Author Archives: james

Ok, ok, so I said I wasn’t going to do it

Posted on March 13, 2024 by james

But yesterday when looking for suitable bolts etc. to finish off the dial gauge project I found some 6mm plastic threaded knobs that I could use instead of nuts for locking the mount onto the carrier. Unfortunately to use them … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 2nd September 2022: What’s this ear?

Posted on March 12, 2024 by james

Sweetcorn, of course! It’s harvest time! I used to have real problems growing sweetcorn, but since last year have started planting them in a block across two of my beds, three across the 1.2m ( 4′) bed. So I have … Continue reading →

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Hifi wifi

Posted on March 12, 2024 by james

Last week my wife and daughter started complaining that they were seeing quite poor performance from our Internet connection, but I couldn’t see anything wrong with it and from the desktop PC in my office I was not having a … Continue reading →

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My workshop vacuum still sucks :(

Posted on March 12, 2024 by james

Having replaced the power switch on my workshop vacuum it appears that there are other problems too. When run in “normal” mode it seems fine (other than the volume, which I’ll come to in a moment), but if I plug … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 12th March 2024

Posted on March 12, 2024 by james

After an awful lot of rain again last night there was little chance to do anything much in the garden, so I have settled for putting my seed potatoes out to chit. I’m only growing the variety “Charlotte” this year. … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 1st September 2022: Tomatotastic, mate!

Posted on March 11, 2024 by james

Time to pick all the ripe tomatoes so those left on the vines have some change of getting ripe before the days become too short and cold. Apero F1: I think these are something like “Limoncello”, but I’m not sure. … Continue reading →

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My workshop vacuum sucks

Posted on March 11, 2024 by james

Or doesn’t. It actually belongs to my father-in-law and he’s had it many years. He even tried to throw it out once, before I recovered it, fixed it, mended the cable he’d cut off and started using it again. A … Continue reading →

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Success!

Posted on March 11, 2024 by james

My last 3D-printed bracket gits my dial gauge! It’s a lovely snug fit for mine and there’s no chance of the gauge moving during use, though the channel for the probe is actually not as high as it ideally ought … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 11th March 2024

Posted on March 11, 2024 by james

I’m still struggling with the lurgy, but really couldn’t face achieving nothing with the day so this afternoon forced myself outside to rake a couple of barrows of mixed council green waste and home-made compost over a couple of metre … Continue reading →

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Say “cheese”!

Posted on March 11, 2024 by james

Or get someone to clumsily manipulate an image for you? Of course I’m taking about the Mother’s Day photo issued by Kensington Palace. I looked at the photo having read the news that the image had been pulled by various … Continue reading →

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