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by Bonefishblues
8 Apr 2024, 10:27am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: leather restoration
Replies: 22
Views: 808

Re: leather restoration

simonineaston wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 9:28am “The George” was a proprietary gadget made of aluminium strip, about a foot long, stamped proudly with the name, which painters used to mask the likes of window frames etc…
Thanks :)
by Bonefishblues
8 Apr 2024, 8:23am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: leather restoration
Replies: 22
Views: 808

Re: leather restoration

Am puzzle
by Bonefishblues
7 Apr 2024, 12:24pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: leather restoration
Replies: 22
Views: 808

Re: leather restoration

Braceby wrote: 7 Apr 2024, 11:37am
simonineaston wrote: 3 Apr 2024, 12:10pm I think the problem with any liquid, oil-based treatment is that its use increases the likelihood of marking the canvas, which is quite light coloured. I've just come to that conclusion after a short-lived trial application of neatsfoot oil. Its almost impossible to apply solely to the leather, without straying onto canvas-land too...
Use masking tape then.
Does masking tape stick to canvas? Any tips on how to negotiate the many corners & bends?
by Bonefishblues
7 Apr 2024, 9:35am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: vice-chairman of the 1922 committee
Replies: 5
Views: 458

Re: vice-chairman of the 1922 committee

In about 6 months.
by Bonefishblues
3 Apr 2024, 11:17am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: leather restoration
Replies: 22
Views: 808

Re: leather restoration

simonineaston wrote: 3 Apr 2024, 10:42am saddle soap it is then... I'll leave the minks alone to rampage around countryside, sinking their teeth into anything they can find;-)
It's a close second IME, tbf :D

If the mink 'involved' had been 100% escapees, I'd have no qualms, but I fur they aren't.
by Bonefishblues
3 Apr 2024, 10:10am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: leather restoration
Replies: 22
Views: 808

Re: leather restoration

I would hold my nose* and use mink oil, which is the most effective product of its kind I have used on leather.

*I bought it not realising** that it really was an animal byproduct :?
**I am aware I look rather silly
by Bonefishblues
30 Mar 2024, 6:17pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Jihadi Brides and their Children.
Replies: 582
Views: 24900

Re: Jihadi Brides and their Children.

Pebble wrote: 30 Mar 2024, 6:12pm she will be home under labour £,£££,£££ newspaper deal, then a book, then a film, a life of wealth and luxury awaits - what an example to set
Which Labour politician has said this?
by Bonefishblues
30 Mar 2024, 6:14pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: Is 250w enough power for modest speed up steep hills
Replies: 347
Views: 31043

Re: Is 250w enough power for modest speed up steep hills

Thanks all, that's helpful information. I'm looking at previous year models from the bigger brands rather than Chinese direct to consumer brands, and £1000-1200 or so, which should get her Momentum, Cannondale and so on at maybe 18kg +/- I hope.
by Bonefishblues
30 Mar 2024, 3:48pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: Is 250w enough power for modest speed up steep hills
Replies: 347
Views: 31043

Re: Is 250w enough power for modest speed up steep hills

Carlton green wrote: 29 Mar 2024, 4:04pm
Bonefishblues wrote: 29 Mar 2024, 3:50pm 23 pages and some hundreds of posts later is the answer yes? Asking for a cyclist :D

ETA
11011 posts has a nice symmetry
The answer is yes; of course the bike’s power train, from motor shaft to driven wheel, needs to be appropriately geared.
Thanks. We're looking at a light (relatively) e bike for my wife for shortish (say up to 25-30 miles) rides. Would a 250Wh Battery be sufficient for a light rider over generally flat terrain? I'm keen to keep the bike as wieldy as possible as she will be moving away from a lightweight hybrid.
by Bonefishblues
29 Mar 2024, 3:50pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: Is 250w enough power for modest speed up steep hills
Replies: 347
Views: 31043

Re: Is 250w enough power for modest speed up steep hills

23 pages and some hundreds of posts later is the answer yes? Asking for a cyclist :D

ETA
11011 posts has a nice symmetry
by Bonefishblues
28 Mar 2024, 1:36pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Sweage Releases Into Rivers
Replies: 5
Views: 356

Re: Sweage Releases Into Rivers

Psamathe wrote: 28 Mar 2024, 1:23pm
Biospace wrote: 28 Mar 2024, 12:48pm ... Big business is acting as it wishes, beyond the control of Government.
Thames Water is getting interesting given their dividend payments, debt and not investors demanding a massive bill increase, in effect customers paying for their failings and dividends. Even where we are now (40% bill increase demand) is going to stir up a lot of ill-feeling through their region even though OFWAT has refused the increase. If it were my decision I'd be fining them for every illegal sewage release until they go bust, let the Gov. buy the company for £1 and keep it under public ownership. I'd be doing that for every water company. None of this "temporary nationalisation" the Gov. are mentioning as a possibility.

Feargal Sharkey was very good in his TV appearances yesterday - knew his stuff (facts), presented them in a clear balanced concise manner, allowed the "other party" to have their say un-interrupted and then countered it with clear, simple fact.

I feel like writing to the water company covering my area asking for the money I paid for sewage disposal to be refunded as they have not been doing what I've been paying them for. Every moderate rain and people have sewage in their gardens (not mine). Been happening since I've lived here (15+ years) and water company never investigates as tiny village into ditches into small river so no monitoring guages.

Ian
Feargal has been crusading on this for years, as have I in my own very small way. OFWAT has failed in its Statutory Duty - that's the bare fact. As to why, then that gets murkier, like most outfalls from STWs :(
by Bonefishblues
27 Mar 2024, 12:33pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Jihadi Brides and their Children.
Replies: 582
Views: 24900

Re: Jihadi Brides and their Children.

She has never been a Bangladeshi citizen, but up until age 21 she had the option to apply (Bangladesh said it would have been rejected anyway) by virtue of her parents' birth. Now she cannot.
by Bonefishblues
25 Mar 2024, 5:03pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Huntingdon: Angry pedestrian guilty of killing cyclist
Replies: 260
Views: 17321

Re: Huntingdon: Angry pedestrian guilty of killing cyclist

thirdcrank wrote: 25 Mar 2024, 5:00pm
Bonefishblues wrote: 25 Mar 2024, 4:50pm For those who want to dig deeper into the offence then the Crown Court's own 'bible' is here. It includes prototypical Jury Instructions and much else:

https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-r ... ompendium/

Part 1 19-5 onwards refers to this offence. On the criminal act element, I thought this was a helpful guide:

A useful rule of thumb is to begin by asking what would have been charged if noone had died.
A lot to go at but I've begun reading
You really only need to look at that section, which isn't too onerous. It's pretty well written, I think.
by Bonefishblues
25 Mar 2024, 4:50pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Huntingdon: Angry pedestrian guilty of killing cyclist
Replies: 260
Views: 17321

Re: Huntingdon: Angry pedestrian guilty of killing cyclist

For those who want to dig deeper into the offence then the Crown Court's own 'bible' is here. It includes prototypical Jury Instructions and much else:

https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-r ... ompendium/

Part 1 19-5 onwards refers to this offence. On the criminal act element, I thought this was a helpful guide:

A useful rule of thumb is to begin by asking what would have been charged if noone had died.
by Bonefishblues
25 Mar 2024, 11:43am
Forum: On the road
Topic: Huntingdon: Angry pedestrian guilty of killing cyclist
Replies: 260
Views: 17321

Re: Huntingdon: Angry pedestrian guilty of killing cyclist

Nearholmer wrote: 25 Mar 2024, 11:34am There’s been a properly constituted trial, and the defendant was found guilty.

As I understand things, there is to be an appeal against the conviction. That will go to court, and the court will decide.

Courts aren’t perfect, they do occasionally make errors, but they are far better equipped to decide these things than a forum on the internet. And, BTW, matters of “intent” seem always to be difficult for courts to decide, and often become the subject of appeals.

Let’s wait to see what the court decides.
The Appeal Court rejected an earlier submission of appeal on the grounds that the sentence was excessive, so these alternative grounds were put forward. Notwithstanding its earlier rejection, I think the CofA still has the ability to reduce the sentence in this hearing (alternatively it can reject the appeal, or uphold it and quash the conviction)

I completely agree with your other point - we have only a fraction of the information needed to determine this (albeit it's now being taken forward on different, narrower grounds) so we would be wise not to make definitive statements.