Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.

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Hi logman, No energy used? How do you do that in such short space of time with no power? Is it just wind going the tunnels? Tiago

Hey Arob, Absolutely right - Good point! Good night Tiago

It made me a bit sad watching it, those few hundred years old trees beeing felled doesn't do it for me. It didnt even look like a plantation to me, more like a natural mountain forest hope im wrong dough... Tiago

Hello Dagmar, Yes I do agree with you and that info you found in the net about these new schemes to reduce peoples carbon foot print. A lot of those programes are not affective and dont even work, what they really do is nothing to do with protecting the enviroment but play with people's conscience. So for example the flying issue, instead of making people fly less what they do is send a message of, if you fly remember your carbon foot print, so if you paying this little tax we'll plant a few trees to offset your foot print. Then as you rightly pointed out most of these schemes have little research done and later found that they have little positive affect or even negative consequences. So people are not flying less and there conscience is ok with it because they feel they've done the right thing by paying for a scheme like this. I know little about carbon and its affects on climate but I expect theres lots of organisations out there that are cashing in on the fact that carbon is this monster we make out. Now the world is changing along with its climate, we should not ignore facts like the quantities of poluted rivers, dipleted seas, the rate of deforestation in some places in the world. So lets not make the mistake or confuse the causes of climate change and the actions to tackle it, whether we are directly responsible and or is carbon so bad we all need to do alot more for our planet! My view is that carbon is not what some try to make out to be and that theres no link between carbon and climate. But lots of the measures goverments and organisations are trying to implement are a good thing regardless of climate. Dagmar to call Gore's film fantasy's I think it's a little harsh! I cant remember if I've seen it or not but Im aware of its content and Im sure theres real worrying stuff that one would hope indeed to be fiction. Interesting article on this subject. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/03/01/do0102.xml Tiago

Hi dave, The sheets were from thick plastic, you know those big bags of composts or any thing that comes in those 15 or 20kg bags, that sort of plastic. And no holes, it looked like when a dog is operated and then they put those things around its neck so they cant lick the wound. I think its a pointless exercise mainly for asthetic purpose's... Jack

Hi guys, About the clients loving the painted prunning wounds, reminded me of a similar thing I came across in Portugal. I saw these guys prunning (pollarding) these olive trees, and in some finished trees, but not in all they had tied these plastic sheets around some of the shoots left has growth points. Completly at random some trees with 3 or 4 of these plastic things or only one. I had to ask what was that about, they said - its to protect the buds from any frost during the night. So I said - do you have to do them all? They just nodded and the feelling I got was that who ever was paying for the work would surelly appreciate seeing the extent they'd gone to protected he's trees. And it even looks quite professional one could argue I think! But whether it really makes a difference, I dont think so... Jack

[quote name=skyhuck; Even if we had records going back 20 or 30 thousand years we would not really know if it was a change' date=' the weather may be on a 1 or 2 million year cycle for all we know.[/quote] Hello Skyhuck, Yes you are right records are in there early years not really enough for the big picture, at least they've started. It's fun to hear things like - 'since records began this last April has been the hottest ever'. I enjoy this type of facts because it makes me realise that theres people recording these things... I dont think that the climate is on a cycle, long or short! Like you say... Because things like volcanos cant be predicted and have a big influence on the climate... Tiago

Hi Steve, I first heard of arbtalk through my boss! Its interesting because I quite often look at Arb related sites and never came across this site by accident. So after he told us about the Arb forum I checked it out and after a while I registered. My opinion about the site is that can be a good place to meet fellow arborist, debate, learn, exchange opinions, be on top of the latest news/info etc... But it can be very addictive, one can spend far to many hours on it, and if you're ID is known to people that actually know you, views or opinion can be misinterpreted causing akward situations that otherwise wouldn't happen. Weighing the negs and positives I think its defenatly a good place to use if you have an interest in arb. Jack

Hi Glen, I've been there, its a beautiful place at the bottom of a huge valey, they have a couple of stone built buildings with a workshop a little class room and a office. Its a little set up cleverly put together. I did a three day course on felling trees with a few other guys. The place is extremelly beautifull, big mountains and lakes all around that area, theres some breath taking views to be enjoyed there. The little village Beddgelert is very nice with a couple of pubs where one can eat a good meal and the B&B's where you probably gonna stay are very nice too, theres a little river going through the town and one can listen the sound of the water from the b&b bedroom, very relaxing... Treevolution are a very professional and all the courses are well organised and the teaching is done in a modern way, something I've never experienced in other arb related courses, normally its some type of bloke with very outdated teaching techniques that makes everyone very nervous. They make everyone confortable as possible and give you as much time as you need and explain things and methods until you are happy with it. In my view the courses are worth the price plus the amazing location makes it a kind of a mini educational holiday trip. Theres these walks that start at one side of the village up the mountain around the lake and back to the village again, into the pub for a great meal.... You'll enjoy! Jack

Hi Mani, Nice to hear that you want to learn how to do your own tomato sauce, its the essencial basic component for a huge variety of dish's. And theres no right way to make it, depending for what its gonna be used in little changes can be made to it... The more often you do it, more you'll understand what to do until its just right the way you like it... A basic tomato pasta sauce, the way I do it: Fry small chopped onion in olive oil until nice and golden, had the tomatoes ( this is the most important part) 5 very ripe plum tomatoes, they are the best for the sauce but a can like on the picture above will do just a good! Once mixed together with the onion on a low heat let it cook had salt and pepper. Get some garlic chopped into little chunks, do not had until the last 2 or 3 minutes before you turn the heat off. The reason why I do this is cause otherwise the garlic will be over cooked with no taste at all. The sauce should be stirred occasionally, had more oil if it looks like it could do with more. On a low heat a can of tomatoes I would cook it for around 20/30 min, when the sauce looks like its reduce down but not completly thick and a nice layer of oil covering the surface of the sauce you then can had the garlic and let it cook for 3/4 min and its ready! Theres lot of nice things you can had and make it more interesting, nuts herbs etc... And if left for the next day its even more yummy!!! The quality of the tomatoes is really important because if you use crappy greenish ones you'l never get a rich delicious sauce, its hard to find fresh tomatoes for cooking and thats why I most times use cans they are just a good... Try it man, in no time you'll make much better sauces than any ready made ones.. Ciao Jack

Hi Tom, I think that this Japanese chap hit the nail exactly where it hurts! Just to add one more thing about on which side they want us to be or believe. Theres been huge amounts of money put into research on climate, so theres lots of work available to lots of scientist and people alike. Not totally bad or wrong but money is cut from other sectors, goverments dont just create huge funds. I heard if someone wants to research on a particular subject, for example something like - how are common ants populations doing in the south west, that its difficult to get funding but if you mention, common ants populations and the affect of global warming in the south west, you're much more likelly to get funding.... jack

Hi monkeyd, Im impressed with the quality of the pictures! Surelly its not that crappy little thing, that I tried to use for the moths. Nothing near as good as those! Jack

Hello Yes I thing it worked out really nicelly, curious to see what its going to do in the next few years! Its got plenty of light so I think its going to put lots of growth and in 3 years time its back to its former glory, hopefully! Or a little spore in the air will find its way on to one of those rips and take advantage now the tree is weak and stressed out. Lets wait a see! Jack

Hi guys, I have experience on the road both in Portugal and here in the UK. What I have to say is that between both countries theres so many differences. When I first started driving here one of the first things I noticed was how friendly drivers are here, always letting you out of a junctions and those sort of things! Driving wise people here are so much more carefull, down a main road its rare seeing crazy overtakings and dangerous manouvers. In Portugal they drive so badly, its common to see crazy overtakings, there are so many accidents on the roads, most people have lost friends or family in car crash's. I cant really remember any figures but I wouldn't be suprized if we were the worst drivers in Europe. Unfortunatly its changing here, people are so impatient always in a rush it seems. Jack