Places to visit whilst in Scotland

Couple of years back, a mate of mine bought a farmhouse at auction.
He had a final viewing of the property on the Thursday afternoon, the auction was on Friday afternoon. He went back on Saturday morning to admire his new purchase and there wasn't a single slate left on the roof of the house or the barn!
Of course, he hadn't yet arranged any insurance and the rozzers established that they went missing on the Friday night, so not covered by the previous owners insurance.
Cost him £15k!

Depends on what time next year Grffdowg as me landie is still stripped down to the chassis, if its up and running i might well be interested in joining up

redhand said:

Leads fetching a resonable price at the moment as well. All those chinese plumbers & electronics bods are running out of solder.

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dont use lead in solder no more - ROSH compliance - mustnt have any colophony

new stuff is a reet bugger - wont flow proper and sticks like **** to evryfink except wot yu want!

I think you mean RoHS - which banned lead in solder, among other things.
lead-free solder is OK, but you need a slightly higher temperature to get a good flow. also, cleanliness of the parts being soldered is even more important because the flux used is not as aggressive as the old stuff.

yu is rite, Trewy - i aint woke up yet
Cleanliness is a problem with contacts - we is having to resort to flux dipping all connectors - makes a reet mess if yu aint carefull.

I recently replaced the flashing along me conservatory roof. The last time I bought some 6" Class 2 lead, it was £9 a roll. This time it was £37 ffs!

alright back to it ffs i didnt ask how to ****ing solder did i!

Busterbus. fancy hooking up for some driving - fishing - drinking then? i plan to bring the rods anyway

watched that program on BBC last night "great british journeys" or something. that bloke in the old car went up to glen coe - inverness - tongue - skye

looks awesome up in the northwest!

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all knowledge is good Griffy - yu nevva know when it mite come in handy.

in anycase - yu cant be the only one wivout a hijacted fred

Mondeo - ffs change that sig - it conjours up some really disturbing images

The Mad Hat Man said:

all knowledge is good Griffy - yu nevva know when it mite come in handy.

in anycase - yu cant be the only one wivout a hijacted fred

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true. i might need to re solder my winch solonoid whilst stuck in the depths of scotland!

Griffdowg said:

alright back to it ffs i didnt ask how to ****ing solder did i!

Busterbus. fancy hooking up for some driving - fishing - drinking then? i plan to bring the rods anyway

watched that program on BBC last night "great british journeys" or something. that bloke in the old car went up to glen coe - inverness - tongue - skye

looks awesome up in the northwest!

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Sounds good If ye let me know when yer thinkin' about going, ah'll see what ah can do. What kinda fishing are ye talkin' about? Not that it matters when there's drink involved

ai, some sea bass fishin! prob the wrong time of year though. it'll be around may/june time.

im only just getting back into it after i used to go out on the boat with me old man. was going to bring up my 9ft HD spin rod and a 12ft brach/pier rod.

could i fish the lochs with the spin rod?

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ooohhh yer wild beast you, a misspent youth fishin eh

yella, go and bother daft with your radio talk

Griffdowg said:

ai, some sea bass fishin! prob the wrong time of year though. it'll be around may/june time.

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Dunno aboot the Bass, but ah'm sure there will be summit oot there. Maybe some mackrel, pollack, dogfishmad: ) and the likes.

im only just getting back into it after i used to go out on the boat with me old man. was going to bring up my 9ft HD spin rod and a 12ft brach/pier rod.

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Bin out of it meself for a wee while but still got me beach casters My main fishing was done in the winter for cod and conger from the rocks.

could i fish the lochs with the spin rod?

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Ye probably could, but i think ye may need to buy a permit. Not sure how it works as I've never tried it meself. i'll stick to the sea cos it's free

yer, lets hit up the rock marks for some late cod/haddock

Griffdowg said:

yer, lets hit up the rock marks for some late cod/haddock

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Sounds good.
Just make sure ye've plenty weights

Can I join yer fishin club, I caught this in the Ashby Canal.

An yer can use leaded solder for any plumbing job that dunt have potable water running in it, an 6 metre roll of 600mm code four lead has gone up by 20 quid in a month. So there.

oooh are we avin a fishin club

You is all cruel evil bastids torchuring them poor fishes.....

we dont "tourcher" them... we eat em!
G