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john davidson 1

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  1. The up and over doors are a problem, eating into the space overhead. My mate Sandy has had remote control roller doors installed and he says it gives much more usable storage space. Not maybe welcome for a new build I realise.
  2. As Leccy said, AliExpress have a good deal on Arrows Hawk, tax and dejivery adds a bit but order TWO at once and they are almosr giving away the second one!
  3. Middle of lidl today found LED strip lights 1.25 metre long , bought two in anticipation for my up coming workshop build, haven't priced any where else but ai £11.99 each must be a bargain?
  4. I tried a quad esc in my Sunderland thinking it would simplify and be lighter than four separate esc's. Not so in practice, Three wires times two in each wing (twelve total) to motors., instead of two from per wing times two two(four total) to esc's , so ended up actually much heavier than option 1 .
  5. An old sailor walks into a pub, wooden peg leg, hook for one hand and a patch over one eye. Orders a beer while the regulars are eyeing him up. eventually one summons up the courage and asks "How did you get a wooden leg?" "Oh arrr shark bit it off in Indian Ocean, now I wears the peg, oh arr" "What about the hook?" ' "Oh arr, Got into a fight with a shipmate, cut me 'and off, now I wears an 'ook oh arr" "So how did you lose an eye" "Oh arr twas in the Bahamas , blowing a full gale, looked up at the rigging and a seagull pooped in me eye oh arr now I wears a patch oh arr" " Lost your eye because a seagull pooped in it?" "Arr well twas the first day I had the ook , see oh arr"
  6. Certainly didn't click on anything to enable it , viewed the cloud with suspicion
  7. My point is I have had Outlook for many years, long before the cloud and was certainly not given any notification, just the threat of no further mail because storage is full , no mention of the cloud.
  8. Had this on microsoft outlook a year ago , threatened to stop my e-mail since memory was full and wanted paid to continue service. Not nice because this was my main contacts, Tried deletind old mails which had almost no effect but after some time discovered all my photos were being put on the cloud ( no option given) which is only free to to a limit which can vary with different companies, Micro soft were the smallest, I store all my photas on cards so promptly deleted all on cloud and immediately normal mail again. Just another way to get a monthly sub out of you ,but never explained why , big brother again!
  9. Just been outside looking up at the sky, very clear air just at the right time in Perth with the help of an app on my son's phone managed to identify all of them Really spectacular
  10. I have a lockable metal bin , on legs to bring it up to a convenient height fitted out with shelves as a charging station and situated outside the shed door . I can charge seven packs at a time which does for a session. Also used for the electric bike battery.
  11. Chap went into a bar ,ordered a pint then took a newt out of his pocket and began playing with ir on the bar top. the barman watched for a while then said " what do you call him?" "Tiny "was the reply "why do you call him tiny" " well he is my newt "
  12. Have you installed a kitchen in your new shed............just joking However I am having a survey on Friday for my new shed/ work cabin /mancave, the financial controller is happy for it to go in first before the new kitchen. The carrot of the new kitchen is working wonders. There seems to be a big variation in price with quality of wood used, some suppliers do not even specify origin. the one I probably will use is pretty critical of other firms and i can sse why.
  13. Chinese lanterns were sold in UK for a time but fire risk and cows eating the wire frame was a problem so not on sale now
  14. Commentator good old John Snagge , read with a stiff upper lip
  15. Where I live is supplied by a poor terrestrial tv relay giving 13 channels only. I have a Freesat dish supplying three televisions which gives more tv channels than the basic cable packages from Virgin etc, Well within a modeller's ability to install and set up with a digital signal finder , costs for a dish and box with recording capability,. perhaps four months Virgin sub , after that , paid for. If keeping a subscription, freesat is a good bargaining point to use even if you don't actually have freesat installed. Even so ,often I end up threatening to cancel. Once I actually did but got into a tangle between the two companies
  16. The Brother sticky labels really stick well , none have disappeared so far , always put them underneath, out of sight
  17. A steel from the kitchen knife rack can tickle up a craft knife umpteen times, even snap offs
  18. Tape of some type, glass reinforced, up to gorilla tape at the other end of the dingability. Another possibility is to use hot glue then run over with a covering iron, clean iron afterwards with paper towel while hot
  19. Monocoques are the lightest and strongest structure . No need for any thing in the centre, so ribs can be as light as possible , just to give form then make the outer skin strong,
  20. Just been talking to my mate about putting up a new insulated cabin, he gave me encouragement regarding lifting panels made then bolted together rather than using a tame joiner. I will go and measure up and produce an idea , first have to demolish an old shed and leanto though
  21. Drain using car headlight bulbs , one 12 volt for up to 3cell , then several in series made up to suit the voltage otherwise it blows the filament. I adapt packs past their best to power torches , one which has a car headlight bulb has used a 4cell for years , and for my classic Triumph motorbike I used a 3 cell for a day running light LED. Now nearly all vehicles use them I feel safer.
  22. LIDL were selling them for £29 with one battery which gives a 15 min flight. JST plug so compatible with some I already had
  23. Spoke to my tame joiner today about building me an insulated cabin as a workshop. Only one snag , the installation of a new kitchen for the financial controjier first.
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