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    Oh dear, now what?

    Well said Broch, it isn't only the visitors that are at fault as you pointed out, the whole countryside is in a mess, down here in Cornwall, we have constant flooding, sewerage being dumped into the sea, streams full of chemicals and litter, etc, etc, the only thing surprises me is that people...
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    Oh dear, now what?

    There are far too many TV programmes and press articles that give people false hope to live "Off Grid", all for the sake of journalism and sensationalism. Never giving out the problems just the fancy bits.
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    CASIO GW-M5610-1ER G-SHOCK ?

    I have a few solar powered radio/controlled Casios, and I have replaced the rechargeable battery in a few of them, the batteries are about £8 and it is easy and straightforward to do it. My EDC one is a WVA-430U I changed the battery about 8 years ago and it is still doing fine, an excellent...
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    Biggest Life Lesson

    Sorry, i thought you said you didn't listen to the older people?
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    Biggest Life Lesson

    I assume you never attended school then?
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    Biggest Life Lesson

    If you use the internet never believe what you read , same with newspapers, find out the truth yourself.
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    Stoopid jokes

    THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU MARRY A GIRL FROM LIVERPOOL Three friends married women from 3 different parts of the world. The first man married a woman from the Philippines, he told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning, it took a couple of days but on the third day, the house was...
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    Bushcraft Jokes

    THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU MARRY A GIRL FROM LIVERPOOL Three friends married women from 3 different parts of the world. The first man married a woman from the Philippines, he told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning, it took a couple of days but on the third day, the house was...
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    If you had no ties and money wasn’t an issue, where would you move to?

    Albania, if you don't mind being alone, it seems there's nobody left there.
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    Sold Chris Reeve Umnumzaan MK1

    Well I never got mine................in fact I think he was thrown off the site because of the number of complaints..
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    Sold Chris Reeve Umnumzaan MK1

    You should be glad you missed it, as you would never have received it, but would have lost your money. He reneged on many sales, and vanished into the ether.
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    Human Tent Pole

    Bedouins do this with the heavy coat they wear, they usually use a stick as a pole, normally the one they use to drive the camels, when caught in a sand storm they simply sit down and convert their coat into a tent.
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    It has happened

    What a happy thread, have you asked yourself, can you afford to die? The world has fallen apart many times, WW1 WW2, people didn't give up and carried on, in fact those people who had tenacity, were your parents and grandparents, you wouldn't be here if they gave up. Have a whisky , or a cup of...
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    What are we really

    isn't it about self attainment, relaxation pushing the boundaries, in reality it is no different from any other hobby, (unless it involves living off grid or getting away from society permanently)and like any hobby or pastime you can go into it deeply or just use it to relax, some people like...
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    Long Evenings. What do you do?

    I find that the evenings are the best time to look back and remember, there are plenty of old programmes on YT, that you may have missed, I have just enjoyed the Rumpole of the Bailey series, well acted, no profanities, very enjoyable, also the long lost Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies...
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    Long Evenings. What do you do?

    Good Luck
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    Baofeng Fanboys & Fan Girls

    As there seem to be a bit of interest in Radios, I thought I would mention that after a facelift of my shack I have the following radios surplus, these are HF Radios although the Yaesu FT991(not A) covers HF/VHF/UHF/AIRBand. SOLD Icom 7300. SOLD Icom 7600 The rigs are in excellent...
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    Crown Estate Beaches in Wales

    I think the Crown, The Duchy of Cornwall and The Duchy of Lancaster own the land between high and low tide marks on most of the Coastline, this doesn't mean you have the right to access via private land, but you are free to walk along the beach itself on Crown Land, unless there are restrictions...
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    Traditional building methods for garden shed/workshop

    As this original post is over 2 years old, I am often surprised how interesting posts like this suddenly end, leaving readers and indeed contributors in a sort of Limbo to what has actually happened, I can picture back gardens laden with stacks of logs waiting to know how to start in building...
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    For Sale Alan Wood Bowie Knife-

    Back up for sale....Potential Buyer changed his mind