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Well that's damned it, I was hoping to do a whole month without falling head first into a wordle heffalump trap 🙃

No, you mong - British offensive slang for a foolish person, despite the origins the modern meaning has evolved. Even Ricky Gervais knows it has a slang meaning "The modern use of the word mong means 'dopey' or 'ignorant'," said Gervais in a statement. "It's even in modern slang and urban dictionaries." Ricky Gervais criticised over Twitter 'mong jokes' WWW.BBC.CO.UK Disability group Mencap criticises Ricky Gervais for using the word "mong" on Twitter but the comedian insists its meaning has changed.

Hi Hoping someone could help, although I think I am on a hiding to nothing, but even confirmation that this is the case would be appreciated. I have an area of grass next to my end terrace at the end of the road. The land is council owned and planted with fairly established trees. I have owned the property since 2006 and every year, one of the trees in particular, blocks my gutters with its leaf fall, and I have to pay to get these cleared. A few years ago, I even installed brush strips, but these seemingly do very little. I started contacting my council in 2010 to request they do something with the one tree in particular, given the impact it has on my property. Over several months I was passed from one department to another, and nothing was ever done. Tried again a few years later. The council told me an inspector was sent out to look at the trees, but they were deemed acceptable so again nothing was done. And so it goes on every few years. In 2024, due to dampness at the property (mostly because the current inhabitants were causing really bad condensation admittedly), I had a RICS damp survey done on the property. The survey noted: h) The gable side wall is largely sheltered by tree cover from large trees located in the adjoining green. This will lessen the impact of exposure to wind driven rain, however there will be a lack of solar gain thus reducing the thermal performance (retained heat and surface temperatures) of this wall. i) Owing to tree cover it is evident that rainwater gutters are regularly blocked with leaves. It is understood that these were recently cleared, and brush strips fitted designed to prevent blockage of downpipes. Previous leakage has led to saturation of the main wall, evident by vegetation growth to mortar joints. j) The chimney stack is saturated and vegetation growth has taken hold of mortar joints. This has likely led to destabilising of the brickwork along with damp penetration internally. This required the chimney stack to be removed, the wall repointed, the roof timbers that were damp replaced, the gable end interior plaster removed, replaced with insulated plasterboard and replastered. Obviously, all of this was at significant expense. I have written to the council, enclosing a copy of the report, as on their website they state: Things that the council is responsible for • the removal of nuisances, such as publicly-owned trees interfering with buildings However, the council have come back with the following: ‘Council inspects its tree stock on a cyclical basis to monitor condition and address any safety concerns. Tree owners, including local authorities, have a duty of care to ensure that their trees do not pose a foreseeable risk to people or property. However, there is no legal obligation to prune or remove trees in response to seasonal characteristics such as leaf fall, shading, or minor debris. We will arrange for the trees in question to be re-inspected within the next couple of weeks. Please note that we will only consider removal or significant pruning if the trees are found to be dead, dying, diseased, or structurally unsound.’ I also asked for a claim form for reimbursement for the works which they attached but warned me: ‘Regarding the damp survey and your request for compensation: if you wish to pursue a claim against the Council for property damage, you may do so by completing and submitting the attached claim form to our Risk and Insurance Team. However, you may wish to seek independent legal advice beforehand to better understand the rights and responsibilities of property owners living adjacent to trees.’ Has anyone legal any idea of what the rights and responsibilities of property owners living adjacent to trees is as I do not recall anything in the conveyancing documents? However, having tried to follow tree law, I fear there is little I can do. I am grateful the Council are re-inspecting but don't think anything will be done as they don't have to, as I think the law deems leaf fall to be natural and none of the above to be property damage - ie property damage being more likely a falling branch damaging a roof not to shelter etc. Would be grateful if anyone could confirm? Many thanks for any help!

If you are going to use the word make sure you know the meaning of it. BillQ is correct with it's meaning. Suggest a wee apology to him might be in order.

Vending machines Stubby. Feed in you Digital ID,retina scan,pay your £5 admin fee, out pops a SA80! The forces are looking to replace their Rifle ,so what better use than return then to the Tax payer? This is what New Zealand did when it switched to the AUG,$300 bought you a loverly L1A1 SLR. Alas its not 1983 any longer and the gen pops tolerance to firearms is lower and lower.

I don’t think you sense much Mancock but still you are entitled to your opinion regardless of how deranged it may be. 👍👍

So no answer then !! Sex offenders are us 👍👍

I got fed up after both a Husqvarna and an Oregon one failed and leaked. I now just use an 5L aspen can filled with pump fuel and a 5L oregon chain oil can. Both pour really well without a funnel if you keep them at about 3/4 full. But I'm normally never far from a vehicle.

Nifty three today Wordle 1,600 3/6* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Thanks for your correction -I didn't realise it was actually a 10cm thick branch . So, that's actually quite good productivity, for a machine powered only by a 13Hp engine.. When I quizzed the Carlisle agents, they were insistent that their bigger 25Hp engine unit made no discernable difference to chipping performance, only to tracking speed up an incline. Hence they would only now sell the 13Hp engined units. Perhaps I'd better get up to Carlisle, to test out the demonstration unit.

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You are terminally thick!

I wonder if we're more or less terminally confused by the ai revolution than our ancestors were by the industrial revolution. Information is a lot more available these days but I'm not sure that leads to greater understanding. Especially after reading the above...

Been a while, makes up for my fail yesterday though Wordle 1,600 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Watch the full video, not even a scratch on him!

Morning all, Drizzle just now but 15 degrees and sunny forecast. Crazy. Side pruning some conifers today.

Yes, its 13hp, the branch that was in there is cca 10cm diameter (4"). but you are right the end of the branch was thinner.... It can have a higher feed speed, but for this diameter it's having problem to discharge the chips and clogs because the RPMs slows down too much (nostress stops feeding but RPM drop anyway) - its visible on the video. I may try to fine-tune the nostress RPM low limits (its possible to set on this machine). I am yet to try to remove the internal grill...

im sensing a lot of hate, mostly just random hate. seems to be angry at everyone and blame them for his shit life.

why the fascination with trying to manipulate my username into cock when your name literally is a slang term for penis? or perhaps youre admitting ive got a man-sized one and yours is child-size? is that it? johnson babycock?

Did some more search and this is a common problem, do not understand how HQ can ignore it for such a long time.. Husqvarna combi can - fuel spout | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum ARBORISTSITE.COM Hello, About a year ago I bought a Husqvarna combi can 5+2.5L. Last summer it worked great and was really satisfied with it. This year, after some 5 months of not... ... I've wanted to buy the 15l can from HQ (580 75 45‑01) but this really makes me to think twice.

Dont start now DEMPSEY there is enough BULLSHIT about this place now 🤣 Being the Guy i am i have found the lads a nice indoor job for 3 days

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Morning guys, been awake since 5.30pm hoping I’d get back to sleep but gave in and got up. Dry and mild here. Physio first thing, then off to a council job, Poplar over a picnic area.

Nobody is keeping count, but you’re pretty consistent at this.

Dry but windy as fook here. Little job with 5 or so different little tasks today. Hopefully my new (to me) grinder gets delivered today.