Windmills

Need to plug in those windmills to some electricity to get them to spin round all the time 24/7... otherwise, what is the point? If they just sit there doing nothing they are useless

Burt Reynolds wrote: Tomorrow...

I have to spend some of the day showing people round this one, which believe it or not, is in Brixton.

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I remember visiting that when I was at primary school, about 1000 years ago. Glad its still there. Why were you showing people round it, is someone selling or rebuilding it or something?

Only windmills in California ar a part of the Pea Soup Anderson's restuarants

EdelBrock wrote: Only windmills in California ar a part of the Pea Soup Anderson's restuarants.

Solvang's been moved out of California then?

San Francisco fallen off into the Pacific recently?

Holy crap, just last year I took the family on a 101 drive from Northern Oregon to San Diego... I barely missed it... I never heard of the place (I mean Solvang), I'm going to have to check it out next time... looks a bit interesting...

Never saw the windmill in San Fran, been there twice, somehow missed it

EdelBrock wrote: Holy crap, just last year I took the family on a 101 drive from Northern Oregon to San Diego... I barely missed it... I never heard of the place (I mean Solvang), I'm going to have to check it out next time... looks a bit interesting...

Never saw the windmill in San Fran, been there twice, somehow missed it

It's at the far end of Golden Gate park (props to Burt for knowing his windmills), near highway one, just before San Francisco meets the Pacific at Ocean Beach.

LeggyD wrote:

Dodjem wrote:

LeggyD wrote:

But he loves Peanuts and writes book about them in his spare time

Why would he write a book about peanuts? That would be the shortest book ever.

They're roundish, corn coloured and salty. The End

Peanuts aren't naturally salty. They just add salt when they put them in the little bags in pubs. If you'd bothered to read Bert's book you'd have known that

Monkey Nuts

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

EdelBrock wrote: Holy crap, just last year I took the family on a 101 drive from Northern Oregon to San Diego... I barely missed it... I never heard of the place (I mean Solvang), I'm going to have to check it out next time... looks a bit interesting...

Never saw the windmill in San Fran, been there twice, somehow missed it

It's at the far end of Golden Gate park (props to Burt for knowing his windmills), near highway one, just before San Francisco meets the Pacific at Ocean Beach.

There are actually two in the park. Both are part of a major restoration project started over ten years ago. The other one has been taken down, to be rebuilt in the future, but not a lot has happened.

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

EdelBrock wrote: Holy crap, just last year I took the family on a 101 drive from Northern Oregon to San Diego... I barely missed it... I never heard of the place (I mean Solvang), I'm going to have to check it out next time... looks a bit interesting...

Never saw the windmill in San Fran, been there twice, somehow missed it

It's at the far end of Golden Gate park (props to Burt for knowing his windmills), near highway one, just before San Francisco meets the Pacific at Ocean Beach.

There are actually two in the park. Both are part of a major restoration project started over ten years ago. The other one has been taken down, to be rebuilt in the future, but not a lot has happened.

The one nearest the ocean is closed up because a lot of it is rickety and rotting away. They didn't even touch the thing for the two years I was living there, except to put up some warning cones nearby when one of the big wooden beams holding up the deck fell off.

Dodjem wrote: OK then, they're roundish, corn coloured and NOT salty.

The End

(and it will be for you if you carry on with your lip)

And they are PEAS, not NUTS BTW.

0_o wrote: Need to plug in those windmills to some electricity to get them to spin round all the time 24/7... otherwise, what is the point? If they just sit there doing nothing they are useless

THIS IS THE SORT OF SHITE, I've had to deal with all afternoon. 'When are you going to switch the wings on?', 'Where do you sleep with all this machinery around?', 'So where does the loaf of bread emerge from then?'

Clearly the concept of wind power, is lost on many.

3615 Jiphy wrote:

I met Terry Duckworth outside that windmill

and no,it wasnt a blind date

Burt Reynolds wrote:

0_o wrote: Need to plug in those windmills to some electricity to get them to spin round all the time 24/7... otherwise, what is the point? If they just sit there doing nothing they are useless

THIS IS THE SORT OF SHITE, I've had to deal with all afternoon. 'When are you going to switch the wings on?', 'Where do you sleep with all this machinery around?', 'So where does the loaf of bread emerge from then?'

Clearly the concept of wind power, is lost on many.

So yer dealing with American tourists then?

EdelBrock wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote:

0_o wrote: Need to plug in those windmills to some electricity to get them to spin round all the time 24/7... otherwise, what is the point? If they just sit there doing nothing they are useless

THIS IS THE SORT OF SHITE, I've had to deal with all afternoon. 'When are you going to switch the wings on?', 'Where do you sleep with all this machinery around?', 'So where does the loaf of bread emerge from then?'

Clearly the concept of wind power, is lost on many.

So yer dealing with American tourists then?

There were a couple, but they weren't a pain in the arse, surprisingly. A Canadian family turned up, and they were genuinely interesting. We had a great conversation about pine.

While on the subject, I'd just like to say this is the second most beautiful sight in Barnet.

What you sell windmills? Or sell converted into apartment windmills? Or you survey windmills? And where does selling nuts come into the equation? Just answer the damn question.Ain't got time to mess about mate

johnny wrote: What you sell windmills? Or sell converted into apartment windmills? Or you survey windmills? And where does selling nuts come into the equation? Just answer the damn question.Ain't got time to mess about mate

No I don't sell windmills. I do advise on them. I've mentioned in these forums before that I was asked to take photos of one in Kent, because it was feared to be in danger. I had to buy the camera I have now with a 10x zoom, because the farmer, on whose land it stood, kept shooting in the general direction of anyone that got within half a mile of it. I took the photos, and advised the authorities that it was close to collapse, which it did three months later. The previously moody farmer was then on the phone saying 'its collapsed, help', and one recent Bank Holiday weekend, I was invited onto his land accompanied by council workmen and a lorry and crane, to take away and number and photograph what was left, for future restoration.

As I said yesterday, I had to do a structural survey at the owners request on one today.

The long and short of it, and the conclusion to the survey was, 'it's fucked'.

Find half a million quid quickly etc etc.

Nuts are an in the week thing. A job. A wage etc.

Thanks for the reply Burt.That's great stuff and settled my questioning mind.

Can't believe i missed the open day last Saturday at the windmill i visited yesterday.Was gonna go last weekend too but got invited to a wedding.

One of the sails fell off at an open day in 2006 apparantly.A woman got injured although not seriously.Wonder if she made a claim.

johnny wrote: Thanks for the reply Burt.That's great stuff and settled my questioning mind.

Can't believe i missed the open day last Saturday at the windmill i visited yesterday.Was gonna go last weekend too but got invited to a wedding.

One of the sails fell off at an open day in 2006 apparantly.A woman got injured although not seriously.Wonder if she made a claim.

I've been working at one once and a sail fell off a few days after i was there, and took out a parked but unoccupied car. Fortunately we don't live in a compensation culture yet.

I got involved in a court case some while back, when a windmill, built in 1868, and looking like this, was repaired.

They spent approximately £200,000 on the repairs, and fifteen days after the restoration company left, a gale blew in from the west and reduced it to this.

I was asked to look at the wreckage, and it was found the repairers had basically fucked up big time, and were ordered to rebuild it from scratch at the cost to them of about a cool million.

lol. Let me know if I'm boring you all.

How on earth did you get involved with windmills of all things?

johnny wrote: How on earth did you get involved with windmills of all things?

It's a long fucking story

Lets just say I get too many calls, because i know too much. If only I could turn it into a money making thang.

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Monkey Nuts

Was that Chapter Two

I must confess I fell asleep after Chapter One

Sorry :\ohwell:

Now, a book on Windmills might keep me awake, if someone was to send me one

Burt Reynolds wrote:

johnny wrote: How on earth did you get involved with windmills of all things?

It's a long fucking story

Lets just say I get too many calls, because i know too much. If only I could turn it into a money making thang.

I'm as interested as Johnny... we obviously don't have much better to do, tell the story

I always kinda thought this site would probably morph into a Windmill fansite, but I didn't think it would happen so soon.

Some old windmill

EdelBrock wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote:

johnny wrote: How on earth did you get involved with windmills of all things?

It's a long fucking story

Lets just say I get too many calls, because i know too much. If only I could turn it into a money making thang.

I'm as interested as Johnny... we obviously don't have much better to do, tell the story

Welllllllllll.... I'm not going to go into any depth, but in 1985 and 1986, I had post exam leave at college, and we were asked to do something constructive with our time.

I spent the Summer down near Canterbury, repairing this one, with its owner. It was at the point of collapse and leaning, and we were constantly going through floorboards etc.

He lent me and a friend a antique caravan wagon thing (like you see at the circus), and we lived in there and slowly helped repair the windmill, which basically needed rebuilding from scratch.

We got timber from all over the place, got donations etc, and ultimately, it took eight years of performing miracles. But it has been a fully commercially working windmill for years now. And every time I go past it, i feel a little bit of pride.

LeggyD wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Monkey Nuts

Was that Chapter Two

I must confess I fell asleep after Chapter One

Sorry :\ohwell:

Now, a book on Windmills might keep me awake, if someone was to send me one

£75 notes, and I'll get the author to do you a signed copy.

Burt, nice work on that... it's a beaut

I always a have special respect for a guy that can actually fix and build something and make it look right... especially when its a challenge. Seems less and less of the male gender can even figure out how to operate a screwdriver these days.

Have any more pics of her?

EdelBrock wrote: Burt, nice work on that... it's a beaut

I always a have special respect for a guy that can actually fix and build something and make it look right... especially when its a challenge. Seems less and less of the male gender can even figure out how to operate a screwdriver these days.

Have any more pics of her?

Oh go on then...

Here's a pic of it from the other side, and also a pic of a hunky 16 year old repointing the brickwork.

Have any pictures of the insides?

EdelBrock wrote: Have any pictures of the insides?

I spose so.

amd later, when rebuilt:

what type of wood are the gears made of? Something hard obviously. Do you know how the teeth are put in there? are they dovetailed, tongue/groove, etc?