Today I'm happy about......

[Gooner Girl]

Re-usable nappies ?!?!?

Like cloth ones, that you wash .... made of terry-toweling ? .... and pin with a big safety pin ?

Yes, cloth ones that you wash, no to terry towelling and the safety pins though. They go on and Velcro up like disposables nowadays. Times have moved on

[bobo the clown]

Re-usable nappies ?!?!?

Like cloth ones, that you wash .... made of terry-toweling ? .... and pin with a big safety pin ?

Yes, cloth ones that you wash, no to terry towelling and the safety pins though. They go on and Velcro up like disposables nowadays. Times have moved on

Clearly not a great deal !

If we've returned to the days of scraping shit off cloth and then washing the cloth in your washer that's the sort of progress I can do without.

Velcro's all well & good, but doesn't make that a good move

[thebish]

Re-usable nappies ?!?!?

Like cloth ones, that you wash .... made of terry-toweling ? .... and pin with a big safety pin ?

Yes, cloth ones that you wash, no to terry towelling and the safety pins though. They go on and Velcro up like disposables nowadays. Times have moved on

Clearly not a great deal !

If we've returned to the days of scraping shit off cloth and then washing the cloth in your washer that's the sort of progress I can do without.

Velcro's all well & good, but doesn't make that a good move

they use nappy liners, Bobo, so there isn't that much crap on the actual nappy... the liners then go in a stinky bin ready to be thrown into landfill whilst the nappies go in the washing machine using up precious energy resources and pumping tons of chemical detergents into the drains...

gone are the days of fermenting buckets of soaking terry-towelling....

[Gooner Girl]

Re-usable nappies ?!?!?

Like cloth ones, that you wash .... made of terry-toweling ? .... and pin with a big safety pin ?

Yes, cloth ones that you wash, no to terry towelling and the safety pins though. They go on and Velcro up like disposables nowadays. Times have moved on

Clearly not a great deal !

If we've returned to the days of scraping shit off cloth and then washing the cloth in your washer that's the sort of progress I can do without.

Velcro's all well & good, but doesn't make that a good move

they use nappy liners, Bobo, so there isn't that much crap on the actual nappy... the liners then go in a stinky bin ready to be thrown into landfill whilst the nappies go in the washing machine using up precious energy resources and pumping tons of chemical detergents into the drains...

gone are the days of fermenting buckets of soaking terry-towelling....

The liners are biodegradable and go down the toilet like a piece of loo paper actually

I've saved a shed load of money, saved countless nappies from going into landfill and plus (and more importantly) they are far cuter then disposables. All for a couple of extra washing machine loads a week.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

'kinell, that there baby's arse is exploding.

[seanworth]

While watching a news clip of a killer whale taking a fish from a fisherman this morning I looked out the window to sea a killer whale offshore in front of the house. A positive start to day I feel.

[Montreal Wanderer]

While watching a news clip of a killer whale taking a fish from a fisherman this morning I looked out the window to sea a killer whale offshore in front of the house. A positive start to day I feel.

Last week we were up at the Saguenay-St Lawrence national park area watching the belugas (which are greyish white). We saw the back of another much larger whale - dark greyish-black with large dorsal fin. We thought it might be a minke (cue Clousseau jokes) or a fin whale, which are both very like killer whales in colouring, but could not see the underside.

[seanworth]

While watching a news clip of a killer whale taking a fish from a fisherman this morning I looked out the window to sea a killer whale offshore in front of the house. A positive start to day I feel.

Last week we were up at the Saguenay-St Lawrence national park area watching the belugas (which are greyish white). We saw the back of another much larger whale - dark greyish-black with large dorsal fin. We thought it might be a minke (cue Clousseau jokes) or a fin whale, which are both very like killer whales in colouring, but could not see the underside.

This year we are having a record number of humpback whales so was hoping it was one of those, but can't say my enthusiasm was diminished much simply because it was an Orca. While whale sightings are common here, in front of the house is usually limited to seal and sea lions. Most of the big whales (blue, grey, sperm) are off the other side of the island.

[bwfcdan94]

Next week: the football!

[Bruce Rioja]

Look up super absorbent polymers (SAP), you astonished parents.

[Dujon]

Last week I ordered a new audio amplifier (Sherwood) and a set of speakers (Wharfedale) to match. They turned up early this morning. Wharfedale have always had a decent reputation when it comes to speakers; Sherwood in days of yore had a reputation for a good solid amplifier line of products. I hope I've made the right choices.

What puzzled me a bit when I was doing my research was the dearth of simple straight forward amps on the market. At the same time floor speakers were in the same category. Minis, Micros, i-pod and heaven knows what else 'compatible' seem to rule the roost. Sub-woofers seem also to be the rage. I honestly have no wish to vibrate the foundations of my house and at the same time to put the termites into some sort of feeding frenzy. It took a number of telephone conversations to find someone who had the vaguest idea as to what I was after - truly that is so. Bass is important and appreciated but thundering bass that swamps everything else, regardless of cross-over networks, is just silly, like those car systems that boom-boom down the road at times. Sheesh!

Anyway, I'm happy so far.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Last week I ordered a new audio amplifier (Sherwood) and a set of speakers (Wharfedale) to match. They turned up early this morning. Wharfedale have always had a decent reputation when it comes to speakers; Sherwood in days of yore had a reputation for a good solid amplifier line of products. I hope I've made the right choices.

What puzzled me a bit when I was doing my research was the dearth of simple straight forward amps on the market. At the same time floor speakers were in the same category. Minis, Micros, i-pod and heaven knows what else 'compatible' seem to rule the roost. Sub-woofers seem also to be the rage. I honestly have no wish to vibrate the foundations of my house and at the same time to put the termites into some sort of feeding frenzy. It took a number of telephone conversations to find someone who had the vaguest idea as to what I was after - truly that is so. Bass is important and appreciated but thundering bass that swamps everything else, regardless of cross-over networks, is just silly, like those car systems that boom-boom down the road at times. Sheesh!

Anyway, I'm happy so far.

Back in the day, I had a Harman Kardon amp
A Cambridge pre-amp
Acoustic Research speakers (as built for the BBC)
and a Goldring Lenco GL75 deck.
Everything was perfection - you can't buy quality like that anymore unfortunately.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Today I'm happy about bike thieves...
I know, weird. But on Saturday the locals in my pub were discussing a brand new mountain bike that had been left on a nearby footpath for nearly three days. I asked if anybody had reported it and they all said no, so I rang this new 101 number and reported it. They (the pseudo-police) told me to store it somewhere safe while they checked for lost and stolen bikes, so I wheeled it into the bar's storeroom.
They(the pseudo-police)'ve just called back: they have no record of a bike (of its particular description) reported lost, and, if nobody claims it, it's mine in just under ten days time now. One of the locals who was discussing it is already prepared to buy it off me.

[thebish]

Today I'm happy about bike thieves...
I know, weird. But on Saturday the locals in my pub were discussing a brand new mountain bike that had been left on a nearby footpath for nearly three days. I asked if anybody had reported it and they all said no, so I rang this new 101 number and reported it. They (the pseudo-police) told me to store it somewhere safe while they checked for lost and stolen bikes, so I wheeled it into the bar's storeroom.
They(the pseudo-police)'ve just called back: they have no record of a bike (of its particular description) reported lost, and, if nobody claims it, it's mine in just under ten days time now. One of the locals who was discussing it is already prepared to buy it off me.

just to complete the story, can you post a photo with the frame number and a description of where you found it??

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Today I'm happy about bike thieves...
I know, weird. But on Saturday the locals in my pub were discussing a brand new mountain bike that had been left on a nearby footpath for nearly three days. I asked if anybody had reported it and they all said no, so I rang this new 101 number and reported it. They (the pseudo-police) told me to store it somewhere safe while they checked for lost and stolen bikes, so I wheeled it into the bar's storeroom.
They(the pseudo-police)'ve just called back: they have no record of a bike (of its particular description) reported lost, and, if nobody claims it, it's mine in just under ten days time now. One of the locals who was discussing it is already prepared to buy it off me.

just to complete the story, can you post a photo with the frame number and a description of where you found it??

Yeh yeh... I could, but I think I'll keep that to myself for now. Strangely enough, when I told my workmates about it this morning that's exactly the sort of information one of them asked after as well.

[thebish]

little things often make me happy! today it is discovering well-nuts - sheer engineering genius in their simplicity...

I am accessorising my (specifically designed to be used in the)sea-kayak - adding a paddle clip to safely stash my paddle in when I have stopped for a rest/snooze or for a floating picnic or take some photos...

anyway - how to attach said clip to the hollow hull of the (specifically designed to be used in the)sea-kayak in a water-tight fashion?

answer - the genius of well-nuts!

they have a little bit of metal thread at the end of the rubber tube - so that when you tighten the bolt, it pulls the rubber tube up and compresses it - making a solid, watertight fix... genius!!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I'd be squirting some sealant into that tube thing first too, and maybe some superglue. I'd also suggest accessorising your specifically-designed-to-be-used-at-sea-even-though-Canadians-call-it-some-other-type-of-kayak with an iceberg detector: you can never be too careful when out at sea floating on something that you youself have driven holes into. Plus, you'll need additional holes for the rope attachment that'll tow your *life-boat-kayak

*life-boat-kayak definition: a sea kayak that has not had holes drilled into it by amateur D-i-Y-personnel

[thebish]

I'd be squirting some sealant into that tube thing first too, and maybe some superglue. I'd also suggest accessorising your specifically-designed-to-be-used-at-sea-even-though-Canadians-call-it-some-other-type-of-kayak with an iceberg detector: you can never be too careful when out at sea floating on something that you youself have driven holes into. Plus, you'll need additional holes for the rope attachment that'll tow your *life-boat-kayak

*life-boat-kayak definition: a sea kayak that has not had holes drilled into it by amateur D-i-Y-personnel

fear not - I'd never drill a hole below the waterline! the watertightness is merely an added bonus - not a life-saving feature!

ice-berg detector already fitted - plus emergency pop-out dougong radar...

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I'd be squirting some sealant into that tube thing first too, and maybe some superglue. I'd also suggest accessorising your specifically-designed-to-be-used-at-sea-even-though-Canadians-call-it-some-other-type-of-kayak with an iceberg detector: you can never be too careful when out at sea floating on something that you youself have driven holes into. Plus, you'll need additional holes for the rope attachment that'll tow your *life-boat-kayak

*life-boat-kayak definition: a sea kayak that has not had holes drilled into it by amateur D-i-Y-personnel

fear not - I'd never drill a hole below the waterline! the watertightness is merely an added bonus - not a life-saving feature!

ice-berg detector already fitted - plus emergency pop-out dougong radar...

Is that similar to a sea-cow sonar? Ace equipment. Don't forget: you'll find them underwater, because they cannot fly, and don't live in a tree...

[thebish]

I'd be squirting some sealant into that tube thing first too, and maybe some superglue. I'd also suggest accessorising your specifically-designed-to-be-used-at-sea-even-though-Canadians-call-it-some-other-type-of-kayak with an iceberg detector: you can never be too careful when out at sea floating on something that you youself have driven holes into. Plus, you'll need additional holes for the rope attachment that'll tow your *life-boat-kayak

*life-boat-kayak definition: a sea kayak that has not had holes drilled into it by amateur D-i-Y-personnel

fear not - I'd never drill a hole below the waterline! the watertightness is merely an added bonus - not a life-saving feature!

ice-berg detector already fitted - plus emergency pop-out dougong radar...

Is that similar to a sea-cow sonar? Ace equipment. Don't forget: you'll find them underwater, because they cannot fly, and don't live in a tree...

...cos that would be silly!