Mike Hill
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Those bombs were fused at the tail because the nose ,well actually the whole casing was drop forged in order to be armour piercing projectile. Christ only knows how deep into the mud that thing was. There is actually the arse section of a " Tall Boy" in a clients garden over here,you can see where the nuts have been forced into the plate when it went off,the bombers couldn't fly back to the UK with that bomb on board so they had to drop them in order to make it home. The crater is about 2km from her place,the plate might have landed there or someone might have found it. The Richard Montgomery had some of her cargo offloaded after she ran aground,maybe they don't know how much or what was taken off though? The former luftwaffe airfield on Herdla still has the demo charges buried in the runway because its a bird sanctuary now. Strange but true.
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It has been in the sea for almost 80 years though. Here at least the clearance divers seem to add more HE to the demolition charge to remind people that the stuff can still be hazardous. From memory the fuzes on aerial bombs are more hazardous than the main charge. None of the ariel bombs on that ship were fuzed,just the bomb let's ,so what is the chance of sympathetic detonation of all of it? I guess in an accident with that ship,it's not what gets destroyed I the blast radius that's the problem,it's launching bits of ship and uxo into the surrounding area? In Bergen a ship carrying 12,000 tonn of explosives blew up in town,bits of the ship are still on the hillside.
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Could they not rig it , cover it in a million ton of sand,then set it off? How viable is the cargo after 77 years in the sea?
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If you take the fitting off the end of a regular grease gun,the threads on the hose match those on the Hedge cutter gearbox casing.
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Why do you need a certificate to shoot a deer? Is it not just " look there is a deer I want to shoot,standing in a safe place to shoot it?" BANG! Deer for dinner.
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Its got a key on the shaft Gareth,that bolt won't shear unless that key give out and it won't. I have been using a bolthole through there for 16 years on several machines. The joint between the UJ and the shaft gets slack and shatters roll pins. I think you are right about the original roll pin just being there to stop the shaft sliding out if you need to lift up the roller after you take off the spring.
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I did but ended up chucking about £400 a month away. When I changed my card my subscription fell away and I never noticed any difference in enquiry numbers.
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I don't think it does have a grub screw,mine didn't. It's probably got a wee bit of slop there now ,keep the 8.8 bolt in it you will likely shatter a roll pin.
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I would approach some firewood sellers locally. They will get bulk loads delivered and have the kit onsite to load your ifor. In addition they might keep an eye out for logs that have a bit of character that you could earn more from with your wood turning.
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I can imagine it. " Can ye taste it Micky?" * muffled yelps from Mick as he tries to find the lady lozenge amidst the Ginger pelt*
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No Unless she has a giant unkept muff reminiscent of a slumbering Highland cattle beast.
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Terrible. You should slap them for applauding peoples efforts. Go on,do it.
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£27ph for a self employed groundy here in Norway. Only supplying his ppe.
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My bird has a Husqvarna log burner in her mums garage. Yours for the postage.
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I am genuinely confused as how you managed to get all your tickets but not know the going rate? As an industry starter I would expect minimum wage as unfortunately you will only be a cost to the employer as without years of experience your tickets are practically worthless. That is an unfortunate fact that trainers never illustrate,tickets are to cover your employer not demonstrate competence. I would call every company in a commutable radius of where you live to ask for a job. You might have to work for multiple firms in the beginning but you will make it if you want to. Your story reminds me of the scam that some trainers pulled over resettlement packages paid for by the MOD.
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Johnny Cash was no logger.
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"Talky tooters " are what we used to use. Weird name but you never forget the signals after doing them for years.
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Your doing this on purpose now aren't you? You little tease.
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The only person on this thread who takes Johnsond seriously is himself. He can't see the spectical he makes of himself because of that fact. As you were Johnny,hands out of pockets .
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He does know two Norwegians though,and at least one Finn who has done nation service. Subject matter expert.
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Not really,time on boats counts as offshore experience. I am sure that both guys at some point could see how their careers as Navy divers was going to smooth their transition to offshore work. Many Scots also join to learn English and the chance of a cheap Kilt.
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These divers now have lucrative careers doing similar to what they did in sjøforsværet yeah? Training they got paid for? My point stands. Scots join up for the food and dental work.
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Big difference between the Finnish,North and UK mindsets. Finn's sign up hoping to kill Russians,Nogs sign up to get free education and quals,British sign up to get off council estates.
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Eh? Recruiting is already at an all time low,anyone who is motivated enough to choose to join is not going to welcome working alongside people who are forced into it.If you punnished all the twats with corporal punnishment then there would be no one left to serve and the ds would be occupied with enforcing discipline over teaching actual soldiering.The chavs of today just dont get it and honestly never will. Norway has has some form of National Service since the 1940s,they realised that punnishing people into it dosnt work.So although most kids get called up at 18 years old,only the kids motivated to see it though are chosen.Bearing in mind that these boys and girls have to service part time untill they are 40 means its a very large commitment.Some people stay on untill much later but thats the exception. Honestly I think the UK is so shagged socially that only a pandemic or world war is going to reboot it.
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The old chestnut being that reducing cash usage will make it harder for criminals. That's the line they push here.
