. This would be even more pronounced in say bath or Bristol giving distance to London. Are all the old mileposts now wrong? Or is there maybe a little known profession of milestone corrector where a little old man comes out late at night and re-carves all the distances as and when necessary?

Chusan palms. Lovely plants. What a shame the one near your house is so close. In the right place it would look lovely.

Yeah. The worry is if I fill a tub then lift it into my van and it splits!

Looks like I am totally wrong and plastic is legal. Sorry. It turns out my plastic tubs have UN certification for medium risk liquids (which as far as I can see includes diesel) and it is just Tesco new rules which ban them. So to fill up at Tesco you are allowed to put 10 litres in a plastic container or 20 litres in metal. So if I had been better informed when Tesco told me I was breaking the law I could have said "No I am not - here is the UN certification - if Tesco have their own special rules why aren't they listed somewhere at the filling station so people know about them?" The solution for me is simple - I go back to my UN certified plastic containers that do the job well, and ask for a refund on my lovely shiny Wavian jerry cans which are almost impossible to use due to 'glugging'! The only fly in the ointment is: how long do I give the plastic tubs before I decide the plastic may be brittle and at risk of splitting?

Ah, lots of us have a project like that somewhere. I googled the interior of the early g-wagon, and it is lovely.

Bit of a classic I guess. You know we want pictures really...

Are you thinking of a valuable number plate or something else?

I couldn't see it either, so I asked my wife and she saw it. I don't see a need to squint but hold the image a metre away and you should see a man's face instead of the left girl. Interesting, but not a joke.

There is a little old country garage near me that sells red out of a pump. I used to use him on very rare occasions but knew he was a total rip-off. Last time I asked the price beforehand and he said "About £1.20 per litre". How he could not know I have no idea. He then proceeded to fill my can and knew exactly how much to charge me - just over £1.50 per litre. Yes that is for red. Admitedly this was a year or so ago when prices were higher, but it was not a complicated question - and he lied. I never use him now.

One of the earlier posts on this thread suggests that it is HSE guidance, but only once you are over 10 litres. Maybe this is wrong? Anyway, as I found out random plastic containers are not allowed, however strong.

I am sure the regulations say it has to be metal.

I see where you are coming from. It appears that plastic tubs are not legal. I was called out recently by Tesco and when I looked into it they were right. It has to be a metal can with UN approval for the purpose.

Not rushing just yet, leisurely cuppa in bed. Kids return to school next week, so I can relax a bit for a few more days. I am lucky I guess as I am based at one site so I never have to get up stupidly early to get in, so in term time I leave the house at about 7:50.

Yes, I will take it up with them. I thought the Arbtalk community might come up trumps, as it so often does!

I used to get bulk deliveries, but I have enquired in recent times and it is actually more expensive that way now. And my use has dropped from maybe 500 litres per month to less than 100. And when I finally get my inverter connected it will reduce further as I will no longer need a diesel generator.

Or “Jinx” when I was at school.

Ah interesting. How much do they cost - I could find no price on the website.

No pics but the brand is wavian. They seem good quality, but as has been said the spout is rather small.

I recently solved my illegal diesel can dilemma by purchasing two decent new steel jerry cans. I decided to go for the screw top lids as I felt this would be more reliable in the long run. However, I am most disappointed. It takes about ten minutes to empty each one into the fuel tank of the vehicle it is for. There are vent tubes and I have made sure the one in the can lines up with the one in the spout. But it makes no difference. It just glugs slowly out without a thought for my or my worker's busy day. Is this just something I will have to put up with and I was a bit naive to think otherwise? Or is there actually a clever solution? The old plastic tubs we used to use you simply pour in a certain way (with the outlet at the top not the bottom) and there is no glug and 25 litres took about two minutes. Now my lovely shiny new cans take ten minutes for 17 litres!