French government expected to issue all citizens with survival manual

[TeeDee]

Fittingly, for the subject of the OP, first developed in 1796 by Montgolfier of hot air balloon fame

An enlarged Over inflated ego...
Although he is going up in the world.

 

[Glow_worm]

Ours is a Blakes No. 1. Getting very old now and at the mercy of the acidic water; but still running on a mix of gravity, luck and magic.

Good for you! I've seen one or two in operation over the years. Also owned and worked on a few Blake's power driven pumps of various sizes. It's amazing how much old kit is still in service in little brick pumphouses around the country... Always wanted a Hydram but what are the chances of ending up living somewhere able to use one!

 

[bearbait]

We may yet see the return of the British peasant - indeed I might be a British peasant!

Isn't the more politically correct term these days "a low-net-worth individual"?

 

[Pattree]

….. or Possessing Low Expectation Beyond Survival.

 

[Tengu]

Hydraulic rams are awesome things; you fit, forget and in a hundred years time...clunk clunk clunk.

The company that made a lot of the old ones is still going (Green and ....?) and sends them all over the world.

And still maintains the old ones.

(Something I would like to study...if I had the time)

 

[Laurentius]

Hydraulic rams are awesome things; you fit, forget and in a hundred years time...clunk clunk clunk.

The company that made a lot of the old ones is still going (Green and ....?) and sends them all over the world.

And still maintains the old ones.

(Something I would like to study...if I had the time)

Would be great for watering my allotment, but I believe they are rather expensive compared to an electric pump and rechargeable power station.

 

[TeeDee]

Would be great for watering my allotment, but I believe they are rather expensive compared to an electric pump and rechargeable power station.

Sub £100 available on amazon.

 

[Broch]

Sub £100 available on amazon.

Mmm... at about a 1 litre per minute

 

[TeeDee]

Mmm... at about a 1 litre per minute

60lt per Hour for free.. Little and often.