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  1. HorseGuy

    Coping with the heat.

    Same ingredients. Just mixing them internally rather than externally. :D
  2. HorseGuy

    Coping with the heat.

    This reminds me of another hot weather trick which I sometimes use to cool bottles of drinking water while out in the field. Put the bottle inside a of pair of thick socks and then thoroughly soak them through. As the water evaporates from the socks it will help keep the bottle a little bit cooler.
  3. HorseGuy

    How much should I spend on a honing rod?

    Victorinox Classic honing steel - £19 Opinel honing steel - £35 Fallkniven C10 ceramic sharpener - £41 I'm looking to buy a honing rod from a reputable company to keep my kitchen knives and a billhook sharp. Would it be worth spending a bit of extra cash on the Fallkniven or Opinel honing rod...
  4. HorseGuy

    Newbie introduction

    Hello and welcome to the forum. :)
  5. HorseGuy

    Forthcoming pebble launching device ban?

    I saw the headlines in the Telegraph last night and GB News this morning.
  6. HorseGuy

    Coping with the heat.

    We put damp towels on our horses when the weather gets this hot. That seems to keep them happy. Regarding rehydraton solutions I'm usually too lazy to do it properly. I just pour some salt into my palm and lick it off then grab a big plastic spoon of local set honey and suck it like a lolly...
  7. HorseGuy

    Forthcoming pebble launching device ban?

    I've just seen a news story about banning air conditioning in people homes because of net zero 'reasons'.
  8. HorseGuy

    RATS!

  9. HorseGuy

    Coping with the heat.

    Electrolyte Rehydration Solution 1 litre of water (2 for children). 6 teaspoons of sugar. 0.5 teaspoon of salt. 0.5 teaspoon of salt substitute (aka potassium chloride). 1 small pinch of baking soda.
  10. HorseGuy

    Dumb phones

    To prolong the life of lithium-ion batteries, which are type commonly found in devices such as mobile phones and laptop computers, it's best not to let the charge fall below less than about 30-40% before recharging them. The Battery University website is a great source of detailed information...
  11. HorseGuy

    RATS!

    You're starting to sound like Bill Murray in Caddyshack. ;)
  12. HorseGuy

    Dumb phones

    Try your local Cash Converters or equivalent shop. They probably have several dumb phones you can choose from.
  13. HorseGuy

    Geocache - Geocaching

    I had a go at Geocaching 18 years ago. I forget what the clue was but I remember it was something along the lines of a crossword style clue. So even once we had found the location of the cache it still took us a while to solve the clue and actually look in the right place to find it. It was a...
  14. HorseGuy

    Helle Viking Fail

    The Fossekallen looks like a perfect knife for people with smaller hands. Despite my previous bad experience with Helle's quality control and customer service I'm still tempted to buy a Fossekallen for myself. They do look pretty and I really want one.
  15. HorseGuy

    Forthcoming pebble launching device ban?

    The new law they are introducing to limit youngsters from having access to digital social media.
  16. HorseGuy

    Forthcoming pebble launching device ban?

    Elon Musk summed it up well when he said "This censorship law is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The real goal is to enable the UK government to track everyone."
  17. HorseGuy

    Forthcoming pebble launching device ban?

    I heard somewhere (I forget where) that there are some kind of restrictions on slingshots in France now because they were being used to successfully harass the police during one of their riots.
  18. HorseGuy

    Dartmoor hill pony cull feared

    I'm mostly a vegetarian although I do eat lots of fish and the occasional bit of pork so I'm well aware of my own self-hypocrisy here. However I did stop virtually all meat some years ago because the way many of the animals bread for food are treated makes be feel uncomfortable.
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    Dartmoor hill pony cull feared

    Yes is would be an instant vote loser for any government which doesn't step in to stop it happening. That one fact gives me hope for the ponies future.