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All research costs money, whom were they paid by? ;) Can you imagine the court cases and claims against corporatios and governments if a link was proved? Much more convenient if it just quietly disappears from mainstream cookware, exactly like it has done....

Without getting into too far into that discussion, I'll point out a lot of people feel the same way- you'll note most non-budget home cookware is laminated stainless, and ceramic non-stick is replacing older concoctions...

@alphaburner Another advantage, of course, is you can use a stainless scourer for cleaning if you're easily distracted like I am! Or a wire brush in a power tool when you get home if you get really distracted (ok being a bit silly now). The scourer can of course be boiled now and again to...

That's happened in a town local to me too- used to be free parking, council introduced charges, businesses went downhill and a few closed. An hour's free parking and things picked back up. You'd think these things would be obvious, wouldn't you?

As others have said, slightly acidic. Acidic enough to leach aluminium from a kettle into your cuppa during a few minutes of boiling? Probably not. I just don't trust aluminium, it's a bit too reactive for my liking, although I wouldn't have a problem with intact hard anodised. I'd rather stick...

@Chris That's my understanding, one at a time. Incidentally I don't like eating or drinking out of aluminium, although I admit that a kettle boiling fairly neutral PH water isn't much of a risk. Even so, there are very smart stainless kettles available straight from China for about the £9...

Not at the same time surely? Bicarb = alkaline (cleaning properties), vinegar = acid (cleaning properties) but combined they neutralise and form a pointless sludge?

@Pattree Unlike a near neighbour of mine, who should probably be hanging up the driving gloves soon. We all know the stereotype.... his little Korean car screaming on the redline pulling on and off the driveway.....

The law is actually to do with holding the device rather than looking at the screen, hands free phone/satnav use is fine although you will be penalised if it can be proved you were distracted by any device/screen as cause of an accident.

Spot on, that used to be the point of them. I did a fair bit of cultivation with an early 110 once when all the tractors were in pieces!

@Falstaff And they wonder why the high street is dead!

My mind instanly played on national stereotypes and read the last word as croissant. Don't think I had enough breakfast.

I believe the UK made Tropics were stamped from tin plated steel and soldered together, and then in some cases painted over the top. No idea about the Meva versions though! Wayland's article contains a slight error- somebody else's error in fact who posted that info on Classic Pressure Lamps...

There were three main methods of hurricane lantern manufacture that were sold in reasonable numbers on the UK market: -Tin plated steel, soldered together. The tin plating makes soldering much easier. -Plain steel assembled dry then the whole hot dipped in tin to join and protect the entire...

I studied traditional chart-based marine navigation just over a dozen years ago at university- although electronic chartplotters were commonplace, it was still a requirement then to regularly plot your course on paper as a backup. Fast forward and now the UK Hydrographic Office no longer...

Rather fragile though, I imagine?

Carbon felt would be suitable, and possibly safer than ceramic fibre which can lodge in the body and persist unless you buy the 'body soluble' version. A search on ebay etc for 'carbon felt' will bring up plenty of results.

You have to be careful with this one- stats get messed about with. As I understand it, most drink/drug driver accidents are lumped into 'speeding' as the cause.

I've mixed them in with other things to make fruit leathers in the past. Cut into pieces and stirred into porridge at fruitless times of year!

Collectors of hurricane lamps often use epoxy vehicle fuel tank sealants- Por-15 and many other brands. Large holes still need soldering over or patching first, but it's an excellent way to seal and strengthen the tank and prevent future corrosion. It's also flipping expensive stuff, the inside...