Yesterday, after going out for the "One form of exercise" allowed at the moment, there was a DHL Parcels card through the door. It had no marks...
England, in the main, doesn't understand "Hit the head" either. I was told about it in Texas...
I think it's because the lamp burner has to operate wrong way up. Hot gases don't like to go down. They want to go up. In a lamp you get overburn...
Not hard to find through Google Maps. This one Emergency Kerosene - Oilfast
The main reason to run them on alchohol was when it was all you could get. In WW2 Sweden the general population were not allowed Kerosene or...
HF, Hyrdrofluoric Acid is about all that will etch glass. Sandblasting is much safer. HF is nasty stuff - have to keep it in beeswax bottles...
That is correct. They were erratic when run only on the unwanted gas, they kept going out. They were soon converted to run on town gas taking in...
In a previous discussion about this, using the light sensor in a cell phone in that case, we wondered what effect heat (i.e infra red) would have...
As an old car mender (rusty body work between UK and US was being discussed somewhere else) I have been pondering what about that tank bottom and...
The holes you see and might fix today are waiting to be joined by leaks from all the lesser rust spots which are just waiting to happen. I tried...
Hood enamel does strange things sometimes... from some time back. Tilley Hood Enamel
It was my point that an induction cooker would not work with that copper pan but it could be a contributory reason to someone throwing it out. I...
Induction cooker owner?
I'm sorry Colin but I am much a'feared for your pussy cat. Off topic I know but I lost my own just before Christmas. Those pics just scare me...
Insurance matters? !!
Worry more about what they would say finding them actually in use in your house? You did what????????
I wonder if it is a little under estimated. The thermocouple is a considerable size and will have lost heat by conduction/radiation. White hot is...
They look a bit old to be for electronics & lead free. That said there was also lead free for use by plumbers on drinking water pipework. That is...
A green reel has lately meant lead free solder in electronics work. Some brands are almost neat tin with flux core. Some add copper or silver in...
We have taken a good year and a bit off from this subject - last post was Apr 2018. I haven't changed my mind about anything - a "dark art" as you...
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