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I got presented with an 076 today, apparently "seized solid", started to investigate and quickly discovered the entire crankcase both under and above the piston was full of chain oil? so, hydraulic locked. never come across this before, looks like someone has been feckin' with the carb as it's partially refitted, and my first thought was somebody filled the fuel tank with chain oil by mistake? but I had a bit of a search and it appears there could be one of many reasons for this event. can anyone perhaps shed some light on the problem, maybe even had similar . TIA.

Hi Everyone ,my mill is up for sale its a Woodland Mills HM130 Max I have had it from new its always been under cover and well looked after its got less than 20hrs work on the clock ,about 8 ripper 37 bands but they have gone a bit rusty so dont know how well they will cut ,I can help with loading and maybe delivery ,I want £3000 and will not take any less as its ne t to brand new it may need a new battery for the elextric stsrt but Iwill chargecthe one on it and see .my mobile is 07449736569 ,I will leave it on hear for a week / 10 days then advertise it elsewhere ,I am gutted to be letting it go but hey . Cheers Mark

Some of you may recall the tales of my dear friend Big John a little while back, here's another,, Picture the scene, it's Christmas time, a few of us have decided to get together at the local boozer for a decent end to the year, we've arranged to meet John there, he doesn't show, unusual for him, a few calls are made and he is apparently working security for a well know band at a gig, so we carry on in his absence content that he is ok, around midnight the pub telephone is ringing of the hook and the landlord answers, thinking it's someones irate wife calling about the husband, apparently it's Big John, wanting to know if the pub is still open, and having been told yes, can somebody put "Merry Christmas Everybody on the jukebox in 5 minutes, landlord humors John , "yeah ok" and hangs up, approximately 5 minutes passes and landlord tells someone,, Put Slades Merry Christmas Everybody, on the jukebox, every one looks a little surprised but it gets put on as requested, right as the moment it starts,, door literally bursts open and a very drunk Big john staggers in accompanied by an equally drunk,,, Noddy Feckin' Holder!, in perfect unison they proceed to sing the whole feckin' song perfectly, with the whole pub being heartily encouraged to join in. Noddy Holder kipped on Big Johns Sofa that morning as was when we finally left. John often did security for various bands and always managed to get them either into, or out of all kinds of predicaments.

came in from the workshop today and instantly saw the missus was in good mood, you look happy I casually said. I've been sorting out some things in my wardrobe I've had ages, I'll show you, she scuttles off and comes back and says I wore this when I was 16 years old,,, and it still fits me. It's a feckin' scarf, I said, hasn't spoke to me since.

It's the chemistry of biomass. The white wood of a short lived tree serves only to support the crown it has about 1% minerals and the rest is cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose, the working parts of the tree like the leaves and bark are more complex and need all the other chemicals to do their job and it is these that need the small amounts of potassium, silicon and other trace minerals that end up in the ash. grasses have high ash content because they do not differentiate into a support system. There was a database (Phyllis) which showed the chemical content of many plants, I haven't looked for it for a few years.

But fair.

Friend of mines a vet, who does taxidermy on the side. His customers always take their pet home

One side comment here, then back to predicting Trumps policies via Hollywood US Senator Johnson (? I think): "Trump was an FBI informant in the Epstein case" Also US Senator Johnson later in the same interview: "Trump knew nothing about Epsteins crimes" ... or words to that effect... Bit of a contradiction there, if you know nothing what were you informing the FBI about: "Hi FBI, Here to spill the beans, I know nothing" "Excellent and can you elaborate this nothing" "No, told you everything I know nothing about" "Great, thanks, we'll put you on the FBI Informants list" ...I Suspect what Johnson is really saying is "Trump was fully aware of Epsteins child rapes while he was doing them, and spoke to the FBI later to save his own skin" as you were, what films would make good US politics?

Small stuff, rather than big stuff I guess you mean?

More embedded stuff in the bark.

Apocalypse now, The Untouchables, Rambo next? Sold 25th August... It has given him time to watch them, maybe that's where he was last weekend? Three sealed 4K UHD movies. The untouchables. Rambo First Blood. Apocalypse Now | eBay UK WWW.EBAY.CO.UK The product consists of three sealed 4K UHD movies including "The Untouchables", "Rambo First Blood", and "Apocalypse Now". Each movie is in 4K UHD Blu-ray format, providing...

Interesting, why more ash?

I think it is much the same as wood though I bet birch bark is higher because it is oily, the main difference will be much more ash from bark compared with the wood.

most of my logs have bark on them and it all burns

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Harsh Mick, harsh.

When you say truck, do you mean pick up trucks like Hilux ?

Domestic it can make a difference having named drivers or 2 main drivers - the explanation was if you share a car and crash it you have to explain to your other half.... so you drive more carefully. Made a difference adding Mrs P to my insurance and vice versa. Not so sure business wise, but for the sake of paying a real life broker commission or a web page commission, the real life broker is probably the best bet to talk to for your options - yet to see a web page giving advice. Profession can make a difference too "Tree Surgeon" or "Arboculturist" might be a difference in price for example.

Does the bark burn I wonder? (cannot remember but one thing I read once that - was it weight for weight - bark is quite energy rich - I could be wrong though, or it might have been specific trees... weight not m3 though)

Buoy, Earn, Mew, Nick! Sorry, in my rush to get horizontal in the sun, I didn't really look hard at the crossword!

Obviously watched The Untouchables last night.

Well, that's funny: Trump wants to send the military into Chicago.... "the murder capital of the world" apparently (doesn't make the world top 50, you might be surprised to know.. in fact, by head of population, doesn't make the top 30 in the US either) Trump's Bonkers 'Chipocalypse Now' Post Salivates Over Potential Chicago Takeover UK.YAHOO.COM "Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR," the post read.

My neighbor bought an arctic-load of sawmill waste and it seemed to be mostly bark.

Big manky Poplar picked up off site this week. Straight onto pile to go out for biomass!!!

Using the kubota yesterday to drag and wrestle these Poplar sticks to road side for the timber trailer. Didn't bother with grab as knew it wouldn't open wide enough. Push them up at one end with bucket and get chain under then drag / wiggle them down the hill. Happy days