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I have seen YouTube algorithms working even when I've not signed in. Similarly other sites. I even get ads related to topics other people in our house looks at so I need suspect analytics related to our broadband connection. So do not trust any of the algorithm based sites at any time is my...

Lidl in Glasgow still anti Marten spray. Apparently to use on cables to discourage nibbling. I had no idea martens were a problem, thought they were too rare and secretive in habits to come too near human habitation. Are they really a problem anywhere? Guess this photo they could be.

We had cameras but I'm not sure where they are now. I just got a pixel 9 for the camera and software for it. Wanted a pro but baulked at the extra cost. I must admit I always think I want a mirror less system every so often but I just can't spare the cash on a pure want without a need. My...

There used to be a treasury cache behind the pub on the way to Glasson Dock. I thought it was set up before the euro. There was supposed to be several currencies no longer in use. The idea of this was if you're an adventurous traveller you take your spare, local currency from a less traveller...

My late grandad always grew his veg. Ever the opportunist, when he ate amazing tomatoes for lunch on a Spanish holiday he kept the seeds in a napkin and planted them at home. For maybe the next 30 or 40 years he grew tomatoes from the seeds of each years crop. He grew them outside too! Being...

Occasionally threads line up and there's an answer to a question title by the title below it. How to wash a rucksack? Just add water... That's how the threads lined up for me. And tbh I found that a long way in the rain tended to do all the rucksack cleaning I ever needed so there is some...

Revisited this thread and kudos on the 3 minute surf. Impressive!

Before they started to do this the company bought machetes from Screwfix that were 8" long IIRC. I know most machetes are longer typically but these were machete shape and 8" long., but above all cheap!! Not as cheap as bandsaw blade knives hence the change. We had some very inventive people at...

At work the guys used old industrial band saw blades to make knives for work use. Perfectly serviceable. They made them at about 6" long almost machete length and while flexible they worked for cutting glass fibre and other mineral fibre products. Handles were anything they had including...

Last PC game I played was civ 2. Someone played about civ6. I spent way too much time on civ 2 and that's put me off those games. Son's switch when he was younger we used to play a fair bit together. Then he got fortnite and turned into this speed freak. I can't even see what he's shooting at...

I think the assymmetry of the clock changes is possibly related to the fact that in the UK grround, air and sea temps tend to be greater not on the longest day but a couple of months later. If the clock changes are related to farming then it makes sense to give more light when the earth is...

I think you are lacking a bit of creativity. The form does not have to be humanoid to do the things a human does. There are animals that can run for longer and faster than humans. There are animals that can run on all fours and climb better than any humans (IIRC there are baboons in the...

Why do we want to create humanoid robots? On a purely effectiveness POV is a humanoid fighting robot a good design? I would have thought the processing power to handle balance and motion would be high and that takes away from it being used on other systems that more efficiently influences...

Amazon cheapos to test whether I could use them. Never got into them but revisiting the idea now. The northeast leather products were a wallet and a key holder (thick leather loop joined with a brass screw pin detail. Not sure I can mention the maker here but hne is good IMHO. I love what I got...

I think there are a few leatherworkers on here so I thought I would check in here witha few questions about some leather products I have. So I have two differently sourced Travellers Notebook clone covers, a leather pen roll, a custom made wallet and a key holder. The last two were from a NE...

Just a curious thought that sprung into my mind. You hear it said a dog is more intelligent than a cat or a crow is intelligent as a dog. Or other simiar comparisons. Then you see on TV in light entertainment nature shows like season watch when they bring in a crow or raven or starling to...

An alternative POV and thread might be for people to post actual events on here and get feedback on the best action they should of taken. Then they can let us know what they did do and how it went.

I think if you are introducing and it takes off that for the good of all plant species you control it. That could benefit you as you can sell off the fruits at Xmas for a little bit extra. An honesty box and some bundles of cut mistletoe? I think anything that overtakes a tree and is killing it...

I omce owned a paramo windshirt. It wass fully featured and more like a waterproof than a windshirt but it was a poor design and fit for me. The hood was well designed but in use in strong winds or even modest winds the excess fabirc that could not be cinched in flapped so strongly it whipped...

Goes without saying that you need to wet it out. A garment cannot be proofed if it doesn;'t get wet throughout and it is easy to see when it has dry patches. Fortunately Paramo is not a barrier and if you have done the bucket thing then you will have seen the air pushing through the fabric when...