Member postings for J Hancock

Yes, I think they have 'a problem' with the folks in the distribution centres.

It is getting like 'the docks' , pre-container era , there was always an 'ullage' allowance for stuff that would never arrive !

Why is it always me ?

Broke the spade four days ago, no problem , new one ordered from Doncaster , just down the road.

Yesterday, door bell rings while I am lathered in shampoo, no problem ,open door ,can't see but local HERMES lady drops small package inside the hall and drives off.

Half-hour later , pick up package , one end is already open .

Very obviously where the spade handle, complete with spade attached , had been !

Another HERMES unsuccessful delivery .

Bizarre isn't it , we have to buy nearly 14% of our electrical energy from France/Holland/Norway and yet for the puny difference that E5/1O ethanol difference makes , we can go to all the trouble to harrow/plough/seed/harvest an edible crop, render it suitable to distil and then distribute/add to spoil perfectly good petrol.

Using more 'fossil fuel' to manufacture it than energy released in the finished product.

It will certainly be 'interesting ' as this EV story develops. People, in general , do not realise each one of those batteries is like a small thermite grenade .

A simple car windsceen washer set-up would probably be sufficient for your requirement ?

Yes , happy memories , I was taught that screws were for hammering in ( The Birmingham Screwdriver ) and screwing out.

That was a Blackadder joke , Jorick carved his on a bullet.

Not to forget copper oxide was an early use of a semi-conductor .

David Jupp , if you had a relative who flew with 49Sqd in 1943 , please leave me a contact in my private message board of this forum.

If you type Dewhurst into the keyword box , then 'go' , you will see all you need in those posts.

Strange that buying cheapest is so discriminatory , ie sugar is much cheaper to buy 'abroad ' but 'tariffs'

prevent us from buying it that way.

.I wonder why that is ?

All achieved by closing our manufacturing industries and buying from China/Asia.

Close more and buy everything , 100% target reached.

Job done.

Now we don't need to do anything anymore.

Are they stupid, or am I ?

On the last point , I think you will find all the big power stations in the UK sat on top of the coal-mine.

Killing the mines , killed the stations as well.

Crazy policies , as usual.

Nukes + coal for electricity. 1000 years

NS Gas for domestic heating+ some industrial uses 1000years

Too late , we've sold it all.

How did we manage international trade pre-1900.

Oh,, yes , sailing ships.,horses.

The difference ?

That which can never be mentioned , population , greed..

There was , but as usual , poor management in the later years destroyed the idea.

Bought by our 'parents' , British Steel, Rail. Transport, Gas, Sugar , Motor Corp, CEGB ,Aerospace, all sold for a pittance.,instead of sacking the management.

As a 'spray-on ', Dinitrol 77B , will be there long after the Waxoil has gone.

If I remember well , the ph sensor must be kept immersed in distilled water when not in use ?

Like it or not (Not) , electricity is going to be forced upon us as the only 'energy' source to use.

How it will be produced , is completely beyond the comprehension of those making the decisions.

The future will be 'interesting' , to say the least.

PBS America , last night , Electric aircraft ,present progress.

Distinctly underwhelmed by what has been achieved and massive over-hype on what can be achieved.

Little more than what serious RCME types know already.

Makes you realise what a bargain you are getting for a few Baht in the MK Centre in Bangkok , complete with strap and battery and keep perfect time .

How can they sell for that price and make a profit ?