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Pat Mustard, firing on all cylinders in the south of France.

Can anyone give a rough price for planting 40-60cm hedging whips just to be guarded and some root ball trees 80cm to 120cm trees need to be mulched guard staked and tied Trying to get an idea of cost per a hedge whip and tree whip

The status quo suits many many people in the background Mark. You seen how much we are borrowing at the moment on a weekly basis??

🤷‍♂️Nothing changes with you, and never will. The prerequisite for decent, open and fair debate is honesty. You don’t have that in any way shape or form.

That's moderately impressive, assuming it's not still there.

UK government debt (known as gilts) is primarily held by a mix of domestic and international financial institutions. Major holders include private financial institutions (pension funds, insurance companies, banks), overseas investors, and the Bank of England. As of late 2025, foreign investors hold roughly 28-30% of UK gilts, with the Bank of England holding a significant portion (roughly 25-30%) via Quantitative Easing. Other (approx. 10%): This includes individuals (via National Savings and Investments), public sector bodies, and other entities. Private Financial Institutions (approx. 39%): UK-based banks, insurance companies, and pension funds are major investors, often holding debt for long-term security. Overseas Investors (approx. 30%): Foreign central banks, governments, and private investors hold a significant portion of UK debt. Bank of England (approx. 30%): Through the Asset Purchase Facility (Quantitative Easing), the Bank of England holds a substantial portion, though it is currently reversing this and selling bonds . The Debt Management Office (DMO), an executive agency of HM Treasury, manages the issuance of this debt. Who owns government debt? - Economics Help WWW.ECONOMICSHELP.ORG Government debt is primarily held by banks, pension funds, investment trusts. PRivate sector investors both domestic and... If the government owes so much debt perhaps we should invade whoever has our money and get it back.

I am kind of with what Mark has been saying, once you have enough in the bank that you will never spend it in your life, why keep accumulating the wealth? Why not do some good with it? Gates is planning to give most of his away (probably paying for the microchips in free vaccines so that the lizard people can control us). He could be dong a lot to ease poverty. Governments have no incentive to ease poverty of course, it is a perpetual election promise to eradicate it, and yet, all these years later, it will be on the next manifesto to "lift 1,200,00,000 children out of poverty" (partly the way they measure poverty by relative poverty - being a percent of the average wage, and not absolute poverty - like do you live somewhere safe and have food and heating (which just embarrasses them because in the UK there are still families in absolute poverty taking a choice of who should get dinner tonight, or put the heating on).. so am with you there, up to companies to employ... and the minimum wage should mean those who work full time do not live in absolute poverty (but still in relative poverty) Anyway, was going for a short post and got side tracked, am going to disagree with your last sentance here: I reckon most of us would have some agreement that the political divisions are deepened by the massive increase in 'news' channels out there that have multiplied in the last few years. GB news being one... but at least they have OffCom watching over them to keep them from being too mental - it is the online ones like Linkedin and Twatter who sell themselves as opinions but people take them as news of the state of the world - I reckon most of us would go with them being a part of cause of political divisions.

From what I've read they are the best option. Expensive but good. I've repaired a fair few cylinders using a helicoil and they haven't yet failed. I will only do this for a good customer and I wont guarantee the work as opposed to replacing the cylinder which I know sounds like a cop out but when someone has already stripped the threads before I'm not having them come back in a year with the same issue and blaming me. New cylinder, its 100% their fault.

I use a little mini oven to heat it up and then whack it on a piece of wood to get them out. The same goes for the bigger bearings in the head which works a treat. It also doubles up as ginsters pasty warmer :d

Aye, My perspective is that the axis has shifted such that those who have wealth will accumulate more and more in an exponential fashion, while everyone else pays for the other side of that coin. That isn't going to end well. I agree, the whole left/right thing is tiring. They're (politicians) either tossers or not, tie colour matters not. I also think approaching someone's view from the basis they are right or left helps nobody. We all mostly have common ground.

Looks good you can’t beat a hazel hedge

I have not suggested Mr Musk or any other entrepreneur is altruistic. What I said is that he has made his billions by providing something people want. If you have a minute look at the vacancies page on the SpaceX website. There are hundreds of current vacancies. He employs about 120,000 people and most are on six figure salaries. My view is that commerce is what ultimately creates wealth. Governments do not. The greatest achievement in history of taking people out of poverty is 800,000 in a quarter of a century. This happened in China this century and it was all down to commerce. Aided and abetted by government of course, but actually brought about by thousands of entrepreneurs. Whether you like Musk’s politics or not he has made a huge contribution to wealth, not just his own. I can’t comment on Grok as I don’t use it. I see a place for AI; though I also see challenges as with all the major developments of the last couple of hundred years. I do agree political divisions are getting deeper. And for some reason most people seem unable to discuss and debate these matters in a civil manner which I think is a loss to everyone. I suspect you and I would not agree what is driving all this though!

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Why not use a hot air gun?

4motion vw transporter with low box and 7000 train weight would do it for me

It is a scaffold transporting lorry so the weight is centred over the axle and it carries fixed but long lengths.

Cheers ill have a look

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I didn't realise it but we have one of the 540 batteries in stock. It is big!

Got a similar set to purposely remove the small drive gear support bearing in the removable lower cover of the Stihl long reach and kombi hedge cutters. Got fed up cracking the alloy cover trying to lever out what was left of the bearing, and having to replace the cover as well. The very smallest blind puller just fits and does a great job.

Childtrak if it's on the school run.

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Anyone got unseasoned logs in Lake District Cumbria please I also have my own saw so can come and chop felled wood up thanks jack