Afternoon all.
Bacon sarnies for lunch, it's been raining cats and dogs down here!
Have a good one!
Bacon sarnies for lunch, it's been raining cats and dogs down here!
Have a good one!
Afternoon all.
Bacon sarnies for lunch, it's been raining cats and dogs down here!
Have a good one!
Oh blimey, I’m drooling now over a bacon sarni
Advantages of having a 4 x 4 is when u can’t find a parking space just drag them out the way, plus that’s what bumpers are for to make a bigger parking space
Yer the honda was decent but the wee Jimny could only tow an empty trailer
Am suprised at the jimney’s as there great little off roaders , seen them go through off road obstacles where the bigger heavier motors couldn’t
See that many of the landies having a towing capacity of around 7,000 ilbs or 3.5T
Stone56
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It's the last tree to leaf up so may get away with it ash is the only wood you can burn when still green
It's the last tree to leaf up so may get away with it ash is the only wood you can burn when still green
Funny u mentioning that as I remember being told ages ago that green ash will still have a lot of water content and cause the chimneys to get more creosote than others that have been seasoned
Was just curious if that’s true or not plse , many thks
That's why we bought our first one, not many vehicles easily accessible to ornery folk can tow that weight.
Yours can, can't it?
I see you have twin Edgars!!
Couldn't you at least fill a kettle?Anglian water just knocked on my door. They have found the leak in the street, but they need to cut my supply off to fix it.
#no Tea/Coffee for the wicked.
This is one of the massive disadvantages of not having a huge tank in the loft. As we found out in Froggyland when they stopped the watter.
Seriously jealous with all the room u have in the engine bay
Also remember seeing some of the old vitara 4x4 , indeed mine can tow 3.5 tons
Couldn't you at least fill a kettle?
This is one of the massive disadvantages of not having a huge tank in the loft. As we found out in Froggyland when they stopped the watter.
When access was tight or not much room I put some of those coffin type water tanks in linked to one another to get a min of 50 x gallons , alas useto see 2 x tanks that were linked piped up wrong as many times where they put the incoming water mains and outlet in the same tank
WhiskyLassie
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That was a 5 day week into 4 days. Visited the pub after work.
Home time
Home time
WhiskyLassie
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Could be needing a clean out and re oilSadly was a bit premature with the second sewing machine. Despite the geezer advertising it as "working".
And my having tested it as soon as it arrived befofe hiding it away.
When W had finished playing with the other one, fixing a dress and programming it to stitch words onto a piece of material, she decided to make sure the other one was OK.
So she pluggged it, switched it on and the light came on then faded to "out" while a gentle burning smell ensued.
So Stan the "not electrical man" swung into action.
Checked the fuse in the plug, seemed OK, plugged it back into the other machine, twas fine.
So she goes off to do the dogs, and our, dinner.
I pop the machine on its back and unscrew 4 screws holding a plate onto the base where the power goes in. Total voyage of discovery.
There I beheld a kind of "pack" which once unscrewed further revealed a transformer surrounded by a circuit board with various resistors, a condenser (I think), what appeared like a glass fuse soldered in, other "stuff", a couple of contact switches, all of it connected to the rest of the machine with a ribbon cable.
I used a circuit tester to see if the coils around the transformer were OK, which they were, if the fuse was OK, which it wasn't or didn't appear to be according to the meter, although visibly it looked OK. All the soldered connections under the board seemed to be OK.
The smell seemed to be coming from this bit but I couldn't be sure. I also noted a slightly moist, maybe slightly sticky liquidish substance, hardly any of it but it was there.
Dinner was nearly ready so I put it all back together and tested it again. No luck.
So, somewhat peeved.
No idea what ohm rating the fuse is at, and not exactly sure how it is mounted. The glass wasn't smoky inside neither.
I won't have time to try and fix it before we leave and, as you know, this isn't stuff I have much clue about.
So it has become a supply of spares for the moment.
One thing though, she didn't press the pedal so the motor hadn't turned, which makes me hopeful the smell didn't come from that.
Ho Hum!
when we come back I think we'll have to find a repair place.
WhiskyLassie
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I asked for a dram and he put ice and lemon in it. Was fumingDam it and there was me just about to get a round in
Omg that’s sacrilege, alas for me I like southern comfort and coke
Yeh I know I’ll get my coat
Maybe everyone is filling up before the pump prices go up
Is petrol heading north of 150p a litre as people plan Easter getaway?
A jump in the price of oil is set to trigger an increase in costs at filling station, the AA says, with some non-motorway forecourts already charging 149.9p per litre for unleaded.
Stone56
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Ash has always been a highly prized firewood because it burns green that is when it has been freshly cut, This makes it an excellent fuel as was celebrated by Walter de la Mare .
