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    06-03-2023, 02:05 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Swedish Tall Ship in The Bilge
    That is the Viking. A former Danish schoolship built in 1907. She is moored in Gothenburg since 1951 and now housing a hotel and a restaurant.
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    06-03-2023, 01:04 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    Estonian military intelligence reports that Russia seems to be preparing for a new wave of mobilisation. https://yle.fi/a/7-10025816/64-3-157112 ...
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    06-03-2023, 11:55 AM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    More weapons from Europe! Fewer and fewer Russians willing to fight. If you did read independent illegal (in Russia) news you would know that...
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    06-03-2023, 08:01 AM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    The way forward is negitiations. However Putin has so far shown no interest in negotiating anything else than an Ukrainan military surrender and...
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    06-03-2023, 05:40 AM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    Of cause the Russcist leaders want a ceasefire so that they can rearm train and build up for future offensives. Likely even attacks on other...
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    06-03-2023, 01:27 AM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    Exactly. We need to supply them with more munition and more tanks and more personnel carriers and more guns and more Patriot systems and plenty of...
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    06-02-2023, 01:20 PM
    Repairability. If natural resources are to suffice we must go back to repairing stuff and therefore we need repairable stuff. Progressivity. That...
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    06-01-2023, 03:53 PM
    In Blekinge they don't know what a plank scarph is. It is akin to showing a hewn garboard to an Englisman. Unknown. They have been using butt blocks...
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    06-01-2023, 03:25 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Swedish axes in The Bilge
    Theese videos show how traditional Swedish axes were and in some cases still are made. In the past collared axes of one type or another were used...
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    06-01-2023, 03:06 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Swedish knives in The Bilge
    That is a boyscout's knife. Totally impractical. The finger guard is too long and it gets in the way. I like a small finger guard but that one is...
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    06-01-2023, 03:02 PM
    First and foremost. If you are into woodworking you can repair it. That is a way to nice boat to cut up for firewood. You could either shift a...
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    05-31-2023, 11:51 PM
    Around here we always try to fill the cells of the wood with something that stays there so they cannot be filled with water. Following the principle...
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    05-31-2023, 03:25 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Swedish Boat P@RN in The Bilge
    In the original ship that was the open cargo hold. What would you do with an empty cargo hold? Fill it with something. Boxes maybe?
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    05-31-2023, 02:33 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Swedish Boat P@RN in The Bilge
    The viking ship is an accurate replica of the so called Äskekärrskeppet discovered and excavated in Äskekärr, Ale north of Gothenburg. The original...
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    05-31-2023, 02:11 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Swedish Fish in The Bilge
    The Baltic sea is brakish and the further north and east you go the less salty it is and gratually saltwater fish give over to freshwater fish....
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    05-31-2023, 12:49 AM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    BBC writes abut abduction of Ukrainan children in occupied territories. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65641304
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    05-31-2023, 12:14 AM
    It is starting to look like a boat from the inside. I am working on the engine cover. I started working in new bolts to hold the stern tube and...
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    05-30-2023, 03:52 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Fascism Revisited in The Bilge
    Exactly why the pamphlet should be republished.
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    05-30-2023, 03:48 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    To me it seems they were two Americans coming to a place they didn't know and retelling the story they were told. Their version of what happened...
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    05-30-2023, 12:25 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Unusual hobbies in The Bilge
    I have rewound a burned out electric engine. I have poured by own babbitt bearings and scraped them to fit using scrapers made from scrap metal. One...
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    05-30-2023, 11:40 AM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    Meduza (independent Russian journalism in forced exile) examining the typical whataboutism we hear from certain persons:...
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    05-30-2023, 11:36 AM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    Meduza published a story about Russian internet and censorship https://meduza.io/en/episodes/2023/05/27/the-russian-internet-at-war
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    05-30-2023, 11:10 AM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    Привет! Our very own Russian propagandist is back! Watch out by the way. There is likely a new wave of mobilisation coming soon so you may be...
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    05-30-2023, 10:59 AM
    Om engelskan blir för svår kan jag hjälpa till. Jag är finlandssvensk och jag brukar reparera träbåtar sim bisyssla vid sidan av timmermansarbetet....
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    05-29-2023, 04:11 PM
    Some Norwegians call them "tiljer". In my dialect of Swedish we say "faarvied" or something like that. I don't know how to spell it. The wider and in...
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    05-29-2023, 03:44 PM
    heimlaga replied to a thread Swedish cars in The Bilge
    Saab 99 was the best car Saab ever made. Then it started going downhill. Volvo peaked with the 240 series or maybe the 740 series. After that no...
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    05-29-2023, 03:41 PM
    I prefere one piece forged Peddighaus. Good ballance and can withstand daily construction site work. I use a 20 ounce (weight of head) hammer for...
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    05-29-2023, 03:36 PM
    Working on some new sole boards or whatever they are called around the engine. I have also put in new ceiling in the hold. In Österhankmo at the time...
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    05-29-2023, 03:06 PM
    To me the boat looks like a decent buy. I also like the shape of the hull. It has certainly gotten thoroughly soaked with water a few times but if...
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    05-27-2023, 01:58 PM
    We still buy potatoes and onions by the sack directly from the grower and keep them in the cellar. We also grow some of the potatoes ourself though...
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