The roof hasn’t been so bad, I could see Ben Lomond from it. I think that might be me just about wrapped up though. Sunday this week will be Sunday, not a miscellaneous weekday. I’m tentatively predicting a leisurely breakfast followed by sitting on chairs, possibly succeeded by mild activity of some sort with the girls. [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2009 by PTC*
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It’s been dilemma time again. Outdoor at Friedrichshafen is on and I’m not going. Again. I’ve spent the past few weeks fielding invitations for meetings and functions and I’ve had to make my excuses and decline. I’m busy with work, and I have to be honest, as much fun as it might be, spending the money on [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2009 by PTC*
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I think the joiner who hammered in that nail above should have used a screw and drilled it out first, or maybe just painted it. Give the elements and nature even a wee crack in your man-made stuff and they’re have their fronds/ tentacles/ fingers/ spores right in there in a jiffy. We’ve become Morlocks [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2009 by PTC*
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There were a few hours spare, and a mission to be done. So Phil and I raced up the road for a wee step into the (relatively) unknown. Guidebooks should be just that, a guide, not gospel. They’re a source of inspiration, a finger pointing to possibilities, confidence given to the reader in words and pictures. They [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2009 by PTC*
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The Mountain Masochist’s came in for test recently and I’ve had them on a couple of trips. They’re surprisingly different in feel to the Streak’s which have been glued to my feet this past year, even with the same sole unit. The upper is very different and consequently the whole shoes flexes differently, and it’s a slightly [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2009 by PTC*
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The last of the debris was taken from the flametube by Craig on all-fours with convenient lighting by Petzl. The Tikka XP is standard issue at work for all of us, fits in a cargo pocket very well along with a Victorinox Rucksack, mini Bahco shifter, A5 notebook, pen, pencil, folded up credit card bill, Orbit [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2009 by PTC*
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Polaroid is a familiar name, and probably most folk think of the instant-print cameras that were once very popular and still crop up on US dramas now and again when they’re recording a crime scene. But the name comes from the polarized lens material that they pioneered way back, and today they’re still making top quality lenses, and right [...]
Posted on July 6th, 2009 by PTC*
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It’s good being in the one place for a change, I spend much of my week going from one customer crisis to another, and installations or major maintenance are the only times I get to stay put for any length of time. It’s also good to have the team together on site, some of us anyway. [...]
Posted on July 5th, 2009 by PTC*
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I first saw Brunton’s Flex stove at a trade show ages ago when the brand was getting launched in the UK, but it’s fell on its arse and Brunton is nowhere in the UK market. It do hope that changes though. It’s a shame actually, because although many camping stoves are made in the same [...]
Posted on July 4th, 2009 by PTC*
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Inside that door above is the steam space, which is full of tubes, and as you can see below, me as well. It looks manky, but the dirt is cooked on and it’s in good nick in there, so there was only the briefest of visits to work on the door face and that was [...]
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by PTC*
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It’s going quite well. We got the heat exchanger nest out without losing tempers of fingers, we did flood the plantroom, but that’s kinda traditional. The drain was choked with shite so it didn’t empty and when we got the nest moving it just emptied onto the floor. My foot sticking out of the shell tells the [...]
Posted on July 1st, 2009 by PTC*
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