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Ah! I see!

Yeah. Have you ever met an American? They can't even say the word "toilet" without blushing. That's why they climb to the pinnacle of euphemism with terms such as "restroom".

It flushes perfectly, once you can start it!

I was exaggerating slightly, but she must be around 90.

My orange urethane tyres on my Inca have definitely had it, after 12 or 15 years. The top one came off again yesterday. It seems to have lost all elasticity, but recovers slightly after a spell in boiling water. I'd happily try standard rubber tyres, but not at Inca prices, and being an 11"...

You spoil that bandsaw...

Well OK. I obviously wasn't intending to implying anything of the sort.

Drum brakes are the answer, brake linings riveted on! I'd forgotten about doing that on my P4 Rover all those years ago.

Glossopguy is a Canadian expat who writes infomercials for a living. He has red hair, spent some time ski-guiding in the French Alps, and used to own a parrot called Hector. You know my methods, Watson..

Good point. Sorry.

I didn't say just "non-plug-in" hybrids have regenerative braking. Obviously EVs and PHEVs also have regenerative braking. I was merely saying that the big boost in efficiency of non-plug-in hybrids is the regenerative braking. Plug in stuff has other advantages as well. Once again, what point...

Electricity is a form of energy. The energy used to accelerate could have been from the ICE. What point are you trying to make?

This is correct, in fact the big advantage of non-plug-in hybrids is that regenerative braking recovers a percentage of the energy used to accelerate. I thought this was common knowledge.

Douglas Fir is very durable. My workshop shed is a mixture of larch and DF waney edge, and is totally untreated.

I have to admit, I'm very curious about these smart toilets. There has to be a better solution than yards of toilet paper. Although I'd want a back up.

Might be worth a try, as a last resort. Is it just me getting old, or did the cisterns with handles and giant ballcocks work better?

Yes, I'll give that a go. Seems they're all dual flush nowadays..?

The actual flush is fine, it's just that you need a lot of determination to press the button firmly enough to start the flush.

It's a tube type, thought that was obvious from the thread title! Thanks for all the responses, I just wondered if there was a known hack/remedy. Will know more when I get round to a closer look.

Probably fairly old, but doesn't get a lot of use, as it's the spare bedroom. I'll take a more thorough look soon, when I finish all the other odd jobs..