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I remember when WD 40 was first launched in the UK. It was marketed as Rocket WD 40. It's original purpose was as a Water Dispersing agent for the Atlas Rocket program. Hence the WD, this was the 40th formulation. It was used to minimise ice building up on the outside due to the liquid Oxygen...

I suspect that he really thinks Greenland is really green and will give him scope to build loads of golf courses.

This reminds me of the old Geoff Hamilton trick for making rocks for your rockery.Dont forget to paint it with yoghurt.

I don't know whether it would help @simone_in_wiltshire but have you tried contacting any local Wildlife Society or Trust ? They are often aware of problems in their area and may be able to offer some help/advice.

I’m just going to eat it. I’m not artistic unless it’s making fishing flies

I'm on heavy clay and have spent a year in my new garden digging in copious amounts of shop bought compost, manure, sand and gravel. Some areas needed two spades deep digging but areas that had been cultivated before were fine with one spade deep.Clay is great once improved, everything, in...

Not like this then:Tobacco Slave - STOP

You are welcome. That is a lovely healthy-looking specimen. It will soon hide the house behind! I think a great choice. Enjoy.

A Canadian friend came over to the UK for a visit and rented a car. She moaned about the lack of AC in it and asked why . I pointed out the handle for winding down the window and told her that was our version of AC. That was about 30 years ago tho

7th January 2026Jumping back a day, one of the plant pot Jeeps took a direct hit over the cold spell. I probably should have brought them indoors earlier, but I think the one that exploded must have had some flaws in the stone casting.The other Jeep was fine, but the broken one wasn't just...

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