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@Toddy : yeah, the Numpty factor is critical. Typically, a Numpty will do themselves more damage with something like a longbow, but a more "point and press" type device is within capability. @Herman30 : you clearly missed the bit about being designed purely to cause harm :p . A crossbow is...

Update on The Polytunnel Saga..... Well, I received the 2 tunnels (each 6 metres by 3 metres) OK, and stacked the parts undercover. Read the instructions, watched the videos, checked the parts all there. Then I began..... (1) No way on this planet could I get the ground anchors in. Too many...

I tend to take the view that if something is BOTH something which is a projectile device which is only designed to cause harm to something (gun, crossbow, bow, slingshot/catapult) AND is designed so that a novice can pick it up and reliably do a level of harm with minimal practice, then...

The spring is on "usual" schedule around here, daffodills out around St David's day. The 4 days of warm calm weather last week was welcome, it has brought on the trees a bit, allowed me to finally get the covers on my new polytunnels, and move all my overwintering plants into them from the...

Of course, one could say you chose the wrong metal, apparently Tungsten has leapt in price recently...... as it's needed for munitions. GC

Quite a bit actually. The moon landing tech was specific to the application, and we cannot easily reproduce it. Any given technology, whether a cathedral or the moon landings, grows out of the skills and capabilities of the society of the time. For example. In the 1960's and 1970's, computers...

I decided to bring forward my purchase of fertilizer (mainly organic but also some inorganic) to this week. Prices of these are going only one way, and once the current stock is bought up, the next lot will be higher prices. I will use it anyway, but by buying now I pay less. (Seeds (open...

All back to what one means by the word "prepping." The idea of having enough food put by for a few days whilst being "normal" to some, is "prepping" to others. I don't think it's a class thing so much as lifestyle, and indeed when I was a bairn, the working classes would put a bit extra by when...

FInishing work for the covers that we onto my polytunnel frames yesterday. This week, had a day for them to dry out, a day to do the hotspot tape and a day yesterday when my other half helped me put the covers on. Have the doors to finish off now then I can decant all the stuff crammed into...

Softening up, initial messaging to reduce the hammer blow if fuel rationing is required in a few weeks time. There's a You Tube channel which is of a tone i would describe as "mild prepper" and which I strongly suspect is a govt psy-ops channel. They reiterate the govt guidance on resiliance...

A dozen bags of anthracite and 4 nets of wood randoms from the local fuel cash and carry. Usual monthly top up. Thankfully the price has not gone up as these are locally sourced fuels. GC

I know it's difficult, but watching my MiL, the longer the stay in hospital, the more the elderly seem to degrade..... yet once out she improved, and this time, she has been moved to a community hospital from the main big hospital as a stepping stone to back home and her alertness and cognition...

Hmmmm, but of course hospitals are a special case as they contain a concentration of sick people..... I mainly WFH but do get out to client sites often enough to keep my immunity up. GC

It is confusing, but also you need to watch for offers. At the time I bought my Ecoflow Delta with 2 extra batteries (6kWh total), it was on a Black Friday deal on Amazon and much lower price than on the Ecoflow website. Even though it came direct from Ecoflow (but fulfilled by Amazon). I...

Aspen is a special formulation, not just no ethanol but also less of the cyclic components that can also degrade. Official shelf life as bought for Aspen 4 is 5 years..... but its not the easiest stuff to find I the shops, thankfully there is a retailer near me but the cost tends to put many...

Aye well, I still haven't got the rest of the order from the less-than-honest "UK based" retailer on Etsy. In the mean time, I have ordered some yarn (exactly same type) direct from AliExpress, paid a lot less and it arrived today. Won't be using Etsy again in a hurry. GC

That's interesting, I'd kind-of drifted away from Etsy although sometimes used them for repeat purchases from a retailer I had good previous experience with if they didn't have their own site. Although where I'd used a retailer on there previously, I tended to go direct as typically their own...

What has happened to Etsy? I used to use Etsy quite alot as it had some really good stuff on from genuine small craft businesses in UK. But hadn't bought much for a while, and then recently, there seems to be a bunch of traders on there who are not quite what they seem. I have my search profile...

I don't disagree at all, which is why I highlighted the importance of basics to prevent ALL infections- and the value of convalescence. We focused on COVID over the past few years but actually, I think we missed the wider issue: constant infection prevention. There's a lot of infections- lung...

Indeed. And there's at least one "prepper" type channel which I suspect is a government "nudge" operation. It's very low-key, and basically repeats the standard gov resilience advice in different ways. (There's some phrases on there which get my attention because they are typical in govt stuff)...