Recent content by mikefleetwood

Just goes to show how observant I am! I've walked past the alleyway, and seen the figurehead still there, so didn't realise they'd moved. I don't think I've walked down that alley to the quay(car park) for years, until a few weeks ago.

Recently, I noticed the "Bosun's Locker" has ceased to be a warren of warehouses by the waterside full of an "Aladdin's Cave" of all sorts of boaty bits that a young man could while away many an hour "just looking". There is now an outdoor cloths shop (carbon copy of many others) with just a...

A friend of mine lives on a hilltop in the middle of nowhere, a couple of hours from Melbourne. Next to the house is a huge concrete tank, fed from the runoff from the roof - that provides all their water, including drinking. Tastes OK to me, but considering it receives no treatment I was a...

"Eddystone" box with "Hammerite" paint and no labels or printing suggests something homebrew or maybe kit-built. Take the lid off and see what's inside, that would be your best bet.

I wouldn't pin your hopes on card transactions - the "merchant copy" receipts don't include the customer name, and there will likely be hundreds of them for any particular day!

It rather depends on what you mean by "tiny wires" and why you need to join them? If you're talking about multi-strand tinned copper wire in sizes like 7/.02 or 16/0.2 (or smaller), with several connections in the same place, then some kind of crimp connector is probably best, although be...

As others have said, this is a pretty standard scam, albeit on a larger scale than most. Basically, the "buyer" sends a cheque, or similar, payment - which, for some random reason is significantly higher than the asking price - then asks for the excess payment to be reimbursed. It works because...

First, I think Audacity is still free (but maybe some limitations). Second, it's not always a good idea to merge all your audio into one file. Some MP3 players need to read the entire file into memory for playback - I have a (getting a bit old now) pro music player that I use for DJ and...

I had a lot of fun over a stubble fire once - until I had to land and let someone else have a play. Glider was a bit smoky afterwards!

Didn't get many in Essex when I used to glide...

Simple answer - no problem at all. Although, length and route of the extension might be a factor. If possible use screened cable for the microphone connections - although if the original cable doesn't contain any screened wires, maybe not so important. If the original cable has an overall...

If you actually do go down the route of taking payment, a phone call to the issuing bank, giving the cheque number, etc, will probably reveal if it's genuine. I was once sent "Money orders" from an American bank in payment for a purchase - they were quickly able to tell me that the serial...

Have you got any sort of centre-board or lee-boards?

I'm pretty sure we were taught that in the Scouts too - but it was a long time ago!

Will it go in his Tesla?