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Post by Kimby on Jul 14, 2024 0:03:43 GMT
I debated adding this to Silver Screen Obits, but he really wasn’t a movie or TV star, rather a celebrity or personality. And has been out of the public eye since 2014.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 16, 2024 7:51:07 GMT
I am becoming an expert at disassembling and reassembling pumps. I just fixed the one for my swimming pool. Normally PH should be ok tonight. Chlorine tomorrow. Cleaning on Friday. Swimming on Saturday. If weather stays.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 16, 2024 14:51:17 GMT
I debated adding this to Silver Screen Obits, but he really wasn’t a movie or TV star, rather a celebrity or personality. And has been out of the public eye since 2014. And this has what to do with my tiny reminiscence I chose to share here? Whatagain, oh great pump expert, what do you know about gas tanks & gas stoves? My stove appears not be getting any gas from the tank. The tank has gas & a couple of times I've gotten the stove to work normally by turning the gas off and on again. But when I leave the tank "on", I swear I can smell gas around it. I'll listen for the gas guys to see if they can diagnose.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 16, 2024 15:42:39 GMT
I managed to get a disused diesel tank in flames. Had to call the firemen. Do I qualify ?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 16, 2024 16:06:26 GMT
Ooooo ~ my kinda guy! Considering that I've accidentally set myself on fire a couple of times, we'd make a great team. ![](https://s20.postimg.cc/9c49j2pgt/tongue.png)
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 16, 2024 17:41:53 GMT
I'll just butt in - when checking for leaks use a spray bottle with a water/dish washing liquid mix. Obviously not a naked flame. You need to check for kinks or damage to the pipes and a) when it does work, do all the burners on the stove work or is it that some do and some don't? If so the problem is the stove. b) there should not be a direct connection between the tank and the stove - there has to be a regulator - these can fail. How old are your pipes if rubber and how old is your regulator? c) Could be the tank tap is not working properly. Quickly turn it off and on a few times then try it again. The valve inside could be a little stuck. d) Butane or propane? e) Butane has problems working below about 3C/37F but I doubt that is your problem. f) Use the spray above to spray on the connections and pipes to see if there is a leak and where it is. It will bubble at the leak.
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Post by Kimby on Jul 16, 2024 23:25:33 GMT
I debated adding this to Silver Screen Obits, but he really wasn’t a movie or TV star, rather a celebrity or personality. And has been out of the public eye since 2014. And this has what to do with my tiny reminiscence I chose to share here? It wasn’t about you, Bixa, it was about me. My clumsy phrasing may have misled you. I should have said “I saw the news that Richard Simmons had died and debated posting it in Silver Screen obits.” Then I saw your post here, and inserted my confusing comment. I wasn’t criticizing you at all. We don’t really have a good place for reporting deaths of celebrities who aren’t actors, writers or musicians, as we both discovered. Sorry for your loss.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 17, 2024 14:50:39 GMT
Not really a "loss", but thanks, Kimby.
Thank you, Mark. Even without spritzing anything, I would bet money it's the regulator, based on having had a similar problem before. Even so, you might be on to something about the valve, as a couple of times I've had success in getting the gas to the stove again. As for the pipes, I suppose they could be the problem. Nothing else in this #%@^&* house works, so why should they?
The regulator was bought & installed on this 20-liter gas tank on November 11, 2023 -- so it's practically new. That's the reason I want to catch the gas men on their rounds, as they did the installation.
Unrelated, but ~ Mexico doesn't add the same smell to the gas so that humans can detect a leak. No, for this Mexico decided to go subtle. The last time I had a gas leak, I kept insisting that other people -- landlords, plumber, friends -- smell it too. All I got from them was the pitying look given to the delusional. Finally I got a man from a gas truck to come sniff & he immediately said, "Whoa -- definitely a leak & look here, the regulator connection is cracked."
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Post by tod2 on Jul 18, 2024 11:46:28 GMT
It is illegal for home owners to install gas fittings for a gas tank here in South Africa, but that doesn't mean millions of households don't do it. The Gas man was very strict when installing ours. Had to be outside, so many feet from a door or window, etc etc. If things go wrong your insurance will be nil and void if no Certificate of Compliance can be produced.
Our BnB's all have gas cookers which is a pity as most guests burn the hell out of my cooking pots or pans. They just cant adjust the flame it seems but at least when we have one of our numerous Power-Outs they can boil water for tea and cook, errr...I mean cremate a meal.
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 29, 2024 7:41:09 GMT
There's been an old(ish) man coming to tend his olive trees for the last week or so in the mornings. He whistles random tunes all the time. I make a point of saying hello every day. I went out this morning because I heard the whistling and couldn't find him. Realised there's a pesky bird now imitating him.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 29, 2024 14:29:02 GMT
![](https://s20.postimg.cc/dqcqux019/shocked.gif) That is hilarious! Now your quest must be to find the bird. Mark, do you know about the Merlin bird app? It is fun to use, but far more than a toy. You can point your phone towards where a bird is singing (or chirping or squawking) and the app will identify it. merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 29, 2024 14:49:29 GMT
I filed my fraud claim with two of the three banks today. What next?
As for the 3rd stupid bank, I can't file a claim until they publish the next monthly statement in mid-August where the fraudulent operations will appear. (Yes they're the ones who told me that, even though they also told me the amounts involved!)
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 29, 2024 15:38:01 GMT
Bixa, thanks, yes I do have that app but of course, as soon as I thought about getting my phone the thing shut up.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 29, 2024 16:27:29 GMT
I have birds around me who do that too. Perverse little feathered bastards.
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Post by lugg on Jul 29, 2024 19:35:52 GMT
We have had very few butterflies this year, yesterday for the first time I saw several in the garden. Unfortunately so did Dora .....Cat 1 ...Butterfly 0
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 29, 2024 19:37:37 GMT
I have birds around me who do that too. Perverse little feathered bastards. Oh Bixa, you sound so British
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 29, 2024 19:45:17 GMT
The flutterbyes have been late here this year, but over the past few days we've had red admirals, peacock, comma, painted lady, gatekeepers and the usual whites! Quite a few moths about in the evenings too.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 29, 2024 20:15:33 GMT
It's been ages since I've seen any kind of really interesting moths. I know there must be hawk moths, including the impressive hummingbird moth around here, but I haven't seen them.
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Post by bjd on Jul 30, 2024 6:47:44 GMT
Now that you mention it, I haven't seen many butterflies this year either. Lots of bees and other flying things, tons of mosquitoes but only the occasional white butterfly. I even planted a butterfly bush (buddleia) this year and is has been flowering non-stop.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 30, 2024 16:46:18 GMT
I have been watching a young Raptor chick growing steady since its twin got shafted for food share and died. The strong survive that's nature. BUT, this chick is now grown too big for the twig nest, and today climbed to the top of the nest of twigs, and almost took a dive into the blue.. I messaged Lugg to try and send them a message as there are not very many messages showing the group is keeping a 24/7 surveillance. It will definitely land splat if it lurches off the edge of the nest - which is very evidently man made and now at all in the Raptors favour for feeding and all else.
It's on Dorset Raptors Study Group.
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Post by whatagain on Aug 1, 2024 10:04:47 GMT
I am following Foxnews since one week. Under Sun Zu art of war principle : know your enemy.
My first constations : - 99% of the guys commenting are crazy. - 95% are trumpists. They don’t like when i call him the orange felon. - even posts from officials are very agressive Recently the VP of Trump called Kamala Harris a coward … - an incredible percentage of posts mention God I got one recently saying I should fear the Lord, who will punish all non believers and even believers … - no humor no second degree So of course they will all say I am stupid 😂
Quite depressing.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 1, 2024 12:10:34 GMT
I had Fox News as part of a small extra TV package for only 1€ a month. I think I cancelled after two months because it was too unbearable. It never crossed my mind to actually follow Fox on the internet.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 1, 2024 12:24:44 GMT
And what does the Fox say?
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Post by htmb on Aug 1, 2024 16:07:28 GMT
“Unbearable” is a good way to describe Fox News. The only time I’ve watched them in recent years was when there was an unfolding event. I actually think it was the Jan 6th insurrection. Even then, I couldn't bear to watch them for very long. Their program “hosts” are a bunch of idiot nit-wits.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 2, 2024 15:54:20 GMT
It's all for ratings, too, as has been proved. abcnews.go.com/Politics/fox-news-hosts-allegedly-privately-versus-air-false/story?id=97662551I've been trapped seeing or hearing Fox news in places like restaurants in Oklahoma. In a world where even thinking people rely more on media than print for news, a steady stream of lies can worm its way into the public's brains. And there is something about the snide, insinuating, aggrieved tone which Fox commentators and Trump have mastered which appears to be deeply appealing to the intellectually lazy with juvenile chips on their shoulders.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 2, 2024 18:14:38 GMT
I used to watch CNN a lot before they started charging. I preferred it to BBC ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) A mate of mine loves CNN, she has similar political leanings to myself and pays the fee to watch it. She lives in Cornwall in a beautiful old stone cottage with flagstones on the floor and an aga...wrap around garden with apple trees...a stone wall around it and a wooden gate. Makes her living as a fabric designer. I'm trying hard not to be jealous...it's not working... ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 2, 2024 18:25:32 GMT
It's funny that CNN is now considered to be a left wing media. That was not at all the case in the past. At least CNN remains on top internationally, while Fox is #1 domestically.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 2, 2024 18:41:44 GMT
You're jealous she watches CNN? Or was there anything else?
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 2, 2024 21:18:48 GMT
You're jealous she watches CNN? Or was there anything else? Not reeeeeeeeelly...she's lovely, and very clever. We worked together for years before she left the lab and chased her dreams.
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Post by tod2 on Aug 5, 2024 13:36:20 GMT
I know the type of cottage you describe Cheery.... I saw them when we stayed in Fowey, and saw them in all the lovely little seaside towns in Cornwall. Those flagstone floors must be hell in a English winter. I watched my mother cook on an Aga - what a mission when it had to be topped up with anthracite. I know they converted them to oil some 50 years ago in the UK? Now that was a warm stove!
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