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Oh yes, if it's a woke car with its fake 'net zero' which has a higher 'gross' than internal combustion.slowsider wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:13 pmUnless it's an EV. Tesla X costs £98k and ved is zero.
Do at least try to keep up.
And the shiny sink lasts just as long as it takes for the next calcium-laden water droplet to land on the sink. Unless you want to repeat your process every time you run the tap, a water softener is the option of choice. Personally I wasn't too bothered with a slightly crusty sink, but I very much objected to having to drain the hot water cylinder down to replace a heating element every other time we visited.Jody wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:14 amSpray sink with glass cleaner, wipe off with microfibre cloth = shiny sink, no water marksmangocrazy wrote: Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:20 pm In Sheffield we're fortunate to have soft water, but in Stafford (where I used to live) and in our gaff in France the water is proper 'ard. Especially so in France - there's a reason there are limestone 'grottes' in the area. The French water is so hard it's seen off 3 (or is it 4?) cylinder elements in less than 10 years and we're only there a couple of months a year. So I've fitted a water softener and we'll see how it goes. But the immediate difference is the appearance of the stainless steel sink. It no longer has little calcium encrustations wherever there was once a droplet of water.
Mrs Mango is ecstatically happy about this.
I'd recommend a water softener to anyone who lives in a hard water area.
No standing water for them to breed.weeksy wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:58 amAny reason?Yorick wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:37 amWe don't have mozzies hereNoggin wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:14 am Mosquitos. And other nasty bitey things!!
Went for a short walk yesterday morning, sat in the sun reading for ten minutes. Came back inside. In theory it wasn't that hot when I was out but something bit me. And on the inside edge of my left knee. Little fekker - now I have a grumpy knee cos it's not quite right yet and a bit that I want to use sandpaper on to get rid of the itch from the bite/sting
I do so prefer living up high - I think I've maybe been bitten a couple of times up there. Down here it happens any time I go outside
Show off!! LOL
Yeah. Timing has been bad both times!! Although last time I probably had more tanned legs than ever before, certainly for June. But I then hid inside for the summer (too bastard hot outside in July here!) so any time I did venture out, the little bastards could see the glowFelix wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:59 am
Get a tan. I discovered years ago on shit package tour holidays that they bit very little if not at all on your 2nd week. They seem to like milk bottle skin. Now we have a mash/wet land out the back of our house we now have them here but i am yet to be bitten where my neighbours are having to go get magic potions.
!!!Ahhh - I did have denim shorts on, maybe that 'helped'?!!Count Steer wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:00 pm
Magic potions? On an episode of Death in Paradise the main character was using pile cream on his bitesApparently it does work a treat as it has a pain killer in but you smell like you have Farmer Giles.
Wearing the right colours is suppose to help too. Blue attracts flies, including the blood sucking ones.
Pile cream is only for after you've been bitten.Noggin wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:08 pmAhhh - I did have denim shorts on, maybe that 'helped'?!!Count Steer wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:00 pm
Magic potions? On an episode of Death in Paradise the main character was using pile cream on his bites
Wearing the right colours is suppose to help too. Blue attracts flies, including the blood sucking ones.
I've tried loads of stuff (although not pile cream!! LOL). Someone even sent me some of the Avon stuff that is supposed to be magic - didn't work against the grenoble bitey things!!
I usually use coconut oil on my legs before I go out (and what I can reach of my arms and back!) and that seems to dissuade them a bit.
In the room, if I open the window, I put some drops of citronella on the window frame and also aroudn the bed, and that generally keeps them away, but isn't perfect
(I pay attention to stuff like that because I react badly to mozzie bites. After 2 weeks in Eastern Turkey I looked like the Elephant Man and itched like an itchy thing so, if pile cream works I'll use it! Lidocaine looks like the active ingredient so that should stop the itching! 
).Count Steer wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:23 pm
Pile cream is only for after you've been bitten.
Oh, and one of the worst places for them is Brussels. Never seen so many anti-moz things as they have in the supermarkets there. I have a couple of plug-ins for use in bedrooms, one UK plug and one EU. They work pretty well but you're breathing the insecticide.
The nurse was a bit surprised the next day at how bad they looked! And they have nothing here for bites, so I got her to put some tea tree oil on them (all I have here!!)Mixed results with the clicky-zapper things. With the plug--ins in Brussels I'd fire one up for a couple of hours before bed then switch off but leave the window closed (traffic noise). They do say you can leave them on if the window is open.Noggin wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:31 pmCount Steer wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:23 pm
Pile cream is only for after you've been bitten.
Oh, and one of the worst places for them is Brussels. Never seen so many anti-moz things as they have in the supermarkets there. I have a couple of plug-ins for use in bedrooms, one UK plug and one EU. They work pretty well but you're breathing the insecticide.
Ah!!! I'm similar. I have quite a lump on my knee now, and last time I got bitten a bloody mozzie got me on my back and on one arm before I closed the window one evening
Next time I have to come down here, I want to get one of the zapper things. Apparently they work really well. I haven't bought one here as by the time I realised that I would need one, I kept thinking I'd be going home any day, so it wasn't worth spending the money!! LOL
Zapper for the bites is on the list for next year!! LOL
I used one of the plug in things last time - hadn't really thought about what I was breathing! Was just cooler with hte window open and I didn't get bitten!! LOL
Count Steer wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:23 pmNever seen so many anti-moz things as they have in the supermarkets there.
Buy a set of drumsgremlin wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:14 am Basketball hoops. Specifically when they're bought for the next-door neighbour's kid and he's using it all evening long.
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It winds the dog up and she barks, I could call her in....Yorick wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:15 amBuy a set of drumsgremlin wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:14 am Basketball hoops. Specifically when they're bought for the next-door neighbour's kid and he's using it all evening long.
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Just change your username.gremlin wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:45 pm Had an issue over the last few months where my nose and surrounding area would flare up a bit res and sore. Been diagnosed as mild acne rosacea and given some cream. Among the other things I've been advised to avoid, via the NHS website:
do not drink alcohol
do not have hot drinks
do not have too much caffeine (found in tea, coffee and chocolate)
do not eat cheese
do not eat spicy food
do not do too much aerobic exercise, like running
Fuck me. I'll stick with the old soak nose...
I had a similar thing. Started with a red nose then spread to my forehead, diagnosed as rosacea. The start of our coincided with a new Arai helmet, maybe coincidence, who knows. Eventually a doctor gave me the same antibiotic they give to teenagers with acne and it sorted it out. Still got a slight bit of redness on my nose but that's it.gremlin wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:45 pm Had an issue over the last few months where my nose and surrounding area would flare up a bit res and sore. Been diagnosed as mild acne rosacea and given some cream.
For the love of God tell me that you can still have a curry and a few pints.....Pirahna wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:21 pmI had a similar thing. Started with a red nose then spread to my forehead, diagnosed as rosacea. The start of our coincided with a new Arai helmet, maybe coincidence, who knows. Eventually a doctor gave me the same antibiotic they give to teenagers with acne and it sorted it out. Still got a slight bit of redness on my nose but that's it.gremlin wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:45 pm Had an issue over the last few months where my nose and surrounding area would flare up a bit res and sore. Been diagnosed as mild acne rosacea and given some cream.
I started with the NHS advice which made no difference. My experience is carry on as normal.gremlin wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:22 pmFor the love of God tell me that you can still have a curry and a few pints.....Pirahna wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:21 pmI had a similar thing. Started with a red nose then spread to my forehead, diagnosed as rosacea. The start of our coincided with a new Arai helmet, maybe coincidence, who knows. Eventually a doctor gave me the same antibiotic they give to teenagers with acne and it sorted it out. Still got a slight bit of redness on my nose but that's it.gremlin wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:45 pm Had an issue over the last few months where my nose and surrounding area would flare up a bit res and sore. Been diagnosed as mild acne rosacea and given some cream.
Get a job as a clown.gremlin wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:45 pm Had an issue over the last few months where my nose and surrounding area would flare up a bit res and sore. Been diagnosed as mild acne rosacea and given some cream. Among the other things I've been advised to avoid, via the NHS website:
do not drink alcohol
do not have hot drinks
do not have too much caffeine (found in tea, coffee and chocolate)
do not eat cheese
do not eat spicy food
do not do too much aerobic exercise, like running
Fuck me. I'll stick with the old soak nose...