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I like mixing it up. I’m starting tomorrow with DUMB.

That looks good fun! If I bought that I wouldn't paint it, it looks the part as it is.

He's not that useful. Also frankly a liability when you're swinging hand tools. Haven't had a wages thread for a few weeks have we.

The philosophical dangers of cheapening the status of genius aside, I'm a genius. Sailor cut a pad, probably romping through the broken glass that is the style around here. Wanted to press the flappy bit of pad back to the paw so it can bond back to the gristle (weird stuff...) underneath. Stitches generally not advised and would have probably required knocking him out. Pressing it in with a tight bandage and a stiff block of wadding was working but the flap would pop back off when I went in to disinfect. Ended up borrowing technique from composite repair. Instead of fibreglass cloth, steristrips. Instead of resin, superglue. The first one I settled for a rather baggy one but the rest of them I got fairly good tension on and started knitting it all into place. I reckon I've bally done it. Should be robust and waterproof enough to inspect and spritz with disinfectant. Updates as they occur.

Sailor slips into the minimum wage bracket. For U16’s. Invoice - staff, £240.

I think you might of broke that!

What’s the difference between a bison and a buffalo? You can’t wash your hands in a buffalo!

I would give that a home, I like odd stuff!

Did it not make a funny noise?

What's arb work like in Bangladesh?

This turned up in my local auction today.....any takers! Looks like an old Villiers but not quite sure ....

Hi, I am in the middle of a 4 year + subsidence Insurance claim involving medium plasticity clay soil and 2 x 300-350 year old TPO oak trees 13 metres from tge front of the property and 15 metres from the back of my property. * data monitoring started 4 years ago. Medium clay soil found after trial pits dug. Oak roots identified under foundations but no DNA analysis done to ascertain which or both oak roots are under property. * only 1 oak tree crown reduced 3 years ago. Movement continued after pruning * tree is within my property but near boundary with public highway and pedestrian and car traffic to schools further down the road. * Insurer initially offered £7,500 for re-decoration. No recognition of subsidence issue for first year of the Claim * monitoring has stopped and started and been done at varying intervals over 4 years eg 2 monthly, 6 monthly, 8 monthly. * Insurer’s arborist 2023 said if tree couldn’t be removed then underpinning was the only solution. Also RBT ‘unreliable’ and ‘unsafe’ * after Council refused removal of tree, RBT proposed by Insurer. When challenged, Insurer’s arborist changed opinion from underpinning to RBT although nothing had changed from his opinion 9 months earlier when tree removal application was ongoing. * Insurer’s arborist is claiming credentials from a Arboricultual Organisation that had not been renewed as membership had not paid for. * independent structural engineer’s Report advised underpinning * independent arborist advised against RBT due to: tree safety issues (anchor root damage and safety to public from tree damage), lack of acknowledgment of potential 2nd oak tree influence on subsidence, strong likelihood tree roots of 100-150 of age were under property when it was built. Insurer refusing underpinning and only offering RBT. Any advice woukd be appreciated. Thank you

Wee job this morning.

Oh dear, it almost looks like it’s been machined out, can’t remember if you can actually buy just the cover so may be a complete brake, and clutch.

Hello, my grandparents live on a slope in the forest in Finland. the forest owner decided to fell a whole slope of trees a few years ago up stream of the house on the slope. last year they noticed damage to the property rotting foundations. We think the water isn’t being absorbed by the large amount of trees now and is running down from the forest slope under ground and has destroyed the foundations of the house while it has also visibly changed the shape of the land surrounding the house. Eg. There is a newly formed stream to the side of the house running to the lake. my grandparents can’t live there because no electricity now and they are trying to get evidence of what caused the problem , their own house insurance doesn’t cover this as it’s to do with the foundations . surely there is a law in Finland that prevents felling causing this kind of problems ? Please advise !

Clutch cover machined on 562 today

Great, offer solutions not problems.

Couldn't get near brash with truck or get chipper with loader, so third opinion take tractor and trailer and lift it to drier ground to be chipped next week.

Agree with that. To begin with I looked for the 'perfect' starter but now I'm a bit more random about it. Quite liked moist though.

In stark contrast to don monstering massive tonnages of trees to death eight days a week, I've recently been very much enjoying little gardening oddments. First time stump grinding in about fifteen years today. Lovely little machine with new teeth and had the staff chasing roots out. IMG_3239.MOV

I tried that, but throwing in a new first word every day is part of the fun.

Dig a bit of soil out from under a healthy tree, mix it 50/50 with compost, and throw in a handful of chicken pellets too.