What didn't you know until recently?

[biscuits]

^ yep, even this fool couldn’t un proof it.

[humphrey]

But you can still put unleaded into a diesel!

[Oddity]

^ Which I would've thought would be worse Perhaps it's a carry over from before diesel cars were common.

[Mr. Nobody]

That Putin is an automated robot under the control of Jehovah,
It's just being used to hasten the second coming

(I'm thinking of starting a new religion, and,..well,.. that was basically my sales pitch,... convinced? )

[Ronnie_Pickering]

in Islam if a husband doesn't work for 3 months, it can be grounds for divorce for the woman. :o

[Mr. Nobody]

Originally Posted by biscuits

That diesel nozzles are too big to fit in an unleaded tank - as I realised yesterday when I almost filled my car with diesel. Zoiks!

yeah,
unfortunately, it doesn't work the other way around,
I have filled my diesel car with petrol.

[anxiouslondoner]

^ that's nothing, I filled my electric car up with coal once... not making that mistake twice.

[Mr. Nobody]

^




...on that subject,. I am quite interested in self-charging electric vehicles,
I think they're all hybrid self-charging, but I have a bit of experience of charging electric vehicles and it's a lot less reliable and a lot more of an inconvenient fafff than you'd ever imagine,
I just can't quite see plug-in charging as the future somehow?
purely from a practical logistical point of view.
self-charging,. presumably from some form of dynamo action would seem much more appealing.

[Stepford]

Water based satin paint doesn't adhere well to old spirt based gloss paint even if you rub it down.

Also that Zinsser 123 Bulls Eye Primer is flipping expensive.

Now Kimchi style noodles and bean sprouts in bed and have a nap.

[Mr. Nobody]

^
Personally I think Zinsser is traditionally for professional use by trades as a stain block, and, if you are painting over very different colours, (I e., from dark to light, or visa-versa)

I think the point probably is that in the trades the hourly rate is often higher than the paint cost so it's really all about saving labour time and keeping the cost down (of physically applying several coats)

If it's just for domestic use it's probably unnecessary,
and yes, prohibitively expensive,

Just a standard basic primer should suffice, but maybe more coats?
you can get primers to suit your colour base, to help.

Zinsser / Bulls eye, is good stuff though,

[Stepford]

^ Thanks. I've painted most of my living room gloss paintwork with Johnsons Acrylic Satin paint without a great deal of issue, other than one or two small spots, however painting some cupboard doors found it flaking off pretty badly so I had to sand it down quite 'aggressively'. I've never had this problem before and could do without it now, you know health reasons?

I've cancelled an order (hopefully) of Zinsser from Amazon and may look for a cheaper alternative. Well peeved...

[biscuits]

That we are unable to post packages internationally. Man, I need to send a package overseas.

[Jam do Bronx]

^ Send it via raven.

[biscuits]

^ hehe there must be another way! it feels like an elaborate excuse to go on holiday.

[Mr. Nobody]

^
maybe use TNT,

you can do it all online.

[Mr. Nobody]

Originally Posted by Stepford

^ Thanks. I've painted most of my living room gloss paintwork with Johnsons Acrylic Satin paint without a great deal of issue, other than one or two small spots, however painting some cupboard doors found it flaking off pretty badly so I had to sand it down quite 'aggressively'. I've never had this problem before and could do without it now, you know health reasons?

I've cancelled an order (hopefully) of Zinsser from Amazon and may look for a cheaper alternative. Well peeved...

you just need a basic wood undercoat as a primer layer and then a coat of gloss.
should do the trick.

[Stepford]

Got the money back, so that's good. I like satin on wood these days.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Countries Europeans would move to.

[biscuits]

Originally Posted by Mr. Nobody

^
maybe use TNT,

you can do it all online.

That's really handy to know! Thank you!

For some reason I thought only Royal Mail sent packages overseas. Whoops.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

USA banned trans fats in 2018. Going on 2023, UK has YET to ban them. Unbelievable.

[Professor Willow]

That International Women's Day was originally planned to be the 6th of March but it took them so long to get ready it was moved to the 8th.

[Consolida]

^

[T]

How to change a car tyre after a puncture happened a few weeks back.... pulled into a side road and got all the stuff out what was needed and went to work... took abit for the nuts to come off but all of them did and changed the wheel and went straight to get my tyre fixed.... was impressed that i did it...!

[genovese]

The word Pusillanimity



Cor what a word.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

oldest house in France:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison...t6ojaT-z8f5iT0

[anewyear]

That the leaflet in a pill box is on the opposite side to the expiry date

[BFG_]

How the diaphrams work on my mikuni carburettors.

[biscuits]

That it's 24 carat gold and not 24 carrot gold.
biscuits BSc [removed]

[Appear]

The first smallpox vaccine (and the first ever vaccine in general) was derived from the puss of cowpox lesions, which degraded over time and made it difficult to transport long distances. So, on long voyages, they'd take 30 or so orphan boys, infect a couple, wait for for the pustules to form, and then use the puss from them to infect another couple orphans around 10 days later. They'd repeat this until they reached their destination, where they then infected a final batch who set off to different parts of the region they arrived in.

Ingenious.

Also, the word 'vaccine' derives from this - 'vacca' is Latin for cow.

I'm telling everyone this at every opportunity.

[biscuits]

^ whilst wearing a puss filed vial around your neck.