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This was my concern with the advertised power of the Stiga. I have used a blade on a tractor of similar power at my last house, and it is indeed difficult to shift more than a few inches. Fortunately my neighbour had a bigger tractor with a proper blower and was happy to do my driveway also. I now h...

Without wishing to sound like one of your parents, "Go out and play".

Is a Husqvarna an option? They are very well regarded around here. I may get one as a replacement for my current John Deere. Do not get a John Deere! (mine came free with the house) I think the Husqvarna TS142 is the entry level, which I have had a look at at my local dealer. I think pretty much eve...

..and every infantryman's nightmare. Looks like the Ukes do have artillery ammo again. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112456255692926070 I think what has happened is: First Russian tank gets stuck in mud. Second Russian tank gets stuck trying to pull the first one out The Russians bell up a civil...

Welcome to 21st Century warfare.
Ground drones position themselves over Russian bunkers, and blow the roof off.
Air drones then dive inside.
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112456259280123063

and more drone strike video, from Novorossiysk this time
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112455782919483383

putin will be doing his nut this morning.

Dried apricots for snacking
Tagine
Liqueur

Machine vision is very difficult. I did a bit on it in my physics degree, and have made an attempt to keep up with it since. Essentially, spotting objects from a background is a massive operation in parallel processing, and we are still not sure just how our own brains do it. It can be made easier b...

Hi-res satellite of Belbek: Hit List 2 MiG-31 1 Su-27 1 MiG-29 1 Fuel dump 1/2 S-400 battery A good night's work. About $530m of Russian hardware up in smoke. Cost of missiles: $18m https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112454934090309139 No image of the weapons bunker yet. That will be a Brucie Bonus t...

Very interesting. Looks usable to me. Meanwhile; go to sleep Russians, your air defence already has! https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112455214341204862 and "For the first time since the start of the war, none of the brigades complain that there are no artillery projectiles. And this has been happe...

The 20x was not randomly chosen

We have fantastic soil here, and an ideal summer climate. However, we can be seriously stuffed before then. It's been over 20 degrees for the last few days, but the older gardeners regard anyone who plants before the 10th of June as an idiot, because, out of nowhere, we can get a direct channel to t...

Mine are all relatively close, but my primary methods to solve the groceries problems are copied from my mother back in the '70s. I've bought the biggest freezer I have space for, grow a veggie garden, and got better/more adventurous at cooking. I will be using the mangoes to make my own chutney. Th...

Not sure the one chip death qualifies as a Darwin. I can find no evidence that the teen knew of his heart condition - it appears it was only discovered during the autopsy.
Indeed, it is interesting that none of the media have questioned this.

I do remember those. My parents were keen collectors and they seemed to be effective.
Unlike almost all current schemes, which appear to be data-harvesting operations disguised as discount schemes.

Discounts have plummeted since the Pandemic. A typical Superstore flyer was 12 or 16 pages, it is now 4. Large numbers of items now never go on sale. As for pricing, it's all over the place. Mangoes at one store today 2.99 in the flyer, at another 1.49 if a member. My local expanded butchers/grocers...

This airfield is easy for Ukraine-friendly locals to oversee. Coupled with sat-int, I would expect the Ukrainians to have a good idea of what was where before the strike. Quite a few of the aircraft are obviously parked in storage positions. There are 9 Mig-29s and 3 L39s which may not have moved si...

Belbek - Sat image before/after.
Looks like 2 Mig-31 Foxhounds are toast!
The third burnt out area is, I think, the ready-use refueling tanks.
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112452372356216291

Nothing like local knowledge!
Did the museum look like it could be put back into use? Condition of quays? Still water-filled, etc?