difflock
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As above, I have noticed uprooted bullrushes,i.e. the roots floating, plus no distinctive flowerheads this year. Guessing an otter might be responsible for the uprooting while attempting to dig out a frog? But this is the first year with no flowerheads. BTW The bullrushes seeded themselves and are now well established in the pond. Cheers, mth -
Funny enough we have always had a local nut and bolt supplier, in Bendooragh, at the crossroads, Boyds, they used to build threashing mills, a most nondescript small old tin roofed barn as was, I have only had to use them once to source old imperial(of some sort?) bolts for the David Brown tractor, no mystery, he walks in the back and returns with what I needed. The business will prob die with the current owner unfortunately(my notion only) and the ground be sold for housing. And another part of our local heritage will be gone for ever.
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Despite being in Northern Ireland, tis now positively balmy here this evening.
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Ere mate! Wees is well "oop North" an forby that well out to the West, so more wind exposure. And anyway tha heat is mostly for the wife. Though as I lie here post lunch, tis touching 25 in here in a wee blink of afternoon Sun. I need to summon my willpower and get back to welding at the rather rusty Parsons Egg aka the Black Bollix which is to say a 1989 G Wagen that the previous owner got bogged ( but undisclosed to me) on a beach. Scabs of solid rust the size of a playing card and fully 4mm thick falling out of, what is left of, the cills. So far I have removed the full of a black bucket of underseal, rust and rusty bits of steel. Etc etc etc.
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We appear to be 100% O.K.
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Well Dan, I have not seen any smoke emanating from the chimney pot outside? And mostly burns showing flames, though if left undisturbed for a good period, neither smoke nor flames to be seen, so I suppose it must be burning like charcoal as you suggest. Cheers, Marcus.
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This rubbish needs getting rid of somehow and puts out enough heat for the early autumn or spring, and btw it "stays in" overnight, not that that is a consideration. Without the air being throttled back. So the flue should still be clean? Thoughts?
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I remember standing open mouthed in front of the telly, hardly able to believe what I was witnessing. A surreal experience indeed.
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Drifter, First off I am still using the Polish son in laws transformer SIP 196 turbo welder. 2nd off. He informs me that a lot(all?) of the Lincon MIG welders sold on Europe, come out of a Polish factory that were building and selling so many highly respected MIG welders under their own Polish brand. That Lincoln simply bought the Polish factory and rebranded the welders as Lincoln!
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Some of the clips on YouTube of the Amish running big circular saws are wonderful to watch and listen too, particularly if steam driven, and man do they sing!.
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Ya Boo Sucks!
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I was shy and introverted at a rough secondary school. I suffered 4 years of torment and bullying. Nobody stood up for me or protected me. I did not however consider self harm or suicide, but it was dammed rough during those 4 years. Then I escaped to the Tech and it was much better, and I enjoyed a more normal adolescence. But the effect of those years of torment and abuse never really left me during most of my adult life. I tried martial arts at Uni with a mate, but was totally useless at it. Then I joined the OTC and actually enjoyed myself.
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My cynical "follow the money" take on politicans of the leftist/hard left/socialist type with their bleeding hearts and icy uncaring hands all to ready to seize our honestly and hard earned monies, for their voter base in the vast appratus of Government funded employment and, of course, "for the less fortunate". never mind the "Arts". Which should be funded by the wealthy, not by our taxes. Is just how much of this money mysteriously finds its way into THEIR bank accounts. Tony Blair and Joe Biden being the best examples. And of couse our benovelent leaders 1 off, personal tax avoiding legistation . . .
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I favour Birkenstocks Gizeh's, which suit my flat feet most perfectly, but god they are shite quality, falling in bits in rapid short order. But I tried crocs and could not get on with them at all. Otherwise I would be wearing them. P.S. Birkenstocks not best suited to welding while standing. Prone works O.K. though.
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I am tickled that an inverter MIG like the r-tech 181 can also weld stainless and aluminium, with the appropriate wire/ gas and a spool at the gun for the aluminium. Wow. btw, the son in law, who lent me his mig also supplied a cutting of .6mm thick shiney bright non rusting looks like SS but it is mild steel. Well confused I am. I can mostly weld this .6mm stuff without blowing holes. But if I am keeping the Black Bollix, she will defo need replacement cills. cheers
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Thank you OSP and Donnie, Running .8mm wire, got a few 16 Amp sockets dotted about (mostly on 15Amp fuses though) used for the welder and compressor, plus a couple of moderately heavy extension leads, also used tonnes of various Sika products when bus building up at Wrightbus. Getting there. I hope. P.S. Could not figure out why a particular section of sill appeared to be very dirty, despite heavy grinder driven wire brushing. It refused to weld nicely. Derp! I had inadverently adjusted the regulator instead of turning the gas on at the cylinder. Cheers
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Well, to clarify, I do not believe in the current heavily promoted hysterical "the end of the world is nigh" anthropological climate change hysteria. But Since the geological records clearly show repeated ice ages and interglacial periods. And the Thames freezing over in 16 or 17 something. Etc etc etc The climate has ALWAYS changed, regardless of our current feeble human input( setting aside the massive despoilation of natural ecosystems and equally massive resource extraction) And I suspect we will not be able to do SFA to prevent such climate changes. And since we cannot even predict the weather, I have grave reservations about the climate models predicting 30 or 50 years hence.
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Well, I don't, so it isn't. I do however be more than a little Malthusian in my beliefs. Too many humans is the problem. End of.
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I remain somewhat bemused, to be rather polite, as to the total Keystone Cops clusterfornication the "security" operation has transpired to be. Especially the sloping roof being deemed too dangerous for the SS blokes to access or be deployed on. Never mind the would be shooter being watched for 30 mins as he got organised to make the shot. FFS!
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Well, it was certainely well worth asking for advice on here. Thank you all. Much appreciated. Cheers, Marcus
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Thank you Doobin, And, believe it or not, since my post above, my Internet wanderings led me to Rtech. Via a bloke that apparently welds blades onto turbines for Rolls Royce. And, yes, another source mentioned the low Amps needed for car bodywork, sub 30, or 30 minimum. Cheers.
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I got a wee inverter stick welder, and I have footered and welded with a stick welder for years, but having started bodywork repairs to a remarkedly rotten G Wagen ( and I can only suspect a previous owner was on a beach too often). I also intend to weld up a couple of sets of fancy gates for the house. So I need a MIG. Don't I? I have been lent a SIP 196 turbomig. Which I get on OK with. But if I am buying my own, where to start? I know there are loads of differently coloured brands all apparently coming out of the same Chinese factory. My homework seems to indicate Kemppi, ESAB, Jasic or Oxford as being better brands. Does a total budget of £1,000 sound sensible? I don't Imagine I need to get hung up on a transformer welder as opposed to an inverter type. Oops, only a single phase supply but I can wire in a blue 16A socket on a 32 amp fuse. Marcus, the ever undecided.
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My only experience with LPG was when the Director insisted on buying an LPG Ford Transit van, brand new, it basically never ran on LPG, cos it wouldnt, and Ford failed to fix it, so it simply ran on petrol. Back then a diesel would have been much better, both mechanically and economically. Though at that time we had a filling station within less than a mile selling LPG at 44p/l.
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I shall check on venison recipies/techniques with Marcin, our recent Polish son in law, who often cooks the venison from the deer he has shot. BUT He bees wile picky, keeping the younger/yearling animals for himself(and us), while flogging the older stuff to other less discriminating buyers. Regardless it is superb eating, certainly not dry or tough, and I would rate it ahead of most any steak. Ditto for the venison burgers and sausages.
