Early Risers.

[simontaylor484]

1 minute ago, polybear said:

 

Your sales technique may need a little work......🤣

Lovely runner low mileage rides like a dream one careful lady vicar owner

 

Yadda yadda

[monkeysarefun]

1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said:

In other news, archeologists have discovered Tartaria. 😉

 

See thats where you went wrong because apparently  its archeologists that are the problem, making up history in order to hide the evidence of the Tartarian empire.

 

The actual fair dinkum research is done by ordinary people all around the world who can see the evidence before their own eyes, unlike "Scientists".  If you choose to look, its all around you, even in your old home state of Queensland... This building has all the Tartarian hallmarks - sunken windows buried by the mud flood, ornate carvings that couldnt have been done by the Victorians because they rode around in horses and carts, doors way taller than needed by Victorian age people, a domed ceiling which once housed a free energy generator and black and white tiles. I still havent worked out what is significant about black and white tiles though yet.

 

 

 

 

I've been kind of delving into Tartarian Truthers  on the internet for a couple of months because its much funnier than most of what passes for comedy on the telly these days and have made some connections.

 

. It looks like Tartarian belief kind of sprang up around 2016 or so and kind of has loose links to the Qanon movement and the later antivax  stuff. Youtube channels of Tartarian Truthers invariably also have videos of antivax marches they've attended and it seems that it  basically began for the same reason that the  antivax movement did  , a distrust in real science and a conviction  that the "truth" is  being kept from us by the government in order to control us via vaccines and so on.

 

This video outlines the connection  perfectly - leaving a "Freedom" march to protest lockdowns, these truthers come upon some poor guy who has something on his ute roof.  Now I dont know what it is either, being Australia it could be some kind of super- LED spottie for roo hunting or similar, but to the Truthers he is an undercover cop with some kind of energy weapon and they bravely confront him.

 

 

Apart from medical science and archeologists, astronomers also come under fire for hiding the truth of what is out there. Apparently even the solar system is a made up conspiracy, as the same lady who discovered Brisbanes Tartarian building shows.

 

(I chose Australian examples in case anyone here thought I was picking on their deluded people, but there are Truther sites and pages  from all around the world out there

 

Edited July 20, 2022 by monkeysarefun

[Ozexpatriate]

8 minutes ago, AndrewC said:

I'm paying £0.1541/kWh plus the ripoff daily standing charge which is about £0.22/day.

The back of my envelope says that's around 25% higher than I pay. Not as high as I might have guessed.

 

There's dozens of line items on the back of my bill - per kWh charges for usage, distribution, transmission, etc and fees and credits like the list of credits on a CGI movie including for sustainable alternative generation. There's probably still amortized payments for the nuclear power station that was decommissioned in 1992 with cracks in the steam generator tubing.

 

Much of the power I use is hydroelectric.

[Ozexpatriate]

11 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

The actual fair dinkum research is done by ordinary people all around the world who can see the evidence before their own eyes, unlike "Scientists".  If you choose to look, its all around you, even in your old home state of Queensland...

Inconceivable! 😉

 

It's not really new of course - back in the day you had to subscribe to nutter societies by letter and they would send you a roneoed/mimeographed typewritten newsletter about how the earth was flat or the moon landings were faked. The internet seems to have breathed a faux credibility in this nonsense for the gullible that beggars the imagination.

 

I suspect Tartaria has roots in the Nephilim - perhaps like Nephi in the Book of Mormon might.

[simontaylor484]

19 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

See thats where you went wrong because apparently  its archeologists that are the problem, making up history in order to hide the evidence of the Tartarian empire.

 

The actual fair dinkum research is done by ordinary people all around the world who can see the evidence before their own eyes, unlike "Scientists".  If you choose to look, its all around you, even in your old home state of Queensland... This building has all the Tartarian hallmarks - sunken windows buried by the mud flood, ornate carvings that couldnt have been done by the Victorians because they rode around in horses and carts, doors way taller than needed by Victorian age people, a domed ceiling which once housed a free energy generator and black and white tiles. I still havent worked out what is significant about black and white tiles though yet.

 

 

 

 

I've been kind of delving into Tartarian Truthers  on the internet for a couple of months because its much funnier than most of what passes for comedy on the telly these days and have made some connections.

 

. It looks like Tartarian belief kind of sprang up around 2016 or so and kind of has loose links to the Qanon movement and the later antivax  stuff. Youtube channels of Tartarian Truthers invariably also have videos of antivax marches they've attended and it seems that it  basically began for the same reason that the  antivax movement did  , a distrust in real science and a conviction  that the "truth" is  being kept from us by the government in order to control us via vaccines and so on.

 

This video outlines the connection  perfectly - leaving a "Freedom" march to protest lockdowns, these truthers come upon some poor guy who has something on his ute roof.  Now I dont know what it is either, being Australia it could be some kind of super- LED spottie for roo hunting or similar, but to the Truthers he is an undercover cop with some kind of energy weapon and they bravely confront him.

 

 

Apart from medical science and archeologists, astronomers also come under fire for hiding the truth of what is out there. Apparently even the solar system is a made up conspiracy, as the same lady who discovered Brisbanes Tartarian building shows.

 

(I chose Australian examples in case anyone here thought I was picking on their deluded people, but there are Truther sites and pages  from all around the world out there

 

Mind Blown 

 

I wonder what these Tartarians make of Norman Cathedrals and Castles what lifeforms built them?

 

Everyone is entitled to their beliefs and all that but they are still bat sh1t crazy

 

 

[PeterBB]

On 19/07/2022 at 21:20, Dave Hunt said:

 

I had a similar problem with that make about ten years ago when the cabin fan got stuck on full. The local garage couldn't find anything fault indicated on the test machine and the wiring diagrams they had didn't seem to cover the problem so they asked the manufacturers for an appropriate diagram - which request was refused and they were told that the car had to go to a main agent. I duly took it there to be told that the fault was in the ignition lock barrel and a replacement would cost something like £500. I complained to P****** to no avail then the local garage said that they could get the barrel from a write-off at a nearby scrapyard and fit it together with the keys for about £75. Guess which option I took?

 

Dave 

Well,  I have had a reply asking for more information.  The tone suggests that the garage is at fault whereas the problem is a manufacturing/design fault if something so 'simple' can not be easily fixed.  We will see what they say next.

Edited July 20, 2022 by PeterBB
typo corrections

[simontaylor484]

Mormonism now that is another rabbit hole to fall into but seeing as we don't do religion I will leave it there

[monkeysarefun]

2 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. It might not be as hot as the last couple of days but the humidity is making it feel worse. Not much evidence of rain here either.  They were talking about manure heaps spontaneously combusting. The internal temperature of a manure heap can reach 140F/60C depending on what they contain. Apparently the fir tree that fell across the WCML bringing down the overhead also spontaneously combusted. I read somewhere that such trees which contain a lot of resin so when heated exude a flammable vapour which makes controlling fir tree forest fires so difficult. Perhaps the tree in question was giving of vapour and it was just waiting for something to ignite it. 

 

 

 

We have huge plantations of pine for the building industry, plus infinite gum trees yet with our higher temps and drier air theres never been a case of a fire stared by a tree just combusting, that'd be a whole new pile of worries for us if that ever does turn out to be what caused your fire! .  Here, if it starts in a remote area it'll be due to a lightning strike and if in a populated area, arson or. a welding accident or controlled burn gone feral.

 

It'd surprise me if arson wasn't responsible for at least some of your fires. The other thing that surprised me was the Lord Mayor of London begging people to not have BBQ's etc. Here on hot days the state just slaps a total fireban on , meaning absolutely no naked flames, bbq's ,  welding etc on pain of big fines.

 

 

Edited July 20, 2022 by monkeysarefun

[New Haven Neil]

I suspect the tree combusted due to falling on 25kV lines......tends to spark up a bit.

[monkeysarefun]

4 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

I suspect the tree combusted due to falling on 25kV lines......tends to spark up a bit.

The reason why it fell?

[simontaylor484]

We used to tip leaves from parks and cemeteries that we had picked up with the sweepers/leaf suckers in a compound in a park (leaves from roads and streets had to go to landfill due to potential heavy metal contamination).

Come January you could see the heat shimmer coming off the piles.

[polybear]

4 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

The reason why it fell?

 

It fainted in the heat....

[NGT6 1315]

It’s still 30° as I type this just shy of 2300 hours. Bedroom windows are ajar but I won’t bet on how effective that’ll be.

[PeterBB]

10 hours ago, southern42 said:

 

 

Then came Henry. We bought one. And for a lot, lot less. It did really well. But gradually it started showing its age. It went down to the workshop, aka The Shed. Another Henry was to be ordered. But - there is always a But - the new rules & regs stipulated less energy use and therefore, I assumed, less powerful motors. I was expecting the worst. Plugged the new one in, switched it on, and grabbled the nearest handrail to avoid being sucked up into the hose. Wow, did it suck! It lifted the heavy vinyl flooring in the kitchen, dragged the rug in the sitting room, sucked up everything - especially those bits off the modelling table that you simply could not find and could not pick up fast enough once spotted before it got swallowed up. Just as well you can control its suckability by opening a hole in the hose. However, if that suck is not enough, there is always the other button for even more suck.

Polly

 

SWMBO hates Henry.  Says it has a very good suction but is difficult to  drag around so while some other family members have them there is no way one will be here.  Have had Dysons but ... spares.  We have a Shark - quite heavy but the cleaning part can be detached for thinga like stairs and we have found it pretty good.

Someone was talking about buying a battery one but as I see them they do not work for very long before needing a recharge and if you use the 'proper full' suck they apparently run out in no time.

 

Reading aboout fans ... in previous years SWMBO would have fans going for long periods of time ... we have not yet used a fan inspite of the high temperatures but we did close windows and curtains opening at night and while the Rxxxxx Rxxm was 35oC plus downstiarswas cool.

 

Today was a surprise - we had a fairly large pile of rubble that needed shifting.  Needed to use a little it of it elsewhere so sifted to get rid of the accumulated soil and small bits ... found some strong plastic bags and come afternoon the. whole pile was cleared and ready to take to the tip (oops recycling centre) and then the shed was pushed back onto its extended base ... few brownie points earned.

[zarniwhoop]

3 hours ago, BoD said:

 Means we will probably have to do another shop.   Once a week at a supermarket is more than enough for anyone, darn it.

I prefer to go to supermarkets in the evenings, when they are quieter. If I go in more peak hours I certainly notice the congestion and extra time. But I generally go two or three times a week, partly because of lack of storage space, partly because if I go with a "normal" list there is always something they have not got.

 

Of course, if I end up going really late then I find Sainsburys is only automated checkouts - I hate those like most here - and both Sainsburys and Tess'Co tend to have loads of stock trollies blocking the isles.

 

OTOH tonight I went with a small list just after 7pm and got all that plus some things (e.g. canned wine) which were not on the list.

[PeterBB]

10 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

That’s a very serious reply to what was simply a flippant, throwaway remark written with a touch of hyperbole for comic effect.

 

I do post things that are not meant to be taken either seriously or at face value.

But the flip[pant has brought out why the additional costs seem to be so high ... in other words some of us have leant something tonight.

 

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

This was the package I referred to. On a second viewing it seemed to cover several locations of fire, though there was one stretch of row/terrace houses I saw on multiple news reports.

The houses burning 0:22 to 0:25 are those in Dagenham. From 0:25 to 0:32 Wennington, then back to Dagenham about 0:32.

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

There's very, very little that Bear misses about working, sorry being at The Great Empire - but the aircon buildings is one of them.....

 

 

£0.28 per kWh

Daily standing charge: £0.45

(These are the average price cap rates)

 

That's the price until the end of September 2022, at which point it'll be shooting up to who knows what?  Hang on - apparently they're expected to increase by 65%, so:

£0.46 per KWh

Bluddy hell.

Now then, can you get frozen salad??

 

edit:  So the standing charge means a yearly leccy bill of £164 even before you use any leccy at all

 

 

That's so the ions will reach Bear Towers, young bear.

 

You need your ions if you want to listen to Alexa tell you your bed time story.

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

Your sales technique may need a little work......🤣

 

Try taking a scrunched up plastic bag with a cucumber inside. Works for me.

 

Ian 'Sawn off' No Sheds.

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. I felt so cream crackered that I skipped Farcebook last night so I'd better get on with it.

[Tony_S]

4 hours ago, polybear said:

 

Presumably for a solar panel installation you need a garage or some other similar space to house the batteries and control gear?

 

Not necessarily a garage. Ours are. Aditi's brother’s inverter is in a cupboard under the stairs. Near the fuse box is often a good idea. If we hadn’t had batteries ours could have gone in the loft but I said I was happier with everything in the garage where all the  fuse boxes and meter are anyway. Ours is a semi integral to the house garage. Separate garages were not acceptable as a location by our surveyor. Being in the garage means we don’t hear the inverter.  When it is running at full power there is a slight whine. The cables from all the panels pass through the roof into the loft and join as two 48 volt cables (one from S facing and one from W facing panels) and leave the loft through conduit on the wall to the garage. The inverter is smaller than most gas boilers.  The batteries are quite large. They are rack (look like 19” rack size) mounted. The batteries are designed to work in ambient temperatures of up to 50C (I checked today as we had high temps yesterday). They will shut down if the temp gets that high.

Batteries

Inverter and batteries. I have tidied up a bit more. The foam was to stop me walking into the battery cage. 

To the right of the inverter is another board with the original fusebox, a new fusebox and another couple of isolators. I haven’t got a photo of that. If anyone wants one I will take one but they aren’t anything special. 
Tony

Edited July 20, 2022 by Tony_S

[jamie92208]

59 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

We used to tip leaves from parks and cemeteries that we had picked up with the sweepers/leaf suckers in a compound in a park (leaves from roads and streets had to go to landfill due to potential heavy metal contamination).

Come January you could see the heat shimmer coming off the piles.

Barns full of hay and straw and large piles of coal can spontaneously  combust.  There used to be a pile of half a million tons of the black stuff that I could see out of my office window in Pontefract, not far from where Simon lives. There used to be two large bulldozers working every day pushing it around to reduce the risk of fires.  It's all gone now.

 

Jamie

Edited July 20, 2022 by jamie92208

[simontaylor484]

The same used to happen on the coal storage yards at Ferrybridge power station.

Haystacks out in the fields can also combust

[Winslow Boy]

15 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Barns full of hay and straw and large piles of coal can spontaneously  combust.  There used to be a pile of half a million tons of the black stuff that I could see out of my office window in Pontefract, not far from where Simon lives. There used to be two large bulldozers working every day pushing it around to reduce the risk of fires.  It's all gone now.

 

Jamie

 

When the green waste is being composted it has to reach a certain temperature range, which I can't remember I'm afraid, in order to kill off pests and harmful bacteria. In order to maintain the temperature the green waste will be turned.  A constant check is maintained so as to ensure that the winrow doesn't become to hot or too cool. It's the combination of mechanical turning, oxygen and aerobic bacterial action that causes the wood fibre and vegetable matter to break down into organic matter. The process produces water that is rich in nutrients. This needs to be captured so that it doesn't contaminate ground water/ streams etc. Once the temperature levels off the winrow is ready.

Edited July 20, 2022 by Winslow Boy

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well, we had a great day at Tatton Park Flower Show, the weather was a lot cooler than yesterday, a mere 22C this afternoon. By the the amount of plants we came home with, we are certainly doing are bit for the economy! I’ll be busy over the next the weekend, getting that lot planted. 

 

Goodnight all.