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paraffin stoves
Got smacked up side the head and told to beware giant jotnar, went home, had a snooze,and playing with stoves again at 5am.
A small mid 1930s backpack primus 96, currently designated creeping death as all the seals are gone. Not one ready to use.
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paraffin and boredom
A rainy Thursday evening leads to having a competition between historic paraffin stoves and timing a boiling kettle to check efficiency.
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There are many logic traps, logical loops that justify themselves, one of the more dangerous ones is connected to the words folk and folkish, often used in connection with words like tradition, regional or with a separatist identity ( Read more... ) -
tintagel
there are excavations at tintagel, today supposed to be meeting up with site director for a tour, person giving me a lift was supposed to be here about 11, then they called to say they were delayed and were going to be here at 2, its now almost 3 so I get the feeling I may not be viewing the works at tintagel this year =-( -
historical oddities
So, I got a couple of tins of snuff in town earlier, when I got home I had a pinch or two, then I looked at a plain tin plated biscuit tin I acquired the other day, I then made labels for biscuit, ships. Soak before use. 11/78. Then looking at this tin I cut a piece of brown WD type packing paper the right size, then because I had the tin ready, I ( Read more... ) -
hoard
So helping sister today go through her fathers place, he was a hoarder for years, anyways, a rather unpleasant spirit had made its home in the hoard and it decidedly got pissy that ' its' hoard was being disturbed, after spending decades with the place, well tough, and just to erk it more it realised I am one of loki's , Loki doesn't go down well ( Read more... ) -
thoughts
so today for some reason I feel prodded enough to post something personal.
over the years I have learnt much, seen much, done much, travelled much, I am not of the world of fluff and flippery, which is perhaps why of late I have been enjoying odd moments of fluff and flippery as I have been far too serious in life. pfudor ;-p
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spg
Old people acronyms.
Spg- self propelled gun, such as the abbot spg.
Buff- big ugly fat fucker, as in the b52 bomber which is still in use, see one and you'll know why its buff.
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?what?
On the news today, apparently Britain leaving the EU would cause world war three, Napoleon's ghost would rise up and war would erupt in western Europe. ???????? What planet is Cameron on, and more worryingly we now live in a world where making such wild claims is just part of 'normal' government practice ( Read more... )
