Recent content by Lyndsay

165 sounds high. it's been a few years since I've made any, but I recall 140. you don't want it cooking, just drying. I'll look around and see if I can find my recipe to post. I always use venison as I have a fairly constant supply.

Yes, You can get a tube made up. When I built my house I used it between the tile and the hardwood, as I expected some relative motion. Went to a tile place and told them who my contractor was and the products he used for the grout and they made up a tube of matching sealant. Not really...

Define cottage. I'm not rich, but have a cottage. My dad bought the land in '49, and he and his buddies built it in a weekend; 16' X 20". Lasted over 50 years with only a bit of relevelling, until an arsonist burned it down. We rebuilt with wood milled on site. No plumbing; use an outhouse...

Looks like a nice lunch right there.

Yeah, up north the spruce grouse just sit still either on the ground or on a branch. In Alberta I took one with a wrist rocket. I agree though, that someone was plinking. They should have cleaned up their casings though.

I've known this particular mechanic for almost 40 years. Fords, Toyotas, Hondas, Chevs, and even a Renault. When you always buy used, you need to cultivate a good relationship. He even told me to go away and replace the oil pump on my F150 myself, as he didn't feel it would be worth it for me...

I have a really good relationship with my car mechanic. He will lend me tools for a bit if it's an oddball that he doesn't expect to use in the next few days. Once also lent me the factory manual for my '80 F150. Maybe you could borrow the T70 from yours?

We used the HiPot test the insulation in cables we had buried. One side to a wire and the other to each other wire in the cable as well as to ground. Found a few times where cables had been damaged while filling in the trench.

Yes, bug zappers are too discriminate for use outdoors. I set up some blue cups with tanglefoot on them for deer flies and they worked well, but I did catch at least one dragonfly as well.

Danny Bhoy had a bit in his show about the wine from Scotland. It was submitted to a competition and described simply as "undrinkable".

I am contemplating marking any I catch with some paint so I know if I catch them again. Some citiot who moved out our way will probably complain about cruelty to animals. Taking them for a swim would be cleaner than the mess of blood I presently have on my crossbar, but they need to go into...

I'll probably run the "earth" as a separate line of wire about 4 inches from the live. Far enough apart that birds can't bridge it, but rodents will. I'll probably need to shut it off if it's raining as it may conduct through the water. I believe the circuit he built has some adjustment, so I...

I used a HiPot when I worked on the railway. I wanted one here years ago for something and the local electronics guys didn't know what it was. Just handed me their meter, and said put it on "tone".

It's not a booby trap. I live in the bush and there's lots of electric fences around. Also, this one is 8 feet in the air. I'm not concerned.

I had buddy of mine build me an electric fence unit from plans off the internet. I need to see if I can get some line from my neighbour, then I'll set it up on the crossbar that holds all my feeders. Hopefully I'll get some nice videos of critters deciding they'll go elsewhere.