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  1. If it is purely for SOS emergency situations the PLB is far superior (stronger signal, both satelite GPS and radio homing signal) and gives you the best chance of being found. If you want it mainly to reassure family that you're fine or running late where there's no phone signal, then InReach paired with a smart phone is the way to go and in an emergency you would be able contact emergency services. Good review here:

     

    http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Personal-Locator-Beacon-Reviews

  2. I've had a Spot 3 for about 18 months, initially very pleased with it, but recently I've found that it can take hours, sometimes even days for messages to be received, so I've lost confidence in it for use in an emergency. Currently looking at Delorme InReach, uses a different satellite network to the Spot 3 and is said to have better coverage. Also allows 2 way texting which is a lot better than the pre defined txt that you set up with a Spot 3.

  3. We've a Perge 30KW log boiler with 2500lt accumulator which is situated in the garage; its a new 4 bed room house with UFH downstairs and radiators upstairs & an unvented HW tank in the house feed from the accumulator. During the summer one burn every 4 days was sufficient for hot water, currently burning once a day (a full load then a top up) for all hot water and heating.

     

    Very happy with the system, house very warm and loads of hot water, but we buy in cord & process all our own logs, otherwise it would be expensive.

    Supplied by Cairngorm Stoves in Grantown on Spey, very good service.

    TC

  4. I have a Spot Gen3 that I use in remote areas. Can track location, send OK or need assistance messages to predefined numbers / email addresses and in an emergency sends an SOS which will be directed to emergency services. Messages have to pre programmed. Yellow brick would be another one to look at; it allows you to compose messages & txt , but a bit more expensive.

     

    Trevor

  5. I've had one for 18 years , never been offered any operation , just on omeprazol . Fine as long as I don't forget to take them !!

     

    Same here, as long as I take the omeprazol no problems.

     

    I believe weight, smoking, drink and spicy food can aggregate it, but I don,t think it ever clears up by itself.

  6. As has been said oversupply and a fall in demand are the main issues. China's rate of growth has slowed and the EU is still on the brink of recession, in the medium term a lower oil price will help kick start economies round the world and so increase the demand for oil. Oil supplies have recently come back on line from Libya and we are just starting to see the impact of shale oil and gas from the USA.

     

    The high oil price over the last few years has led to the development of unconventional oil and gas in the USA, traditionally these were too expensive to produce and were therefore not developed. They are still expensive and require continued investment to drill new wells, as each well has a very short life before it is depleted. A lot of the fields will be uneconomic below $75/ bbl; over the next 6 months production from the US will tail off, this will be temporary, as they can easily start drilling and fracing again if the oil price makes it economic. A lot of people in the industry expect the oil price to stay around $60/bbl for the next six months and then settle around 80$/bbl.

     

    Lots of jobs will be lost in the NE of Scotland over the next few months, with the oil price already below the break even cost for a lot of the older platforms. And new projects will be cancelled or put on hold.

     

    A low oil price my be good for world economies but could be a disaster for the environment - there will be less incentive to develop alternative energies and more CO2 will be released into the atmosphere.

     

    I think all the talk of punishing Russia or Iran are just conspiracy theories, it is just the market adjusting to changes. Personally I think that Russia becoming unstable is highly dangerous and the Russian people are likely to back Putin against the world if they are backed into a corner.

     

    All the above could change if IS continue to spread across the Middle East and into North Africa.

     

    happy new year ;o)

  7. I might have dreamt this.

    But isn't Scotland part of the UK because centuries ago one of your Kings wanted an Empire like England so he went after Portugal or something?

    Then when he ran out of money we struck a deal.

    I'm sure it was a TV program about Britain.

     

    Sent from my GT-S5839i using Arbtalk mobile app

     

    The Darien Scheme....maybe if we have to have our own currency we could call it the Darien Dollar!!:laugh1:

  8. We've a Perge 30KW log boiler with 2500lt accumulator which is situated in the garage; its a new 4 bed room house with UFH downstairs and radiators upstairs & an unvented HW tank in the house feed from the accumulator. Roughly 13K for the boiler, accumulator and installation, no VAT as it was a new build. During the summer one burn every 4 days was sufficient for hot water, currently burning once a day (a full load then a top up) for all hot water and heating, using approx. 1 1/2m3 per week of SW.

     

    Very happy with the system, house very warm and loads of hot water, but we buy in cord & process all our own logs, otherwise it would be expensive.

     

    TC

  9. I’ve a question on public liability insurance; I’ve been offered the use of a piece of land for storing cord (25 – 50 ton ish), the only condition is that I have public liability insurance, basically to provide cover from someone climbing on the pile and hurting themselves.

     

    It’s not a commercial operation, just for domestic use. I’ve tried a couple of brokers, but I’ve been told that it’s not possible to get the insurance as it’s not a commercial business. Also been told that it would be the land owners insurance that would be claimed against, which may be true, but doesn’t help as the owner still insists that I have my own cover……any thoughts?

     

     

    Thanks

     

    TC

  10. [i]If you want to get your back fixed go to a chiropractor or osteopath, they will fix your back.
    Last place I would go with a bad back is the doctors, last thing I would take would be Diazepam. I prefer a bad back tbh.[/i] 

     

    :thumbup1:

     

    Forget the GP, don't waste time, go see an osteopath.

  11. The white powder is probably something like Stovax Protector

    Care & Maintenance Products | Stovax & Gazco, stoves, fires and fireplaces

     

    A local farmer burns nothing but damp softwood in a boiler, it used to be running with tar and the flue chocked with creosote, she started using a sachet of the this stuff once a week and the results and remarkable. No idea how or why it works but it does seem to do the business!

     

    I’d be really interested to know how it works and if it has any side effects i.e is it corrosive??

     

    Trevor

  12. It's a 30KW boiler, it takes up to 50cm logs. Early days yet, it's running the UFH drying out the slab in a new build with all the windows open, so a bit like filling a sink with the plug out! It's a 2500lt accumulator, which we can bring up to 80C at the top 60C towards the base after ~3 - 4 burning. The new house is very well insulated, so it should be good. It was supplied by Cairngorm Stoves who where great, all round excellent service.:thumbup:

    The garage is steel sheet.

  13. A couple of sit on tops we use over on the west coast and on lochs and do a bit of kayaking and canoeing on the Dee and Spey. Thinking of getting a couple of kayaks for river running this summer. We've found Brookbank in Perth excellent for advice and equipment.

     

    Trevor

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