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There's a lot of not seeing the wood for the trees going on in the UK at the moment.

The asylum/immigration thing is costing about £6 Bn a year. If we taxed multimillionaires at 1% over £10 Mil, and billionaires at 2%, it would generate around £25 Bn a year. That's more than enough to build houses for the people in this country who need them, fund the NHS, and sort out a decent immigration system that quickly sorts out the wheat from the chaff. Shooting the boats in the channel isn't going to solve the bigger problems our country faces.

I'm clean. Though I don't have a dog in my avatar. As I don't have a dog.

Understandable. In another life, I've met people whose real names meant nothing to me, but once I matched up their Forum name to them, I knew all about them.

Dump on driveway, just need pre-warning to move car out of your way.

Think your confusing arbtalk for a dating website. Especially with your other active web tab, are we allowed to call them that these days ?, but respect for not even incognito mode.

yes, but my point, if I even have one, is not the answer to the first why but all the underlying whys why is coded blue yellow? why you chose to code at all?

I mean look at this screen shot of récent postings. Nary an avatar to be seen!

I do. My dog is colour coded blue. I'm yellow. Guess how many times in my life I've bought new curtains btw.

my view is people piss about with avatars like buying a new set of curtains - you changed to blue and you dont even know why. Mike Hill took his boat one off that he'd had for years, Mark J only recently took his off

Yeah, that was a good one.

Yes, for you it’s the green D

Inspired by Jake Varah's slingshot, I wanted to try my hand at making something similar myself. In the end, it turns out to be quite capable. It easily throws my quite heavy 350g/12.3oz bag up near the top of tall pines without problems. * 2.1 meters of steel tubing, painted. * M10 threaded rod to hold the rubber bands. Heat-shrink tubing around the rod to protect the rubber bands. * Cheap exercise bands, rated "heavy". Wrapped in loops for twice the strength. 4-strand paracord constrictor knots to keep them together. * Home-made pouch of cow's leather, glued and stitched together with 4-strand paracord. Dyed black. Ended up looking more like a BDSM accessory than anything else... * AliExpress trigger for bows, gripping a 550 paracord loop. The trigger is surprisingly capable and doesn't let go even at significant tension. * Cheap single block for sail rigging, attached to the trigger with stainless steel wire. * Cheap rope cleat to hold tension, with some eye bolts to guide the rope. * Cheap pulley at the end, so I can pull tension upwards or sideways. We'll have to see how it fares over time, but so far it's been working well.

The migrants are waging economic war on us, 1000 in one day to feed and shelter, their legal work and health care paid for. It is so serious it should be declared a national emergency. We need to be prepared to shock the world with our ruthlessness, otherwise our country deteriorates further with each new one that comes ashore

Rather ratifying Mick's main main message, I only really noticed you on here about a year ago. Then I found you last night in the wee chipper thread about a decade ago. And I'm reasonably good at remembering internet people.

Is the avatar the little circle beside your name in a post?

it is but it's a choice, we always have fun on road trips, looking forward to the drive. Besides, much easier with internal combustion. I remember going over on foot when I was a younger man in the 1400's, even with blisters we showed them some bow skills.

I remember meeting a lad who used to be on here at one of Jonesie’s shows years ago. He stuck his hand out and introduced himself as ‘Tractor262’.

you used to have a monkey puffing on a fag or joint with the caption 'I know you is lying bitch, but continue' certain psychological reasons that are very technical and complex made you change it at the end of 2019

I have a sprocker that I was fond of in the past .

Whilst people obsess about those who are not in power or even from the UK the invasion continues. 1000 !! It’s either intentional or staggeringly incompetent.

Just putting feelers out ,ive the following saws from new and are un used ,they've been run up on aspen and bar that just sat on a shelve not being used. Photos and prices to follow Echo cs370 es x1 as new Echo 362 top handle x1 new Efco mt3700 ground saw x1 As I say only putting feelers out , echos brought when fgm became the importers , fgm shifted stuff on .

They are a bit dearer but you can get one from Toolstation very similar tool. I got a Chinese one off eBay years ago, it doesn't get a lot of use but it still starts third pull and runs nicely. I have rebuilt the carb a couple of times due to my own fault but it's a simple enough machine to work on.

Nice pics! Good work! What flail make /size is that? Been looking at several option for my Hitachi 5tn… to keep rides clear, trim some unaccessible hedges etc. I have a 2.85m flail on tractor for field work.. just had a hydraulic thumb fitted, looks handy! Saves swapping for seperate grab…