What Did You Salvage Today?

[rwdenney]

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(that was a bit of playful banter between two brother countries, let's not make this political; feel free to mock the UK's woeful and embarrassing penny pinching in regards to its armed forces)

And the multi-year wait time for many important surgeries...

Rick "but who am I to comment?" Denney

 

[rwdenney]

Lincolnshire herbed sausage, egg (yolk fried to solid, if like me, you're likely to get runny yolk all down your front) and bacon...on white bread. That's a proper breakfast on the go.

Even better is two grilled sausages, six fried rashers of bacon, two fried eggs, baked beans, a pile of fried mushrooms, three slices of fried black pudding, a slice of fried bread, HP brown sauce on a plate, with toast (again white bread) in a stainless steel toast rack with salted butter ready to spread...and a cup of strong tea (with milk of course).

Alternatively, ensure your staff have the kedgeree piping hot, on the side, the morning's post and paper on the table, and that the toast and marmalade will be served promptly when you ring the bell.

If'n I ate all that cholesterol every day, I'd really need that National Health Care

For me, it's good coffee (I became a coffee snob during Covid), two eggs frittata-style (whites only, but with goodies added), and two pieces of keto-friendly toast (40 calories a slice) with peanut butter.

The only staff in this household is my wife and I--and the person being served is the cat. Dogs have owners; cats have staff.

Rick "who sometimes gets fresh eggs from the neighbor, and often fresh vegetables when the garden bears fruit" Denney

 

[BCNU6OF1]

LOL . Just came up from the original shop . What didn't I find would be the question . Anyone into chain tools ? Hydraulic fittings ? Drills ? Reamers ? 3 42" boxes full of everything and anything . End mills next on the list .

...drills.
As for my salvage operations (yesterday), one of those mobility scooters a friend was going to take to the dump. Nice geared motor, lots of little stuff like bearings and metric bolts that I always seem to need

 

[RaisedByWolves]

...drills.
As for my salvage operations (yesterday), one of those mobility scooters a friend was going to take to the dump. Nice geared motor, lots of little stuff like bearings and metric bolts that I always seem to need

I scored a scooter base on Super Bowl Sunday years back in the pouring rain.

Asked the wife to hop out and throw it into the back of the truck with me, friggin thing must have weighted 300lbs.

Hooked a ratchet strap to and towed it a half mile home.

Salvaged a 400lbs linear actuator, a bunch of high amp connectors, two batteries that brought $10 each as scrap and sold the frame and motors for $60.

 

[ChazzC]

"first aid kit": typical US healthcare provision for anybody who has the temerity to not be employed where healthcare insurance covers this basic of a civilised modern liberal democracy!

I figured that most would be able to figure that one out, since you didn’t say “a box of sticking plasters snd other similar supplies.”

Even better is two grilled sausages, six fried rashers of bacon, two fried eggs, baked beans, a pile of fried mushrooms, three slices of fried black pudding, a slice of fried bread, HP brown sauce on a plate, with toast (again white bread) in a stainless steel toast rack with salted butter ready to spread...and a cup of strong tea (with milk of course).

No grilled “tomaatoes?” Dripping Fried Bread yes, but was never fond of the rack of cold toast: when I stayed in Caernarfon I would go the the Safeway (no close by Tesco), pick up a packet of “English” muffins and ask the staff to butter & griddle them for me.

Oh, and Black Pudding!

Alternatively, ensure your staff have the kedgeree piping hot, on the side, the morning's post and paper on the table, and that the toast and marmalade will be served promptly when you ring the bell.

Kedgeree is tasty, but seldom available where I stayed. And I didn’t need a bell: as a frequent guest I had my special room at the top of the house, and was a friend of the staff.


Even more OT story:

The last visit I made to North Wales was with a couple of John Deere Engineers and two of our workers to meet with the Sales & Engineering staff to review the JD parts manufacturing. We stayed at “my” hotel, and eight of us all met for breakfast the first day. Two ladies seated us at a large table and proceeded to explain the cooked breakfast and point out the cold cereal and small glasses & pitcher of orange juice available on a side table. Meanwhile, a third lady (without asking) was busy bringing me large glasses of orange juice & ice water (my wife always asked for water when she visited with me once, so they kept it up) and a fourth bringing out my breakfast. To say the least, the locals were impressed and the Deere guys asked, “do you come here often?”


What I miss most are Arbroath Smokies in cream sauce as a starter before a Highland Beefsteak for dinner.

 

[SouthernChap]

For me, it's good coffee (I became a coffee snob during Covid)

I started going down that rabbit hole a few years back when I discovered James Hoffman on YouTube.

I ended up realising I didn't have the cash at the time for a decent enough machine, so I ended up with a Gaggia classic and a PID kit, and a Niche Zero grinder. Since I have simple coffee tastes (body, rich chocolatey taste, generally medium roast), the Gaggia + Niche worked really well for a few years but my maintenance has been lacking and now the Gaggia is hors de combat and I need to see if a thorough clean and descaling does the trick.

Maybe I'll try to get some money together for something like a little Rocket Apartmento. For the last two months I've been aeropress'ing every morning. It's been a bit of a ball ache if I'm honest.

 

[SouthernChap]

Be careful. They'll probably accuse you of thievery even though the only alternative for this stuff was either the landfill or to rot in place.

They could have auctioned it off to replenish the public coffers a bit, but that would cost them more than they would make, and they know it. Or, they could hire a liquidator to do that for their usual cut (half). But they already had that chance.

But I'd still be careful.

Also A "not his real name" Southern Chap

Eh, it was dumped in a pile on completely publicly accessible land. They can have it all back if they come round but they'll have to shift the 260 Kg surface plate on its stand that's now on top of it.

Nah, it'll be fine, rozzers have enough to do, nobody cares about it.

 

[SouthernChap]

Sounds great but I had to make do.




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Looks good, to be fair I prefer my bacon the American way, rather than the floppy British way.

 

[SouthernChap]

No grilled “tomaatoes?” Dripping Fried Bread yes, but was never fond of the rack of cold toast: when I stayed in Caernarfon I would go the the Safeway (no close by Tesco), pick up a packet of “English” muffins and ask the staff to butter & griddle them for me.

Oh, and Black Pudding!

Ah, not mad keen on grilled tomato unless maybe it's the peeled plum type.

Kedgeree is tasty, but seldom available where I stayed. And I didn’t need a bell: as a frequent guest I had my special room at the top of the house, and was a friend of the staff.

I love kedgeree and since I don't actually have any staff, I have to make it myself, I don't have it that often.

Even more OT story:

The last visit I made to North Wales was with a couple of John Deere Engineers and two of our workers to meet with the Sales & Engineering staff to review the JD parts manufacturing. We stayed at “my” hotel, and eight of us all met for breakfast the first day. Two ladies seated us at a large table and proceeded to explain the cooked breakfast and point out the cold cereal and small glasses & pitcher of orange juice available on a side table. Meanwhile, a third lady (without asking) was busy bringing me large glasses of orange juice & ice water (my wife always asked for water when she visited with me once, so they kept it up) and a fourth bringing out my breakfast. To say the least, the locals were impressed and the Deere guys asked, “do you come here often?”

Nothing like a good British guest house for service and a great breakfast.

What I miss most are Arbroath Smokies in cream sauce as a starter before a Highland Beefsteak for dinner.

God...why am I so hungry now!

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Looks good, to be fair I prefer my bacon the American way, rather than the floppy British way.

I like ours a little on the soft side on a sandwich, don’t know if I ever had proper rashers.

First time I had Canadian bacon was at McDonalds as a kid on an eggamuffin and I immediately wanted to invade Canada and liberate them from that soggy sliced ham impersonating a proper smoked pork product.

BTW, don’t you ever sleep?