Recent content by Paul_B

Revisited this thread and kudos on the 3 minute surf. Impressive!

Before they started to do this the company bought machetes from Screwfix that were 8" long IIRC. I know most machetes are longer typically but these were machete shape and 8" long., but above all cheap!! Not as cheap as bandsaw blade knives hence the change. We had some very inventive people at...

At work the guys used old industrial band saw blades to make knives for work use. Perfectly serviceable. They made them at about 6" long almost machete length and while flexible they worked for cutting glass fibre and other mineral fibre products. Handles were anything they had including...

Last PC game I played was civ 2. Someone played about civ6. I spent way too much time on civ 2 and that's put me off those games. Son's switch when he was younger we used to play a fair bit together. Then he got fortnite and turned into this speed freak. I can't even see what he's shooting at...

I think the assymmetry of the clock changes is possibly related to the fact that in the UK grround, air and sea temps tend to be greater not on the longest day but a couple of months later. If the clock changes are related to farming then it makes sense to give more light when the earth is...

I think you are lacking a bit of creativity. The form does not have to be humanoid to do the things a human does. There are animals that can run for longer and faster than humans. There are animals that can run on all fours and climb better than any humans (IIRC there are baboons in the...

Why do we want to create humanoid robots? On a purely effectiveness POV is a humanoid fighting robot a good design? I would have thought the processing power to handle balance and motion would be high and that takes away from it being used on other systems that more efficiently influences...

Amazon cheapos to test whether I could use them. Never got into them but revisiting the idea now. The northeast leather products were a wallet and a key holder (thick leather loop joined with a brass screw pin detail. Not sure I can mention the maker here but hne is good IMHO. I love what I got...

I think there are a few leatherworkers on here so I thought I would check in here witha few questions about some leather products I have. So I have two differently sourced Travellers Notebook clone covers, a leather pen roll, a custom made wallet and a key holder. The last two were from a NE...

Just a curious thought that sprung into my mind. You hear it said a dog is more intelligent than a cat or a crow is intelligent as a dog. Or other simiar comparisons. Then you see on TV in light entertainment nature shows like season watch when they bring in a crow or raven or starling to...

An alternative POV and thread might be for people to post actual events on here and get feedback on the best action they should of taken. Then they can let us know what they did do and how it went.

I think if you are introducing and it takes off that for the good of all plant species you control it. That could benefit you as you can sell off the fruits at Xmas for a little bit extra. An honesty box and some bundles of cut mistletoe? I think anything that overtakes a tree and is killing it...

I omce owned a paramo windshirt. It wass fully featured and more like a waterproof than a windshirt but it was a poor design and fit for me. The hood was well designed but in use in strong winds or even modest winds the excess fabirc that could not be cinched in flapped so strongly it whipped...

Goes without saying that you need to wet it out. A garment cannot be proofed if it doesn;'t get wet throughout and it is easy to see when it has dry patches. Fortunately Paramo is not a barrier and if you have done the bucket thing then you will have seen the air pushing through the fabric when...

Good to know but I have been trying to make glacier mints for sooo long and all I end up with is bloody Kendal Mint Cakes. Even polar bears won't eat them, unless on holiday climbing Everest of course. It is the price of summiting, two pieces of Kendal Mint Cake and a few more brain cells lost...