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  1. Keith_Beef

    Boring Freelander 2 stuff

    I still prefer the handles on the first generation of Range Rover. .
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    What did you buy today?

    Asparagus, broad beans, gooseberries, butter, flour, beer& wine, coffee, cheese, bread, spinach...
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    What is an every day carry really when you get down to it?

    Alphabet soup... I had to go searching to find out that NARCAN is a trademarked name for naloxone and that OC is Oleoresin Capsicum... So pepper gel...
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    Coping with the heat.

    Full of B vitamins!
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    Coping with the heat.

    Mum sent me a picture of the thermometer that she put out in the sun in her paved patio for ten minutes... In the shade it was probably about 40°C; it's a small paved area with brick wall on three sides so at any given time during daylight there is direct sun on at least one and often two of...
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    Coping with the heat.

    I'm in Poland. In Warsaw for now; tolerable temperatures 28°C to 32°C. In a couple of days I'll take the train up to Gdańsk where it should be even cooler.
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    Oak dice

    That looks great. Very precise right angles. A few years ago I made some dreideln for my kids. I found the post about it but the images are gone... must have been on a picture hosting service. https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/got-my-estwing-and-ive-been-playing-a-bit.9916/ When back...
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    What wildlife did you spot today?

    I almost stepped on this toad as I went into the garage the other night. I put it under a roof tile where I released a dozen crickets a few weeks ago.
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    Forthcoming pebble launching device ban?

    Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.
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    Sleeve pockets

    Yes, expensive (£84 from Heinnie); but very, very strong. At a push, it could be put in a lark's head to make a handle for pulling or hoisting a load. I've not seen any figures as to its resistance but I reckon it would withstand 30kg easily. And I discovered a number of years ago that if...
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    Sleeve pockets

    This is what I keep in the pocket of my left sleeve; Embassy pen and Rite-in-the-Rain notebook. In the pocket of my right sleeve i occasionally carry a DC4 combination stone, but usually it's empty.
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    Eggs,

    I remember that as a child hens' eggs were always white. Brown eggs became popular when I was in my teens, let's say from around the early to mid 1980s.
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    Eggs,

    Even when supposedly free-range, the hens are going to be combined to a barn every time the government decides that there's a risk of avian 'flu. Over here, in France, the government is very slack at requiring over-labelling, i.e. adding a sticker to the packaging to mark the difference.
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    Your picture of the day...

    Is that Dactylorhiza fuchsii, the common spotted orchid? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylorhiza_fuchsii
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Provence cherries at €3.37/kg at the offie! Octopus at €8/kg at the supermarket!
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    Getting away for the weekend.

    Well the weekend was cut short... Slept through the train, stuffed the tent very loosely into the back of the car and drove to the car park meeting point. Introductions made, the instructor handed out a bit of kit to the three others in the group, and suggested that I could leave behind the...
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    Eggs,

    Pigeons are edible, too, as any cat will tell you.
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    Eggs,

    I've always checked them: every egg, every time. I think that or must take me all of eight seconds to check six eggs. Except for those that I buy at the market, when the lady takes them from a tray and checks them and she puts them into the boxes that I've brought with me. Mmm
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    Getting away for the weekend.

    After I had eaten, last night (rye bread, bresaola, a couple of tomatoes and an apple), I followed the sound of a live band and found a fundraiser night at a nearby care home. Good music, a DJ doing mixes, draft beer. Then wandered down into town for another pint and then something crazy...
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    Laguiole - what is it about them?

    Read my post about Szajner. https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/laguiole-what-is-it-about-them.169904/post-2120790