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Last weekend the we were out setting the Standing with Giants at Waddesdon Manor. We had dinner in the slow cooker as we knew it would be a long day. We got home to a dried up load of chicken and no liquid left! It’s the simple high-low-keep warm type slow cooker so I’m thinking I’m now going...

How long does a metal detector last under water? :D

No one is magnet fishing thinking that they’re going to get rich!

No but I want to. I have a good sized magnet but it doesn’t have a means of attaching a rope. I’ve thought of improvising a means of holding it but it’s a job. I then think to buy a decent fishing magnet then look at the price and go back to my first thought. And then procrastinate.

At the time of that happening to me it was when I had only a few knives and the opinel was carried a lot. I think that there’s probably some luck going on. Slight variations in grain direction and it wicking. Slight variations I. The size of the slot being cut. It’s not going to be superfine...

I’ve had multiple jam up in my pocket just from general damp. At least one so bad that it needed pliers to force it open. I’ve also had one have the handle shrink in the warm and caused me to cut myself when I put my hand in my pocket from the blade dropping loose. That was when I ‘invented’...

https://uk.jackery.com/products/explorer-1000-v2-portable-power-station?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18985084696&gbraid=0AAAAApW3TADhqyDE9ju6mfDdYnoTvPZ9u&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuJLWBhD_ARIsAIBcRUz8Suxg6B-RqiWzBV19p0WeHPU4YQmfjQx6-F-jfAjDt1MRYuPWdz4aAvJCEALw_wcB Not quite £198 though….

And I had a second solar micro inverter arrive. £110 so a good chunk of the way of the way of ‘paying off’ the investment just by it being on offer. It’ll pay back in less than two years by my guesstimate.

Yeah, no drama. His post didn’t mention that so I was basing it on what I read and thought you misread.

Ha ha! Fair enough - even better!

I think that £200 was his premium bonds winnings not the purchase price….

This is an interesting list. I look at it and really think could I actually do many of those in one week? Clearly everyone’s time is varied but to what level is this to be done? One per week gives a nice structure but is it a realistic structure? It also makes me think of the ‘50 things to...

Ironically, in this house any fruit I dehydrate doesn’t last long enough to worry about long term storage!!

Yep, sure is! Seems to be a few options of brands out there now. On the flip side, I’m also part way through having a second ~£50,000 setup installed at work. Mine will pay back faster though…

Just had a check and now at 17.5%. I saw the EcoFlow were doing a deal of extra money off on Amazon’s price bringing the micro inverter down to ~£112. A great deal but I don’t think it includes……the mains cable! I would have looked at a second set-up but glad I noticed!