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by Paul_C
Wed May 23, 2012 6:25 pm
Forum: Alternative Transport
Topic: Getting a Land Rover
Replies: 27
Views: 43459

Re: Getting a Land Rover

i had a defender and if i get enough money to run a car again id get another they are specialist trucks mind, with sod all comforts and the chasis are prone to rusting. that said i offroaded hard in mine and never found something it couldnt beat. fuel wise a NA or naturally aspirated engine SUCKS. y...
by Paul_C
Wed May 23, 2012 6:25 pm
Forum: Alternative Transport
Topic: Getting a Land Rover
Replies: 27
Views: 43459

Re: Getting a Land Rover

i had a defender and if i get enough money to run a car again id get another they are specialist trucks mind, with sod all comforts and the chasis are prone to rusting. that said i offroaded hard in mine and never found something it couldnt beat. fuel wise a NA or naturally aspirated engine SUCKS. y...
by Paul_C
Wed May 09, 2012 10:49 pm
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: New to brewing - any must try recipes?
Replies: 14
Views: 6488

Re: New to brewing - any must try recipes?

i at the moment am only brewing from kits, i have found the tom claxton range are very good. let them ferment slowly at around 20 degrees, takes 8-9 days for ale, and 10 for lager, but it is very drinkable. the stout ferments like rocket fuel, and clears just as fast and is also very good i hjave tr...
by Paul_C
Sat May 05, 2012 5:59 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Anti-depressants
Replies: 24
Views: 5563

Re: Anti-depressants

one very serious question. is it actually depression you have? i was diagnosed with depression years ago and the meds made me worse because i DONT have strait depression i have a "fun" combination of things like a Personality disorder (which is similar in output to depression) Depressive e...
by Paul_C
Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:43 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: washing machine help needed
Replies: 8
Views: 2486

Re: washing machine help needed

nik nik. as an engineer can you describe how it isnt working.

maybe able to do a long distance fault find for you. and the insides are pretty basic.
by Paul_C
Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:12 pm
Forum: Wild Foods and Foraging
Topic: it was a good catch today
Replies: 1
Views: 2288

it was a good catch today

a nice morning bimble dive, which nearly didnt happen due to iffy weather, netted a nice big haul of an even 50 King scallops. the smallest of which was 6 inches across, some were nearly 9.
by Paul_C
Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:47 pm
Forum: Livestock
Topic: Fox?
Replies: 10
Views: 5363

Re: Fox?

i have seen the aftermath of a single fox in a comerical hen house. over 100 dead birds in a night. and the bugger took ONE then cam back the next night where he became closely acquainted to mr shogun and his rather scattering daughters
by Paul_C
Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:47 pm
Forum: Livestock
Topic: Fox?
Replies: 10
Views: 5363

Re: Fox?

i have seen the aftermath of a single fox in a comerical hen house. over 100 dead birds in a night. and the bugger took ONE then cam back the next night where he became closely acquainted to mr shogun and his rather scattering daughters
by Paul_C
Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:53 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: "Can we talk" about
Replies: 130
Views: 30004

Re: "Can we talk" about

Just as science doesn't stay static neither does religion & you would be hard pushed to find a none fundamentalist Christian who takes the whole 'world was created in seven days' as literal so if the bible is not literal, what is it then? if the bit about god creating the world in 7 days is not...
by Paul_C
Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:25 am
Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
Topic: PM has lost it
Replies: 40
Views: 24843

Re: PM has lost it

So are you suggesting that the poor should govern? Because that will just make them the nouvea riche and all the problems will start over again. Or...are you suggesting communism? That's never worked anywhere! I prefer the suggestion for a proper democracy, one where people actually represent you r...
by Paul_C
Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:25 am
Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
Topic: PM has lost it
Replies: 40
Views: 24843

Re: PM has lost it

So are you suggesting that the poor should govern? Because that will just make them the nouvea riche and all the problems will start over again. Or...are you suggesting communism? That's never worked anywhere! I prefer the suggestion for a proper democracy, one where people actually represent you r...
by Paul_C
Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:17 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Gay Marriage
Replies: 49
Views: 9523

Re: Gay Marriage

alot of the shouting which is going on around this effective non issue for all but the most out of date batshit mental reactionary numbskull is simply hiding the fact that our political lords, masters and betters (read as tosspots who need to prove they are human) are screwing us over more and more ...
by Paul_C
Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:37 am
Forum: Health and Beauty
Topic: Treatment for mosquito bites
Replies: 18
Views: 8588

Re: Treatment for mosquito bites

iodine. spot it on and the itch and bite goes in an hour. the colour doesnt.
by Paul_C
Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:10 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Meeting other ishers
Replies: 7
Views: 3452

Re: Meeting other ishers

I have been for beers with one but I knew her already. for some reason she doesn't think I am totally mental so she is just as mad.

if there are any in south Devon who fancy a meet then that would be good of course it needs to be not when i am doing my underwater foraging.