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Lard is from pigs and generally white and softer than dripping. Dripping is generally from beef and is harder and creamy colour. I think there is a form of pork dripping ut I am not sure.

Yes I have to think about it a lot ! and much happier with the metric system. I can barely use imperial tools without a calculator to convert to metric. I learned the metric system at school ~60 years ago so I think it is time to send my dad's old stuff to the tip.

Dripping, not lard... ?

Isn't that how everyone cooked them before heart disease and oil became fashionable

Air fryer.

My Grandma used to make chips by cooking them in lard. Best chips I've ever tasted. She used to make potato cakes out of grated potatoes. They were sublime too.

came across this diagram of the Ware Weir siphon in the London Canal Museum archive today

For what they cost. replace the capacitor before dismantling any more. The values will be clearly marked on the side, and available from decent electrical wholesalers.

I knew I was right to keep all my Whitworth spanners. We will once again lead the world in baffling drill sizes, rounded off nuts and Austin Allegros.

I've done it from our sea-going widebeam (and I've towed other boats as well) You have a choice of a very long line, or a very short line. In the case of a canal boat I'd suggest that you actually go for very, very short lines crossed over and the bow of the tender actually pulled up tight to the stern button. Any length to the line, and, if going astern, would result in slack, and as the water is being sucked from the back of the boat it is almost guaranteed to pull the rope into the prop. If the rope is incorrectly tied onto the dinghy (ie tied onto the top of the bow onto a cleat) it can / will pull the bow down under the water, when towing. We had to put towing rings at around the water line (not a problem as its a rubber boat) and set back from the bow, so as to keep the bow lifted and riding over the water rather than ploughing into it. If you tie up on short cross-ropes than you can actually impart a bit of 'lift' into the bow. If the bow of the dinghy is allowed to swing about then a combination of wind and forward motion could easily end up with it being sideways and flipping as it is dragged thru the water. At least yours is a GRP tender so properly restrained it should not be subject to wind, which can easily flip the dinghy over (another good reason for removing the OB). In the end I actually hang it off the back of the boat - so much easier and problem free. Outboard lives on a bracket on the rail. I wouldn't tow with it in the boat. You just know it'll flip or something and the engine is gone.