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 Topic: history done well |
dpack
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 Forum: Reviews and What's On Posted: Sun Dec 08, 19 1:21 pm Subject: history done well |
[url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07nwybz] once upon a time...
the mansa musa one is ace , the others i have listened to so far are ace.
the blackbeard one got my like vote not least as th ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Dec 08, 19 11:56 am Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
well done re the hall stuff, such things need doing properly to make them work and to protect those involved from fraud and or the consequences of incompetence.
i just had a couple of thoughts re t ... |
| Topic: and in the other pets catagory |
dpack
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sun Dec 08, 19 11:16 am Subject: and in the other pets catagory |
[url=https://phys.org/news/2019-10-le-blob-paris-zoo-star.html] le blob
"Blobs of any size can be created, there is no known limit", said Dussutour.
Blobs up to 10 metres (33 feet) wide have bee ... |
| Topic: Problem Radiator |
dpack
Replies: 14
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Thu Dec 05, 19 2:07 pm Subject: Problem Radiator |
try this first
if the affected rad has a thermostatic valve you can remove the top bit by unscrewing it and then try operating the valve by pressing the little plunger thing
iirc no top=fully open ... |
| Topic: Problem Radiator |
dpack
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed Dec 04, 19 11:14 am Subject: Problem Radiator |
it could be a thermostatic valve but the bathroom rad is often the one that is permanently on with two normal valves.
if i suspect a blockage i drain by turning off the feed to the expansion tank o ... |
| Topic: Problem Radiator |
dpack
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Dec 03, 19 5:06 pm Subject: Problem Radiator |
drain, flush and refill it, if it is an airlock it should clear, even a lump or sludge might clear.
a CH pump should run quiet and vibration free, pop a screwdriver tip on it and an ear the blunt e ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Dec 03, 19 1:11 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
tidy maam 
the new articles will define a new battlefield but you get to landscape it and deploy the forces of all sides. seems a good start.
if you can get it right it should avoid known ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Nov 28, 19 4:43 pm Subject: Wildlife |
dik has claimed and retained his patch, which includes me 
the sammison clan are still here, a medium size one was pleased for a small heap of bird mix  there are others pottering about
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| Topic: proto mutt? |
dpack
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Thu Nov 28, 19 3:48 pm Subject: proto mutt? |
[url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2019/nov/27/doggone-it-how-an-18000-year-old-puppy-could-change-everything-we-know-about-dogs] dogor
apart from being browner of fur he look ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Nov 28, 19 1:46 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
good luck, to go with your sound tactics might prevail, your plan b is outlined, they seem to have bluster and little else.
when a group gets stale and flaky at the top there is often a moment like ... |
| Topic: legacy environmental pollution advice wanted please |
dpack
Replies: 13
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Mon Nov 25, 19 11:35 am Subject: legacy environmental pollution advice wanted please |
not all, some.
saplings not thriving/dead and more mature trees ditto.
less insects and other wildlife over 10 yrs as well.
re the drowning thing, it is possible that springs have changed loca ... |
| Topic: legacy environmental pollution advice wanted please |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Nov 24, 19 6:08 pm Subject: legacy environmental pollution advice wanted please |
| the chemical industry was both big and small and varied from textile stuff like dyes and soaps to mustard gas over a couple of hundred years . plenty of scope for a range of horrible stuff to be in an ... |
| Topic: legacy environmental pollution advice wanted please |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Nov 24, 19 11:55 am Subject: legacy environmental pollution advice wanted please |
You haven't mentioned the area,but were there any coking plants in the area,type of coal mined in the area etc?
a few miles west of huddersfield in the colne valley.
afaik none of the local coal m ... |
| Topic: legacy environmental pollution advice wanted please |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Nov 23, 19 2:25 pm Subject: legacy environmental pollution advice wanted please |
the clay is capping the backfilled dams, the slope is not compacted, it is quite friable and mobile.
it is trees on the slope dying, i am pretty sure it is not compaction or root disturbance, some se ... |
| Topic: legacy environmental pollution advice wanted please |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Nov 22, 19 2:33 pm Subject: legacy environmental pollution advice wanted please |
firstly a few parameters:
i will not be specific on location etc at the mo
anecdote is not data
what is stated is based on local knowledge and observation along with a good understanding of the hi ... |
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