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 Topic: greece |
oldhibberd
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 Forum: Downsizing abroad Posted: Mon Jul 10, 06 4:33 pm Subject: greece |
Sorry no idea about the boats, and wouldn't know about Ex-pats. I was a sort of student, most of the guys were ok, until we started chatting up their women!
If you know anybody that has Saga Magazi ... |
| Topic: greece |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Downsizing abroad Posted: Mon Jul 10, 06 4:02 pm Subject: greece |
| Well I lived in Thesaloniki for a year a decade ago, and yes Halkidiki/Chalkidiki is quite nice. I dont have any experience of planning/farming regs etc, but I did find any dealings with officialdom v ... |
| Topic: greece |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Downsizing abroad Posted: Mon Jul 10, 06 3:51 pm Subject: greece |
No, not two spellings, it's Greek innit. Greek alphabet transliterated.
Dpack good luck, cheap it might be, but the thought of trying to deal with Greek beuracracy, now theres a scary thought! |
| Topic: Scythes |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Sun May 14, 06 12:04 pm Subject: Scythes |
| I was thinking about a similar post myself. If you have a large area to clear I'd much rather use a scythe than a petrol strimmer. However, what sort to use and how do you learn to use them? Can they ... |
| Topic: petrol mowers |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue May 09, 06 9:47 pm Subject: petrol mowers |
I tried looking for the original source, and I can't of course.
But here's a new one:- where the figure quoted is 'almost 100 times'!!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/ ... |
| Topic: petrol mowers |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon May 08, 06 10:16 pm Subject: petrol mowers |
| Where did I read recently that one hours use of the average Petrol lawnmower creates as much pollution as forty hours of the average car? Hmmmmmm! |
| Topic: Wood fuel ... could it be the fuel of the future? |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Mon Mar 06, 06 10:39 pm Subject: Wood fuel ... could it be the fuel of the future? |
| Have you considered masonary heaters? The wood is burnt quickly, heating up the bricks, which then release the heat over a long time. The quick burning is more efficient, and produces fewer pollutants ... |
| Topic: Oil heating efficiency |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Feb 24, 06 5:04 pm Subject: Re: Oil heating efficiency |
2 questions:
The boiler's at least 20 years old.
Er, no further questions m'lud.
We fitted a new Worcester Bosch Heatslave 20/25 last year, and so far in chilly West Wales we're getting through ab ... |
| Topic: Oil heating efficiency |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Feb 24, 06 4:13 pm Subject: Oil heating efficiency |
| I've already got my eyes on a clearview stove to heat the lounge, and hopefully large part of the rest of the house too. |
| Topic: Oil heating efficiency |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Feb 24, 06 3:35 pm Subject: Oil heating efficiency |
Well you've got 2 examples of oil c/h...
Investigating the economics of a more efficient **condensing** boiler would be worthwhile.
Dougal, I've been told that condensing boilers are only more eff ... |
| Topic: Oil heating efficiency |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Feb 24, 06 2:30 pm Subject: Oil heating efficiency |
We've just worked ours out from the last bill, and including VAT it's about £12.70 a day - lovely this country living!!!!!
I was quite looking forward to moving to a house with (Oil )C/H shortly. I ... |
| Topic: Oil heating efficiency |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Feb 24, 06 2:02 pm Subject: Oil heating efficiency |
| But, But 3000x0.36=£1080/61days means spending £17.70 PER day on heating oil, surely thats not right? |
| Topic: Oil heating efficiency |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Feb 24, 06 1:44 pm Subject: Oil heating efficiency |
Good grief, am I reading this right?
Thats about eleven gallons per day! Ouch! |
| Topic: Beacons of Aspiration |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Feb 16, 06 1:55 pm Subject: Beacons of Aspiration |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4719654.stm
This ban can't happen soon enough can it? |
| Topic: agghhh carrier bags |
oldhibberd
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Thu Feb 16, 06 1:47 pm Subject: agghhh carrier bags |
The co-op put your shopping in bio-degradable carriers.
But they don't seem to stock bio refuse bags!?! |
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