sticks

[Stephen Blair]

dogs at work are a good idea if its the right dog, my german pointer ate my goggles, chewed throught he seat belt and kept locking the doors, the border terrier wont stop crapping in the motor and can sniff out a crumb so wuill just destroy the cab till it finds it and the fox terrier gets scared and smells to bad. mine stay in the kennel.

[Rich Rule]

it was while back... not exactly 100% cert. but the tree just outta picture on the left is a Quercus Coccinnea Rubens var.

 

that would be my guess. i would ask him but his memory aint that good as he's not 3 years old yet. could be anything, ever followed a 2 year old through woods before? LOL

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

it was while back... not exactly 100% cert. but the tree just outta picture on the left is a Quercus Coccinnea Rubens var.

 

that would be my guess. i would ask him but his memory aint that good as he's not 3 years old yet. could be anything, ever followed a 2 year old through woods before? LOL

 

Thats out of order, saying I was half right then giving me the missleading "ancient oak woodland" tip off! you would not get coccinea in NAW designated woodland!

 

shucks, play fair! lmao

[Rich Rule]

Thats out of order, saying I was half right then giving me the missleading "ancient oak woodland" tip off! you would not get coccinea in NAW designated woodland!

 

shucks, play fair! lmao

 

could be wrong and probably am LOL!!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

could be wrong and probably am LOL!!!

 

i was just kidding anyways! lol

[Bolt]

The best stick has to be hazel, with the best thinness to length ratio you can get (needs to be about 2 metres long)

If you whip it back and forth really quick, you can get it so the tip moves in a mirror image of your hand, but the middle doesn’t move at all.

 

I recon there a 3 benefits to this

 

Firstly you can impress the kids that you are cleverer than you are by talking about standing waves, second harmonics and all that stuff, secondly, the “Boocha-boocha-bootcha” sounds a bit like a distant Chinook – possibly to coolest of all the helicopters (but not those Chinooks that legend has they keep hidden in a hanger in Cornwall somewhere because they can only fly when its sunny) – and lastly, if you can find yourself a nice proud thistle, you can demonstrate the basics of sectional dismantling by reducing back its leaves, and then popping them of at the stem, then (once its skinned neatly) taking the stem down bit by bit.

 

I wonder if hazel sticks were the inspiration for the strimmer?

[Mark Bolam]

Hazel defo in my top 3.

 

On a different tack, least favourite stick?

 

Mine has to be a length of fresh conifer, gluing up your hand with resin, with a nasty little burr on the butt end that fillets open your index finger when you finally fling it away in disgust.

[Bolt]

Least favourite has to be lengths of very dead whippy yew going into the chipper. First they whack you on the hand as the rollers gets hold of them, then they whip up your arse as you turn away running and squealing like a girl.

[tommer9]

Birch........ooh matron.