@d1 @autistics
I love music in general, but particularly music that keeps to a good beat and rhythm. It got me into dance and trance music at the turn of the century.

I don't like it when there are skips, pauses, changes in timing, etc. it throws me and makes me fret.

I used to play bass guitar and programme the drum machine when I was in a band in the 80s.
I have been tempted to buy a drum machine so I can have a beat while working, but listening to music is easier.

@JeniParsons @suearcher @helenclayton
I do love doing these kinds of little jobs.

@suearcher @JeniParsons @helenclayton
Where the feed pipe meets the top of the IBC I added a kitchen sieve to catch any leaves that and debris that gets past the leaf grids in the gutters.
The IBC was painted and then wrapped in black pallet wrap to keep it dark and reduce algae growth

When we cladded it, I made a lift up hatch for cleaning the sieve.

@JeniParsons @helenclayton @suearcher
Thank you.

At the Community Forest Garden there is another pipe bridge.
I wanted to design and install that as a volunteer, but a contractor for the water utilities said their engineer would do it.

They ran it in unsupported 3 metre lengths of gutter, and had to add more supports as it sagged. Then last winter the gutter sagged more and flipped over out of the brackets.

I have done a partial repair and will need to replace the whole thing another time, but done properly!

@helenclayton @suearcher @JeniParsons

This is the pipe bridge I designed and installed at the allotment.

Due to the large roof area of the building, and the lack of fall from the end of the gutter the first long length of bridge pipe, along the green fence, I ran in 110mm soil pipe as a buffer. It can fill and hold a lot more water during a heavy storm.
You can see the smaller 40mm pipe tee'd off from it, and running along the wooden bridge support.

There was minimal fall to get the bridge to move water 12 metres while staying above head height. It could then have a greater fall to an IBC by the polytunnel.

To speed up access to the water I added a blue barrel, connected at the bottom, to the IBC and so it would always be at the same level. Watering cans could then be dip filled instead of using a tap.

@katemorley
Wonderful!

If it were mine, I would be so tempted to cut that out to keep and replace with a new board.

@ianturton
Yeah, if you want another one....

I have a lot of DVDs that we enjoy watching.

I have a very old VHS/DVD recorder that stopped playing and was replaced by a very cheap Sylvania DVD player.
It has been stuttering a lot to the point where it freezes for more than it plays.

I might trip it for parts though I would like to get the VHS/DVD recorder to work again so I can transfer VHS to a digital format.

@ianturton
In what condition, though?

We need to buy a replacement DVD player from Argos (cos we like owning our media) and looking through the Q&As this tickled me.