Recent content by Silverclaws2

Your Bushlite aluminium or brass?

With reference to disaster preparedness or indeed off grid communications I a while back became aware of the existence of communicational technology that uses LoRa (Long Range) licence free sub ghz radio frequency bands for the transmission of small packets of text data of which could be useful...

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Byke is derived from middle Scots that apparently means ' hive ' or 'nest' and is fairly common to be found spoken in Northern Britain. Also it is said that wasps don't re-use nests so feel to torch the things as wasps don't want them after they have finished with them. Interesting how they...

Good that you have the concern to ask about others, it is truly touching and not something I have come across in a long time to say: Bravo. But to say am aware some folks with ADHD be that diagnosed and not can involuntarily engage in short lived intense hyper focus that rapidly fades as...

The reflective sheet in the window I noticed a 2 degree drop in room temperature after putting that thing up. Also my sheet comprises two reflective faces with insulating material between to wonder it that was a help. Am hoping to fit white day and night ' zebra ' blinds to my west facing...

Yup noticed the change on 17th of August to have noted it in my diary, there was I recall a definite shift in the air.

Yes older house built with porous material breathe whereas the modern air tight dwellings built with more impervious materials sweat for condensation and black mould to be a product of. I think when science was mentioning older stock in these parts it was possibly indicating what could have...

Forage cap, or chip bag as we used to call it

Welcome from another Devonian. (really Devonian Lancastrian)

Yeah would agree to place cans on insulation from cold surfaces as my own failures with acid foods in cans was because some of the cans were rim down on a cold concrete floor whereas other cans not on that floor didn't fail. But have learned - avoid if one can the thinner ring pull cans, doubt...

Same here everything around here develops a skin of green growth even the boats mostly forgotten boats out on the estuary The science says the reason why is due to the high humidity and milder coastal weather and where buildings are concerned it's due to older housing stock that promotes the...

What knives have you had over the course of your life and are there any you have fond memories of to retain or hope to re-purchase and are there any that you had poor experiences of to hope to never see again? After various I have settled on Victorinox for myself to have a few of them in...

Places I have learned could stock even the original spec pole set through apparently having a database containing details of all if not many tents is Tentspares Hampton Works Tent Pole Technologies

Peasant / Fuller's Penny / Wharncliffe / Farmer's / Halstatt knife of which though not locking can be made to be temporarily accidental fold safe.