The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
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Morning all,
Same as, 26 for 30.
Guess is for 29 to 31 all week.
It's upstairs floors day so I will probably do the pond to stay out of the way this afternoon.
It's either that or wash the car.
Ritual first, and a shoulder of Lamb for later.
Getting a bit warm for dog excursions just about half an hour this morning 07.45 start.
Same as, 26 for 30.
Guess is for 29 to 31 all week.
It's upstairs floors day so I will probably do the pond to stay out of the way this afternoon.
It's either that or wash the car.
Ritual first, and a shoulder of Lamb for later.
Getting a bit warm for dog excursions just about half an hour this morning 07.45 start.
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I keep a jar of Manuka honey, the real thing, strong-flavoured dark honey, have used it for sore throats and coffs, believe it to be soothing and effective.What do you think of all this manuka honey? We think it's a con.
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Morning folks. Keep having little power cuts for no reason. The solar chap (botanist) whom we have little confidence in is asking the suppliers down in the Cape to have a look at it remotely. I think that the extremely expensive battery is at fault. 10 year guarantee so not a problem.
Dunno what is happening this morning. Either the safari camp family are coming here or if they have guests we are going there.
Dunno what is happening this morning. Either the safari camp family are coming here or if they have guests we are going there.
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Dare I say it Ex-Ascot, you seem to have had a lot of issues with this fickle solar powered malarkey over the years! Perhaps the time has come to harness a bored hippo to a wheel that drives a generator that produces the hippo watts?Ex-Ascot wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:36 amMorning folks. Keep having little power cuts for no reason. The solar chap (botanist) whom we have little confidence in is asking the suppliers down in the Cape to have a look at it remotely. I think that the extremely expensive battery is at fault. 10 year guarantee so not a problem.
Dunno what is happening this morning. Either the safari camp family are coming here or if they have guests we are going there.
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Main freezer in garage has now been emptied and set to defrost. Think there was as much ice as food inside.
The "ice-up" has gathered speed in the last week since the temperatures started their upward path. Number two freezer is also now showing need of a defrost.
The "ice-up" has gathered speed in the last week since the temperatures started their upward path. Number two freezer is also now showing need of a defrost.
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Our garage freezer needed defrost recently, couldn't open the drawers - what a mess, but the inside fridge/freezer is frost free, works fine.
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Woken this morning by a howling wind rattling the tiles - didn't see that on any forecast. Yesterday, after clearing some fallen trees from me canal, there appeared to be a couple of funnel clouds developing over the Vale of Belvoir.
Re honey. I've sampled the honey from PN's local bee-keeper - bloody lovely!! One of me canal volunteers keeps bees as well and he produces some nice stuff - far better than what the supermarkets offer.
Re honey. I've sampled the honey from PN's local bee-keeper - bloody lovely!! One of me canal volunteers keeps bees as well and he produces some nice stuff - far better than what the supermarkets offer.
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
It is a con if paying $18 for a 100 gm. I believe the manuka bush is a member of the eucalypt family, so possibly honey may have similar properties to tea tree oil. The whole of the Mornington Peninsula is covered by manuka bushes. When I lived there I could buy the local honey in 2kg buckets for $12.00, and often did.Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:57 amWhat do you think of all this manuka honey? We think it's a con.
Here only idiots buy honey from a supermarket when local honey is readily available. I can buy 1kg buckets of iron bark honey at the local newsagent for $8. They sell it for a local amateur apiarist - hobby. Iron bark honey is something else again. It's very dark and strong.
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Agreed! My now late Mother used to buy honey from a local supplier (in the Barossa Valley) for exactly the price listed above. Cannot remember what type it was but Mum always swore that it was superior to anything found in the local Supermarkets.I could buy the local honey in 2kg buckets for $12.00, and often did. Here only idiots buy honey from a supermarket when local honey is readily available.
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Out today scanning Sussex for those Manuka bush groves - not over optimistic!
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1834:-
Within the hour, the deck was ablaze and by mid-afternoon, the entire vessel was in flames. 45 men, women and children and the crew took to three ship's boats to make their escape.
After they had rowed for an hour, the Earl of Eldon's powder-magazine exploded, the ship disintegrating spectacularly.
Her small boats eventually reached remote Rodrigues Island safely after 450 miles and thirteen days adrift.
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The little Fiesta has been sitting in an underground garage since March 4th, with battery disconnected, awaiting our return next Saturday. For the eventuality that it doesn't start I have just bought a paperback-sized Lithium-Cobalt battery from Halfords, cranking power 150A, max power 300A, and filled it with good honest English electricity to carry back to Perpignan to boot up the little 'un if needed. So much power in such a tiny volume. Is it only cost that prevents car manufacturers ditching the mammoth lead acid batteries for Li-Co ?
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If you fill it with English amps, don't you need the optional, extra cost, translate feature to discharge with French amps?
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Was Ampère the father of current electricity?
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Cue for very old story about Eddy Current taking Milly Amp into a magnetic field!
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Where Eddie encountered no resistance but Ohm my gosh Watt fun they did have!
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Looking at the Manche cable figures, some of those Coulombs are ever so slightly ffrench anyway. Some others are prolly Écossais.
It's only cost, and some shame, that prevents them from ditching those old-fashioned infernal combustion engines altogether.Is it only cost that prevents car manufacturers ditching the mammoth lead acid batteries for Li-Co?
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What do you think of all this manuka honey? We think it's a con.
We beekeepers think so too.
A truly brilliant piece of marketing ****, but fundamentally: a con.
All the claims of magicness™ made for manureka honey are actually valid for all proper honey.
It's already been recorded that more than five times as much Nya Zillun honey is sold in Europe, and in a Murrica, as is known to be produced by all NZ honey producers.
When demand outstrips supply by 5:1 you know you're on a winner!
A fabulous scam. A gift that just keeps on giving to the people of the long cloud.
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UP, you inspired me to look at two small jars of supermarket honey. No idea why we carry it all the way from Grantham when it is available down the road.
You're quite right, "packed in UK".
You're quite right, "packed in UK".
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A quick search finds this variant. With Eddy replaced by Micro Farad.TheGreenGoblin wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 2:28 pmWhere Eddie encountered no resistance but Ohm my gosh Watt fun they did have!
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