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probably Bombylius major a bee fly

Maybe but it's the bureaucracy not the nursing profession that needs looking at. Of course dealing with the little item I mentioned would lead to even more paperwork.

I noted how the district nurse metered out the morphine sulphate and recorded the use on 3 separate bits of paperwork and then stuck the label from each ampoule onto the record as proof, spending three or four times the time it took to administer the automatic syringe because it was a controlled drug. When I was clearing out the room I waited for her last visit so she could take charge of the remaining ampoules, she said she couldn't take anything away and to take them to the pharmacy. I went to the pharmacy with a fairly full carrier bag of unused medication including the dozen ampoules, the young girl at the counter reached out to take them and I asked if she was a qualified pharmacist, she said no so I elected to wait till one was available. When he came out I explained what I had, expecting to get a chit for the controlled drug but he took the bag, thanked me, offered condolences and said goodbye. I was flabbergasted. District nurse also said she could not take the twenty unopened cartons of incontinence pads back, I'm hoping they will be of some use to the hospice. Interestingly I had had to buy some colloidal silver dressings, about 10 quid each, and there were 3 left over and the district nurse did take those as the NHS had run out a week or so earlier. We saw a lot of that sloppy hygiene in the hospital but my daughter did not want a fuss made, her sister did rip into one of the catering staff outside though. ATM it's all hands on deck and my friend who I expected to be furloughed from the speech therapy department is flat out constantly updating duty rosters as frontline staff fall ill

You are a very bad man

We have a 15 year old black one that fruits heavily but as you say the window for picking them is small, the fruits don't ripen at the same time and they tend to rot or dry before ripe. Ours grew to the 1st floor eaves so I took the top out this year so I could reach the fruit from steps. The fruit freezes well and I had the last from the freezer with ice cream yesterday.

It is worth noting that in the second world war theft, especially looting, went up massively and reporting of it was suppressed.

The amerians called them ronsons for much the same reason but it wasn't the petrol that was the main reason but the dry stored ammunition, of course once going the petrol went up. Later in the war the ammo was wet stored to mitigate the problem. Hot metal going through diesel is more likely to ignite it than petrol. I thought many Shermans used the chrysler multibank petrol engine.

Cobblers, it was a magnificent machine and perfectly engineered for mass production as well as servicing in the field, its ability to deal with strongpoints in support of the infantry was without equal in the later stages of the war because of the numbers fielded. Had the american ship commander not been chickenshit on D day and been willing to commit his ship to deploying the duplexes closer to Omaha and Utah the break out could have occurred on day one even if half of them had got to the beach instead of just 2. It could never excel in tank on tank battles because it's mass was limited by the need to transport it across america and the Atlantic, which is why most units stuck with 75mm HE ammunition.

Similarly my Uncle convoyed to Canada, 3 boats in the convoy were sunk and even below deck he could here explosions in the night. He was trained as a navigator in Canada and Florida. In Florida he was befriended by an american who had a phonograph recording machine. It was when I first heard the word furlough. Uncle sent back two recordings on card to his mother. Even though the card got folded I have been able to play it on a turntable and record it with audacity to remove some noise. From volunteering in 42 to being killed on his first mission on May 25th 43 was less than a year, he just missed the point where the tide of the war turned.

Okay that explains a lot

Weasel words @PeteB but I've no gripe with Greenmech, my point was many people will see posts about the difficulty in getting a straightforward warranty repair in France for B&S engines. As @Ty Korrigan said the pump could have been swapped out in days so a manufacturer wishing to keep a name for themselves in France could have made a swap out and sent the faulty part for analysis on a sale or refund basis. As for Global I always found them an excellent firm to deal with but didn't have any warranty claims for machines I bought from them as far as I recall. Andy got results, maybe a reflection on his bike racing heritage.

I would have expected your tales of woe on the internet would focus Greenmech's thoughts somewhat if they wish to continue sales abroad, and no, blaming the problem on a warranty issue with the engine supplier cuts no ice.

You need to be a bit more specific about the rough running symptoms, you have said the glow plug light is flashing, is this as soon as the engine starts? When it is running rough does the engine idle and pull okay up to about 2k rpm and then cuts out? If this is so that is switching to get you home mode after a fault is detected. With a bit of care and thought, on flat ground you should be able to smoothly go through the gears keeping the revs below the trigger point and get up to a decent speed in top. It should have raised a DTC (diagnostic trouble code) though.

I only order small amounts of epoxy for carbon fibre repairs but the firm I used (5 years ago last) https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/resin-gel-silicone-adhesive/casting-resin/glasscast-50-clear-epoxy-river-table-resin.html

Did he just check the DTCs. If it is a pump problem you may need to run under the real time to see the rail pressures.

So you have imperial AF bolts, how about Whitworth? I keep a full set of Imperial spanners for my tractors.

That takes me back when I started taking things apart

Lesser celandine in the bottom picture too. I noticed wood anemones today but was driving so no photo. Interestingly the wild garlic was not in flower yet.

I wonder if Windsor Bandsaw still do chipper blades, they used to do mine and not that far south of you.

The bin men are in a difficult position, they cannot walk all the way and often don't have driving licences to get close in their own cars I'm still feeling we haven't been told how this virus is so deadly to people in constant contact with ill people, I'm thinking of medics but now also bus drivers, the level and intensity of exposure seems very significant. BTW I was out of my home for the first time in 2 weeks today replacing a hose on one of my tractors that had burst when the chap borrowing was operating it. My most risky contact was picking the new hose up in the dealer's yard where the fitter dropped it well away from me.

Hear Hear

Do you have a special reason for saying this? I agree especially if under glazing plus as fan power is a function of volume times pressure cold air would draw less power.

How I wish I could hear song thrushes in my garden again.

Mk6 has the 2.4 duratorq common rail IIRC. The flashing glowplug light relates to low fuel rail pressure. We had to replace a few pumps at about 120k miles.

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