Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 10:19 pm
Fresh British asparagus on the BBQ on a sunny Bank Holiday Friday. .
Asparagus piss smell
Coming up to leaving the army in 1990, the wife and I considered buying a plot of land and growing asparagus. We did a fair bit of homework and found out there wasn't going to be a lot of money in it.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 10:19 pm
Fresh British asparagus on the BBQ on a sunny Bank Holiday Friday. .
Asparagus piss smell
Apparently that smell only happens with men, how weird is that?
(Although it may happen to women when they get older. Something to do with hormones iirc).
I do remember the missus getting into a tizz about blood in her pee. I pointed out that roast beetroot might just have something to do with it being pink
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
Croissant and coffee in the garden this morning while waiting for the world to wake up. Some of you lazy buggers who stay in bed don't know what you're missing
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 8:44 am
Next stop, work out how to make it do AC for your house.
Sure there must be a way but doubt I'll find out as it has a full time job already. Certainly won't mention it to the wife or will turn in to my next project!
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 8:44 am
Next stop, work out how to make it do AC for your house.
I looked at that when I had a pool and couldn't find any instances of it being done. In the end I noticed that when it's warm enough to want AC on in the house then it's warm enough that you dont want any extra heating in the pool.
Heating a pool on mild days is probably a sweet spot of efficiency, better than heating a house in winter or cooling it in summer. It's still not cheap and I went down the solar collector route instead, good but the pool wouldn't be ready for morning swims.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 8:44 am
Next stop, work out how to make it do AC for your house.
I looked at that when I had a pool and couldn't find any instances of it being done. In the end I noticed that when it's warm enough to want AC on in the house then it's warm enough that you dont want any extra heating in the pool.
Heating a pool on mild days is probably a sweet spot of efficiency, better than heating a house in winter or cooling it in summer. It's still not cheap and I went down the solar collector route instead, good but the pool wouldn't be ready for morning swims.
I tried for solar thermal but absolutely none of the installers were interested. Was basically told that everyone is jumping on the solar PV bandwagon and they could pick and choose the profitable jobs.
Quite impressed with the ASHP so far, seeing an inlet to outlet differential of 2 degrees at the moment and is pushing the pool temp up pretty quickly - wait to see energy consumption though but would hazard a guess will be cheaper than the £150 a week in gas!
ASHP in general is a really good energy saving idea IMO. GSHP too.
Homes do need to be built with it in mind from the ground up though. One of my colleagues has a full on "eco house" with GSHP, turf on the roof and every fink, he only uses gas right in the depths of winter when it's well below zero.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 10:19 pm
Fresh British asparagus on the BBQ on a sunny Bank Holiday Friday. .
Asparagus piss smell
Apparently that smell only happens with men, how weird is that?
Mrs Gremlin's bladder clearly didn't get the memo on that one.
Looks like it might be baloney anyway. It seems 50% of people don't and it's genetic but I haven't found anything to support that the 50% are women. (Some people can't smell it either ...which is worrying as the pong is a mercaptan and that's what they use to odourise natural gas. )
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
Just been to visit my sister in East Dulwich (London). There's an e bike and scooter rental company called Lime and the bikes are discarded everywhere. Some of the side streets are like a slalom course for cars, the bikes are left sideways across pavements, the local youth have worked out you can move them downhill with a loud clack clack clack, I found the whole thing as funny as fuck.
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...which is worrying as the pong is a mercaptan and that's what they use to odourise natural gas. 
