Commando

On 12/01/2024 at 09:48, Steve Bullman said:

Of course we were going to find a way to get involved 

 

Britain and US launch airstrikes on Houthi targets

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Explosions were heard across Yemen late on Thursday night as British and US forces launched strikes on Houthi targets, after...

 

Well there is an election coming....

Morning men..Starboard 10!

Sat in a hotel in South Sudan... balmy 35'C

Living the Africa dream😁

The Speedfeed head gets a good review on YT, cheap enough so think I’ll give it a go and see how I get on. Will report back.

Has anyone used a speedfeed head on trimmer or brushcutter? Much that I like the Oregon Jet Head, there is a lot of line waste with it.

3 hours ago, Essexlogman said:

Yea right!

I think u can feel a bit smugger than me😄👍

That smug feeling you get when next years logs are cut, split and stacked😀

Appreciate any info on what people are currently paying for stock fencing? Long reasonably straight runs, 1800m.

I’ve been quoted £9.50, which seems pretty crazy? 
TIA

On 19/09/2022 at 17:33, dumper said:

Careful when in reverse they suck mowings into the radiator overheat really quick, I put a fine mesh over the radiator made clearing easieralways used to take compressor and blow gun 

Yep that’s the only pisser with the alpines, even in normal drive. Topping with a flail in reverse or harrowing in forward I was having to keep an eye on the engine temp and clear the rad every 10-15 mins, 

supposedly the Canfix (?) system where you can reverse the fan and blow out the rad is the way to go. 
Awesome tools though. Mine was an AG850.

23 hours ago, Johnsond said:

I’ve no time for the ridiculous “ tax the rich “ many of whom are not rich at all in reality” and give to the poor  socialist crap. Give people an incentive to work and they will, penalise them for ambition and success and the outcome is so so predictable. 

Fully agree!

just listened to Neil Oliver’s latest rant, he has it completely sussed..

39 minutes ago, Retired Climber said:

Fair play to you; you are a better man than me. First sign of trouble and I'm on the first plane, boat, or whatever out of here. I may or may not be screaming like a girl whilst making the arrangements. 

Oh dear….

Sheep, wolves and sheepdogs, I guess you nailed ur colours to the mast hun🙄

22 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

This we can agree on, now, how do we fix it? They aren’t just going to stop crossing the channel so we need a legal way of sorting it, any ideas?

Leave the ECHR and grow some balls for a start! 
Rapid processing and immediate repatriation if u fail! 
We also need to up our Foreign Aid and assist the real needy in their own countries. We can’t keep accepting refugees, even those with a legitimate claim. 
Probably most of the developing countries population fit that criteria.

28 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Ha, though the Devon reference would flush you out. 🙂

 

How’s Sweden?

Devon’s actually much better now there’s one less arb blokey clogging up these lovely country lanes with his diddy forwarder😀

Only joking Big J👍🏼

16 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

Suella is off, you don’t like it? but I’ve put my money on it, have you? Rather than mouthing about it? 

Let’s hope not! Hopefully the PM, a brexiteer himself will see all this sh*t for what it is…. More remoaner undemocratic BS. Utterly pathetic!

Good to hear Farage telling it straight!

18 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

It sure is unbelievable, mates just sold his 2 year old motorhome back to the dealer he bought it from, for £6k more than he bought it for, however much is the dealer going to advertise it for? I can only assume he already has a buyer for it.

Plenty of stuff on YT about US RV dealers lots being stuffed with vehicles. First thing to go in a squeeze is life’s luxuries 👍 

Just listening to Chaplins speech at the end of 1940’s film ‘The Great Dictator’, still as relevant today.

57 minutes ago, difflock said:

I copied** the daughter a sombre article about the predicted collapse of the PCP "funding" model that has allowed people to drive cars they realistically could not otherwise afford, except for the stupid low interest rates..

Which not unreasonably suggested the cars would either be handed back at the end of the PCP period, or repossessed.

What these people are going to do for another cheaper car I do not know, guessing it can only push up the prices of older cheaper smaller/plainer stock?

But the market should in theory be flooded with up-market motors that most folk cannot afford to buy, or indeed maintain 2nd hand..

**Cos she will be needing a new to her  motor and was thinking about pulling the pin on a new Corolla, and I had been trying to tell her to thole(very difficult btw!) and blag a bargain in the near future. 

Hopefully the refurbished(virtually a nut and bolt rebuild) 1999 vintage SDP Van will be good for another 20-25  years of emissions related trouble free diesel driving for us.

Cheers,

Marcus

 

I’m guessing this overinflated used car market is due a reset anytime soon. I’d be waiting until next year to purchase any used car.

I looked at a 2016 SWB shogun this week, up at £26k. The RRP for same in 2016 was £30k… unbelievable.

Another great piece by Neil Oliver today, we’ll worth a listen…..

12 hours ago, Slad said:

Hi Commando, it's Youngs normal (wine) yeast - my local shop has sold out of their cider yeast.  I used an EC-1118 sparkling wine yeast on the 4% stuff but it didn't start so I've tipped in more of the Youngs.  I have read the same as what you say in that wine yeast is best.

 

I'll take a look at the Andrew Lea book.  I've got "The new cider maker's handbook" by Jolicoeur and "The History and virtues of cyder" by RK French.  Both a good read in their own way; the former seems to be a bit of a go to "bible" - a book I would like to write.

 

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Is also a very good source of advice on all things cider/perry 

On 20/10/2022 at 11:46, Stere said:

Completely impossible is abit strong, I would go  more with extremely unlikely in the short term.

 

& then the further you go into the future the harder to predict what could happen.....

 

I do think  that increasing   inequality in the UK means more likely an increase in the chances of civil unrest.....

 

Bread a circuses etc.

 

Goverments a circus all on its own atm, but still needs to provide some bread......

 

 

Some history snippets in this article:

 

This is how economic discontent has triggered unrest in the past

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According to the latest Chief Economists Outlook, the difficulty people are having when it comes to buying bare essentials is...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah the WEF….. the puppeteers themselves!😂

5 hours ago, Slad said:

Making perry this year for the first time since we moved in.  Great year for top fruit here - trees groaning.

 

Made a scratter out of wood we milled earlier in the year, a fence post and a handful of screws but bought a simple screw press. Life's too short. Going to make something more like the kit in the photo above next year though, which looks great.  Probably going to keep the screw, but use it with an 8T bottle jack instead of adding wood blocks every 5 minutes.  

 

We're keeping the trees' jucice in separate demijohns so we can see what each pear is like and done some with high alcohol yeast and some with normal Youngs.  Too impatient to wait like all the books say so brewing it fast like a beer in the boiler room.  The air locks look like steam trains!

 

A neighbour advised adding back water to the same volume of water taken off and repressing.  Worked well although the ABV will probably be 3.5 - 4%, which will be OK for "session" drinking I guess?

 

Top tip for bottles; we have a discount shop near us which sells stuff near its sell by date.  I bought 2 x 40 bottles of Grolsch (454ml) for £21 each.  This is a bit cheaper than the bottles I was looking at on Amazon plus I get to give the Boy 40 bottles of lager to drink with his mates into the bargain.

 

Any top tips for cider?  I've made lots of wine and beer before but cider is new to me.  We have a couple of apple trees and a crab apple so might give it a go.  (Went for perry first because we have too many pears to ignore)

 

 

My advice is pick up a copy of ‘Craft Cider Making’ by Andrew Lea, he’s the master of small scale production in UK.

When u say ‘normal Young’s’ what yeast is that? Cider and Perry are actually fruit wines so it’s advised to use wine yeasts for fermentation.👍

On 10/10/2022 at 09:06, monkeybusiness said:

285 60 R18 - they go straight on with no rubbing (even though I was told they wouldn’t fit by a couple of tyre places). I don’t think you could go any bigger without mods.

Any issue getting hold of BFGs in that size? I was told there is a long backlog? They look great…the originals look too small and dont fill the arches.

What sort of lift do they give? Does it affect the warranty if u fit larger than specified tyres?

6 hours ago, Peasgood said:

On a small scale, put the bottles of juice in a pan of water, heat until the juice is 75°C, put the lids on and lay the bottles on their sides to cool.

On their sides means the hot juice gets the lid done too.

Should have a shelf life of 2 years if you do that and in reality will keep for many years longer but quality deteriorates.

That is pretty much what I do but on a larger scale.

I opened a bottle of juice that was 2yrs old at the weekend, still as tasty as the day it was bottled!

Ive done 3 x 30L of cider and 56 x 750mm bottles of juice this year. Trees are still hanging with fruit.

Anyone making cider or apple juice this year?

A great year for apples in Cornwall, heavy crop and they have ripened early.

9 minutes ago, Retired Climber said:

Fair point, but interest rates have been ridiculously / unsustainably low. If 'young clinber' needs them this low his financial plans are fundamentally flawed. 

I was reading somewhere that if interest rates hit 5% it would cripple most mortgage holders! I guess there are a lot of financially exposed people out there…

33 minutes ago, Retired Climber said:

About bloody time. Interest rates have been a joke for quite some time now, especially when you also consider the inflation rate. 

I wonder if "Young Climber" has the same opinion..🤔