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Yes remember the plank used to go about once every six months with my grandad, our local barber Paul bayliss he won the lottery and gave it up, then bought two female hairdresser shops and ran those instead, left his wife and lived with one of the female hairdressers he is still running them now he's in his early 90's now, but lives on his own see him go to the local pub everyday, and driving the Jag he bought himself with his winnings.

Don't remember a plank but do recall a cushion or two being used for us little ones, also a cut-throat razor to shave the back of the neck after a quick sharpen on a leather strop. Our trip to the Barber was once a year, mum would keep us trimmed otherwise and I seem to have a recollection of a basin being used at times.

takestock wrote:Anyone remember the plank of wood across the armrests of the chair to sit on

Yes. And a funny smell from the heater in the middle of the floor.

That was before, in order to save money, Mum got hair cutting equipment, and did ours at home. There was a particular implement known as a hair thinner. Basically a razor blade in a comb. It was supposed to thin the hair by cutting it with the blade, but actually seemed to work by tearing hair out. I can still feel the pain. TBF she got quite good using the scissors. If as I'm clearing their apartment, I find the kit, that hair thinner is going to get smashed with the biggest hammer I have. Then burned as well.

Duncan wrote:

takestock wrote:Anyone remember the plank of wood across the armrests of the chair to sit on

Yes. And a funny smell from the heater in the middle of the floor.

That was before, in order to save money, Mum got hair cutting equipment, and did ours at home. There was a particular implement known as a hair thinner. Basically a razor blade in a comb. It was supposed to thin the hair by cutting it with the blade, but actually seemed to work by tearing hair out. I can still feel the pain. TBF she got quite good using the scissors. If as I'm clearing their apartment, I find the kit, that hair thinner is going to get smashed with the biggest hammer I have. Then burned as well.

I was just thinking, my mother bought one of those hair thinners, as well. It was like an implement of torture. It was a cream colour and double-ended. I must ask my siblings if they know what happened to it.

daveo138 wrote:I was just thinking, my mother bought one of those hair thinners, as well. It was like an implement of torture. It was a cream colour and double-ended. I must ask my siblings if they know what happened to it.

And you know what, they STILL sell the things. £8 from Amazon.

For once, a succesful day. Fixed something. Tap in the bathroom had quite suddenly started dribbling instead of a decent flow. Suspected the aerator was gunked up, but even when removed still the same. Affected hot and cold the same too. Took the cartridge out and found debris, which I suspect had got stuck between the cartridge and the outlet to the spout. Whatever, clearing it out restored floe again. And amazingly, the valves weren't stuck and the tap came apart without drama!

The last time I had to fit some new tap valves, I had to use a wiper arm puller to remove the tap handles.

daveo138 wrote:The last time I had to fit some new tap valves, I had to use a wiper arm puller to remove the tap handles.

Yeah, I was kind of worried about that. Luckily, none of that. One thing worth mentioning, a problem I've encountered over years, is trying to get the valve out of a 'normal' tap to replace the rubber washer or similar. Trying to make sure the tap itself stays still while turning the valve is tricky. Last time I had to do it was on the MILs (sadly after she was gone) tap. Had seen a product on Dragons Den that adressed the problem. Barely more than £20. Used only once (so far) and reduced the stress so much.

Sitting watching the different TV news channels covering the expected return of the Artemis-2 astronauts. Doubt that I'll be able to stay up to watch their reentry ~ 01:07hrs as I'm struggling to stay awake atm with still ~ 1.5hrs to go. I wish them well but fear for their safety, and not without good reason. The heat resistance tiles are not fit for purpose, they were found to be failing on Artemis-1 and NASA has kept them for the current Artemis-2. The reentry profile has been tweaked to try to mitigate against the problem but it is not a proper fix and using a crewed mission to test it is not what I would expect. Very surprised that NASA signed off the mission with this known problem given the issues found in the past with its risk-assessment and decision-making processes.

personally i think it is all a big con, why as it taken so long to land back on the moon with the amount of tech they have now compared to the 1960's even looking at the re-entry bit convenient that they have a 6 minute black out and with the powerful cameras about today why can they not track and film it coming back down, they managed to film Princess Diana from two miles away at times.

The capsule was most likely dropped out of one of those massive aeroplane to move tanks and the like about and at the end of the day what is is going to achieve for mankind, money that could be spent better helping us now while we are still here.

Well, I managed to stay up to watch the splashdown. Pleased they made it ok and there are some good pics of the event in the following link here: NASA

I have only a passing interest in these matters so know nothing, nothing at all. Re the comms blackout, at cruising altitude and speed Concorde would be doing ~ 1350mph. In that environment the outside air temp would be -40c to -70c but because of the air friction the surface temp of the wings would be ~ +100c. The nose temp would be a little higher still at ~ +127c. I mention that to give something to compare with the figures for Artemis-2 which on reentry came screaming in at ~ 25,000mph. The air cannot part when hit with that speed so it compresses and the compression causes heat and friction. The heat is so great at ~ +2700c (~ half the temp of the Sun's surface} that electrons are displaced and ions are formed creating a cloud of plasma which envelopes the crew capsule. Radio waves cannot penetrate it, the phenomena is routinely used by radio hams who bounce transmissions off the Earth's ionosphere.

Edited: Typos corrected.

Today we started rubbing down all the paint work ready to take it's first undercoat before we then gloss all the door frames and skirtings, have a feeling it's going to take at least a week to get it all finished, but we are on course to make sure we have a relaxing summer with no jobs to catch up on, a few rain showers here yesterday hoping today will be better.

Well, all systems go here at Stocks towers, Thursday we start our 12 day trip up to the Scottish highlands. A couple of overnight stops before heading for the ferry to take us over on to the Isle of Skye to the Trust property we have for 7 days, I know there is a bridge but ferry is more fun. This culminates with us meeting up with our son and his fiancé to attend his wedding in Scotland. Marina is so excited, new dress, shoes and hat. Me, grumpy as ever and spending time making sure the landrover is prepared for a 1500 mile journey (and over 4 tank fulls of diesel.
Checked sons 30+yr old camper van over as he is proposing to tour Scotland in it for his honeymoon only to find a leaking waterpump due to a collapsed bearing, what a pig of a job on a petrol talbot express as its part of the engine mount. all stripped out and waiting of the arrival of the new one tomorrow so I can fit it before we leave.

Hi Dave.
Hope you an Marina have a good time, and the traveling goes smoothly, also the wedding goes to plan and everyone enjoys it, the FL2 will do that journey easy no problems, please do report back and let how everything is going have fun.

We went out shopping today for new rug, curtains and new towels so visited quite a few places in the end towels came from IKEA and rug/ curtains from Dunelm, so a few hundred pounds down, not in weight wish is was though.

Well, the Talbot's water pump is fitted and working, Stupid design where it is actually part of the engine mount so trolley jack and planks of wood required to take the weight of the engine whilst taking out far too many bolts that should have actually be needed, who designs these things!!. No wonder the garage wanted just short of £500. Anyway all fitted and working and the blockage on the return pipe to the exp tank cleared. Off to Scotland he shall go.

Not done anything for a few days after coming down with a flu-type bug. Not usually affected so much in years gone by and always benefited from robust health but in more recent times these bugs seem more prevalent. Anyone suffering the same atm or am I just unlucky? Or maybe it comes with age.

The last two days with the good weather I've managed to do the oil and filter on both the Van and the Freelander2 bang on 6 months since i last did them.

Next change will be in October 2026 as always change the oil no matter what mileage as be done, especially if they have no been on long runs which i doubt they will this year if the price of fuel stays like it is.

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My Frankenstein spanner came in good use once again for the oil filter.

Also did the Van.
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Waiting on Smith & Allan to do an oil for the Kong van, which i am told is in the process for now i use this below on the van, expensive at £50 per 5ltr van takes 4.7ltrs
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Attention to oil is important, I've been caught out in the past by using supermarket own brand oil which worked ok until it didn't. Many moons ago prior to my Rover days I had a car which failed to proceed, parked up after a long journey and the next day it would not start. The engine spun over surprisingly fast which should have alerted me to the nature of the problem. But I needed the car running to get to work and didn't have time to work on it so I had it recovered to a garage. The problem was quickly found, stuck valves due to oil failure which apparently was little more than acidic water in appearance and effect. I was skeptical of the diagnosis as I hadn't skimped on the oil change and it still had some miles to go before the next change was due. So I was asked what type I used and from where I bought it, I replied that it was supermarket own-brand mineral oil and that confirmed the suspicion of the garage. It had seen this problem before with cheap supermarket own-brand oil which sometimes doesn't last the distance. They managed to free off the valves and after a flush and some better quality oil and a new filter all was well again.

Listening to the BBC reporting on the launch of the Blue Origin rocket the impression given is that all went well. No mention at all, no siree, that the Bluebird7 mobile phone satellite that it was carrying was plonked in the wrong orbit and is to be written off.

Totally agre about good quality oil and regular oil changes. Landrover gets nothing but Smith and Allan which seems to be the go to oil for all enthusiasts.
Well after a 6 and a half hour drive up from Edinburgh to Uig on the Isle of Skye we arrived safe and sound with the freelander returning just over 41mpg (brim to brim) which I'm quite pleased about as it was a mixture of motorway and Scottish highlands.
This is our digs on the isle of Skye for this week It is one of the trust houses that I am a member of and as part of the benefits of the trust is we get to stay on some of the superb properties for a nominal fee. Stood in its own grounds overlooking the bay with no neighbours.

takestock wrote:Totally agre about good quality oil and regular oil changes. Landrover gets nothing but Smith and Allan which seems to be the go to oil for all enthusiasts.
Well after a 6 and a half hour drive up from Edinburgh to Uig on the Isle of Skye we arrived safe and sound with the freelander returning just over 41mpg (brim to brim) which I'm quite pleased about as it was a mixture of motorway and Scottish highlands.
This is our digs on the isle of Skye for this week It is one of the trust houses that I am a member of and as part of the benefits of the trust is we get to stay on some of the superb properties for a nominal fee. Stood in its own grounds overlooking the bay with no neighbours.

Hi Dave.
Enjoy looks a lovely place and the Freelander will look at home there, yes Smith & Allan as been my go to oil even when i have the R40 and Freelander 1 which rob as now Via Devlish, Richard as my other FL2 the Flame he loves it.
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