stumpy69

Not on this scale but if im removing galvanising or zinc coating from screws I drop them in a jar full of standard vinegar and a couple of hours later the coating is gone.

This was Sunday night taken from the top of the Cairn o mount in Aberdeenshire. Just to add a lot of these photos you see is not what you see with the naked eye! all we could see was a faint green glow. A 15 second shutter speed was needed to get these photos (I may be wrong as these were taken by my Mrs, I was just the driver to get to the top of the hill. There is an app available which gives you alerts or website www.aurora-alerts.co.uk

I assume the OP means the technique of crowning woodies by just cutting off the wings then pulling the crown out by hand like this video (although he does make it look harder than it is). I cannot help if you can do partridge in the same way but guess you can.

This is correct, but it is stupid. I have twice used my OBD reader to cancel a code to put the light off in front of the MOT tester and as long as he seen the dash with the light out it was a pass.

These things seem to be popping up more and more, does anyone have any idea what they actually are? Have seen them In a few gardens whilst on my bike and noticed them next to some of the fisherman huts on the dee yesterday.

Should have said they are like sweet chestnut, a lot more 'spiky' looking than horse chestnut. The seeds could possibly get confused with acorns they are a similar size but more patterned. The site below show variation in the castor bean seeds https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Representation-of-the-variability-in-color-and-size-observed-among-seeds-of-castor-bean_fig3_221921966

Could be castor bean? The seeds come in a pod which looks similar to chestnut so possible got mixed up?

I have never had a np300 but on my third D40, all auto, all regularly towing 2.5tonne plus and a twin axle caravan. First one did 189,986 miles before I blew the engine when the thermostat stuck and I was towing a twin axle caravan up a hill. Second one I got rid of at 142,000 miles only gearbox problem I had with that one was a leak on the transmission oil cooler which is mounted at the front of the truck and had corroded, would have happened even if I had never towed with it. Now have a V6 which has done 92,000 miles and no problems. If I was you I wouldn't worry too much about it having a tow bar on, they seem to cope pretty well.

Shops are allowed to accept or refuse any means of payment they like as long as it is not not discriminating on account of race, gender or sexuality etc. so not accepting cash is perfectly legal. I have not used cash for about three years now since I was able use my phone as my bank card.

PM replied. Cheers, I may have to start buying beer in bottles again to give the opener a good use. I have been buying mostly cans recently as my local council don't accept glass in our recycling bin!

The picture this app on my phone is suggesting this is a Peruvian lily but this could be completely wrong!

Ribs ready to go in for tonight’s supper.

I know the OP is in England, but just in case it helps anyone else is looking to do the same, in Scotland it is not a legal requirement to have any permissions or checks to get the install signed off. Although no one will check you have to follow building regs which are easily available. If you don't follow building regs and the worst happens your insurance is very unlikely to cover you.

If that’s the case it’s about right for a weekend job only one climber leaving everything behind. If it was here approx £200 a day for climber and £120 for groundsman. Lots of add ons can be added after that, distance from base chipper, removal of waste, dog poo tax!

They dont have to be hard wired. They do have to be interlinked (this can be wireless) and have to be either tamper proof long-life lithium battery or mains connected. My MIL got a quote from an electrician to install everything needed in her house for just over £700, I put in wireless, long life battery units for less than 25% of that.

Some beef ribs I cooked in the UDS last week. And a chicken on the rotisserie attachment. Love the UDS, pretty much set and leave, holds temperature within 10° for hours unless the wind changes significantly.

Agree with you on this, I tried the pizza pan idea and found it was just not the same, ok for a roman style pizza but just does not work for Neapolitan style which is what the wood fired pizza oven is best at due to the high temperature. I have two wooden peels which I use for launching pizzas, a light dusting of fine semolina is all that is needed to stop sticking. you can also have extra dough stretched out ready to go. If I remember I will take plenty of photos and do a write up of the whole process I use for the food section next time I do pizzas.

Yes, if water gets inside its not the end of the world but takes longer to heat up. At first I had an empty pot on top of my chimney to block off there and the bit of wood used to mould the door to block that off, these are possibly pictured earlier in this thread. I have upgraded to a proper chimney cowl and used the template to make a double skin door made from some steel sheet offcuts. The next step is to experiment with different pizza dough! Yours looks good but its a minefield and depends what pizza style you are aiming for, its like arguing over what calibre is best for roe......

We got our first tick three weeks ago!

Sorry, just seen this, I put waterproofer in the render mix then painted with masonry paint. My oven has been uncovered all winter, and used on average every second week. The only damage to it is a few small bits of paint (less than 5p size) have come off. This happened the day early February when the official temperature in our village was -18.7°C overnight, the cold also blew the same masonry paint of parts of our front porch.

The NC500 the other end of the country is fully booked already too! Agree with this, although I have lived 5 miles form Stonehaven all my life and I have never been to Dunottar Castle. I think we all forget some of the things we have on our own doorstep.

Last year I bought a Metabo Mitre saw and so far very impressed with it, sort of a mid range saw although doesn't have double bevel. It replaced a 10 year old B&Q cheapy performance power machine which met the same end your Einhell!

Agree with this but the issue is still with the fish supplier, in particular they should not have given rams to a new tank! Find a good 'local fish shop' not one within a garden centre and not a chain, definitely not pets at home! Just be warned, fish tanks can be like guns, start off with one and they multiply.

Good news you got to see a vet and it is nothing serious. Price is good too, I'm guessing your usual vet is part of a chain and the one you went to see in still independent? Not always but usually it seems to make a difference, my vet is independent and always has someone on call 24hrs a day. They will always at least let you talk to a vet out of hours to see if they think it is an emergency if they do take them in straight away, even on Christmas day, if not they will give you an appointment first thing the next day. Price is also very reasonable. A couple of years ago we took a 10 year old dog in at 7.30pm on a Saturday night, completely unconscious, the vet on call got to work on her and called in the practice owner in to help. Ended up she had septicaemia and needed 24 hour care for three days, we took her home on the Tuesday evening as she no longer needed a drip. At her check up the next week we were dreading the bill, the receptionist even covered her eyes when we said we didn't have insurance! The total bill was only £386! We were expecting at least a 1 in front of the total and asked them to check if they had got it wrong. I may be wrong but a friend said if we had taken her to most vets out of hours service 'vets now' we would have been £250 before even walking in the door.

That is disgraceful, surely they have more than one vet on at a time. I would 100% be getting a new vet and making sure they know why