marjon said:
Sound like some nice lamps:).
Smell no worse than wifeys failed cooking I am sure, thats why she laughed as she now has 1 in the bag against you:rolleyes:.

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Yes we did once or twice have an incident of burnt water! Which is why she was laughing!!!!!
We started collecting them cos they go well in the place in Fr and we do need them there sometimes as power-cuts are a thing and power don't always come back on. Very quickly.
The worst was when some lasted 3 days or more and peeps killed themselves by using gennys, indoors!!!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
(Not round our way, up in the centre of Frogland mostly)
They are decorative too and some are quite ingenious. Just have to get lamp oil that don't stink and keep an eye on the wicks so they don't smoke up the ceiling.
Never tried citronella-flavoured oil but might one day altho the action against bugs never seems to be all that effective. But anything to stop Wifey getting bit!
I'll put a pic or 2 up.
 

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DanClarke said:
To be fair it did have isolating valves but they were old and showed signs of failing (we have a de-Zincification issue here) so it was best to replace them.
Problem was that all the pipework north of the old isolators was solid flared copper tails on the old taps that were soldered to 15mm pipework, so my choices were limited.
But replacing them meant turning the CRM water off and draining the HW side pipework in order to do so.
Yes, my mate swears by poly-plumb stuff and maybe I will get involved in it in my next life. ;)
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Understood.
In our case the push-fit was directly on to the old copper. Not Plassy! should have explained that!
So you could have cut the copper as close as poss to the taps and popped em on. BUT if the copper was too far away, you might have needed a bit more!
Still all done now!:):):):):)
 
Stanleysteamer said:
Yes we did once or twice have an incident of burnt water! Which is why she was laughing!!!!!
We started collecting them cos they go well in the place in Fr and we do need them there sometimes as power-cuts are a thing and power don't always come back on. Very quickly.
The worst was when some lasted 3 days or more and peeps killed themselves by using gennys, indoors!!!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
(Not round our way, up in the centre of Frogland mostly)
They are decorative too and some are quite ingenious. Just have to get lamp oil that don't stink and keep an eye on the wicks so they don't smoke up the ceiling.
Never tried citronella-flavoured oil but might one day altho the action against bugs never seems to be all that effective. But anything to stop Wifey getting bit!
I'll put a pic or 2 up.
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As a boy I always wanted a Tilley lamp instead of my Hurricane lamp to go fishing with.
Several years ago I bought one second hand (on a whim) and it came in jolly useful when we had a power cut the next year.
I also indulged myself with an old-fashioned Paraffin Primus stove.
I just like the old fashioned and simple technologies. :)
 
Good evening…. Had some long mad days.
Stopped by locals on the way into the woods thinking I was lost…
Now I find the tv series I downloaded is subtitled :mad:

At least driving in was in the light..
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derwendolly said:
I had to get the handbook as there are three bottles together - all different colours! The blue one I know is the washer bottle so that left a yellow one and an orange one, so I got a torch and discovered that the yellow one says it is the power steering, the pictures on the orange one left me with no other option, it does have a couple of little pictures telling me not to open it when it is hot. Anyway ........... the answer is that it has less than the minimum line so it is definitely thirsty!
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Did you check the levels before you went ?
 
Stanleysteamer said:
Just picked her up, she is in a sorry state, TWO drains, bloodstains all over the place.
Still she is at home lying asleep in her cage to keep the other dogs from licking her wounds, or trying to.
The damage was £680 odd and on closer inspection I see they sold me a "Buster" kind of doggy T-shirt, second-hand, as she told me it had just come out of the wash so was still a bit wet, other dogs' hair in the velcro etc,
£25 with VAT. Furious!:mad::mad::mad:
But she seems OK and is fast asleep. Good to have her back although the ongoing care is ...... well just has to be done.
2 further visits to the vet will be necessary.
Luckily she is 8 years old now and apart from being spayed has cost us very little. And that was done in France for far less money.
She's gonna get lots of cuddles!:):):)
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Poor thing :(:( The costs are always high:mad: dont you have insurance for this type of thing
it saved us a fortune when we got a massive bill the last time. Tis good you've got her home
though. 25 quid for a used shirt robbing gits wash it & take it back for a refund. ;)
 
DanClarke said:
...that the blood test was a painless thing.:)
Worst bit was running over a road cone on the way home and getting it wedged under the tie rod. :(
Unavoidable because of queueing traffic and an errant bin-lorry blocking the roadworks and the 3-way lights.
All sorted now. :D
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I seen a funny thing yesterday when you mentioned a road cone, driving behind a 7.5t & going though
road works the cars further up were swerving round a cone then the truck moved out & swerved left
clipping the cone & fired from the middle of the road over onto the verge. Haha
 
Stanleysteamer said:
Agree totally about the SDS drills. I bought two when i had to drill loads of holes in reinforced concrete, (doing decking).
Bought two as I was sure they would get knackered pretty quick.
Did they heckaslike! Fantastic things, with a cheapo but really powerful corded hammer drill from a DIY place in Frogland. Went through it like butter.
Mate tells me a really good buy is one of those batt powered impact type nut remover jobs.
Might ask for one for Christmas. Can anyone recommend a good value one?:):):)
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Ive got dewalt impact guns which I find very good, I only got them cause ive got a full dewalt collection with a heep of batterys & chargers. Great for landy wheel nuts. ;)
 
Stanleysteamer said:
Yes we did once or twice have an incident of burnt water! Which is why she was laughing!!!!!
We started collecting them cos they go well in the place in Fr and we do need them there sometimes as power-cuts are a thing and power don't always come back on. Very quickly.
The worst was when some lasted 3 days or more and peeps killed themselves by using gennys, indoors!!!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
(Not round our way, up in the centre of Frogland mostly)
They are decorative too and some are quite ingenious. Just have to get lamp oil that don't stink and keep an eye on the wicks so they don't smoke up the ceiling.
Never tried citronella-flavoured oil but might one day altho the action against bugs never seems to be all that effective. But anything to stop Wifey getting bit!
I'll put a pic or 2 up.
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If you rub yer lamp does yer get a Genie :D
 
Noo merkin stainless food box installed old one taken away & im giving my mate the old one
I'll need to drill a hole in his wall for the water feed his missis is well happy. :)
Early finish was home for 1sh fell asheep for 20 mins then spent the afternoon cleaning the
Evo & gave it a clay bar treatment, next is a wee buff with compound & im looking at ceramic coating.
Probably buy the auto finesse full kit, id need at least 2 days free.
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DanClarke said:
As a boy I always wanted a Tilley lamp instead of my Hurricane lamp to go fishing with.
Several years ago I bought one second hand (on a whim) and it came in jolly useful when we had a power cut the next year.
I also indulged myself with an old-fashioned Paraffin Primus stove.
I just like the old fashioned and simple technologies. :)
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Me too, well us too.
We both remember going on picnics as kids and our dads getting the primus going to make tea.
We also had Tilley lamps when camping and they give off a really powerful light don't they?
Love the hissing sound they make.
So from the same auction house I bought two, one is almost unused and the previous owner made up a special wooden box for it to carry spares, meths etc etc.
I also bought an old Swedish version of a Primus that dismantles into a smallish tin. The leather washer on the pump had dried up so I put it in a jar with some oil in it, years ago and haven't touched it since.
This might stimulate me to get going on it.
A lot of this comes from the fact that our first two kit cars looked like cars from long ago, mine from the 30s and hers from the 40s-50s. So we have bought several picnic sets/hampers as well. Which we do properly use.
Goodwood Revival etc plus various rallies we used to go on which sadly are not run anymore.
Start from one nice place, such as the Haynes museum or Bath, follow a Tulip book around lots of back roads then end up at a period country house hotel where we dress for dinner, eat, dance, enjoy the jazz then sleep in a lovely bedroom, before a good brekker and heading home.
Really miss those. Met some lovely peeps too, who we used to see regularly. Sadly the company that ran them couldn't make enough money on them so they reduced and reduced until they were only doing London to Brighton. :(:(:(:(
 
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