BlueStringPudding

Cool. Thanks everyone. Saves me a job 😊

Give or take, it's 32cm long × 18 cm diameter. Kind of about the size of a really fat bottle of Coke to look at, I reckon. So maybe 3-5 litres?

Thanks. But how does one find out if it's got a self-closing valve, if it needs one? (It's for a drip fed heater, not an engine)

This is what I'm talking about:

Well, Alan, someone told me it had to go to pass the BSS. Either someone on here or possibly the BSS examiner last time around, when I got him to look at the installation (it hadn't yet all been connected up) Of course if it can stay, I'll be happier, less work for me and I still get to see how much fuel is in the tank! 😊

They're on a diesel day tank I acquired second hand, holding in place the "sight glass" aka see-through straw wot shows the level of fuel in the tank like this -> 🌡 I need to replace it with some sort of end nuts / blanking nuts, to take the level indicator out altogether, so I'm ship-shape for my BSS later this year. 😊

I need to replace a couple of brass nuts. The nuts fit a number 12 spanner (deduced because the number 11 spanner was a fraction too small, the number 13 is too big, and the number 12 spanner is missing 😉 ) Any idea what size nut fits a number 12 spanner please? 🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧

Morsels of food that get washed down the kitchen sink, perhaps.

I've done that before. Or better still, pretend to be broadcasting it live to Facebook from your phone. That way they might think twice about trying hurt you to destroy the evidence on your phone and rather feel a sense of urgency to b*gger off.

I watched that. First episode I've ever seen all the way through! It was alright, I could tolerate another. It's no Columbo, mind 😉 Not being a particular fan of Caroline Quentin, I didn't watch Jonathan Creek when they were first on the tele. The show seems to revolve around her character rather than the title character. It was kinda quirky though.

I was wondering similar. 🤔

It is! And don't blame me, it was prescribed by Dr. M. Onkey, and is a miracle cure-all. Only 4 litres! 😲

She does 🐒 😊😘🎄🎁⛄

As does the smoke from incense or fine particles of ash. The former I did as a test a few winters ago. (No discernible change in the movement of the smoke) The latter I do every day in the winter, because I place a pot on the stove top into which I empty the ash pan, before taking the pot outside to cool. The pot is positioned right in front of the stove top fan, with the fan "blowing" across the top of the pot from left to right. So the finer ash particles in the air ought to move to the right, or at least curl or circulate round. Here's the daily official Pud eco fan test results: With the fan turning, the fine particles of ash (hot or cold) that puff up into the air from tipping out the ash pan into the pot, float vertically upwards following the rising heat from the stove top and flue, with a small amount of the ash particles moving up and left towards the closed but presumably draughty window nearby. With no stove top fan, the fine particles of ash that puff up into the air from tipping out the ash pan into the pot, float vertically upwards following the rising heat from the stove top and flue, with a small amount of the ash particles moving up and left towards the closed but presumably draughty window nearby. In other words, the fan makes no visible difference at all to the air flow, using either smoke to test it or fine ash particles. These are the results of the BlueStringPudding jury. 😊 So if you don't already have an eco fan, I would suggest you don't waste your money on buying one. If you do have one, enjoy its pretty spinning propellers and the sense of comfort that you feel warmer at the other end of your boat, whether it's real or imagined. 😊

Read the ingredients list. They're written on each product page. Then you'll know.

For shower gel, shampoo etc, I like House of Mistry products. https://www.houseofmistry.com/body-care

I set off my CO alarms once by leaving the ash bucket on the OUTSIDE stern deck step. Unbeknownst to me, despite the grey ash on the top, the ash beneath was getting very hot and glowing orange. It was enough to spew out carbon monoxide that came in through the vents in the stern doors and that set off the alarms. Ash gets taken outside, well away from the doors, now. And when cooled, dumped into a larger bucket on the deck to be disposed of later. Please be mindful not to leave buckets of ash on the bank if near to the towpath. Passers-by, especially after dark or if skirting round puddles, branches or around other towpath users, might trip over it creating not just the risk of fall-injuries but potential burn injuries too.

This is one for the purse-holders and admins: Does CWDF have a charity number? Asking because Ecclesiastical is running its annual draw to give small grants to charities throughout a chunk of December. All it takes is for one (or better still, lots) of us to nominate CWDF to be in with a chance: https://movementforgood.com/12days/#nominateACharity If we don't have a registered charity number, they also accept nominations for not-for-profit organisations and community interest groups. We just need to know the "formal" name of CWDF as an organisation, and which of their categories we fall into. It's easy money, unlike with most other funding organisations. Perhaps the purse holders here would like to take a look at the link above, and start a thread encouraging us all to nominate CWDF, giving us the correct details to put in when we nominate? I know a few websites and small community groups that have benefited from their grants, so I thought it might help with forum running costs.