Recent content by Grandad455

Very successfully planted a number of fence posts, using 2 methods. Wrap the bottom of the post on a black polyethylene bag, wrap it round with masking tape and pour 250ml of creosote into the bag and plant the post in that. Protects the post and keeps a layer of creosote around it, backfill...

I had an elderly neighbour who used to feed the foxes and badgers in her garden and she could never get her head around how the animals knew to come up at a different time when the clocks changed. I did try to explain to her but gave up

And while we are on the subject, since when has Sulphur become Sulfur?

Reminds me of going into Maplin's looking for a particular battery, to find that there were none on the shelf. The computer said there were 6 in stock, so I said when will you have more in? Well, as the computer says we have 6 in stock, they won't send us any more, to which I replied, so you...

Reminded me of when my Best Beloved was able to use a manual chair. I bought her some cycle gloves to protect her hands because the web of her thumb got very rough from gripping the rubber tyre rather than the metal rim of the wheel. Getting her to bed one night, I applied cream to the rough...

Had a similar problem with a Chinese company called Light in the Box. Having tried to unsubscribe several times, I posted a caustic review on SiteJabber. Within days I had an email from Light in the Box telling me to retract the review, to which I replied you unsubscribe me and I will see about...

Nice heaters. I ran a hardware store years ago and we had an Aladdin Blue Flame, connected to a 5 gallon drum via a float chamber for an oil fired boiler. Just topped up the 5 gallon drum as needed. As the flame was never extinguished, the wick lasted all winter with out having to change it. The...

I started with a Woolworths Espresso machine my darling daughter bought me and then graduated to a Baby Gaggia followed by another Baby Gaggia. My first sight of the Rocket was in a series of pictures on a screen in my adopted coffee shop. Having seen it, I sat and waited for the pictures to...

Actually, cleaning is not much of a problem, 10 minutes once a week and now I have a knockout drawer under the machine, emptying the filter is easy. Mind you, when there is a problem with the machine, it is usually when I am cleaning it. Still need a bigger kitchen.

You can keep all your BTC machines, the ULTIMATE machine is the Rocket R58 from Italy, separate boilers for steam and water, 9 Bar brewing and 2 Bar steaming. I bought mine 7 years ago and apart from an annual service, almost trouble free. I just need a bigger kitchen to put it in and a workshop...

Bob Monkhouse to Denis (Goodwin), Ain't paint quaint, Denis to Bob, you should not use ain't, you should say isn't. Bob to Denis, Isn't pisn't quisn't. Nuff said.

Get yourself a drip coffee filter and papers. Assemble the filter and fill it with activated charcoal as used for fish tank filters. Pour your purple meths through it slowly and after two or three pours, the pink and stink will have disappeared. Result, clear ethanol, plenty good enough for...

Reference thumb turns, had a case where a key safe was fitted outside and the customer left her key in the lock inside. This effectively blocked opening the door from the outside with the key safe key. Changing that to a thumb turn solved the problem. In fact, both back and front doors were...

Buck & Ryan used to do wholesale too, dealt with them for a while, bought Diston saws from them amongst other things.

You are so lucky to be able to drive for 2 1/2 hours to the end of the Island, if I drive for an hour in any direction, I have to sticks oars out of the window to get any further. Oh the loss of so many decent tool and hardware shops, only one left, W Hurst & Son, who also sell on-line. Timber...