Mundane News

[Lullabelle]

Yes, it will. I've one of those high efficiency washers, and it needs to be done every now and again, or there will be build up, and that will rot the agitator thing beneath the wash-tub.

We have never had an issue with smell before but this is the 1st washer/dryer we have bought so maybe that has something to do with it.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Some pictures of a Sherman engine at the museum . The engine wasn't from this tank but from one found in West Germany in 1945. The engine is a bit battle scarred.

That looks more like an engine from a plane than one from a tank.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm getting CC adverts from an organisation teaching "Alexa Skills"

It's the end times, I tell you...

 

[classic33]

I'm getting CC adverts from an organisation teaching "Alexa Skills"

It's the end times, I tell you...

It'll be getting you used to telling a box/can what it can do.

 

[Andy in Germany]

It'll be getting you used to telling a box/can what it can do.

Ha. Was it here that someone suggested the difference between communism and capitalism is that communism sets up a secret service at great expense to spy on the population, whereas capitalism just tells people they should have a cool box in their room to play music because everyone else has one, and gets the masses to pay to be spied upon instead.

 

[Illaveago]

That looks more like an engine from a plane than one from a tank.

Yes . A lot of them were originally aero engines . The engine in the Crusader tank was originally an American WW1aero engine The Liberty. The Cromwell tank used a modified Merlin called Meteor. The M3 Stuart , Grant and Sherman tanks used Continental radial air cooled engines , although some Shermans later had V8 water cooled engines .

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

My son passed his grading today! He'd worked very hard, practising his martial arts every day. A very proud father.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Yes . A lot of them were originally aero engines . The engine in the Crusader tank was originally an American WW1aero engine The Liberty. The Cromwell tank used a modified Merlin called Meteor. The M3 Stuart , Grant and Sherman tanks used Continental radial air cooled engines , although some Shermans later had V8 water cooled engines .

Yes, it took us until the latest M48 Patton tank variant to get the idea of using diesel engines in tanks. Peace of mind, that. M48A3 1964. Still rather have a Centurion, armament could penetrate the Patton, and it had a tea maker.

 

[classic33]

Yes, it took us until the latest M48 Patton tank variant to get the idea of using diesel engines in tanks. Peace of mind, that. M48A3 1964. Still rather have a Centurion, armament could penetrate the Patton, and it had a tea maker.

The tea maker the selling point?

 

[Jenkins]

Oh the hedonistic lifestyle of a wet & windy day off work - washing, ironing, filing of the last 3 months bills & statements, shredding of old bills & statements, sorting out the rubbish ready to put the bin out on Sunday night. Life's just one never ending whirl of excitement

Roll on Silverstone tomorrow as it looks like the only dry day for a while...

 

[Accy cyclist]

My dog's suddenly decided he doesn't like the chews he's been eating for the last year or so. Great! I only went and bought ten packets of the things in a bulk buy offer last week.

 

[Reynard]

Busy day. Only got back an hour ago. Mind, nice quiet roads at this time of night.

Now sat with a and some biskits and generally unwinding.

 

[Reynard]

Car sailed through its MOT this morning...no surprise, it's only 4 years old.
An interesting fact...the average failure rate is roughly 50%.
My favoured provider only does MOTs, no other work, his failure rate is around 12 %.
Why ?...I already knew the answer....he explained how people get ripped off in often franchise operations the draw people in with the lure of a cheap MOT.

I use the garage in the village for MOTs - and have for years. In the best part of two decades of driving across 3 cars have only had three failures, one on each car. One was on the front suspension (the roads out here are truly shite) and the other two were general wear-and-tear (one general tinworm, one knackered brake pipes). Not bad considering all those cars were 15 years old and up.

 

[Reynard]

The tea maker the selling point?

That's exactly what I thought too.

 

[Reynard]

My dog's suddenly decided he doesn't like the chews he's been eating for the last year or so. Great! I only went and bought ten packets of the things in a bulk buy offer last week.

Reminds me of the time an acquaintance bought 96 pouches of Nature's Menu cat food...