Recent content by Jim Brewster

This is me being an awkward sod as usual...

It was Pastore I was thinking of

Traditionally they were back when they were pulled by horses. Some still are, some have GRP tops, some are aluminium, but most are steel.

Scientists use spent brewer's yeast to filter out metal from waste streams by Frontiers When we recycle electronic devices we can no longer use, we expect to make the most out of the precious natural resources that went into building them. But electronic waste is notoriously difficult to...

Blacking is actually only a few hundred quid every couple of years for bitumen. More expensive but less frequent if its done with epoxy. The lifts are around £600 though to lift in and out. The expensive work comes if the hull is in bad shape and needs welding, this is why a survey is very...

I've been seriously looking for a narrowboat to live on since Christmas. I figure why not while I'm still young enough to have the ability. Been having a catch 22 before parting with tens of thousands of pounds - if it's in the water it needs to come out for a survey to check the steel at and...

In times when people argue over whether women have penises anything is possible really

There's a brewery that does a Vimto sour, can't remember who though

Not food... but I've come across it so much lately, when someone is selling something and something is broken... "it just needs this" and "it just needs that".. well, 🤬 do it then before you sell it if it's an easy job.

Whenever I'm washing out my yoghurt pots for the recycling bin I think of this

I've been on the low alcohol lately. My verdict - Ghost Ship is still my favourite, but only about half as good as the 'real version'! I finally had the Guinness one, it was nice they even managed to get that 'tang' which is quite impressive. For lager I think Heineken is the best, or...