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| Author | Message |
| Topic: Cambrian Mines Trust | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 21/05/2013 19:10:16
Subject: Cambrian Mines Trust
Good news. I look forward to the trip at NAMHO. Chris. |
| Topic: Li ion battery charger | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: Lamps & Lighting
Posted: 18/05/2013 13:35:25
Subject: Li ion battery charger
I have a B6 myself, and I can vouch that it is a decent bit of kit at an incredibly low price. If you put diodes with each battery, you will lose 0.3V (best case - Schottky diode). This mig |
| Topic: Li ion battery charger | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: Lamps & Lighting
Posted: 18/05/2013 11:29:19
Subject: Li ion battery charger
There is no point faffing around making a charger when you can buy one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Imax-B6-LCD-Screen-RC-Lipo-NiMh-Li-io-n-LiFe-Battery-LiPro-Balance-Charger-/330915718524 |
| Topic: Potash mine to hit visitor numbers by 15%! | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North East England
Posted: 15/05/2013 21:23:07
Subject: Potash mine to hit visitor numbers by 15%!
I think the previous posters have summed up the situation pretty well. Chris. |
| Topic: Drakelow 27th April | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: Midlands
Posted: 24/04/2013 21:55:20
Subject: Drakelow 27th April
Correct. Chris. |
| Topic: Gwydyr mines | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North Wales
Posted: 23/04/2013 21:19:25
Subject: Gwydyr mines
So do we have any idea what the CCC agreement is? And what the agenda is on Friday? Chris. |
| Topic: Gwydyr mines | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North Wales
Posted: 17/04/2013 08:14:35
Subject: Gwydyr mines
Should the invite be extended to NAMHO registered clubs too? CATMHS is in NAMHO, but I am pretty sure it is not affiliated to CCC (being [i]caving[/i] related!) Chris. |
| Topic: Gwydyr mines | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North Wales
Posted: 17/04/2013 07:51:54
Subject: Gwydyr mines
It sounds like progress is being made at the very least. I was wondering the other day about this as it does seem like a long time ago that the last meeting was held. It would be good to he |
| Topic: Welsh slate bids for global status | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North Wales
Posted: 14/04/2013 08:39:27
Subject: Welsh slate bids for global status
Not quite sure what the point is? Why should an EU quango* be marketing products? Surely Welsh Slate have a marketing dept. Chris. *well, I don't know if it's a quango to be |
| Topic: Clocks go forward (or not) | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 24/03/2013 19:33:22
Subject: Clocks go forward (or not)
[quote="Tamarmole"]Hands up who looked at their aditnow calendar this morning and put their clocks forward on the strength of it.[/quote] I looked at the calendar yesterday and thought that |
| Topic: 11000 lumen head-torch | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: Lamps & Lighting Posted: 16/03/2013 10:21:29 Subject: 11000 lumen head-torch Although I have been using my home made 11K lumen head torch for a while now, last weekend I finally managed to take some photos underground for comparison purposes with a Wiseled Tactical and an Oldh |
| Topic: NAMHO 2013 | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 12/03/2013 20:56:26
Subject: NAMHO 2013
Well I have sent off my hard earned cash, so expect to see me there on the underground trips. Chris. |
| Topic: have we got any solicitors on here? | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 10/03/2013 20:20:43
Subject: have we got any solicitors on here?
Lots of legal people do free 1-hour consultations. Clearly they do it to get you to spend money with them, but it's worth the chat. Also, look up 'pro bono'. It is not food for professional |
| Topic: Oops! | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: South East England
Posted: 10/03/2013 20:08:44
Subject: Oops!
You would think they have maps showing the underground network..... Perhaps the Civil Engineers were using Harry Beck's schematic rather than an actual representation of the routes! |
| Topic: Marrick Low & Upper Smelt Mill Access | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North East England
Posted: 04/03/2013 20:08:30
Subject: Marrick Low & Upper Smelt Mill Access
Or if the farmer is a lost cause, just tell him to ferk off. :devil: Probably not the best idea for continued access in the area as farmers do talk to each other, and he may be a tenant f |
| Topic: Mining in Hampshire?? | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 28/02/2013 18:45:47
Subject: Mining in Hampshire??
[quote="exspelio"][quote="Tamarmole"](b) If there wasn't any mining in Hampshire is it the only English county without mining or are there others?[/quote] Doubt theres much mining in Norfo |
| Topic: NAMHO 2013 | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 27/02/2013 08:11:19
Subject: NAMHO 2013
[quote="royfellows"]Bryncarnedd is already mentioned on the website but there are some poor reviews, so i will be checking it out and reporting back. Its only £6 a night and walking distance from |
| Topic: NAMHO 2013 | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 26/02/2013 18:15:46
Subject: NAMHO 2013
If I come by myself, I will camp at the campsite within walking distance. If I bring my good lady, we will stay at the Aberystwyth Ritz Carlton. Chris. |
| Topic: Coniston Bonsor Level | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North West England
Posted: 26/02/2013 18:12:39
Subject: Coniston Bonsor Level
[quote="Marra"] but my worry is that all their previous 'jobs' have resulted in a locked /gated level, this cannot be allowed to happen.[/quote] CATMHS generally does what the landowner ask |
| Topic: NAMHO 2013 | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 24/02/2013 21:00:42
Subject: NAMHO 2013
OK, so I might be being a bit thick here...... I plan to do some of the underground trips, but I can't see a way to indicate which trips pique my interest on the booking form? Do |
| Topic: NAMHO 2013 | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 24/02/2013 09:07:35
Subject: NAMHO 2013
The link doesn't work for me...... Chris. |
| Topic: Zip wires for Penrhyn quarry? | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North Wales
Posted: 11/02/2013 20:46:54
Subject: Zip wires for Penrhyn quarry?
Good luck to them I say. It seems mighty expensive to me, but clearly they think the tourists will pay. If it brings a bit of money / employment into the area, that can't be bad thing, both |
| Topic: Time Team Coniston Copper Mines | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North West England Posted: 10/02/2013 10:19:46 Subject: Time Team Coniston Copper Mines [quote="mudbeast"]The programme was repeated this evening and I was amazed that a large part of it was devoted to travelling and the locality. Not much of an investigation, certainly not in the mines! |
| Topic: Time Team Coniston Copper Mines | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North West England
Posted: 05/02/2013 10:31:27
Subject: Time Team Coniston Copper Mines
Indeed. The actual 'diggers' did work pretty hard, moving large amounts of stuff with a trowel. The 'supervisors' did less digging and much more supervising! You can see where the budget go |
| Topic: Time Team Coniston Copper Mines | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North West England
Posted: 04/02/2013 17:19:26
Subject: Time Team Coniston Copper Mines
[quote="crickleymal"][quote="ChrisJC"]I was there. The weather was shite. Getting to the site was hard - not helped by the fact that they all insisted on returning to the bottom for lunch!! |
| Topic: Time Team Coniston Copper Mines | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North West England
Posted: 04/02/2013 17:17:36
Subject: Time Team Coniston Copper Mines
[quote="dolcoath1"]Always going to be awkward to excavate and find anything up there!! Was that part of a copper cobbing floor they dug up in the red dell, certainly didn't look like anything to |
| Topic: Time Team Coniston Copper Mines | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North West England
Posted: 04/02/2013 08:42:42
Subject: Time Team Coniston Copper Mines
I was there. CATMHS were mentioned in the credits. The weather was shite. Getting to the site was hard - not helped by the fact that they all insisted on returning to the bottom |
| Topic: Proposed Nuclear Dump in the lake district | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 02/02/2013 16:23:44
Subject: Proposed Nuclear Dump in the lake district
I'd be more than happy to have a dump like this nearby. I am sure the same can't be said for the vast majority of the locals through. Although I am holding out for the Shale Gas extraction that m |
| Topic: Fellows lamps forum. | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: Lamps & Lighting Posted: 02/02/2013 13:22:02 Subject: Fellows lamps forum. You can't tell from those pics. The actual soldered area is underneath the emitter. It looks like they have made the hole in the solder resist larger on the left photo, which doesn't make any differen |
| Topic: What light do you use to cave or mine explore with | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: Lamps & Lighting
Posted: 02/02/2013 13:19:02
Subject: What light do you use to cave or mine explore with
I made my own - 11,000 lumens at full whack. And I use a small Maglite on the side as an emergency spare. Chris. |
| Topic: Li Po battery shocker | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat Posted: 31/01/2013 19:08:54 Subject: Li Po battery shocker Petrol isn't especially great either, yet we seem to be quite happy hurtling around at great speeds with litres of the stuff under our bottoms in plastic containers...... I expect YouTube has plenty o |
| Topic: Proposed Nuclear Dump in the lake district | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 30/01/2013 20:47:50
Subject: Proposed Nuclear Dump in the lake district
[quote="Morlock"]Update on Lake District proposal. http://news.sky.com/story/1045037/cumbria-votes-against-nuclear-waste-site[/quote] Pity. Perhaps it will be resubmit |
| Topic: New and keen on copper. | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: Hello, I'm new around here...
Posted: 10/01/2013 19:16:59
Subject: New and keen on copper.
[quote="MarshallDavies"] Ps. Roy, are you [i]the[/i] Roy Fellows? He of many lumens?[/quote] He is indeed the Roy Fellows of quite a few lumens. Chris. |
| Topic: Proposed Nuclear Dump in the lake district | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 21/12/2012 14:35:18
Subject: Proposed Nuclear Dump in the lake district
I don't have the data to do the sums, but hypothetically speaking, what if: The entire dump leaked over 100,000 years. The leaked material made it's way to the surface at a constant rate. |
| Topic: Proposed Nuclear Dump in the lake district | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat Posted: 20/12/2012 22:15:29 Subject: Proposed Nuclear Dump in the lake district It's funny how we are so paranoid about the long term effects of 'nuclear' things, yet the havoc we are wreaking on the environment with our conspicuous over consumption of just about every resource g |
| Topic: Cambrian Mines Trust | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 14/12/2012 17:23:05
Subject: Cambrian Mines Trust
Steady on - if you flatter Roy any more, his ego won't fit through his digs. Chris. |
| Topic: Glynrhonwy - the saga continues | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North Wales
Posted: 10/12/2012 11:17:58
Subject: Glynrhonwy - the saga continues
[quote="simonrl"] The Glynrhonwy project isn't that large. Therefore it's impact as a top-up to renewable power for when - presumably - the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine won't be th |
| Topic: Glynrhonwy - the saga continues | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North Wales
Posted: 09/12/2012 13:40:27
Subject: Glynrhonwy - the saga continues
[quote="simonrl"] What in unequivocal is that pumped storage is the largest form of grid-energy storage available and has scope to level output from intermittent (read renewable) sources. [/ |
| Topic: Glynrhonwy - the saga continues | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North Wales
Posted: 09/12/2012 09:07:07
Subject: Glynrhonwy - the saga continues
Sorry to be controversial, but what a load of wingeing old cobblers. I would think that a scheme that is of benefit to all, in terms of green energy and job creation would be welcomed with |
| Topic: Expansion of Penrhyn slate quarry approved | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North Wales
Posted: 05/12/2012 19:15:37
Subject: Expansion of Penrhyn slate quarry approved
Compare / contrast with Cowdale. Chris. |
| Topic: Another development threat - Cowdale Quarry | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: Midlands
Posted: 28/11/2012 19:06:27
Subject: Another development threat - Cowdale Quarry
Pity about the jobs though....... Chris. |
| Topic: Return of The Thursday Nighters...... | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North Wales
Posted: 19/11/2012 18:36:36
Subject: Return of The Thursday Nighters......
[quote="owaincbrown"]... the constant rain of rocks whenever anyone was on the rope...[/quote] Knowing the 'mine god' that was on the trip, I can sympathise with you. We send him down first |
| Topic: Cambrian Mines Trust | |
|
ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 19/11/2012 18:33:55
Subject: Cambrian Mines Trust
I hope we can avoid a repeat of the fiasco that surrounded the organisation dealing with access to the Gwydyr forest mines. The bun-fighting that ensued served nobody. I have an |
| Topic: Backup and restore wizard? yeah right! | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 10/11/2012 13:45:49
Subject: Backup and restore wizard? yeah right!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup The first purpose of a backup is to recover data after it's loss. Something RAID1 will do. A secondary purpose is to recover data from an earlier ti |
| Topic: Backup and restore wizard? yeah right! | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 09/11/2012 21:32:36
Subject: Backup and restore wizard? yeah right!
[quote="NewStuff"]MY problem is with RAID itself, and it's continued perception as a Backup solution.[/quote] Depends which RAID. I am using RAID1 - i.e. exactly the entire datas |
| Topic: Backup and restore wizard? yeah right! | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 08/11/2012 21:42:14
Subject: Backup and restore wizard? yeah right!
For those of us with a proper operating system, I recommend using software RAID. I use this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdadm with two 500G drives. For those of you with Windows |
| Topic: New potash mine in the UK? | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: North East England
Posted: 02/11/2012 17:00:39
Subject: New potash mine in the UK?
[quote="RJV"] Where is this river Tee?[/quote] Bloody local pedants. Chris. |
| Topic: Breaking news on the battle of Orgreave | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat Posted: 25/10/2012 07:52:44 Subject: Breaking news on the battle of Orgreave [quote="derrickman"]Blair was never going to allow Rover to collapse on the eve of a General Election, so the Phoenix Group takeover was attractive; the last-minute "loan" of enough money to pay that |
| Topic: Breaking news on the battle of Orgreave | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat Posted: 24/10/2012 20:57:53 Subject: Breaking news on the battle of Orgreave [quote="derrickman"][quote="Aditaddict"]Off Topic i know but "German management has revived Mini. " But they failed miserably with Rover ,or did they take the profitable part of the company which was |
| Topic: Breaking news on the battle of Orgreave | |
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ChrisJC |
Forum: General Chat
Posted: 24/10/2012 16:13:33
Subject: Breaking news on the battle of Orgreave
[quote="Cuban Bloodhound"] Look at Tower Colliery, that was one of the pits planned for closure and did in 1994 due to being unprofitable. After a worker buyout it continued mining coal for anoth |
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