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jk0 wrote: »

You guys may know I have a diesel car which I bought new nine years ago. I don't drive it a lot. It has only just ticked over to 28000 miles this week, but is very handy for lugging building materials around my rental properties.

This car actually has a soot filter which needs to be regenerated from time to time by going on the motorway. This is quite simple here in Reading, and I do it regularly.

However, I am shocked by what I read about Volkswagen fiddling their emissions, and am almost ashamed to drive a diesel now. I think my next car will have to be a different fuel.

Anyone else feel the same?

Count me as not a car-driver anyway# - but that was one item of news I was glad to see over the last few days. I've always had my suspicions that things are the reverse way round to what we have all been told and that diesel cars are worse (probably a lot worse).....

Frugalsod

sb44 wrote: »

Do any other members have one of these and what do you do when the cotton wick goes, just use it for the sparks?

I do not have one, but would imagine that the wick would probably last a long time and when needing to replace it you could use any cotton sheets cut to strips to act as a replacement. It might be worth trying to see what size you need now before you have used it up.

sb44

Frugalsod wrote: »

I do not have one, but would imagine that the wick would probably last a long time and when needing to replace it you could use any cotton sheets cut to strips to act as a replacement. It might be worth trying to see what size you need now before you have used it up.

I could still use it to create sparks when the wick goes, so should last a long time.

It is just a play thing really.



Don't with fire kids, leave it to your parents.

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In WW2 there was a specially reinforced metal table that you could use as an indoor air raid shelter, perhaps something along those lines would keep you safe. The WW2 ones were to protect from falling masonry so obviously pretty tough.

They were MORRISON SHELTERS and were made from strong steel legs, a steel plate top and had mesh sides, they were designed to protect from the collapse of two storey buildings and doubled up as a table during the day. Towards the end of the war two storey Morrison Shelters were made available too.

Frugalsod

sb44 wrote: »

Don't with fire kids, leave it to your parents.

Well said. Yes parents need fun too.

greenbee

ivyleaf wrote: »

The discussion about class is interesting, but I think we're getting a bit off topic

Re earthquake preps, mine consist solely of the knowledge that if you're indoors in the event of a quake the safest places are supposedly doorways.

Definitely worth looking into this... I had no clue what to do when I woke up in the middle of a night on the 10th floor of a hotel to find the building moving... and the content on the TV (in a foreign language) was clearly pre-recorded as I couldn't find anything even vaguely useful. ANd the internet was down.

elona wrote: »

he finally retired he looked like Worzel Gummidge in the garden in old clothes, growing veg and tending hens .

That's a classless look... bindertwine holding up the trousers is equally effective for both landowner and farm worker... and I can guarantee that were I am at the moment (I'm away from home) the upper classes (or maybe we should call them aristocracy, because they have titles but definitely all also work) are probably the scruffiest-looking people around!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

I think the class levels have blended in so to speak , and there is no defining line, except the total upper class,vwhich is stereotyped on TV..

Me I am welsh, and I am who I am..I speak the way I speak, I dress the way I dress, and that's it. Think what you want , it doesn't change the person I am...whether you want to call me working class, middle class etc.. P!us I always have balingtwine in my pocket lol

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I personally think all types of engine cars etc are bad for the environment it would be the lesser of two evils picking one fuel over another.. The only solution is to walk, or go back to the horse and cart, but we all know, we can't live with them, can't live without them ( cars engined transport etc)

Frugalsod

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I personally think all types of engine cars etc are bad for the environment it would be the lesser of two evils picking one fuel over another.. The only solution is to walk, or go back to the horse and cart, but we all know, we can't live with them, can't live without them ( cars engined transport etc)

Horses are huge methane emitters and caused huge stinks in London and the big cities so I think that is not really an option. Walking cycling, electric public transport and electric cars and lorries powered by renewables are the future. What really intrigues me is why no electric farm vehicles? Tractors would be perfect if electrified. Many farms already have windmills or solar panels and with electric tractors would be able to operate so much more efficiently. They do not need to travel far and electric taxis are so much cheaper to run than diesel taxis that I would imagine that electric tractors would have the same maintenance cost advantages.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Maybe they don't do electric tractors etc is because they wouldn't have the same grunt/ toque ??? Plus if they did then the price of them would be sky high, as tractors are dear enough as it is...

Plus there might not be !any takers for them, as don't forget farmers can buy red diesel which is alot cheaper than what we pay at the pump.

Alloneword

Hi folks sorry to jump in here, i'll be honest and say i have not read all 33,000 posts but i'm still on topic to some degree i think.
I want to take some photocopies of important documants and store them in some kind of waterproof wallett, however best i can find is "Nirex military wallet" but this is not sealed so will not withstand submersion in water so i thought my next best option is to laminate the paperwork, however never worked with laminators before i'm unsure if once i have laminatored and trimmed it will still stay waterproof or not, does anyone have any experience of this otherwise my only option i can find is something like ebay item number 121725245860 and i don't fancy that.
I'm sure i have seen some kind of tube that keeps things dry but i'm open to suggestions, if i can i'd like to keep spends to below £20

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