The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
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And Gremlinette in the background.
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My FiL did a bit of 'five fingered discount' from the council stores when he retired some years back. Among his haul was a shed load of compostible caddy liners. A year or so into retirement he realised his mistake in respect of this part if his ill-gotten gains as they crumbled to dust when touched in any way what with being compostible and all. They ended up back at the tip albeit via a shifty and circuitous route.
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Deffo what you need, the cheapest thing you can find to make fire.!
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Right up until it's not, then it's an explosion and inferno.
Some things in the world you don't buy the cheapest shittiest thing from China of. Fire makers, well they're top of my list.
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I had one of those click and twist ones, that turned into a fire ball, so thought I'd downgrade.
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At least it's got a connection hose so you can keep the fire and the bomb separate. Mine (MSR Pocketrocket) just screws into the top of the bomb.Dodgy knees wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:42 pm I had one of those click and twist ones, that turned into a fire ball, so thought I'd downgrade.
(Got a multifuel that's supposed to run on everything from white gas to aviation fuel. You have to pump that to pressurise the bomb ).
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What were those ones where you had to set a mini fire on the burner so itd get hot enough to start the actual fire?Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:31 pmAt least it's got a connection hose so you can keep the fire and the bomb separate. Mine (MSR Pocketrocket) just screws into the top of the bomb.Dodgy knees wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:42 pm I had one of those click and twist ones, that turned into a fire ball, so thought I'd downgrade.
(Got a multifuel that's supposed to run on everything from white gas to aviation fuel. You have to pump that to pressurise the bomb ).
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Didn't you have to do something like that with the old pump up paraffin stoves? They had a circular cup around the burner iirc. My old man had one and I wish I had it, beautiful, heavy brass thing.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:35 pmWhat were those ones where you had to set a mini fire on the burner so itd get hot enough to start the actual fire?Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:31 pmAt least it's got a connection hose so you can keep the fire and the bomb separate. Mine (MSR Pocketrocket) just screws into the top of the bomb.Dodgy knees wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:42 pm I had one of those click and twist ones, that turned into a fire ball, so thought I'd downgrade.
(Got a multifuel that's supposed to run on everything from white gas to aviation fuel. You have to pump that to pressurise the bomb ).
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Old army No 1, 2 and 3 burners used pressurised neat petrol.
The HPP (high pressure paraffin) / Tilley lamps used, you guessed it, pressurised paraffin and the silk mantles had to be kept in bundles of less than 50 as they were radioactive (COSHH regs iirc). You put meths in the little bowl to pre-heat them.
Nothing was safe!
The HPP (high pressure paraffin) / Tilley lamps used, you guessed it, pressurised paraffin and the silk mantles had to be kept in bundles of less than 50 as they were radioactive (COSHH regs iirc). You put meths in the little bowl to pre-heat them.
Nothing was safe!
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'Safe' in a war context
Always amuses me when I hear of military types doing a 'risk assessment'. Their definition of acceptable is probably different to what I could get away with
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You can see the 'spirit cup'/meths bowl on this one. This is actually a modern version available on Amazon. Dad's was a bit more substantial. They also still seem popular and are made in India.Yambo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:57 am Old army No 1, 2 and 3 burners used pressurised neat petrol.
The HPP (high pressure paraffin) / Tilley lamps used, you guessed it, pressurised paraffin and the silk mantles had to be kept in bundles of less than 50 as they were radioactive (COSHH regs iirc). You put meths in the little bowl to pre-heat them.
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That's the badger.Count Steer wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:20 am You can see the 'spirit cup'/meths bowl on this one. This is actually a modern version available on Amazon. Dad's was a bit more substantial. They also still seem popular and are made in India.
I remember we raced them in boy scouts once, seeing which kind of burner could boil water the fastest. I have no idea what badge that was in support of! IIRC the little hex burners things with the solid fuel were last, the pressurised paraffin ones spanked it.
I was also surprised to learn recently that hurricane lamps are still a very big thing in the developing world. ISTR hearing that the greenhouse gas emissions from kerosene in hurricane lamps is about equal in quantity emitted by the US airline industry* There're huge efforts to replace them with cleaner sources of light.
* Could well have been the US airline industry who released that stat though.
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Marmot figurine.
Everyone loves a marmot, or three.
Everyone loves a marmot, or three.
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I picked up my latest set today and a thought occurred. "I bet it's been a year since I started doing this".Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:18 pm My first pair of rigid gas permeable contact lenses. First CLs of any kind in fact.
Pros - Can see really well now (glasses can't properly fix my particular eye condition).
Cons - Fnnnaaarrggg! There's stuff in my eyes and I'm not allowed to rub them!
I was wrong, it's only been 11 months. I've still not landed on the correct type/size though, I'm on (I think) set 8 and technology/type number 4 now. t'was definitely worth signing up for the monthly subscription at the optician rather than paying each time I went in!
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A self cooling ice cream maker. I've used the kind where you pre freeze the bowl before and they're okay IME, but today I bought one of the ones which has its own built in freezer unit.
Just done a batch of Vanilla, start with the classic of course, easily the best ice cream I've ever made.
I only really bought it so I can make the crazy flavours toi can't buy.
Just done a batch of Vanilla, start with the classic of course, easily the best ice cream I've ever made.
I only really bought it so I can make the crazy flavours toi can't buy.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:45 pm A self cooling ice cream maker. I've used the kind where you pre freeze the bowl before and they're okay IME, but today I bought one of the ones which has its own built in freezer unit.
Just done a batch of Vanilla, start with the classic of course, easily the best ice cream I've ever made.
I only really bought it so I can make the crazy flavours toi can't buy.
Make us a clotted cream cone would ya
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