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Was it a twin carb " Goldie " with the higher comp heads ?

Different kind of spikes... I've been doing some hedging today, next to an oak, wearing my hedging trainers, they are great for being up a ladder. Every time I stood on an acorn in just the right place, one of these sods was poking through then retracting back into the foam. Three attempts to clean inside before I suspected something in the foam. Pulled about 20 from the right shoe and 3 from the left !

@Steven P@Youngstu This is not rocket science guys. You’ve both been asked a simple question. Stop the diversion BS and let’s have the evidence. You both jumped in on a post not directed at either of you, you both made incorrect assumptions and then posted it as though it were fact. Now the pair of you are struggling big time to provide the evidence because there isn’t any. Prove me wrong

"Never a giant octopus around when ya feckin' need one"

Afternoon, We're looking for a climber to fill in a few days here and there. We have a team of 8-10 climbers/groundies, but one of our lead climbers is off travelling for 6 months. We're based in Acton, so not far from Hounslow. What kind of day rate are you looking for? In terms of tickets, do you have your rigging (CS41)? Look forward to hearing from you. Regards, John Barker Operations Manager Treecare Ltd.

What the old saying about buying quality footwear and beds? ‘If you’re not in one you’re in the other’ Ditto for spikes.

Looks like you're gonna get a good amount of nice timber out of those logs. When I've quarter sawn large logs I've found a different pattern to be more efficient. I'm not sure it results in more true quarter sawn boards but it's certainly quicker and less hassle for me. I've done a quick sketch but only have a small scrap of paper and a pencil on me so hopefully you can see it. Cuts 1 and 2 depends on the extent of the pith and any check, and a multiple of target board thickness. Then cuts 3 and 4 box out the heart and can either form a post or make firewood. In each "semi circle" shaped can't I tend to cut a rift cut post from each corner and then boards which are pretty well quarter sawn. The boards cut from the remainder two sections are also good quarter sawn. A few of the boards will end up quarter sawn towards the pith and rift sawn towards the bark side. Speaking in terms of how a woodworker would look at the boards, not a true quarter sawn process. Looking forward to seeing pictures of the boards you end up with.

Seems no one is clever enough...

I have titanium Buckinghams with the off set uppers. The titanium is erralavant, they are heavy relative to new carbon ones. The angle of the spike though is far superior to the distel type as they point forwards aswell as downwards. But leather foot straps.. no bother to me. I have some guchi distel ones for a bit with webbing straps, the straps did seem better. But not the overall spikes.

It looks like goat willow to me

OK you first then, on your overseas tours, what camps were you in, when did you serve there? (Please DO NOT answer question, your usual BS is sufficient - however I am sure in many of the countries you visited will have people interested to know that JohnsonD, living in Scotland (probs not hard to work out where exactly from your previous obsessions either) was there shooting at them... perhaps make it relevant to your situation is the only way to make you understand online security?)

I asked for nothing more than what ships he sailed on. i answered his question when he asked why nothing more or less, I never said my mate might have been on the same boat at all. . At no point did I ever ask for any personal information. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary. So as I said either one of you show me where I asked for any personal information, I’ll leave the useful to terrorist bit out as it’s just laughable. Never mind SP and his reluctance to disclose his employment status I’m talking about right here and now.

As Steven said, look back at your posts and his responses. It was blatantly obvious from an outside perspective that he didn't want to give you information that would identify himself to you, but if your colleague was in the same crew he could have done, so he was trying to appease your apparent need for proof that he was in the services without going further. Maybe your level of persistence and inability to read between the lines is the problem.

I recall racing one belonging to a mate, his was the "super sports" version, as I had a Tribsa with a tiger 110 motor I thought it would be a walkover, I got quite the surprise when he took off from the line, and seemed quicker than I anticipated, he kept with me to just over 80 and then I left him behind in the distance. the ariel was bog standard, they did have a bit of a following back then, but most had c15,s ss80,s, tiger cubs,royal enfields, ajs/matchless, even a few francis barnets. I saw a few tuned versions later and they were even quicker. IIRC they were good in the twisties, the low center of gravity helped no doubt.

I’ll ask again show me where I asked BQ for any personal information. Here we go again down the well worn diversion won’t answer a question road. Keep it on topic in relation to the post you quoted. Either you or the other individual back up what you posted 🤷‍♂️it’s very very simple.

My first proper road going British bike was a 250 Ariel Arrow 2 stroke twin . If riding into a head wind it would do 60mph in forth but 65mph in third 🙂 My last British bike was a Royal Enfield 700cc Constellation with twin leading shoe front brake . I had Triumphs and BSA bikes and others in between . .

Good morning, new to the forum. Hopefully it's OK to post this here? I wonder if you're able to help me identify this tree. I don't know if I planted it or if it's grown of it's own accord. A single trunk around 4-5" diameter, grown to around 15'. Only one branch coming off the plant at around 4' from the ground. No other branches, which might suggest it's not a tree at all? Perhaps an overgrown shrub?? The bark is fairly smooth with a vertical pattern. I've tried apps to identify it, but none seem to be correct. Your help would be very much appreciated. I have attached photos of the trunk and the leaves.

I do remember back in 1806 when I was doing my CSwhatever it was that the assessor commented that it was obvious to him I had used a saw for some time but that I had a couple of bad habits . I was undercutting a limb about a foot DIA and pushing the saw with my right thigh like you do ( or maybe you guys don't ) . He said I should keep my leg out of alignment with the bar . So I had to bend a bit more and pull it up with my arms loosing a bout 80% efficiency I thought . However I finished it his way of course . He then asked if we had been tought undercutting as he had not seen any of the other candidates doing it . I said no we hadn't . It was getting on a bit and there was a girl on the course who was struggling a bit and he asked me if I would go and help her out . So I finished some of her cutting and stacking and rasherd up the brash . As far as I can remember he passed us all .

... errrr... have you ever read your posts? Are you just drunk when you write them or high on your scuba gasses? Do you want a list of postings where you ask for personal information or the thread made up just for you so you stop spamming every other thread demanding personal information, the introduce yourself thread - made just for this reason off the back of your incessant postings.

love thy neighbour, but don't get caught

Bit harsh: "Love thy neighbour". We live in a christian country, after all...

Plus gang raped for good measure

And ripped apart by giant octopuses.