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  • BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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    MP Darren Jones has been making announcements/press releases recently, adding 7 new risks to the national risk register, and removing...
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    GreyCat reacted to Pattree's post in the thread Medicine shortages with Like Like.
    I have been fighting NOT to take Apixaban since before Covid. I’m not saying that my stance is right for anyone else - it’s very right...
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    GreyCat reacted to Falstaff's post in the thread Medicine shortages with Like Like.
    Short answer is no, cynicism has a challenge and rebuttal aspect, which is invariably negative but not always. "It's raining now but you...
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    GreyCat reacted to Pattree's post in the thread Medicine shortages with Like Like.
    Is cynicism always pessimistic? I am a philosophical cynic. It’s been highly constructive to my thinking. (Check some of my posts -...
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    GreyCat reacted to Falstaff's post in the thread Medicine shortages with Like Like.
    WG Not at all: Cynical = pragmatic realism of potential negative outcomes = (hopefully) the 5 P's! Thankfully a cooler morning today...
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    GreyCat replied to the thread What are you growing?.
    I have had quite a few cucumbers this year so far, and yes Mini Munch is very good. Picked the first tomatoes yesterday. Had a handful...
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    GreyCat reacted to bobnewboy's post in the thread What are you growing? with Like Like.
    Good job! :) We’ve found the prickly ones often have a slightly tough skin (better for pickling), and so we choose the Mini Munch...
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    GreyCat replied to the thread Plug & Play Solar.
    Hmmm, resilience is maybe a different calculus as you then want it when the grid falls over in a power outage (whatever the cause)...
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    GreyCat replied to the thread Plug & Play Solar.
    Indeed. What makes the grid stable and resilient is having large heavy spinning mass generators, they provide inertia and also help...
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    GreyCat reacted to GeraldTheBonsai's post in the thread Plug & Play Solar with Like Like.
    Actually can make the grid more unstable, as described in the youtube video above. Plug in solar are outside of the control of the DNO...
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    GreyCat reacted to nigelp's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Like Like.
    Brise Soleil - if they work then I’ll work on a more elegant solution.
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    GreyCat replied to the thread What did you buy today?.
    I have ordered some solar kit for my New Old Truck The polymer roof of the rear being flat and smooth, I ordered some self-adhesive...
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    GreyCat replied to the thread Coping with the heat..
    Squash is a concentrate that is diluted with water to make a flavoured drink..... For example...
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    GreyCat replied to the thread Coping with the heat..
    I put a couple of 1.5L old pop bottles filled with my favourite low sugar squash in the freezer the other day. Got one out today, been...
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    GreyCat reacted to Woody girl's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Like Like.
    Dehydrated Neighbor is coming home this evening.. he just rang me to say thanks. I'm very happy. Glad to be of service. Suffering a bit...