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  1. hedgerowpete

    Pressure canning in the UK

    bit iam selfish, i am only intrested in ME and me is my favourite subject, me feeds my family and pays the bills, me and my family are every thing, everyone one else is second so why not me be important so next up was the canning joke, it was a joke you know , apart from that just follow the...
  2. hedgerowpete

    Pressure canning in the UK

    i will list the forums i am on here, but i am pretty sure it wont upset the forum gods talking about other sites that are not in competition with bush craft. i do warn you though many are americian, so they do get either very busy or very open minded, so dont use the new posts button as it will...
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    Hockley woods 14th April 1pm

    in what county/country/part of europe/plant is hockley woods, may be a gps cord or address or post code or some other form of description would help you trying to attract local members to you great sounding weekend
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    Fuel Hoarding

    i wont write it up here as this is a bush craft forum and these are unusual questions, but it is very easy to store petrol in very good condition the same goes with diesel for many years, without causing any problems to the vehical it is used in. i would suggest going to a prepper website forum...
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    Fuel Hoarding

    do you realise that a simple british army standard issue jerry can filled with petrol would be breaking the law, lol some how i dont ever see that one going to court, "maulord, we found him with 20 litres of petrol in an army jerry can, " shocking news that hang him!!!!! can anyone remeber...
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    Fuel Hoarding

    personaly i am more a prepper than a bush craft man so the 400 litres i had stored up before my unemployment in november would have come in very handy right about now , except that due to being unemployed i have all ready used it up!! most people could do with having a few litres just in...
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    Decades of conservation destroyed in days. By...

    i would have thought you would have had enough of senclessly banging your head against a brick wall by now, it does absolutly no good going up against a quango government group, your wrong there right and you lose, me personaly i would by a book on butterflys as its the only thing thats going to...
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    Pressure canning in the UK

    i must admit i am more of a prepper than a bush craft man my self, and know exactly what you mean about the bullets and bunkers some of the blokes on the survivalist forums are a little doom and gloom and some are very Team Americia, but since i just scrap over the 40 mark i get into the over...
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    Pressure canning in the UK

    i will take you up on that offer british red, once i have a job and some spare petrol money on the go. as for the smoking forum thats a great place, so i also find is the survivalist forums in the states as canning is seen as a preppers hobbie. i must admit i can preserve with sugar and...
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    Pressure canning in the UK

    thanks for this, i am trying to get into canning , but i am struggling with the details before i get going, when i do , i will be picking your brains, many many thanks pete
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    UK Gov petition to force debate on VAT on fuel for Air Ambulances

    personaly only dealt with the mountain resue a couple of social times the life boats i know well and i do belive they should be allowed to charge the full rescue fee to cover costs, maybe if they did some of the idiots that they have to rescue will get training and better safety supplies and...
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    Diesel question.

    there are more risks with the enviomental health and the over spill than there is on the actual storage of the fuel, all tanks have to be bunded now when dealing with storage as well as enviomental spill kits, you can safely go to 50 litres of fuel for personal home use. but when you get past...
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    UK Gov petition to force debate on VAT on fuel for Air Ambulances

    i do appoligise if i seam negative, but i have signed, but to me personaly, i am extreamly petition weary to the point now. that any form of pity or plea or charity, is normaly refused without looking at or binned, i am also extreamly cynical of any government petition aswell, i have...
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    UK Gov petition to force debate on VAT on fuel for Air Ambulances

    i dont know the OP did not state the case very well, but i think your right they might be so what are the tax and vat breaks for a charity. a cleaner and better posting would have helped. i have just come back from the gov web site after my vote for them, is it me or do some of these petitions...
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    Diesel question.

    there are many style or types of diesel , or kerosene, red or the irish green agricultrial diesel is coloured to prevent road use but it is also slightly differrent chemicaly the same is with heating fuel as as far as i know it used to come as 7 second or 20 second etc so each one is also...
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    UK Gov petition to force debate on VAT on fuel for Air Ambulances

    if everyone else has to? why should there be a difference, at the end of the day it all comes out of my pocket i pay no matter what, the tax man and government are very good at that. out of intrest as a comparison, do normal road going ambulances pay road duty tax disks and vat on their...
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    Diesel question.

    right ho the basics first, new cans or old, when you first get them just make sure the seal is there in the can cap and or in good condition, new cans do have a habbit of coming with or without rubber seals, if they are missing i suggest a thick rubber sheet , say a burst tractor inertube to cut...
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    Saw blade guard? Any suggestions?

    mine used to get put in a tuna tin after it was cleaned out
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    Networking, Jam Jars and Buckets on a bicycle

    tried the indians and failed lack of clear english made it not translate well, so i am looking for jam jars to make my own pickles
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    Urban survival...

    if i was to write down even some of things i did the police would use the book as evidence lol. your right tho some great stories, the favorite has to be sat by the fire one night having a brew when these two lads came hurtling through my camp at 90 mile an hour hotly followed by two police...