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Our energy supplier, Green Network Energy went bust. We were transferred to EDF.. Our credit of £385 disappeard into thin air. From end of March (in a normal year) our gas central heating is turned off, and our electric usage is low. So we build up a large surplus over summer. Tried to get...

I'm so old I was taught on the Lee Enfield 303. Did a course on the Belgian FN auto reload, single fire rifle, pre a deployment to Malaya during the troubles there, thankfully the deployment was cancelled when the we landed at Cyprus, and we returned to the UK.

Do you remember Jan (Yan) Kravachinsky, he was a member of Glyncornel Archery Club for many years.. Knew him for 40+ years and I still can't spell his surname..

I was born in '43. My dad, after a serious accident in the mines was sent up to Coventry to work in the munitions factories. My mother took "lodgings" in a house in Abercwmboi. The elderly owners looked after myself and my older sister when our mam went to work. They were wonderful with us, Mr...

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Apiarist... The name of the company is AgriSound.. Cost of the product is £599 for two hives.

I failed to hear who made it, as it was on BBC 1, it would be doubtful if they named the manufacturer. From what I could understand they were using sound and heat sensors. Some of the claims they made suggested that you could deduce if the bees were going to swarm, and that the honey was ready...

Missed that one Steve.. I watch very little TV, can't be bothered with the c**p they broadcast. Much rather watch a good western such as "Wagon Master":love::love::LOL:

Just caught a glimpse on BBC 1 "One Show" something about a Hive Monitor that can tell you many things about your hives.. Will have to download it later.

I worked on Vulcans, and did a short spell ( 6 weeks familiarity course) on the missiles. Also worked on Spits and Ansons etc.. Also did an introduction course on the TSR2 just before it was scrapped.

Thank you Amari... A follow on from original post.. I was given a low chance of survival because I had heart problems, 16 days after surgery I came home, 3 days later I had a good heart attack, so was 999'd back into hospital was kept in. On July 3rd I had a quadruple bypass and was...

After having radiotherapy for throat cancer in Nov 2010 they would do a endoscopy to look at my throat, they would do it thru' the nose, they did this every month for a year, then every other month for a year. In May 2013 I had a Tracheostomy ( making a hole in my neck for me to breath thru' )...

This happens frequently in the valleys where I live, we call it Dragons Breath

Yes. I help my wife to make them. This year we did 5, all round 24 ozs, we give them to some elderly friends.. Elderly???? Blinking heck.. I'm over 78 yrs old..:)

The last Decca chain to close was the one in S Wales.. On the Wessex helicopters they had the MK 8A. The chart was a roll approx 14 inches wide that scrolled up or down and a pointer would move side to side. Srangely, looking at the chart Oxford was "south" of London. We fitted the Decca to the...

There were 10 inputs to the computer, but usually only 4 were used, the Master Tx, and you could choose from Green, Blue, Yellow, Red, Purple etc. The inputs were driven by electric motors that "counted" the "standing sine waves" generated by the Decca TX Chains.. The output from the computer...

Yes I think it was similar. I could expand my reply but it would be completely off topic.

Decca was very innovated in it's day. The original Mk 1, which was designed for maretine work used a mechanical computer..

I worked on flight control computers fitted to helicopters in '64. Also computers fitted to Decca Nav equipment in the same year. Later worked/repaired them for a living. But I must admit these days I find it difficult to understand the things.