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Could try this place, http://www.stoveglassonline.com/ I think they do some glass. But they don't list Dovre; could enquire all the same.

Not seen the film... yet. Really enjoyed all the books. Not read any by those but must at some point. So many books still to read!

Aspen 2 is also a premix equal to 50:1 for 2-stroke engines. Aspen 4T is for 4-stroke engines. And if you have a multi-fuel liquid burner and use 'Colemans' white petrol, you'll do yourself a favour by switching to Aspen 4T. It's cheaper and leaves less carbon deposits in the burner jets, so less field servicing is needed. Plus it hasn't that typical petrol smell.

If you like sci-fi in whatever medium you choose... well you probably think 'Star Wars' is great. Though I've come across the odd sci-fi person, (very odd) who didn't like the premise. I personally think they're great. But I'm into sci-fi book, films and even been to a rare theatre performance of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. As to 'SWs', I prefer the first three made, those that are now viewed as the second trilogy. Ok, so the last three made, (first trilogy in new money) have better FX. But that doesn't make the FX of the other three less accomplished. If you want low tech high tech, watch films like 'Forbidden Plant' one if my favourite films of all time, using a similar plot to that of Willy Shakes' play The Tempest. Or films like 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' and the 'Quatermass' films. Then there's the first few 'Doctor Who' series and all of the TV series of Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Star Trek the original series, Supercar Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, the over optimistic Space 1999 or UFO. The super cheesy Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. If you're impressionable or easily lead astray, you'll have to look away when Erin Gray is on screen. There's so many sci-fi books and their authors, it would be foolish of me to mention some but not all. However, Asimov stands head & shoulders above so many. Amongst other greats, stand Orson Scott Card, Frank Herbert and Arthur C. Clarke. Think I better finish here.

Why not simply, 'T540XP' or 't540xp' or 'T540xp' or 't540XP'?

I'm hoping today will be better, as yesterday it would start to dry, then rain again. Not much but the window sills aren't drying. And if they're not dry, I can't repaint them or repair the seals.

I once idly enquired about getting gas to where I lived and was quoted £3,000 per every 100m from nearest main. As the nearest main was and still is, over 6km away, me and my five neighbours decided against it. Besides, I doubt the NP or the NT would have allowed it.

Maybe it's just me but I like them. My mother once had a yellow Fiat 600 and that went on and on and on. My grandfather had a green Fiat 500 and my grandmother a cream Fiat in the 60s & 70s. Basic cars without a doubt but very reliable and cheap to run. The new ones are over priced for what they are, (a Panda with a different body-shell). But still they have their charm. Though if I had the money, I'd buy another Panda. My first Panda did 93,000mls before 3rd gear and the speedo packed. But carried onto approx. 126,000 without 3rd, before finally failing an MOT. My second Panda did 133,000 on the same clutch and eventually failed an MOT at 163,000. Fiats may not be glamorous but you get a reliable vehicle for not much money. And they're cheap to run and insure. Just one reservation - they ought not be painted any shade of pink. But then, nor should any vehicle. Pink has its place in the world but place starts and finishes with bubblegum.

Seem to remember, it's about being able to feel the amount of compression the saw has. But quite how that helps, I have not a clue.

Would that be 'Thomas Covenant the Aspen Unbeliever'? Sorry about that; but how many times is one going to get the chance to mix the works of Stephen Donaldson with Aspen? Grab the weird beast by the horns while you can. If the majority of your saws & processor use the same chain and your cash flow will allow, then making your own makes sense. As it doesn't then wholly depend on the number of links needed per loop. If however, you can foo a bulk deal on the required for say 6mths. then that might be the way to go. As to using 'A' - you have the personal & saw health benefits. And, you could always factor in the costs when quoting. Maybe even including a blurb about why you're using 'A' in the quote.

Don't know how big you require your block to be. But providing you're not butchering whole mammal carcasses, a traditional Chinese style block should do you proud for many years. Have a gander through: http://forums.egullet.org/topic/114380-traditional-chinese-cuttingchopping-board/ . If you're making your own, you'll have to get some pretty tough wood.

As I see it, unless you want or have to live off-grid as the Yanks like to put it, you're storing trouble if you put all your heating eggs into a single source basket. Be it Gas, electric, logs, oil, solar or air/ground source-source-heat-pump. If your chosen mollusc fails, either due to market forces, strike action, downed wire, local/national weather conditions or other, then you're stuffed in the rusty tin of doom. Even logs have their downside. But if you have enough dry logs and you can access them, at least you're not going to freeze and maybe you can cook too. However, I still think it wise to mix and match.

Could you fit it yourself? If you have the time and can, I don't see why you shouldn't save some money on the installation costs. If you do, you have keep in mind, that solid fuel stove installations done by a non-HETAS installer must be inspected by the local council’s 'Building Regulations Officer'. This could be costly and I suspect, that each council has its own pricing. You'd be wise to check first.

When you send it, you don't have to pay yourself. When they send it, you have to pay for the actual delivery, plus the cost of their staff, packaging it, travelling to & fro the PO or interaction time with courier service. What gets me, is after factoring in everything plus taxes. Companies always then add VAT. (I know how VAT works; it's just a right unavoidable pain.)

If you have somewhere suitable to locate the system, (and you don't mind part of it being metal barrel ugly). You could construct a rocket mass heater. I have to admit that sitting on a hard bench no matter how warm it is, is less than comfy. But the thermal mass doesn't have to be a bench or similar. It could just as easily be the floor or water heater / greenhouse heater. Would in the right setting, greatly reduce the fuel needed to heat part of the building. Maybe fit more than one..?

Well, they look better in flight.

If it had, at least he wouldn't be in pain. On the downside, he'd be in a box six feet under.

It's interesting to read, that most of the few posting so far, would not heat by logs if they had to buy. Does this then indicate, that most people who but logs, are either paying through the nose for their primary heat source? Or that the wood burner is just a quaint accessory, that they feel gives a degree of rustic charm and incidentally, also heats a room when one has visitors?

So far as tensioning goes, have a gander at this vid. Might be a different saw but the principal is the same: When sharpening the chain, always start with the most worn cutter and sharpen the rest to the same size as the this first sharpened cutter.

Had a browse through other parts of the site and this quote from 'Yorkshire Tour de France to allow old men in bathtubs' really made me chuckle. "Roughly a third of Yorkshire’s population are affable pensioners who accidentally travel using baths, desks, and Bessemer converters which have been repurposed as vehicles." One has to wonder, if the Bessemer converters are really pedal powered or if they've got a sneaky washing machine motor for the steeper uphill stages.

Couple of friends bought within last 2-3 years, MS 171 and a MS 211. The 171 came with small moulded plastic spikes, which have now flattened off. The 211 came without dogs; didn't even have screws to fit them if he wanted to retro fit. The 171 owned didn't know what they were for, while the 211 owner wasn't aware the saw was missing them.

Thought of worn and or bent bar. Just had a look at Oregon website and it gives info on the '16' as follows: Harvester only, .404" .063" How come your saw, (36cc) has been supplied with such a whopper of a chain? The manual says .325" .050"/1.3mm. [Ah, 'GardenKit' has got the ID on your chain. 91 = 3/8" .050/1.3mm chain.] Getting covered in chips is pretty normal but they are suppose to be chips and not dust. So sounds like you've a blunt chain too.

Can we get back to broken machinery please. I reckon if he wanted people to know, he would be standing on a corner shouting it out. I personally think it's in rather poor taste and bad manners to boot, to keep on suggesting/asking, when he's obviously so much more, than just a missing digit. I must say, he's putting up with it well. I've a friend with one eye. He just gets on with life but never speaks of the reduction. All I know, is he had two in his 20s or 30s, (I've seen photos). But sometime, somehow between then and the time when I met him, he lost an eye. I would never ask him how, nor when and I know him personally. If he ever feels he wishes to tell me, he will in his own time. But I'm really not that curious. To think or describe him as a one eyed man, is entirely missing the point. He's a friend and a good decent guy; who has a life beyond his personal loss.

You've got your terms and you stuck by them. I don't see that it's your fault in any way. Sounds like he was trying it on. And the fact that he behaved like an aggressive jerk, only reinforces the point. Just one to avoid in future.

Always liked Mogs, always fancied owning one. But never needed one and appreciate it would be a vast waste of funds, if the thing only consumed money, instead of making it.