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    Make a shed from wood in woodland or buy cheap wooden one?

    Personally I'd be sizing this hypothetical shed in plywood sheet sizes. 8'x4' or 2440x1220mm for plywood or 1400x1200 for most OSB boards. then given the choice I'd be making the walls and roof out of SIPS panels for strength and insulation, cladding the walls over it with tin sheets and over...
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    How would you fix the Homeless crisis.?

    On a far smaller scale, last year just before Christmas while walking our dog at about quarter to six in the morning I spotted two homeless people sleeping rough under a bridge with two dogs. First time I apologised for disturbing them, then went on my way thinking I could have done something...
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    How would you fix the Homeless crisis.?

    Ahh right. Just recently my wife graduated from her Open University masters degree and we went upto sunny Glasgow for the ceremony. Near the venue there was a cafe called Social Bite which was also a charity to help homeless people. This is some bumf off their website which is...HERE. "The...
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    How would you fix the Homeless crisis.?

    Seems to me that we don't have a shortage of land, we have a huge amount of land held by a very small number of people for generations. Personally I'd be tempted to charge an inheritance tax on any "agricultural" land over mebbe 3 million in value (dunno about other areas but I dont see many...
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    Meindl SF vs Lowa Elite Patrol Army Surplus Boots

    I was going to .e tion the lacing system but the bloke on Youtube from Red Branch Bushcraft with the nice (Pointer?) dog has done it far better tha I can explain it. Clicky Here. I think I went half a size up as I have pretty wide feet cos as a kid I went all over the shop barefooted. Just a...
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    Meindl SF vs Lowa Elite Patrol Army Surplus Boots

    I have the Altberg Defenders and the Meindl SF boots. I don't know anyone I dislike enough to give them the Altberg Defenders, good uppers but absolutely horrible slippy soles. The Meindl SF boots are my second pair the same and I love them. Not lightweight but decently waterproof and that...
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    Recommend a hipflask

    Mebbe best to fill it with the ALDI single malts though eh cos they're about 18 quid a bottle. As a side note, the Speyside and Islay versions of those (in the cardboard tubes) are well worth the money in my opinion. The Islay is compatable to Taliskar in my opinion as its not quite as...
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    The back side of a knife.

    Not so much gri ding them that way but I do find a good sharp scraper backedge handy to scrape the bark off a bit of wood, scrawp thorns off things and so on. Scraping ferroceum rods with em always seems a bit contrived to me when they actually come with a bit of hacksaw blade specifically for...
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    Recommend a hipflask

    Actually, I just read your post wrong and thought it said ml, not cl and was thinking that was just about a double shots worth. Now I just read it right it makes rather more sense. To be fair, thats if I'm camping with a mate and not setting off til the afternoon the next day (and not in...
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    Recommend a hipflask

    Is that number missing a zero?
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    Met office "faking" climate data

    Just where exactly are we planning on going with this information from a widely discredited source? Cos to my jaded eyes it leads to anthropogenic climate change denial. Thin end of the wedge but that looks to be where its heading. What next? Flat earth?
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    Alternatives to ventile?

    I've just spotted this on Profabrics site. I have no idea how good it is or much about it. No affiliation yada yada yada. "0 Search Search our store Marine Outdoor & Camping Lifestyle Sale Search Search our store Close search Email Us - info@profabrics.co.uk Call Us - 01829 771441 ESTABLISHED...
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    Pine martin release on dartmoor.

    Just coming back to this with some footage that popped up on my Youtube feed. Clearly shows some gamekeepers talking about illegally killing raptors. Click here.
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    Lightning Oak

    Historically the church has sometimes described lighting strikes as a judgement from god. Problem came when the highest buildings in the land (Churches, Cathedrals and so on) were getting more strikes than the pesky sinners.:)
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    Let's see your dog

    We have two cats as well, theyrethe reason we got a pup instead of a rescue dog. We wanted the pup to grow up with cats instead of being fully grown and capable of tearing em apart. This is Peggy, climbing a telegraph pole then jumping off.
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    Let's see your dog

    "Dwaine Dibley? I can't be Dwaine Dibley!"
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    Bear Grylls. Rate him or slate him?

    My wifes comment during the one episode we watched of his programme summed him up in my opinion. "He's a bit of a drama queen, isn't he?"
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    Alternatives to ventile?

    Ha, the mate who gave it to me described it as cotton but I've just checked it with the manufacturer Bell Apparel LTD and its mostly pollyester. It's still arc, flame and waterproof so most of my comments still stand and its waaaaaay more abrasion resistant than my Ventile jacket. Link to the...
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    Alternatives to ventile?

    Err, you do know that the Gore Tex part is just the membrane added to the fabric don't you? I have a fluorescent green work jacket given to me by a mate who works as a cable jointer, it's got a gore tex membrane so it's waterproof (but properly heavy with weirdly placed pockets) fire and arc...
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    Let's see your dog

    I realise I'm kind of hogging this thread a bit but this ones almost topical. A couple of days late for Halloween. This is what we were aiming for... Frankenweenie