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Well got another solar panel th folding type only a 60w but just to top up the power banks , also got a duo air fryer i know funny time of year to buy one as we cook outside when we can at this time of year the food tastes better , but we have been thinking how much we cook with a half to 3/4...

Ah i get you , i am just getting in to the power banks stuff i never thought about it before as candles oil lamps and wind up lanterns and stuff like that but then i started to think hmmm power is out how do i get the wifes stairlift going and so on . I would like to think we are to a point now...

Hi paul we move out of date stuff to a spares box if that makes sense in the world we live in if it goes to hell in a hand cart i owuld rather have something than nothing , but again it does depend like disinfectant as long as it is sealed and not been in the sun and kept at a steady temp i...

Wow just found this thread shame i would have loved to get along but had a major op on tuesday so been on bed rest until today and back to docs today for check over lol , i will pray for sunshine not to hot with a light breeze for you all , ifthere are more meet ups and or shows is there a...

As and ex chippy of the hand tool era , i see a couple have nasty chunks out of the handle i would just get the wire wool out clean the metal and oil that all , the handles i would either by hand or as i love these days use a dremel to just take off any nasty bits that could splintter and as...

Ok not had a chance to read al lthe replies but when i asked about neosporin which i get a friend to post , i got shot down and was berated for saying what do people think of it , i am in the uk and yup over the year had many injuries from scraps to tips of thumb chopping right to the bone and...

I think it is a small holding below 6 acres if i am not mistaken , we did when younger hunt round for one but back then well money was hard to earn and the morgages were silly silly so we just plodded on growing our veggies and fruit on the allotments until the accident . I think the UK it is...

Well west mids we got a keen breeze i am always in the garden shirtless even the neighbours say when i am wearing a shirt they know it has cooled off ie autumn , but today i went in the gardne at 7 am and well shirt on , it has gone back to being a little warmer in the pm but cool again with a...

Well not currantly reading but just ordered a few books i know summer right now but i will save these for the winter bed read or for when i am bed bound as i have a major thing coming up on the 4th july the doc said may leave me bed bound for a week or 2 so getting ahead of the game , i got...

Thank you i am the same with my gun collection i buy in what most call throw away i strip refurbish all that i can sometimes i have ot send parts for blueing work but the stoves well it keeps me busy well the hands and also saves stuff from the junk , i have a rippingilles oven that i believe to...

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Thank you for that i will now go and pay . like you say these type of sites are few and far between so the good ones need support , some are run by hmmm well less well intentioned people . Cheers and thank you Thanks again all paid , i love the site and the knowledge and well when i saw the...

I would love to hear if anyone finds one that gives off no smell because like toffy said if it burns it smells , i have added some scents to our indoor lanterns to keep the smell down and the lantern for the BBQ area we put citronella in i think i put 10ml to a lt i think i would have ot get my...

Hi thank you for letting me know , i do not have full membership i guess i have ot pay for that i did take out a 2 yr membership with the bushcraft mag and well what a nightmare that is and still is , it is ecxcuses after excuse they could not get the ink was the last one but this months or last...

Ok i wonder if stove addiction is such a thing lol , the wife told me no more until i have refurbished all the ones i have in the garage lol but i have some beuts but i do not know how to get the photos on here , i love the old chalwyn paraffin stoves having a few single burner and now a double...

I notice they say illegal to fish for crays in the UK , well you best tell the crays to leave carp baits alone , lol the carp lake i use to fish well it was riddled with them i mean put a bait near the carys and you had a bite in seconds of the bait hitting the bottom , we use to try popping the...

Well been in the garden and just collected another good bush of wild/alpine strawberries and some lovely big ones from the strawberry beds wife is a happy camper , we got a huge amount of red currants in to and my pink currant is just starting blush with colour of the berries i am going to try...

On the subject of ticks we have 2 stary cats well spoilt cats now but thats a long story but a couple of years ago another came just after our first lady moved in a little boy came at winter sitting on the kitchen winter and tapping for us to feed him or let him in lol so as we had the one in i...

@Woody girl thanks for your knowledge on the ticks and yes your right some people think people who prep are a little over the top but when the water went off last summer i had over 300 litres store well the neighbours where happy , also when covid hit we keep around 1 to 2 years of loo rolls...

Sorry i asked a question not said you should use them i asked does woody think they would be any good , i have never had to deal with a tick or the bite other than a mates snake years ago , sorry if i offend and sorry if i like antibiotics , the question i ask was to them personallay you can say...