You’re right, the problem will pass but the rebound time will have a significantly longer tail and by the time you might be in a position to return to last know good state everyone will be used to the higher prices and a box of marines will be circa £60 (as an arbitrary made up price) and there will be little incentive to reduce the price.

The shareholders sure as heck aren’t looking at alternatives to ensure this disruption doesn’t affect production.
All they care about is how to maximize the profits by selling their current resources for maximum profit.
That’s why we are in this situation.

They did not learn from the pandemic by increasing local buffers and looking for…[Read more]

The plumber finally showed up. He struggled with the gland nut, it wouldn’t turn. I think his solution was to turn down the water pressure which is not a long term fix, but at least it’s not dripping.

Not sure how that will affect filling the bath, or taking a shower.

I did google and found a video on youtube on how to fix that problem, but if I…[Read more]

GW still does their core plastic casting in UK; only their terrain lines are in PRC.

Also, the number one use for oil extracted here in Alberta is … the plastic pellets that are used to make things out of plastic. And we do a lot of oil. Like, it’s the whole economy. Or people would make you believe it.

Metal I can’t see making a comeback in an…[Read more]

And I finished my entry today!

Chonky Festus the Leechlord, in his best chonky form on chonky slug-mount. Enjoy …

@pagan8th Commiserations on the plumbing issues.  Hopefully it will be straightforward to resolve.

@gorram Well reminded on the Spring Clean Challenge front.  I hope you find something that you’ll enjoy doing.  I’ve picked my theme for this year but need to have a root round in The Pile before Friday when we can start our projects.  Looking for…[Read more]