Another pointless thread

Now that the Christmas festivities are history and all the walnuts have been eaten/chucked out, has anyone managed to open one cleanly so as to make a little boat from the shell, or even two little boats.

As I recall it was a simple task, now I invariably finish up with a mxture of splintered shell and pulverised nut.


regards
Bernard

We didn't have any nuts this year - all our shops had were a few miserable hazelnuts.

A couple of years ago we rented a house in France with a walnut tree in the garden - and they were delicious, and always formed nice boats. But they had a special walnut cracker which helped too.

Just sitting here thinking it was a bit nippy. Checked the pressure on the boiler and it was way down. Looks like the heating has sprung another leak somewhere. Just what we don't need with the temps dropping again, and our holiday a week tomorrow .

I'll have to call out the man tomorrow and see what he says. Hopefully it is not under the kitchen floor which is concrete.

OOPS Gwyn - hope it's something simple and easy [ and cheap ] to fix

Thanks TT.

Knowing my luck it will be tricky and expensive. We leave for our hols next Friday, and I seriously doubt they can get it sorted by then. I know they don't have so much work at the moment, but still. Not keen on leaving the house unheated while we are away - could result in even more leaks!

We no doubt have to lift the floor again too. I can't see any leaks by the radiators, so it must be under the floor. BumBumBUM!!

Assuming it's a sealed system and the leak is minor you could try using a leak sealant.

All you need to do is to bleed some water out of the system (until the pressure is down) then add it to the highest system, repressurise and turn it back on.

Unless it's a bad leak that's pretty much what a plumber would do.

Much like eggs in car radiators eh!

If I may I will join the financial woes

I put Christmas, my Mothers birthday and my sons birthday and a new brake caliper for the car on my credit card knowing it would need paying this week - then I had to renew the car insurance also this week

Even though I had planned for it and saved for it the shock of parting with the kind of money that would have bought a few nice lenses etc is enough to upset my poor little bank balance

Mot due next month as well

Must remember to check the tyres on my bicycle.

I had a that happen to a system when I lived in the UK boiler, pressure dropping for no reason it was the pressure relief valve needed replacing, a half hour job. Once I'd worked out what it was that took a day of experiment topping it up and watching the gauges and stuff, so don't rip up any floors yet....jeff....

How's the wing doing Gwyn ?

Thanks for asking, I am making slow, painful progress. I have a brace to wear which helps, but certain moves are still impossible or very painful.
I can at least drive again, which is a positive, though I haven't driven much or any great distance. I may have a permanently bent wing from it all.

Phoned my man, he is busy, but will try and get round today if he can, otherwise first thing (07.00!) Monday morning. He thinks it is another leak - we have heating put in by the previous owner who was a real bodger. If he doesn't get here today to just check the boiler we will lift the floor tomorrow and see if we can see a leak. With my poorly wing I can't do a lot about it on my own and His Nibs is busy preparing for an audit so can't take any more time off, especially after all the time he's taken to look after me.

Good job we have an open fire too.

Having a wing out of commission is NOT funny . It's happened to me twice !!

First time - I parted company with a horse - bust my head of radius and ended up with nerve damage caused either in the fall or in Theatre while they spent 45 mins removing teeny fragments of bone !! That was a 14 week wait to see if the nerves would repair - they did but I've altered sensation as a result - blasted nuisance and that's why I'm fussy that my camera is actually physically attached to me in use.

Second Time - other arm , tripped over the dog - magnificently dislocated elbow - that was a 6 month job but it's a pretty good result - to everyone's amazement

To me the most amusing part of the second episode was being told by the family physiotherapists [ yeah we have 'em ] " Do NOT let the physios near that elbow and don't let anyone try and move it for you - you have to do it all yourself " I reckoned that my uncle and his daughter knew what they were doing and and the Orthopod agreed with me He came running one day when I was in Follow up and his registrar decided he was going to see what movement I had and actually tried to move it - and I shouted "STOP" The result was actually quite amusing

Seriously though, obey instructions to the letter , don't hurry things and keep working gently at it .

I dislocated the other elbow 5 years ago. It was put back in place by the local doc (and vet!) on Vlieland, since we were there on holiday at the time. I did have physio on that and have full use of it again. It even over extends just as it used to. The physio was a school friend of my youngest son, and brilliant. It took about ten weeks of gentle work to get it right though. I'm not insured for that amount of physio any more so we'll see.
I go back to the hospital once we are back from holiday for more x-rays and to see how it is doing.
I have a trapped nerve, constant pins and needles in my hand from that - but the doc says it is a minor nerve and should improve in time. That or I'll just get used to it and learn to ignore it.

Don'ttalk to me about physio's

I never take any advice I;m given and frequently argue with mine..

...but then we kiss and make up...

.... one advantage of being married to one.

When she broke her leg last year it gave her a whole new perspective on rehab. She's had several patients since that she can advise a lot better and is getting even better results as a consequence.

I have to say this, she is a rather good physio.