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Is there some reason why the same power source that drives the fan motor can't be used to drive a small impeller? Because it would greatly improve gravity radiator systems which must surely be better than an Ecofan? Err, wait a minute... Patent pending.

Don't you mean there's an 8:1 difference between them?

You can keep your rubber cheese and sausages sludged in fat. A real meal was bacon grill followed by oatmeal block with a squeeze of condensed milk from the tube. Then biscuit and raisin chocolate with boiled sweets - of which 50% were usually green ones. Cammo sweets, whatever next!

I left the Isle of Man (birching a speciality) to join the forces. National Service of a military kind would be a complete waste of time for these scrotes, even when I went in just as a plank there was still an awful lot to learn. My sister is a teacher, she is leaving at the end of this year because "each new intake is worse than the one before". Kids don't even have the basics like respecting authority. Try to discipline Dwayne and Chardonnay and apparently all you get is resentment followed by complaints from the useless parents. So the problem seems to start in "the home" with the appallingly self-centered parents setting an awful example for their feckless offspring to follow. How do you turn that one around? At the end of the day I wouldn't bother with reports, background, upbringing etc etc. The little shits know the difference between right and wrong and that's good enough for me. So if these scrotes are running riot late at night then I would curfew them and their useless parents with them. For starters...

The first expensive outdoor jacket I bought was a Berghaus gore-tex. After a few weeks I sent it back as it was leaking on the shoulder seams. Berghaus returned it saying that the leaks were not their fault but caused by "wear" probably from "rucksack straps". Never again.... Another vote for Paramo. Waterproof, big sensible pockets, abrasion resistant, silent and very comfortable to wear. Their jackets also go over the bum unlike a lot that don't. The Complete Outdoors store near Hemel Hempstead has no gore-tex stuff at all, they won't stock it. Says it all really.

Farmer sentenced for damaging canal June 14th 2007 A Castleton farmer has been given a suspended prison sentence following damage caused to the bank of the Rochdale Canal, adjacent to Maden Fold Farm, which had kept the canal closed for two months. See below for more details of the damage. British Waterways today issued the following statement: " British Waterways yesterday (Wednesday 13th June) attended a court hearing following incidents of damage caused to the Rochdale Canal on Thursday 8 February and Wednesday 11th April 2007. An individual, Mr Christopher Jones was issued with a court injunction on 14th February, which was continued on the 9 March, following the original damage caused to the embankment on Thursday 8th February. The court injunction was issued to protect the integrity of the canal and the surrounding environment from further harm. Mr Christopher Jones has admitted to breaching the injunction, when he carried out the further act of vandalism on Wednesday 11th April. Mr Christopher Jones has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for the breach of the injunction, suspended for two years, subject to Mr Jones not breaching the injunction within that period. We are satisfied with the outcome of the hearing. British Waterways purpose in bringing these proceedings for committal was to ensure that the canal can be peacefully operated and that the injunction complied with. We hope that today's decision will allow us to do this. The cost to repair the damage which was caused to this historic waterway is estimated at approx £150k plus fees. British Waterways have been carrying out repairs to the damage after receiving the necessary consents from Natural England. Navigation has now been re-opened with temporary restrictions for through passage between 6th - 22th June, whilst contractors work on site. British Waterways takes incidents of this sort to our waterway very seriously and throughout this distressing ordeal, British Waterways has worked closely with Greater Manchester Police and our legal specialists. We remain committed to improving, caring for and developing the Rochdale Canal into the future together with and for the benefit of the local community who already enjoy this magnificent canal. "

The book is "A Narrow Dog To Carcassonne". Some well-meaning person bought it for me for xmas. I wish they hadn't bothered. It really is badly written and dull in the extreme. Basically a couple took their nb plus whippet across the channel and through France so they could write about it and cash in. Put it on a truck a la Bill Davies - http://www.billybubbles.demon.co.uk/transport/index.html

If you are getting zapped in your sleep then they are finding you by your smell (sorry). That is normal body odour and the carbon dioxide you exhale. Repellents work by simply disguising this smell so they are not attracted to you. I would never use anything with DEET (diethyl-meta-toluamide) in it because it is so corrosive. It eats plastics and some man-made fabrics and also irritates "sensitive" skin areas so to speak. On my annual trip to the wilds of the Scottish Highlands I use Mosi-Guard as it is made from natural ingrediants. Having said that I get the occaisional bite where I sweat it off and still pick up the odd blood-sucking tick. Going to bed I would expect the last thing you want to do is put on a repellant. So you need to net where you think they are coming in and heat a vapour tablet via electrickery or oil to keep them out. One tablet should last the night and be effective through the whole boat. Deisel spreads to one molecule thickness on water. So one little drop goes an awfully long way. As the little beasties start life in the water a layer of oil on the surface effectively seals them in so they die on hatching. That's why they avoid it.