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there is of course the other option with less particulates, a greener fuel overall as it can be grown (isnt natural gas a fossil fuel the same as diesel) and that is sunflower oil, currently in asda at £3.75 for a 5 litre bottle, maybe not useable in the most modern diesels, but in the older ones, even at a 50/50 mix works out considerably cheaper.

just to be complete, I went out at lunch time and did the last remaining bulb (the one that didnt get an advisory) and that wasnt as bad as the other front one, but was worse than the two rear bulbs that although a lighter shade, had not crazed. so if you do have orange bulbs in your car, it might be worth checking them to make sure they are still properly orange.

as long as its cheaper....

the way I read the report was that they were using netting, but had not followed the guidelines set down by the rspca for the type of netting used, to me this seemed to be the crux of the matter. I can see that netting off some of the area to prevent nesting sites being buried by the new sand cover is a reasonable precaution, but it does strike me that if they had got their act together and started the project as soon as the birds had left on their migration, they could probably have completed it before the birds returned - or is that just wishful thinking?

so like a good Robin (attention to small details), I went and purchased new indicator bulbs, all round, changing the rear ones wasnt too bad, just take off the speaker covers, unclip the rear speakers and then remove the bulb holder, and put in a new bulb. the front wasnt as simple, I could see them, but there seemed no way to get there, they were buried behind things, with cable looms and everything in between, the passenger side seemed hard enough (that was the only one not flagged in the MOT) but the driver side was even worse access with the washer bottle filler neck also in the way. so Last night I found some youtube videos on how to change the bulb, general consensus was remove the back cover off the headlight cluster giving you an extra inch of space, but then I spotted a comment underneath, someone said remove the washer bottle filler neck, its held in place by 1 screw, and is a push fit into the pipework below, so when I arrived at work this morning, that is what I did, it gives great access, so in a short time the bulb was changed. the old bulb in that housing was the worst of all of the bulbs I had to replace, its orange coating looked like a tiger loaf, all cracked and crazed, no wonder then that the orange wasnt orange enough. so the moral of the story is, if your indicators are the clear lens sort, with coloured bulbs, and they dont seem to be orange enough, it may be time for some new ones.

in just over a month I have jayne on hire so I will be able to let you know.

martham use their own staff to go under the bridge, I have personally been taken through in janet at 5 foot 11 inches, wouldnt think she would have got through at much less. martham do have their own gauge at their slipway that shows the bridge clearance. their boats are all a lot narrower than most other broads boats - only about 9 foot 6" wide.

To fit nicely into this thread of car talk, my 17 year old volvo with 174,000 miles had its MOT today, - It passed with just a few advisories - Apparently the orange coloured bulbs can fade, I will need 3 new ones to clear that advisory, the rest of the issues were all suspension, but only keep an eye on items at the moment, from rusting rear coil springs to misting from the front shocks, plus slight play from the rear anti sway bar linkage ball joint, nothing unexpected on a car of this mileage, nothing that doesnt need just keeping an eye on and maybe replacing before next year if it deteriorates.

nothing beats at the end of a long drive up to Norfolk, popping into the Mcdonalds near brundall for a big breakfast or big mac - well when I say nothing beats it, its a great relief when getting to the end of the journey starving hungry - at any other time almost anything beats it. pretty much the only time I go to McD's is on a long drive, its quick its easy and only adds a few minutes to the trip.

Not so, just some of 'em, and thankfully a minority. so only a minority of sailies need to know that all stinky helms are idiots? do all the rest already know this?

I think most boatyards want to know if you are using one of these, mainly so that they can prioritise any engineer to you if you have battery problems.

ah but the middle east deserts get it all in just one day - every 3rd or 4th year, the Broads gets it as a constant drizzle, plus they dont have the evaporation problems that the desert does.

the ones in our office are the intelligent sort that check the patient, then tell you if the patient needs it

we have one in each of our offices, they are appearing everywhere now, so much so that in first aid training at work we are told to ask abnyone in the area to go get the first aid kit and defibrilator almost before phoning the ambulance..

where else do they expect them to get water, surely its not down to the villagers - its down to the local water authority.

I see on their short visit tolls page they say - https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boating/owning-a-boat/tolls/short-visit-toll/short-visit-outlets

can you do it by phone with the BA, the rangers out on the river should also be able to do it.

would he have put up with his neighbor doing it outside his house?

so its now the turn of the mudweight winch, a couple weeks back at the boot fair I had picked up some radio control bits, amongst which were a couple of small motors with gearboxes, I decided to print some winch drums and see how they went. after that it was a case of testing, on 6v one motor was making about 60 rpm, the other about 8rpm, after taking a couple of gears out of the slower gearbox that too was up to about 60 rpm. I do now need to make a spacer for the gearbox that replaces the two gears I have removed

Something tells me you are exaggerating JA, that doesnt look like Breydon to me...

if you take the time out to measure up and get a good dimensional drawing of the skeg now, you could get a new one made up in the interim for the next AMP in two years.(or whenever a new one is needed) do it in stainless and it will last another 100 years..

they look to be adjacent to the areas we worked on last time.

you are making me regret booking boats and using all my holiday up before the year had really started Griff, I dont think I will be able to join you this year, (I also have some other urgent tasks that need doing which I will tell you about when I see you next).

I used to have multiple site inductions for some sites I visited, Once as a general worker, and again as a supervisor, and sometimes a third as the person putting myself to work, each site induction asked very much the same questions, but the answer varied depending upon which hat you were wearing at the time, then again when filling out the paperwork, and signing a form 3 times with 3 different hats on. as I was the only member of my company on site I not only had to put myself to work, but had to supervise both my other selves too, it was handy that at that site they had a permit to work system that used different padlocks, so I would have to attach the different locks in the correct places and in the correct order, all the time my permits were in force they were locked with my key, anyone else who wanted to work on the same equipment could not do so as long as my permit was locked in the permit room.

Always assuming that once you have got the washing machine / tumble dryer in, that if it goes wrong you can get it back out again - Eh Robin?