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 Topic: Nationalisation of the steel works at Scunthorpe |
Hairyloon
Replies: 6
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 Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Apr 13, 25 12:02 am Subject: Re: Nationalisation of the steel works at Scunthorpe |
What do you make of that,as of midnight tonight the Government will own and run Scunthorpe steel works...
I don't yet have enough information to make anything of it.
I've seen the opinion expresse ... |
| Topic: Comfrey |
Hairyloon
Replies: 14
Views: 34108
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat Apr 12, 25 11:50 am Subject: Comfrey |
I was more thinking about a treatise on medicine and first aid for when your country falls apart around you
Running a bit late on that... |
| Topic: Comfrey |
Hairyloon
Replies: 14
Views: 34108
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Apr 09, 25 10:09 pm Subject: Comfrey |
leaf and stem or root "tea" with the pulp as a poultice in a bandage
Ok, that's ambiguous: tea is for drinking and comfrey has a number of toxins in it...
Maybe they're inconsequential, but I don't ... |
| Topic: Comfrey |
Hairyloon
Replies: 14
Views: 34108
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Apr 09, 25 12:56 pm Subject: Comfrey |
OK, this section says "Food and drink", and comfrey is quite toxic, but I couldn't spot a better section and I figured that recipes should include recipes for medicines.
A friend has broken her ank ... |
| Topic: Birch polypore |
Hairyloon
Replies: 8
Views: 31363
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Thu Mar 27, 25 7:26 am Subject: Birch polypore |
On a walk in the woods conversion turned to birch polypore, which apparently has marvellous medicinal properties and accordingly sells for silly money on t'internet.
It was the first I'd heard of eit ... |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 1459
Views: 1124861
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Mar 14, 25 3:00 pm Subject: Long range EVs |
I don't understand why they aren't leaping on it as a solution to a low carbon economy.
the fossil lobby
Yes, but at the moment most of the propane is fossil fuel, and the fossil fuel people are ... |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 1459
Views: 1124861
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Mar 14, 25 12:43 pm Subject: Long range EVs |
a bit of a gulp but, run the old ice one a little bit and mend it by any means economically necessary until that is unviable is probably "greener" than any sort of new one for a low mileage user
Th ... |
| Topic: shed door fittings |
Hairyloon
Replies: 5
Views: 8729
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Mar 14, 25 10:03 am Subject: shed door fittings |
| You can, or could, get doors that were narrow sections that ran on a track and went round to be against the side wall so although the overall width of the building was slightly narrower, they were com ... |
| Topic: Heavens! |
Hairyloon
Replies: 11
Views: 9532
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Thu Mar 13, 25 11:51 am Subject: Heavens! |
| Is there something about the state of the world that is bringing us all back together? |
| Topic: Is there any body out there? |
Hairyloon
Replies: 26
Views: 39104
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Forum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions Posted: Thu Mar 13, 25 11:50 am Subject: Re: Is there any body out there? |
In a vague effort to combat stuff. Here I am posting a thread on a forum.
Do you want to tell us what stuff you are combatting?
General world malaise
Oh, is that all...
So by "Combatting" do ... |
| Topic: Is there any body out there? |
Hairyloon
Replies: 26
Views: 39104
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Forum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions Posted: Wed Mar 12, 25 2:33 pm Subject: Re: Is there any body out there? |
In a vague effort to combat stuff. Here I am posting a thread on a forum.
Do you want to tell us what stuff you are combatting? |
| Topic: Appending a PDF |
Hairyloon
Replies: 3
Views: 9655
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Wed Mar 05, 25 7:00 pm Subject: Appending a PDF |
I'm not sure if the Firefox PDF viewer has added that functionality yet
I can't spot that option. |
| Topic: Appending a PDF |
Hairyloon
Replies: 3
Views: 9655
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Wed Mar 05, 25 10:45 am Subject: Appending a PDF |
I am sure that someone here must know, but how do you add some more pages to a pdf?
I'm sure there used to be an easy way, like setting the pdf printer to append to an existing document, but I can' ... |
| Topic: Cooling server farms and suchlike things. |
Hairyloon
Replies: 10
Views: 12863
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Feb 28, 25 10:11 am Subject: Cooling server farms and suchlike things. |
As for the computer doing 'work' yes, it does do work therefore that work, whatever it is, is a form of energy.
If I teach you something that you don't know, then I have achieved something, ie done ... |
| Topic: Cooling server farms and suchlike things. |
Hairyloon
Replies: 10
Views: 12863
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Thu Feb 27, 25 6:21 pm Subject: Cooling server farms and suchlike things. |
Hairyloon, the electricity is being used, therefore it is a form of work...
We need to be specific about what we mean by "Work".
In the thermodynamic context, work means no more or less than a tra ... |
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