Today's Posts

I'll wait until tomorrow for the answers to my jewish problem. Until then, enjoy something gratuitous:

My apologies Peter, I assumed you’d been around longer than you have. I had a crazy thread on my 391 back in 2015 which made me ‘semi famous’ as the Arbtalk defender of the MS391. 😂 As it turns out it was 5 years before you joined so no good reason for you to get the joke 😄

I watched that a while back an excellent performance by tom hanks.

Wow, just myself and The Pro today. Must have been a dodgy one. Wordle 1,640 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Absolutely gopping all day here. Yellow warning for rain, probably not as bad as forecast on the day. Really slowed my tricky job, could have done with a second coat, or maybe a third!

Yes. 100% oak.

WTAF are you waffling on about. Time for the lithium tablets and a few hours in a quiet corner for you

First cassette exchanged, no questions, known issue at the time, second one had David Turner saying NO WAY as they thought the problem had been resolved but this time the crack was visible so the exchange was made. THEN.... THEN... I heard a familiar and unwelcome ting a ling a ling a ling again. Felt like crying having to take it all apart AGAIN only to find a piece of fence wire as the culprit.

I remember a couple of years ago mother in law going to great trouble sorting a vegetarian alternative for a vegetarian who was in attendance, well they are more beef than nut roast, or what ever it was.

Apparently .. Chainsaws were first invented for childbirth. It was developed in Scotland in the late 18th Century to help aid and speed up the process of symphysiotomy (widening the pubic cartilage) and removal of disease-laden bone during childbirth. It wasn’t until the start of the 20th Century that we started using chainsaws for woodchopping.

some guys like to do things the hard way

Clam shell inspiration! I’ve never thought of that before!

I'd risk it . Make sure the polarities are correct then gently make the last contact, if there's a huge flash then I'd think twice.

Thanks I will certainly give that a try. Maybe with WD40?

Morning all, Not going to try working today. Wobbling around in Mewp at max height needing another metre to reach the top of the conifer not ideal. Especially when soaking wet and numb hands in slippery gloves and a limited drop zone. Looks much better tomorrow, then wet again Wednesday and Thursday.

And playing music or podcasts off your phone you can hardly hear them once a machine starts. Plus sides very easy to set up, as in turn it on and it automatically connects to the other procoms. Volume between lids is decent.

CS30, CS31. Full clean driving licence. Hard working, competent groundsman based in South East Valleys looking for more experience, available most weekends.

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The above statue thing is a bit shit, this one works better. https://makerworld.com/en/makerlab/imageTo3d?from=makerlab Anyway thought I'd test it on a 2511 exhaust cover. It didnt like a white background so found a pic of a dirty used one off ebay. Very unlikely it will be correct but Im printing it anyway. I can then scale and adjust to fit. Edit, the result The size is quite far off, 20% and more in depth. I'll try again using a video instead of single image, maybe something simpler.

Any ideas? Very old western red cedar, multi stemmed from about 1m above ground. These fruiting bodies are on one stem about 1.5m above ground. Tree has lost a few big limbs in recent years and has just a little bjt of dieback in crown. Looks ok otherwise.

I'm afraid. They are just Leylandii, sorry. (Added the correct punctuation here now that the thread appears to have run its course.)

Wankers

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Grounds person required to work in a 2 man team in romney marsh area Kent , must have CS 30 & CS 31 and preferably be over 25 for vehicle insurance purposes, must have experience of wood chippers ,Hedge trimming , and lowering techniques prefered , but not essential as training can be given .Salary approx £30,000 on a self employed basis Please email [email protected] or Call Keith on 07909786585 Thanks Keith