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1 hour ago, magnetman said:
Ragwort should be pulled out.
Ragwort is an important food plant for the cinnabar moth and a good source of nectar, it should only be controlled where grazing animals might encounter it
21 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:But then you have to dispose of it, its more dangerous wilted than it is growing
Only if you eat it.
It is more palatable to horses and other grazing animals when dried out, but it's not inherently more dangerous
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We will be missing it this year unfortunately, life keeps getting in the way
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3 hours ago, peterboat said:
Tyres, tyres, tyres! I honestly think standard commercial road tyres are just designed for nice dry roads and to last as long as possible!
Yup, the road tyres certainly never helped but most of the time we were talking dry fields, thankfully those particular days are behind me, fun though they were
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On 14/08/2023 at 20:45, peterboat said:
The new campervan I have built is a VW lT46, it has twin rear wheels so doesn't sink as much as the LT 35, it seems to to slightly better than the last van the Type 25. It seems to be doing 30 ish mpg so can't complain really
Bloody useless though on an unloaded transit tipper, get stuck on damp leaves they will, I eventually learned the trick of raising the tipper body to increase weight on the back axle
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26 minutes ago, Tonka said:
So if he is spending a day there he will not be doing the Monty in 2 days
Sorry but I don't organise his diary, just give opinions on places to visit.
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20 hours ago, robtheplod said:
Just tagging onto this old thread as we are looking to visit the Monty in a few weeks. I'm thinking about visiting the Home | The British Ironwork Centre as it looks fairly close and has some interesting exhibits. Can you do the Monty in 2 days?
Me and the other half visited a few weeks ago and I would say yes,it is worth a visit, it obviously depends on what you are after but it kept us entertained for a day
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Just now, Hudds Lad said:
many a tshirt and jumper in my youth suffered these
Dunno what you are talking about, it's just a term I heard someone use...
Honestly
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18 minutes ago, Hevs said:
I'm definitely not burning sticks I pick up because I read up on how it's important to have properly dried wood when I am burning it.
Could it be the wood I am buying bagged from supermarkets?
I did notice that some of the wood had some very thick, dried sap on it. Not sure if that is normal or not.
We used to call bagged wood from supermarkets yuppie bags because only yuppies would buy it with more money than sense, plus all the crap would go in them.
Since the woodsure standards came in I doubt its wet unseasoned rubbish anymore but from what you are describing it sounds like softwood, nothing wrong with softwood I'm getting 20 tonnes deliverd soon, but it does spit, even properly seasoned, so I suspect this is what is causing your issue.
To echo others experiences, I never had blim burns in the cratch and I burnt 100% wood for 10yrs and the stove is located similar to where yours is
Oh and to add, when burning wood I used to sweep the chimney every week and it needed it, coal is easy in comparison
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27 minutes ago, Paul C said:
I love the way we’re all hypothesising about what would happen if CRT are sued for breach of a contract we don’t know the basic details of…
You're surprised! How long have you been a member here?
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6 minutes ago, IanD said:
Not quite sure what your point is? If CART get sued for several million quid and lose -- which seems likely if that is indeed what the funding conditions say -- then it will come out of their £250M annual budget leaving less for useful purposes, the net result being that closing such canals could cost them money not save it.
Unless of course the actual cost of maintaining that canal would be more than any fine for closing it
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2 hours ago, Tonka said:
Are you saying they do not need the aqueducts
They can bypass the big one, there's a pumping station at the bottom of the valley
2 hours ago, magnetman said:Is the aqueduct used for water transfer? Seems a bit unlikely given how much higher up it is than the river.
Yup, from the horseshoe in falls in Llan all the way to Hurlston
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3 hours ago, magnetman said:
I spend a lot of time on the Thames in a small electric canoe. I'm pretty sure I picked up a bug from river water the other day as have had a monster headache and no sleep for 48 hours. Also chills and nausea. Really nasty.
I don't go in the water but occasionally put hands in or handle rope which has been in so probably a hand to mouth transfer.
It is definitely very dirty that River
especially after a bit of rain when the STWs are 'allowed' to discharge untreated or partially treated sewage under their permits.
That does sound very similar to what sent me to hospital and it can appear to sort itself out and reoccur later
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On a tangent slightly but I have about 20 demijohns available free for collection if anyone is interested, North West area
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It was a hairy drive on the motorway this morning that's for sure
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Thank you all, I now have some options.
I must remember not to brush my teeth in the bathroom sink tomorrow
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6 minutes ago, Jon57 said:
Could it not be done in flexible pipe of some kind. Has the sink got a watse trap fitted? If so get a trap with a washing machine spigot come of the outlet. Jubilee clip flexible hose to Hep 20 fitting on skin outlet.
No trap, it connects to this, which I also need a replacement for as the plastic thread has stripped.
Tbh there's not enough space for a trap, there's hardly any downward run to the skin fitting now.
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5 minutes ago, dmr said:
Its not realy a total cock up, the nature of BSP fittings is that not everything is available, and even less readily availablem so its quite common to see several items joined together to go from one thing to another, though I suspect this one could be a bit more elegant.
What screws on to the grey plastic thread? is it something flexible?
That goes to a rigid HEP20 pipe to a skin fitting
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Just now, Tracy D'arth said:
1 1/4" iron elbow, 1 1/4" X 3/4" iron reducing bush and brass 3/4" male to 22mm spigot into 22mm HEP2O coupler.
Commonly known as a cockup.
So what would be a none cock up way of doing it, this is an original bit from when I bought the boat many many years ago
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2 minutes ago, David Mack said:
Looks like a 1 1/4 bsp elbow, with a 1 1/4 x something (3/4?) iron reducing bush for the brass fitting to which the plastic fitting is attached.
But since the plastic fitting has a male threaded end, it would have been easier just to use a steel nipple into the reducing bush.
I got the first bit but the second paragraph completely missed me, thanks anyway.
It's what was draining the bathroom sink to the skin fitting, ideally I would like to replace it with a more sensible plastic fitting
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Apart from the many many swear words I have recently called this, what is the actual name or moniker I need to use on a Google search
More photos to follow
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1 minute ago, IanD said:
Or not... 😉
Equally
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2 hours ago, howardang said:
I totally agree that it is a personal choice after making a risk assessment. One further important point to consider is that if you strike your head or otherwise injure yourself when falling in, or you are incapacitated through sudden illness etc, you may be unable to get out of the water unaided. A lifejacket may be your savior. I would never criticise anyone who decides that it is better to be safe (and alive) than sorry.
Howard
Absolutely, it's a personal choice and like you I would never criticise someone's decision to wear one
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46 minutes ago, Bubblebuster said:
When going through or hanging around locks maybe, but for just cruising along? And why are some so expensive anyway!
It's a personal choice/risk assessment but what did supprise me is how deep a section of the Walsall canal actually was when I voluntarily went in, standing on some debris of unknown origin the water was up to my chin.
The above waffle basically means don't be too quick to scoff, not that I will be wearing one but I am a little more cautious now
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1 minute ago, IanD said:
Ultraviolet Protection Factor? Surely that's good for you?
Not if you deep fry it
My Floating Home
in General Boating
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Years ago I had a black and white telly, a small portable one with a dial to tune it, now I accept this wasn't the norm but that's what I had and I had a black and white TV license.
Cue an endless stream of wrist slapping letters telling me to get a colour license, which I ignored, after an initial letter explaining I actually do have a black and white TV.
During a particularly unpleasant flu/cold bout I was at home on the sick and answered a knock on the door, on seeing a dreadlocked hippy in a dressing gown with snot streaming and bloodshot eyes answer the door the TV detector chap refused my offer to show him the TV and left the door step fairly sharpish, never heard back from them again, dunno why