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  1. openspaceman
    I agree, especially of the "hope" land all around the M25, hundreds of acres left idle and owned by people that either expect to develop it or just want a large buffer around their properties. Not to mention all the open spaces which would have been grazed in the past.
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    It looks a bit like Iron chloride or sulphate, if so then it's the underlying corrosion to worry about. We had this sort of corrosion in a boiler that was burning shredded flat pack furniture returns where one section of ss flue got pinholed because it was too cold and the hydrochloric and sulphurous acids from combustion were condensing.
  3. openspaceman
    It is regarded as rot resistant heartwood and forest grown produces clean knot free, lightweight, strong timber. Port Orford cedar to the timber trade. In my youth archery arrow shafts were imported from north america.
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    Does it rest on that ledge under the flue and slope up toward the front, resting on the little spigot top left of the second picture? I would buy a sheet of 20mm vermiculite board and cut it to fit.
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    Go to the naughty step Marcus but don't talk to Kevin.
  6. openspaceman
    No this is marketed for women I had to raid my Xmas present stash for this shot
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    Naughty of you but I agree with what you say
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    Caesium137 and strontium90 are significant sources resulting from uranium235 fission and they emit high energy electrons (beta particles), even those that decay with helium nuclei (alpha particles) are still a danger when the dust is inhaled, then depending on the half life (strontium90 about 25 years) they continue to emit the particles inside you or the sheep and that does the damage.
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    Yes but in my case I considered it prudent to pay for it in view of my trade being one with amongst the highest accidental death rates.
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    I know that it is used to inoculate a healthy gut flora/fauna into the intestines of patients who have had an intense course of antibiotics that have killed all bacteria except the resistant ones, like clostridium difficele. Otherwise the resistant ones have a monopoly and destroy the small intestine, causing the patient to starve to death. I saw my father die this way before the problem was recognised 18 years ago.
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    I wonder if this was dropped as a result of the various mis selling of financial services because it always seemed part of the mortgage deals. It was part of mine and I also had £50k simple life insurance until the youngest was 18. Accident, injury or loss of income had too many get outs apart from being expensive so I did without. My eldest daughter had to bail me out for a few weeks after I crushed my pelvis and femoral nerve.
  12. openspaceman
    I used to carry one of those costco 80 quid 2t generators and a 5" grinder for getting wire off of the rotor. Came in handy just after I had signed the MOD RAMS which specified no hot works or 240V tools and they found the locks had been superglued, the range master, Chico, had to give me a special dispensation rather than pay the firm's cost for the day.
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    Yes the next blip was young american mechanics from sticking oily rags in their pockets.
  14. openspaceman
    Back in the days of the last whole earth catalog it was suggested to leave a gap between the run off and the collection so that the first drops of rain washed off the accumulated dust and then as it turned to a torrent the water could jump the gap. I think is is well to be wary of soot after all it is Products of Incomplete Combustion and includes Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons many of which are known carcinogens. The first recognised industrial disease was testicular cancer found in young chimney sweeps.
  15. openspaceman
    The same here, not really needed to light it but after a rainy day it made the evening cosy.
  16. openspaceman
    Well yes but Paul is about the only member of the "establishment" willing to answer most questions so no need to frighten him off.
  17. openspaceman
    Except it will mean moving much more lower temperature air, I tried this initially and it didn't warm the other room noticeably. It should work if the duct is well insulated, I guess it would best be incorporated into a Mechanical Whole House Ventilation System but my house is probably not airtight enough for that. My little fan was about 60 quid and ducting is cheap enough as are plastic grills.
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    Yes mine is a 100W 150mm ventaxia steel centrifugal inline fan with a few speeds, I only use the lowest. This sucks hot air from the convection vents of the morso s11 through two home made aluminium manifolds and 50mm flexible exhaust pipes and through a hole in the wall then vents 30C warm air into the room 3 metres away at floor level. We did not use gas for space heating last year as a result but burned about 8m3 stack of mixed wood.
  19. openspaceman
    Agreed don't put a 5" cowl onto a 6" flue
  20. openspaceman
    Maybe something has gone bad in the Battery Management System. I have some cheap Aldi cordless stuff and this has happened to one of my batteries. It was easy enough to split the pack and check each cell voltage. As I couldn't find the fault I bought 5 individual chargers off ebay for a fiver and charged each cell separately to 3.6V (only while I was nearby to monitor as I don't trust lithium cells not to burst into flame). Real pain but saves throwing the battery.
  21. openspaceman
    84 I read but it must vary by country.
  22. openspaceman
    Pistols or swords and please may I have my glove back
  23. openspaceman
    Well unlike stubby I haven't got more than one pair of boots, one pair class A trousers past their best and some orange class C and two out of date hats but people are not asking me to do work now so I only cut logs. Having a blood clot take me by surprise a year ago I guess I am somewhat at risk but growing old always seems accompanied by ailments. I aim to get to the median age of death in 13 years but who knows, I am still relatively fit.
  24. openspaceman
    I seldom wear my woodwalkers now, they are pushing 10 years old. I have just checked the joint between the boot and the vibram sole and no sign of cracking yet. Like @Stubby I won't be buying more, indeed I doubt I will buy any ppe replacements.
  25. openspaceman
    I had a saw that jammed the starter occasionally and that was because the spool the cord wound on had a split and occasionally two lays of the starter cord would slip side by side on a pull and expand the reel against the case.

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