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That sounds very technical :) I have silicon baking sheets but they're not very thin? Not heard of silicone baking paper before, that's different to just baking paper? I thought I needed to use the lantern sleeves to form the odd shape at the top of the proper ones to at least some degree. But...

If you look on the 4candles wick section they have suggestions of which wick for which size wick in which wax substance. Regarding silicone spray as mentioned above the YT vid used it but it made no difference. He only used masking tape to blank off the mould slots then sprayed liberally, but...

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I recently bought some beeswax and paraffin to make some cotton reproofing wax. That only requires beeswax at 10% so I had a chunk left and I thought I would try candles for my candleier. Comments in a previous thread suggested supplies from 4candles. The YT vid below was also suggested which I...

That's very helpful thank you :) So a filter that doesn't remove viruses is pretty much always a bit risky, a purifier that does is safe assuming in good working order, used correctly etc etc?

There are not many trees that big near here, or indeed trees at all. I am jealous :)

What is finite? Bitcoin is unless there is some cheeky person who can create another chunk somehow. (Fractions of a bitcoin are called Satoshis) Gold is unless more is discovered or an asteroid made of it lands in my back garden. Tethered to something trustworthy is perhaps the reality? Who...

We had our first spawn about a week ago. We also have three herons coming and going who I imagine may try and eat it? They certainly like frogs!

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I would like to put a small amount in crypto only when I have a few hundred quid I wouldn't miss! Only Bitcoin though. The loss in value of £ or $ in my lifetime to inflation is depressing. I believe allowing for that UK housing prices have dropped in that time. You may lose on Bitcoin too but...

Having seen how good a track saw is I am also tempted. Not just a straight cut but much cleaner, is that just a different blade though? I think the likes of Lidl do one too which seems to work as well even if it may not last ten years of pro use ;) I keep much of my offcut wood just in case...

And kept in a pipe. Or the chlorine won't be there after a few days I think?

We saw the results of quite a few head ons with full size trucks. The biggest have right of way, overtaking uphill on blind bends. Our little slow camper had a race with a fuel tanker once, with much gesticulation from the drivers assistants that we should very much not try to get past. A Hand...

I can certainly see some truth in the fact that as population has condensed and the demand for ever more information has produced many more weather stations in such populated areas. Populated areas are warmer, so more measurements in warmer areas raises the average measured disproportionately...

I have wondered if it's better to have the smallest 12v freezer in a vehicle to either run as a fridge when minimal capacity is required, or use it to freeze ice blocks in rotation to keep an ice box at fridge temperature. Andrew St Pierre White on YT has such a tiny one instead of an armrest...

Yes, maybe I should have said ice box and ice blocks? I agree the peltier type cool boxes are not much cop. Our previous camper fridge was a Vitrifrigo compressor, front opening, worked fine in a Moroccan summer. My neighbour being diabetic has concerns about keeping insulin cool in a powercut...

One home made polytunnel near here blew away because with the whole thing moving some of the internal timbers snapped, snagged the plastic and away it went. He re-did it with more bracing, just amazon not expensive plastic, and it survived this winter so far. Totally exposed to all wind except...

I think anything described as a filter hasn't been lab tested to prove it removes all bacteria and virus to be safe. If it had it gets called a purifier. The bigger bladder Lifestraws remove viruses from memory, the small ones don't? Apart from the chemical issue, why are there ones that are...

If you did only want to keep a few bits cold in a fridge an alternative could be a super dooper cool box. Yeti in the US are suposed to be mega, we bought an Iceytek in the UK with their big cool blocks for the weekly shop since thats 45 mins away.

One of those UK YT folks did a test between a chinee burner and a pot with the heat exchanger on the bottom vs a jetboil at about twice the cost and there wasn't anything in it. I got given a jetboil as a present otherwise I'd have gone that cheap route. I'll search for which burner and pot if...