I'm fairly sure I remember one of those being in the kit with a triumph  1300fwd I had in my student days. It could have been in a 1750 maxi I had later but think it was the 1300. I was never sure if it was supplied for use when jacking or if it was designated as part of the handbrake system for normal use.......

We installed the hive setup with an opentherm boiler, it wasn't as expensive as i had anticipated i bought most the TRVs on black fridays over a couple of years. I work from home, so having the ability to heat just a single room has been a real benefit, to not just my hypothermia, but we also noticed quite a reasonable drop in bills by just not heating parts of the house we don't use during the week. I've got 12 TRVs and they have been pretty flawless since setup, bar the fact i hate they are plastic, the dog broke one by charging around like a nutter. We've had them for about 8 years, and i reacon we saved the cost of them in bills over those years. The major selling point for me, was that if i ever get fed up with the Hive Controller ( have to say i haven't yet ) they are just Zigbee devices which i can communicate directly with : https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/UK7004240.html I wrote my own heating controller a few years ago, tried to predict heating times and schedule the heating using this prediction, it got me 40k views on youtube That and the home assistant integration has been pretty much flawless. I spent a couple of years making as much of the house smart as i could, just for a bit of fun tbh If i were doing it again, i would do honeywell home just due to the range of accessories you can buy, i think you made the smart choice.

I watched my dad break a couple of fingers using deathtrap stick spring compressors which must have been made before i was born. Determined he must have been using them wrong, i followed suite and did the exact same thing. A&E was funny, the doctors tried their best to keep a straight face as the two of us, with opposing hands wrapped in bandages presented themselves. But they all broke down in tears of laughter after a few minutes. I like to think we brought some light amusement to a dull day.

John did you watch it allotment way through of stop after you decided he "blew it"? The point is about solar systems like ours. Rocky planets in the inner orbits and gas giants in outer orbits. To date zero found. The video went into all the stuff you described and then goes on to explain why we haven't found them yet and how we actually DO have the technology to find them but the problem up.until now has been where to look. But with the truly vast amount of raw data out of Gaia we can now start to identify likely areas to investigate with the other telescopes that we have. Watch it all the way through 

Triumphness….   Many years ago when I was a wan youth, our neighbour traded in his Vitesse saloon for a brand new charabang, a rather splendid 2.5pi saloon in a fetching yellow. We were all agog and gathered around to admire this new chariot, much beloved of  the Police at the time and famous for its spectacular performer. Time to go in for dinner, so young Phelps Jr asked Phelps Sr if he could put the car in the garage as was his evening want. Certainly said Sr. Now, these houses were sited on a steep bank and the double garage was underneath and accessed by a ramp. Young Phelps jumped into the 2.5, drove forwards and dissapeared out of sight down the ramp - followed quickly by a rather loud bang. Everyone dashed down the ramp to see the Pi hissing and leaking, its now rather restyled nose embedded in the back wall. alas, young Phelps used to turn the ignition off as he coasted down, not a problem in the strictly mechanically braked Vitesse, the servo assisted PI? T’was Not a happy day.      

An example of ADVANCED stupidity ; My parents very kindly used to  allow me to use my mums car when she did not need it . Minis in my late teen years . There is the first example . ( Bless them ! ) Shamefully I might as well have taken them straight down to the Brands circuit , where I worked at the time , the way they were driven . on one occasion I headed up a local hill to see a green line coach heading towards me down the hill .  IRRELEVANT !! THE RULE WAS , that the car in front HAS to be overtaken . Second example . The coach driver clearly did not want to play this game . Fair play . He did not give an inch ! As a result I scrapped down the side of the coach . No problem , it was dark , so I switched my lights off and fled .  Third example . A week later my father received a letter from The National Bus Co . Dear ——- Sir , we are sure there will be a good explication , but your vehicle was seen driving away from the scene of an accident ….. It had not even dawned on me , that at that time , my father was the financial director of ‘ The National Bus Co ‘  ADVANCED example !!!!! 🤔      

Hmm. Probably pulling a wobbly, overheight tower (without stabilisers) along from the top of it by pulling on the scaffolding tube lighting rail would be frowned on then……. And rightly so. Gravity not your friend under those conditions. Don’t ask how I know…. Was definitely very fortunate to avoid injury on that one.

Easily done. If I mind right, the tool kit supplied with Austin Princesses in the '70s came with a (pressed steel) wheel chock. A good idea I thought.....   Ian

Absolutely. You are permitted to move assembled mobile access (scaffold) towers under certain conditions... on level ground with the stabilising feet just clear of the ground AND you push, never pull! Gravity is your friend if treated with respect    Ian

Mine (RH Specialist) didn’t blink. Even in 2004 when it was a fairly new thing. I don’t think you’ll have a problem. Keep up the good work - you have almost arrived at the scary bit. We await the first start video. I believe “I have made fire” is the classic quote from @GT6MK3. (Just keep it internal )