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Guessing that was almost exclusively an indulgence of the upper class. I don't think the hoi polloi would have been able to afford such exotica back then. They'd have been restricted to plain old alcohol, beer/cider/mead or dirty old gin. It's all changed now though of course, since the international drug trade has become a huge industry, the prices have come right down.

In the car world fuel injection took over from carbs because of efficient combustion over a wide range of operating conditions, really hard to run a catalytic converter without it. Also makes it easier to balance across the cylinders, than multi -barrel carbs or twin carbs. It is still just mixing fuel and air, little bit less resistance to flow maybe but power is determined fundamentally by cylinder capacity, compression ratio. I don't think chainsaws have the same wide range of conditions as car engines, hence no overwhelming case for injection. Yes you can get super fast acceleration, but I think it's jamming 80cc in a 461 chassis that makes the 500i seem good, same as jamming 67cc into a 362 case makes the 400 a good saw to use.

I'll go in at post 3 nevermind page 3!

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Big problem which we have discussed here before, Asulox, the selective herbicide that was used is not licensensed anymore, glyphosate works but only in full leaf around August. Dicamba which had a specific application method, that was not often adhered to, is not licensed.It was applied in winter and was particularly effective but needed a summer follow up spot weeding with glyphosate. Cultural methods work and cut and cart three times in the summer probably the best where it is a monoculture. As I said the site is an SPA so no intervention in the nesting season is allowed. This is daft because it is spreading and nothing of interest nests under it. If it is cut for 3 years ( in the growing season but off the SPA) the re establishment of heathers is good, tussock grass on the more fertile bits. The thing is the SPA has three indicator birds that they judge the health of the heath by ( although it is a proxy as the insects and reptile/amphibians are a major interest). Dartford warblers nest in gorse so are relatively unaffected by cutting, Woodlarks will prefer the short sward produced by this recent mowing, the nightjars, which arrive in April and gone by September, will nest in the more mature heather and grass. There should be a scheme of cutting and hand roguing blocks while the nightjars have the rest of the , relativity, unaffected heather. Nightjar population is growing thanks to the reversion from plantation/woodlands on these sites generally plus asking owners to keep their dogs to major paths in the nesting season probably has an effect.

And look what that bunch of druggy wasters achieved.

Looks like it's still in its pot planted into the ground.

In Victorian times it was fine to get whacked right out of your skull Sherlock Holmes, the most famous consulting detective in literature, used occasionally cocaine and morphine to escape, as he said, from “the dull routine of existence.” This was nothing unusual in Victorian times because sale of opium, laudanum, cocaine and morphine was legal. Victorian users took these dangerous drugs as self-medication and as recreation.

Aye, it would be better if they were smoking decent Morroccan. Far less intrusive to everyone. If you drive into Walker, in Newcastle, the car ends up stinking of weed just by using its vents. But, there are medical cannabis users, who are allowed to smoke what they want. So be tolerant.

Strimmers, trees and the public. A dangerous mix.

If I do you can open a sweepstake on how many pages it manages before descending to chaos. I'll go in at only 3.

Start a new thread with a poll, could be interesting until it descends into chaos! I dunno who I would vote for tbh.

so that's why their called the "green party". never going to be taken seriously,,, except maybe by a bunch of hippy stoners. "Up in Smoke"

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 WWW.LEGISLATION.GOV.UK An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to town and country planning (excluding... Section 197 of the Act is the guiding legislation as to why Arb Impact Assessments are sought for in connection to planning applications regardless of conservation area status. The council's website should have a validation checklist, which should specify what type of report is needed for different planning applications.

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It's an interesting question, I no longer have dealings with the landowner but was told they would be bonfired off site. I was flabbergasted. I suggested there were green composting alternatives locally but thought I knew a tip site (from here)that might take them if they would like me to enquire. I have been told by a local that they felt I was criticising.Anyway after a few exchanges with @Woodwanter on here he was willing to take a punt but was worried about the moisture content. By the time I had got back and asked whether they could load them they said they had instructed their contractor to dispose the bales to a green waste site. I have asked for the contractor to contact me but they are no longer answering my email. Heavy rain today won't have helped.

I wouldnt like to see weed legalised in the UK. Ok maybe legalise it but make it illegal to smoke it in public. I have no problem with people smoking it, I did but not for a long long time but these days it fookin stinks to say the least! I can do without going around my day to day business without gagging on the smell of skunk.

Greens won't win next election, Reform will get it, most likely. I reckon Greens will do better than expected, though.

now that is quite well articulated 'problematic if someone is trying to weaponise the Manchester attack to silence protest against the genocide' Well done Zack - only problem is they are only projected to win 5 seats last time I looked. Maybe you can boost them up to 7. That support of Palestine when everyone is railing against antisemitism is commendable in my view. The IDF killed hundreds of Palestinians this week, not just two

How did you try to lift it? With a/the rope and pulley up the tree (can't see from video if you crotched it or used a pulley/ring/biner)? Or just by hand on the ground?

What happens to the gorse bales?

Progress happens in steps. Otherwise we'd still be using flint axes. Must be a wider business decision. Moving people towards battery maybe.

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If I remember right, Stihl never had any intention of running the 500i for more than a short run in production terms. Maybe it cost more to produce than the standard set up, making the margins too narrow to spread the technology over that many models, it is very thirsty, maybe it doesn’t work well on smaller units? The 400.1 is a great saw without the fuel injection, do they need it?