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- Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:15 pm
- Forum: Alternative Transport
- Topic: What can I do with an old bike?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3520
Re: What can I do with an old bike?
You could have a go at cleaning it up! You might be surprised how much of the rust comes off easily (sorry, did I say easily? I obviously meant with lots of scrubbing). There is a good guide to green cleaning methods at http://oldbikeblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/guest-blogger-green-clean-your-bicycle.h...
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:39 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Azada, good idea or what?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6059
Re: Azada, good idea or what?
The same tool - essentially a digging hoe - has been made and exported for years by the Chillington Tool Company. You can buy their Crocodile brand digging or trenching hoes online - http://www.chillingtontoolsonline.co.uk. I bought one in the autumn in advance of digging over new veg beds this spri...
- Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:23 pm
- Forum: Alternative Transport
- Topic: Starting a new project!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4980
Re: Starting a new project!
I'm very interested! How does the three-wheel system work? I assume the two front wheels are steered and therefore mounted individually and not on a single axle.... I've got a couple of old bicycle frames I've been saving for a building project - either a trailer or a 'bent. I had thought of convert...
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:34 am
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Joke Christmas Cake
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3317
Re: Joke Christmas Cake
You need to get a miniature version of these signs from Nottingham...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nott ... 798194.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nott ... 798194.stm
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:31 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Fox digging up the beds
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7058
Re: Fox digging up the beds
Using socks to keep away a fox?
Is this some kind of sympathetic magic approach; use something that rhymes with the thing you're trying to deter?
Would putting a chair in the veg plot keep hares out but not work on rabbits? :c)
rb
Is this some kind of sympathetic magic approach; use something that rhymes with the thing you're trying to deter?
Would putting a chair in the veg plot keep hares out but not work on rabbits? :c)
rb
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:19 am
- Forum: Links, links and more links
- Topic: A couple of Videos from the cycle trip
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2978
Re: A couple of Videos from the cycle trip
Ah...I've been away from the board for a while due to illness and completely missed your trip.
Pity I didn't know you were in my vicinity...given I have more than a passing interest in your chosen mode of transport!
rb
Pity I didn't know you were in my vicinity...given I have more than a passing interest in your chosen mode of transport!
rb
- Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:07 am
- Forum: Alternative Transport
- Topic: Bike add ons
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4345
- Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:04 am
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Have you ever read a book more than once
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7653
Re: Have you ever read a book more than once
Just recently re-read Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" for the umpteenth time.
Flann O'Brien's "The Third Policeman" - read it more times than I can remember.
Flann O'Brien's "The Third Policeman" - read it more times than I can remember.
- Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:26 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Pizza - getting the right flavour?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5562
Re: Pizza - getting the right flavour?
My personal experience is that the qualtity and quality of the olive oil used in the dough has more effect that almost any other ingredient. I have also added yoghurt to the dough to make a Nan-type flatbread. Unfortunately I don't have a tandoor but a hot, dry pan or wok works just as well. (Just t...
- Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:15 pm
- Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
- Topic: State funeral for Thatcher?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 11104
Re: State funeral for Thatcher?
I watched that, and I'm an awful pedant - so I checked the figures. Now I want to know where you can buy a Scottish shovel for 60 pence. I imagine most of the population would happily dig with their bare hands. We'd only need a limted number of shovels for smacking her in the face to ensure she did...
- Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:52 pm
- Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
- Topic: State funeral for Thatcher?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 11104
Re: State funeral for Thatcher?
Frankie Boyle on Mock the Week reckoned that for the £3million budget that is being discussed, they could buy a shovel for every person in Scotland and we'd dig a hole sooooooo deep that they could hand her over to Satan personally!
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:44 pm
- Forum: Bring back the Goodlife - and other Television and Radio related things
- Topic: Good Life is back!?!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6554
Re: Good Life is back!?!
Sorry...I'm talking utter manure again. It's apparently on UKTV Gold..which isn't a Freeview channel.
That'll teach me to think I can get away with using a snatched glimpse of a TV screen as a citable source!
Please forgive...
That'll teach me to think I can get away with using a snatched glimpse of a TV screen as a citable source!
Please forgive...
- Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:47 pm
- Forum: Bring back the Goodlife - and other Television and Radio related things
- Topic: Good Life is back!?!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6554
Good Life is back!?!
Has anyone else noticed that The Good Life is back on "Dave"?
Or is this old news...?
rb
Or is this old news...?
rb
- Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:39 pm
- Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
- Topic: State funeral for Thatcher?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 11104
Re: State funeral for Thatcher?
Naturally there should be no honours for socio-economic criminals like her but that won't stop them. I'm reminded of a card I once saw to mark the death of Winston Churchill which showed two miners arm-in-arm dancing a jig! How you see things depends entirely on where you're standing... My only worr...
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:25 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Pea supports
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7754
Re: Pea supports
Are these simply cylinders made of sheep fencing? Excellent idea!
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