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No lard or dripping today so I had butter ghee on toast and lovely it was too. Ghee (clarified butter) is used a lot in Indian cooking and can cook at a higher temp than butter without 'burning'. Even after opening it will last many weeks in a fridge.

Used up the last of my tomatoes yesterday, made tomato/red onion/chili chutney. Its taste is similar to Branston but with a 'bite' to it.

Still a bit of colour in the garden

You don't always need a loaf tin, I make bread from time to time

Coming to the end of the toms

You need to make a USB boot drive on your laptop then try and boot your PC with it (if you don't have one you can pick one up from Argos or bigger supermarkets). £5 on a USB drive is better than £85 and in reality its the first thing the shop would try. Git it a go and report back

The gentle hiss of a paraffin pressure lantern is soothing, great on a summer night in the garden or in my little mancave, not because I've no power there but because its just nice :) 1954 Vapalux Army lantern and a little 1960s petrol burner made by Optimus (who took over Primus)

I'm quite a well know stove collector, yes people collect old classic stoves the way some people collect classic cars. I was an active four season hiker/camper and bushcrafter but sadly lung problems have stopped all that. At one point I had 232 stoves in my collection Blast from my past past

If anyone has a Primus in a box let me know, I'll fettle it back to life, sell it on ebay and donate money raised to a charity of your choice. Sold off the bulk of my stove collection, hung on to about 20 for brew duty in the mancave :)

We had a family car around 1962 so during the summer Sunday meant day trips including Stourport. Coughton Court, Warwick & Kenilworth Castles, Worcester were all close to home. Sometimes we'd set off at the crack of dawn and head up to Rhyl Beach or Snowdonia. Picnic packed, Primus Stove for...

Ten year old granddaughter went into the polytunnel to pick some toms and found this...I had to pick the toms ;)

The oldest clothing I own and still wear is a down jacket made by RAB which must be thirty years old now, still very warm although the 'fit' is a little tighter than it was 30 years ago ;)

Chrome is by a mile my favorite browser all down to the level of integration on different machines I run and its superb search engine. This computer is my 'posh' one, i9 based used for photo/video editing, two PC's in the radio shack, one in the kitchen and another plugged into the main TV and...

webp format provides the same quality as jpg but with a smaller file size. There is an add on to chrome which lets you change the default to jpg https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-get-around-chromes-new-save-as-webp-image-format-issue/

Serial port issue, have you installed W10 drivers, what cable are you using? are the FTDI drivers up to date? https://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/vcp_e.html Norton and McAfee are much easier to install than they are to remove when you realise just how resource hungry they are and...

Journey into Space led to the Patherfinders to tv series and you can watch free online

I make chips maybe twice a month and always cook them in lard or beef dripping, the only time I use an oil is a quick spray on fresh diced potatoes to cook patatas bravas in an air fryer (they come out really good). Not a big fan of lard or dripping sarnies unless its 'pan scrapes' which pick...

As I type this using Chrome and ABP (add block plus) there are zero adverts and ABP is showing 43 blocked

Tor is popular for those browsing the 'dark web'. VPN's are popular with expats living in Spain et at so they can get their corrie street/emerdale/eastenders 'fix' ;)