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Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
They smell better than one with a certain type of "mud" on them
"mud" that my dog used to love rolling in!!

My last dog loved rolling in Fox poo. We got through many bottles of dog shampoo, no pun intended.
 

Chief Broom

Veteran
Evening folks, rested the old legs today and did some gardening :okay: Moved a oregon thornless black berry to a better position and dug up some jerusalem artichokes. I planted about 6 JA tubers in a large crate last year and left them to it... they did really well and produced about 70-80 good sized tubers. Will give some away and think of ways of cooking them.
Reckon JA's would make good survival food in times of war/apocalypse zombie invasion etc as they grow anywhere, [invasively so] and produce tubers which can be eaten right through the winter :okay: *
*yes i know they make you fart :laugh:
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Evening folks, rested the old legs today and did some gardening :okay: Moved a oregon thornless black berry to a better position and dug up some jerusalem artichokes. I planted about 6 JA tubers in a large crate last year and left them to it... they did really well and produced about 70-80 good sized tubers. Will give some away and think of ways of cooking them.
Reckon JA's would make good survival food in times of war/apocalypse zombie invasion etc as they grow anywhere, [invasively so] and produce tubers which can be eaten right through the winter :okay: *
*yes i know they make you fart* :laugh:
Evening...

*Personal experience talking?
 

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
A wander to Screwfix earlier and saw this road sign on the way. 🤔

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classic33

Leg End Member
A wander to Screwfix earlier and saw this road sign on the way. 🤔

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They're putting slurry on the footpath?
 

Drago

Legendary Member
Been round Daughter #3's house to collect my post.

A nice bit of news regarding a private pension I took out and paid very little in to. Suffice to say Zurich have turned every quid I paid into nine more, and now I'm about turn 56 I can cash it in at £67,000 and some pence (less tax) or have another £2700 a year. That'll be the cash please!
 

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
They're putting slurry on the footpath?

I had to google it and found this:

Footway Slurry Seal​

Footway Slurry Seal is a low-cost, preventative maintenance process, designed to seal in the surface of a structurally sound footway and extend its life. It fills in minor depressions and voids and provides a more even surface, improving the quality of slip resistance.

Slurry is a mixture of bitumen emulsion, aggregate and water. We spread it over the existing footway and brush it to give a textured finish. Before laying, we may have to prepare the existing surface by cleaning, weed spraying, minimal patching and raising ironwork.

Although a quick process, the surface remains wet for several hours following treatment so we close the footway until it dries.

As with all thin coat surfacing, this process is weather and temperature dependent. We can’t lay the slurry if the weather is wet or too hot or too cold.

This treatment type isn’t suitable for use on a footway that isn’t in a structurally acceptable condition and doesn’t add strength.

Every day is a learning day 🤔
 

classic33

Leg End Member
I had to google it and found this:

Footway Slurry Seal​

Footway Slurry Seal is a low-cost, preventative maintenance process, designed to seal in the surface of a structurally sound footway and extend its life. It fills in minor depressions and voids and provides a more even surface, improving the quality of slip resistance.

Slurry is a mixture of bitumen emulsion, aggregate and water. We spread it over the existing footway and brush it to give a textured finish. Before laying, we may have to prepare the existing surface by cleaning, weed spraying, minimal patching and raising ironwork.

Although a quick process, the surface remains wet for several hours following treatment so we close the footway until it dries.

As with all thin coat surfacing, this process is weather and temperature dependent. We can’t lay the slurry if the weather is wet or too hot or too cold.

This treatment type isn’t suitable for use on a footway that isn’t in a structurally acceptable condition and doesn’t add strength.

Every day is a learning day 🤔
Knew of something similar, not heard of it being used for years though. It's just another layer that has to be broken when the path is dug up.
The whole path had to be resurfaced, no patching as it didn't work. This time next year I'd say you'd be able to lift a piece of it with no problems. Aside from being caught.
 
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