openspaceman

Yes but the real cost to the economy will develop over the next decade or more. The russian and ukrainian people will suffer even worse than during the first cold war. Remember the cost of supporting their puppet government in Vietman cost the american economy such they had to curtail visits to the moon but their economy was already rich enough not to have to disgruntle their population.

Do you fire it? There's a place nearby that has a gathering of black powder enthusiasts, the whoomph sound is quite different from the crack of guns on the adjacent army range.

I don't recall having to top up a chipper during work, if it's a dual fuel conversion you could add petrol. Yes it is likely to be a niche but the market will decide, I'm long out of it.

Yes but when we used an LPG forklift it was always a faff swapping cylinders and quite expensive. A chap I knew flew a hot air balloon and in bulk it was much cheaper. I used to fill with autogas but whilst cheaper than petrol it did seem expensive compared with red diesel. Given the problems with DPFs and adblue I doubt it. LPG burns very clean compared with petrol which should benefit engine life. If an engine is designed for it it can stand a higher compression ratio without pinking (though this may increase NOX) which could offset a bit of the loss of calorific value. No but this is less of an issue with change in licence rules so anyone could tow more than 750kg.

She reminds me a bit of Sonja Kristina but can she do sums like the math queen?

I wish. Bulk LPG and refill at the yard may work here, cheaper servicing costs and better engine life as a benefit. As long as a tank lasts all day.

Yes 80 years after the need for lebensraum was seen off we enter the need for control of resources. Russia largely has its own and so does China, having bought most of African ones.

I knew he lived into his nineties but did Lucy predecease him?

Yes. At the time, 87ish, I used peugeot 504 pick ups. I preferred their better visibility but mostly for the limited slip differential.

It was about time someone offered a decent water cooled petrol/lpg engine for chippers

Very much so, his brothers were still in the tree business after the 1987 storm.

P100??

Freddie Gear and his dad were converting ex army matadors for timber work over by Ripley, I think I worked alongside three of them. Cawley sawmill's purple one, Dalrymples black one, Ted Bakers and the last one was Huggy's about 1990. Freddie had the yard next to Ken Tyrell's racing team, incredible what he could do with only one arm.

Behave It's been years since it has caused me grief, probably since I retired, I'm just generally grumpy now.

Yeah, at the time there is no hope, you can't go forwards, backwards or sideways, you're stuck but you get out the other side and can't see a reason for feeling so down.

I was in my early twenties and already worried in crowded places then. Not to mention Grenfell, some things don't change when there is money to be made.

Same happened in UK or Isle of Man many years ago, a clear plastic roof and blocked fire exits, people killed by melted burning plastic. Resulted in a law change Summerland 1973

Was the Horizon Post Office system early AI, it certainly seems to have a degree of fuzzy logic built in?

Lovely 4x4 with torsion bar suspension and the engine was part of the MOD plan to standardise spares by having parts in common with bigger engines. It made it all rather expensive compared with the cruder, simpler land rover offering which won out.

All the best for 26 to you and everyone here Eggs but remember it works both ways its best to be nice to people. Mick's one of the few contributor's to posts on current arb practice and I read most of his posts.

So much for the season of goodwill You asked for an apology and got it Are you intent on hounding out another member?

A high lift jack can be handy for shrubs like that but you do need something to grab with a chain or get under with the beak.

I had a subby working for me that decided to go to the APF show,in his BX,some 200 miles away. He decided to fill up with fuel on his way back but could only fit a gallon. The vent had blocked and the depression caused by the fuel pump had collapsed the tank.

In 1973 I collected 2 new safari 88 and 2 safari 109 13 seaters for my girlfriend's father's business, I preferred the latter, I had free use of them for his errands until they went to work, when they became redundant in 1980 I had one of the 88 as my work vehicle till about 1995, it frightens me to think how much petrol that burned while I had it, 14mpg IIRC. It never let me down that I couldn't get home, it was very slow. The MGB GT was my wife's 21st birthday present from her parents. It was our only personal vehicle from 1973 till about 1983 and has deteriorated a bit since then. I used to drive it to Brighton every year more recently but haven't used it for the last two summers.

I am having a quote for an air to air heat pump in January, the complete conversion, heat pump , radiators etc., came in at £11k, £4k net of grant, which I considered ridiculous for this little cottage. I simply do not want the disruption and this house will be gutted and extended when we're gone. If it weren't for regulations I would fit A2A myself, many do. Similarly I cannot avail myself of an EV tariff, apart from lying, many do. We have 4 cars to wear out first, one gifted 53 years ago, the others inherited. So I doubt I'll ever get an EV. This year I bought £318 of electricity and that is mostly standing charge, I exported £385 ( but expect that to go down as export rates drop) and paid £134 for gas ( only for domestic hot water) I am loathe to give up gas as it may make a house sale less attractive. Plus I still receive about £2k for FIT which goes on for a few years yet. It seems so strange that less than 10% of domestic properties have solar PV, yet on a day when Solar PV in UK only provides 3% of the total energy demand and Gas 40% I am actually self sufficient, and all for about £10k at current prices, which are still falling. I too have a well but only use it for filling the water butts, it ran dry this last summer.