{"id":9478,"date":"2011-12-15T23:27:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T23:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=9478"},"modified":"2017-07-25T06:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T06:33:00","slug":"thursday-15th-december-2011-a-wise-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=9478","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 15th December 2011 &#8211; A WISE DECISION &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; staying here.<\/p>\n<p>Not the least of reasons being that I&#8217;m warm and comfortable and at a reasonable price too.<\/p>\n<p>It means that I can load up Caliburn a lot earlier than I would otherwise have done. And so I&#8217;m not rushing around panicking at the last moment like I always seem to do.<\/p>\n<p>Having picked up the scaffolding yesterday I can run off to Manchester today, do a trip around Trafford Park for Screwfix and Toolstation for more stuff. Including a 35-litre plastic water tank.<\/p>\n<p>As you might remember, the metal drum for my home-made immersion heater <a href=\"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=9441\">melted through while I was in Canada<\/a> in the autumn. I&#8217;ve decided to build the next one with a plastic container. This is a cold-water container, it&#8217;s true, but I&#8217;m hoping that it will withstand a regular 60-70\u00b0C heat without too many problems. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to find a copper container somewhere, but I&#8217;m not sure how I&#8217;m going to do that. Eventually though, I&#8217;ll be lucky enough to find a good 50-litre copper immersion heater, and I can then make a new mounting plate for the element.<\/p>\n<p>Later on, I went round to rescue Percy Penguin from work, and enticed her back to my lair to see where I was staying. She doesn&#8217;t live too far away from here. I had thought about taking her out for a meal, but when I asked her if she fancied some <em>coq au vin<\/em>, she got into the back of Caliburn.<\/p>\n<p>But tomorrow I&#8217;m back on the road. 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