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I think there is a poster on here who has written about using willow bark as a pain killer. I am not good at searching this site so can not find it. I think is might be Toddy or British Red but I am only guessing. Toddy would be my best guess for someone who would know about it.

I thought the rental market is going to be a big issue in this parliament and landlords are selling up their portfolio because of expected changes and indeed changes already made. It is not a landlord's market right now I think. It is probably best to make sure where your life needs to be and...

BTW I just finished Coffin Road by Peter May so I am now starting The Blackhouse by Peter May

Book or page darts? I have a kindle so no need for them. I just close the kindle cover and it goes to sleep. I open the cover and swipe to get back to where I stop. I can change the font sizxe for thsoe evenings when my eyes are tired form a week on the work computer. Or I can adjust the light...

Just finished coffin Road by Peter May on my kindle in landscape mode, e ink kindle that is. I'm wondering about buying another one but they're over five quid. Library might be better and cheaper but I find I can read a kindle but a paper book I don't. No idea why this is, but it could be...

I'm in Cumbria, it'll be wet with a little cold because being estuarine area it holds up temperature wise better I reckon.

Operator error obviously! We had an engineer at work whose opinion on everything that went wrong was operator error. It wasn't, more likely someone bodging the repair job in the first place. It did become a running joke and that ended up peeing him off even more when he had to go back to patch...

I know someone in Milnthorpe Cumbria/Lancashire border area who has a very compact, south facing garden that's decking boards above tarmac or paving. They grow out of big, tubs, boxes, crates, etc. They go all around the area used for seating. Trees are growing from below the decking too. It is...

One cousin disappeared for 13 years after a few disagreements with his father and others. He's back in the fold now though! Family is prone to disagreement but usually there's something that between family members that never goes away fully.

Local honey producer sells jars with a picture of the invading hornet species that is damaging honey bee populations. I think that is a good thing and almost made the £9.50 cost of a jar seem worth considering, I said almost!!

I blame Blair and the teachers! Is that an age related difference in opinions?;)

My thought on the discoloured section is a crack allowing moisture in over time. This crack could have propagated quickly to fail when it did. I had a crimped tend pole and the resulting crimp just caused the pole to shatter suddenly. As in perfectly ok as new (not surprising it was a brand new...

With metal fatigue do you get the same small rough area with most of the break being the granular surface like fast fracture? Not described well I know. I have forgotten more about this than I care to admit to. It is a long time since I got my materials engineering masters and I never actually...

True, enough, I can see that you would carry more than I would in my garden when you are in your smallholding. But I also said "My view is that EDC is what is always in your pocketses when you leave your house or accomodation." IMHO what I carry when doing jobs at home and in my garden is not...

There was a book by a Scottish Journo who left his family at home and tried to live in the Klondike or similar. He got taken in hand by the patriarch of an Athabascan family who taught him to survive. Apparently most city slickers die in their first year as would this journo if it had not been...

I really rate a mattock as a "digging" tool too. Heavy, rocky ground it breaks it up and you can scrape it back. You can really lever well with such a tool. Not the same as a pick axe BTW. Last time I did tree planting it was a simple spade or shovel, create a crack, shove the whip in then...

There are several potential modes of faillure. Impossible to tell from the photographs provided. So all we can say is metals can fail due to the material, the design, issues in manufacturing it or simply time and exposure to the elements. For example the blade looked like it was the usual metal...

I should also say that Booths is about 20 minutes away by bicycle which I should use for those small, extra purchases of meat, etc. I have a good few bikes and panniers. One bike is a recumbent touring bike that has two standard ortlieb panniers and two of the plus sized ortliebs that give 70...

That is very poor, but not something we have experienced so I am surprised it is that bad. I believe you and I guess some chains are probably better and others worse at the way they service home deliveries. We used to get deliveries from Tescos which was not too bad but the occasional item we...

My partner recently asked about tough work clothes for gardening duties in all conditions. Something to offer resistance to thorns and tears but is comfortable. I said look at farmers shops. Does anyone have recommendations on where to get good, cheap and tough work clothings for the outdoors...