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Heard this on way home. Seems quite apt at the moment. John Brown Bob Dylan When John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore His mama sure was proud of him He stood straight and tall in his uniform and all His mama's face broke out all in a grin "Oh son, you look so fine, I'm glad you're a son of mine You make me proud to know you hold a gun Do what the captain says, lots of medals you will get And we'll put them on the wall when you come home" And that old train pulled out, John's ma began to shout Tellin' everyone in the neighborhood "That's my son that's about to go, he's a soldier now, you know" She made well sure her neighbors understood She got a letter once in a while and her face broke into a smile As she showed them to the people from next door And she bragged about her son with his uniform and gun And these things you called a good old-fashioned war Oh, good old-fashioned war Then the letters ceased to come, for a long time they did not come They ceased to come for about ten months or more Then a letter finally came saying, "Go down and meet the train Your son's a-coming home from the war" She smiled and went right down, she looked everywhere around But she did not see her soldier son in sight But as all the people passed, she saw her son at last When she did she could hardly believe her eyes Oh, his face was all shot up and his hand was all blown off And he wore a metal brace around his waist He whispered kind of slow, in a voice she did not know While she couldn't even recognize his face Oh Lord, recognize his face "Oh tell me, my darling son, pray tell me what they done How is it that you come to be this way?" He tried his best to talk as his mouth could hardly move And the mother had to turn her face away "Don't you remember, Ma, when I went off to war You thought it was the best thing I could do? I was on the battleground, you were home acting proud You wasn't there standing in my shoes" "Lord, I thought when I was there, God, what am I doing here? I'm a-tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin' But the thing that scared me most was when my enemy came close And I saw that his face looked just like mine" Oh Lord, just like mine "And I couldn't help but think, through the thunder sound and stink That I was just a puppet in a play And through the roar and smoke, this string is finally broke And a cannonball blew my eyes away" As he turned away to walk, his Ma was still in shock Seein' the metal brace that helped him stand But as he turned to go, he called his mother close And he dropped his medals down into her hand

Back in 1999 I was stopped in the street and asked if I knew what 24/7 meant. I had know idea, but my partner did. They did the shopping. How about 24/7/52 Or is that a birthday. Small list: https://famouspeople.astro-seek.com/famous-birthdate/24-july-1952

Going to be discussed more now that Except it is kWh FFS.

Is that acid so strong it has eaten all the LHS stones. Or is it the Acid House that has vibrated them off.

If you get 10 m³/hour (divide by 3,600 to get flow in seconds) of flow and the head is 1 metre, then you have a maximum of very little.

I have emailed someone who looks into all this sort of vampire loads and energy usage. Shall see what he can find out as he has a bit more industry clout than me.

Welcome I am currently sitting in mid Bucks, but used to know North Bucks well. There are a load of new grants available for tree planting. Worth looking up. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tree-planting-and-woodland-creation-funding-and-advice Or run a camp site on it. Friend of the family bought some crap land in Wales. Allowed the Scouts to use it for summer camps, than got permission to build a toilet block, then a 'storage centre'. Now it is that Barry Island holiday park.

Yes, that was it, the old 'cheating bucket'. Never really understood it.

We need to make a list of ones that do, and ones that don't.

Am I right in thinking that normal electrical meters don't log anything below 0.5 Wh.

Yep, same old record. When you hit on a winning formula, why change. I chose my own clothes back in the 1970's, stuck with them though all the cyclical fashion fad. Same with my kitchen. Been the bees knees at least twice now.

To my mind, reducing parasitic loads is vital for reducing energy usage. Why I worked so hard on doing it.

May have a trip down to the ASHP training centre and see what they know about it. Certainly makes choosing a manufacturer a bit easier, strike Mitsubishi off the list.

Seems other have noticed it as well https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/question/mitsubishi-mini-split-phantom-draw https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/heat-pump-idling-while-your-wood-stove-is-running.184381/

Only exactly because it is a leap year. I heard it from a fitter about 15 years ago. Not sure which day though.

Is there blood and guts, and exploding cars in it. Or so dark and depressing that you wish bed time was your last.

That is dreadful, and probably not taken into account with the CoP figures. I would strike Mitsubishi off the list of ASHPs if the whole range does this.

Had to look that up.

Luckily I am away. Shall get the maid to change the linen before I return.

I think yu are right. Sensible to do it with compressions anyway when DIYing.

To quote you back, easy to say, where is the proof.

You planted your beans yet. If not let us know when and I shall do the same. Then a race is on.

You got scaffolding? My scaffold tower is currently in Bucks for the foreseeable. Pretty close to yours.

You could fit and wire the modules on all your roof. Then connect up what you are allowed to. Try calling your DNO and explain, some people are helpful. The PV team at WP down here are very good. No nonsense engineers.

That is the starting point. Once liquid, it can seep to many places, even travel uphill a bit.