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Machpoint005
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25 minutes ago, David Mack said:
Reusing single use bottles is not recommended:
https://www.onegreenbottle.com/this-is-why-you-should-never-reuse-single-use-bottles/
Single use PET bottles, that is. Plastic isn't just plastic!
1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:I do and then I can keep the reel on the front deck and take the hose to the tap.
That's a valid reason, but so is putting the reel next to the tap and having full control over the other end, so as not to drag it in the mud!
If I were to put the reel on my foredeck, it would likely end up in the cut.
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55 minutes ago, Peanut said:
I had a flat hose reel, I thought would be easy to stow. It failed in about six months with pinhole leaks, the inner part separated from the outer part. I replaced it with a food grade hoses, available from caravan suppliers.
Yes, ours is a food grade caravan job. I have the tap end on a short tail and the tank end on the 30m long wound up reel. It amazes me how many people do it the other way around.
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3 hours ago, Slim said:
It's worse when you just left the screw on connector and can't find that spare you saw just the other day ....somwhere.......🗯️
We carry about 5 or 6 spare tap connectors. I haven't mislaid one for years!
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16 hours ago, BEngo said:
Well, the whale was built in 1996, and it was not then a recreational craft, so I doubt the RCD applied. <<<
If it isn't a recreational craft, what is it? This is not a quibble, I genuinely can't imagine why a jolly around the coast would be anything but recreational.
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8 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
Cats love to watch their people on the loo. Most off putting it is. Given this, it is surprising that more don't learn to use it themselves. We had a cat who did. He had a very good aim, better than most human men. He never learnt to use the flush. Similar to some hu...
The longer the weapon, the better the aim.
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1 hour ago, Stroudwater1 said:
Mostly Irish and USA whiskies have the e in them.
That would make them whiskeys.
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Why, what do they do?
They certainly don't distil Scotch.
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As the cellarman at Lagavulin (now there's a dram!) said: "What's the best whisky? The one some other bugger pays for!".
27 minutes ago, Jerra said:No No No preferably Laphroaig.
Guess which is my favourite?
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Chuck the Jamesons in the porta-potty too, and get some decent whisky [sic] preferably from Islay.
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Another approach is to download photos from your phone to another device (eg a PC or laptop) every so often. My experience with IT goes back far enough to the times when we had to remember to do such things as a matter of course.
That was especially true when using a DSLR camera .. which, of course, had its storage on a flashcard anyway.
1 hour ago, swift1894 said:I’ve ordered a new Android as my current one won’t switch on anymore due to being dropped. Are all my photos on my SIM card or somewhere in the in the phone’s memory?
Stupid question - have you had the phone apart to make sure the battery is sitting comfortably? I work on the principle that first you look for simple things you can fix yourself, no matter how unlikely. I realise that an unfixable breakage is far more likely!
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It's on now. I don't remember the incidental music being quite so intrusive, and it's surprising how dated it seems.
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18 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
From working Offshore I would suggest that an integral tank epoxied from new shouldn't need any more treatment for 10 years
And after ten years ... ? Think about the typical service life of a narrowboat.
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Beat me to it, Jen.
We were told on North Sea installations where sour gas was present to be especially aware of this.
H2S kills - and it starts by killing your sense of smell.
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On 11/12/2021 at 13:45, tree monkey said:
I'm glad you recognise the sacrifices I make
Most trees have what is called a mast year, in effect a cycle of heavy fruiting followed by a more fallow couple of years
Our raspberry canes did that - last year. This year -- niente.
The grape vine (singular) did well though.
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Just now, doratheexplorer said:
Whether that's true is a matter for the courts, I suspect.
There's only one winner there .. m'learned friends (well, two winners actually, one on each side).
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Thank you for taking the trouble to come back and tell the forum. You'd be amazed how many CBA.
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Beat me to it. Ecoleaf.
I don't like shower gel -- I use plain soap.
Ecoleaf do hand soap but I can't vouch for it.
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50 minutes ago, Cheshire cat said:
Patience, it's a long term proposal with no timescales 😘
If there are no timescales there is no meaningful promise. Hot air, nothing more, as I suggested.
And my name isn't Patience.
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I have some shocking news for you. They're not even doing it in Yorkshire.
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14 minutes ago, matty40s said:
Boddingtons USED to be a good pint (when they previously did Bodkans,however, a buy out and brewery closed put paid to that.
If you liked Boddies, you'd probably like Marble's Manchester Bitter. It's pretty close, but even better, as is Pint.
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The last thing you want a back boiler to do is ... boil.
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Which one is the thermostat?
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My approach for the last 14 years has been to use a big wrench to tighten the cap. It's then impossible to get off without a similar tool.
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2 litre plastic jug. Empty into old oil (plastic) can. Repeat as necessary.
Water Hose Length
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I hold the end. The bit that goes into the tank is the only part that has to be clean (apart from the inside, of course!).
When the tank is full I carry the end of the hose back to the tap, then wind up the reel.