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  • BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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    EcoFlow DELTA 3 Classic

    The site really needs a comparison tool, it would help if each device had a standard specs table but I'm having to search through each page to find the specs and some are missing. I was looking again and the slightly cheaper Delta 2 seems to do everything we need that the Delta 3 Classic does...
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    Is "preparedness" a state of mind?

    There's also some online pages. We chatted to someone who investigates when planes go too low and that was an interesting conversation. We're sure our house was used as target and the military transport plane got it a bit wrong and was under 250' by mistake... We often get low flight training...
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    Still lots of Covid about?

    That may be a double edged sword. I work at home, mix with people outside and only go shopping when it's quiet. So, since the first covid outbreak I've not really had anything, even a cold. Having visited mum in hospital for several weeks I've picked up a stomach bug, covid and possibly a cold...
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    Going green broke my fridge!

    I assume you don't use much electricity rather than have a a very inefficient appliance? I think we would save energy if we replaced our aging appliances, the freezer door seal isn't great and I had to evict a mouse from the insulator the other year. But a decent one is very expensive...
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    EcoFlow DELTA 3 Classic

    I've just seen the Delta 3 1500 is available for just £100 more at the moment. So, for £100 more you get 50% more capacity and more connections. Think I'll go for that. I am finding all the offers confusing, it seems you can buy whole units more cheaply than a lower capacity spare battery.
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    Going green broke my fridge!

    That one of the good things they do down in Devon, the tips sell reusable goods. https://www.devon.gov.uk/wasteandrecycling/recycling-centres/reuse-shops/
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    Growing edible cover for Pheasants

    Unless you're growing something special as a pure crop I wouldn't be over worried by pH. Worth knowing and considering but it hasn't stopped me growing things over the years. I've happily grown raspberries that like it mildly acid on very chalky soil and brassicas on acid soil for example...
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    Day Out Travels with Sparky

    I'm not sure it's ever a good thing for a battery to have a memory....:oops: Did you leave it for a long time part charged or not run it down enough?
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    Petrol - stabilising

    Part of the cost is road duty and vat on that tax, so over £3 on a 5l can of alkylate petrol. I did use Aspen but now use Stihl MotoMix and Moto4Plus as it's easier to get hold of. As has been said, I don't need to drain or run dry machinery and I've not had any carbs gum up or things not start...
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    Day Out Travels with Sparky

    Nice to see. I've wondered how you've got on with the ebike - how's it been. It doesn't look too dissimilar there than where we live, not surprising as we're just the other side on the channel. More potholes and much on roads down south though.
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    Petrol - stabilising

    Well one of the petrol stations down here in Sussex has run out of E10 petrol. Hopefully it's just temporary....
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    Still lots of Covid about?

    Did you get a test? I don't think the current strain of covid lasts very long, hospital assumes 7 days. Plenty of other things about though. I'm hoping my cough and runny nose is hay fever....
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    News sources

    It's certainly nice to be able to ignore the news but many of us need to keep an eye on it for one thing or another. At the moment, for example, I'm having to do essential round trips of 500+ miles so it's useful to keep an eye on things that will restrict petrol. So I topped up on Sunday rather...
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    Still lots of Covid about?

    I can understand that with many people, and I've taken that approach for myself more or less from the start. However, for a ward full of elderly patients with serious lung infections I don't think it should be completely ignored. It also doesn't make sense from a bed blocking perspective as it...
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    Ancestry DNA

    There other possibilities. I daren't take a test as I may end up with several half- brothers and sisters as my farther wasn't the greatest husband.
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    Still lots of Covid about?

    Thank you. It's not been a great experience at all and it seems if her Dr was willing to do a house call when asked she could have avoided the ambulance trip and five week stay.
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    Still lots of Covid about?

    Well a bit of a bump and moan. My elderly mum has been in hospital for several weeks with pneumonia and a bad lung infection that's required weeks of treatment. When she was admitted there was a patient with flu and another with covid on her ward, luckily she didn't catch it then. However...
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    WHAT DID YOU MAKE TODAY?

    If you left the paw print off and hammered a large ear either side you have an elephant, which also seem popular. Something else to add to your trunk if you go to a craft fair.
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    It was Scouting that got me into Bush Crafting, can any other claim the same?

    I was only in the cubs, collected a huge array of badges etc but mostly down to my own desire to learn things. Personally I've always preferred mixed groups so wouldn't have had any problems with girls in the pack, as long as they were interested in similar things.
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    Government Consultation - Shotgun Licensing

    What you've listed should result in an investigation and possibly certificates removed. I know down here some farmers with a gun not locked up have lost their SGCs. This should currently happen for both FACs and SGCs, if it's not done where you are then it's likely it'll not be done if they are...