Mikey P

Alas, under UK law you have a duty of care to anyone who is on your property, whether invited or not. This is why you have to have a fence and/or cover on your open air swimming pool, even if you don't have kids. If a child climbs your garden fence and falls in your pool, you are likely to be prosecuted, even if you weren't there at the time and the child had been told not to enter your garden. It's poo, isn't it? Mind you, can't see that many arborists having problems with swimming pools...

oo oo me please! Although...I'm torn now I've seen shrek's...

Is this combination commercially available as a single product or line of products? Or do you have to buy separately from, say, an agricultural chemical supplier?

Taken from The Sun Newspaper: Dear Deirdre, I have never written to you before but I really need your advice. I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. There are the 'so-called' usual signs, such as the phone rings but, if I answer, the caller hangs up. My wife has been going out with "the girls" a lot recently; however, when I ask their names, she always says, "Just some friends from work. You don't know them." I try to stay awake and look out for her when she comes home but I usually fall asleep. Anyway, I have never broached the subject with my wife. I think that, deep down, I just did not want to know the truth but, last night, she went out again and I decided to finally check on her. Around midnight, I hid in the garage behind my workbench so I could get a good view of the whole area when she arrived home from her night out with "the girls". When she got out of the car she was buttoning up her blouse - which was open - and she took her knickers out of her purse and put them on. It was at that moment, crouching behind my Stihl MS880 with 48-inch bar, that I noticed a hairline crack in the crank-case cover. Is this something I can fix myself or should I take it back to the shop where I bought it? Yours sincerely Paul (Leeds)

Remember: Three Times And F**k It

My dog's gayer than your dog. Heh-heh. Black and tan cavvy. No use whatsoever.

All Arbtalk...and no trousers? Arbtalk: we've all got massive stumps. Arbtalk: do it with a 20-inch Bar. Arbtalk: It's Tree-mendous! Arbtalk: Wood you like to see my trunk? I'm getting bored of this now...

Thou shalt not covet thy groundy's ass.

Yes! Imagine my disappointment, etc, etc, ...

'Sados'? Don't you mean 'Saddos'? Shurely shome mishtake?

Larry, There were a couple of bootnecks on the course I did with Kingswood. Very well set-up place they have there in Kent - give Richard Olley a call if you want to know anything more. I can't speak for anyone else but the Kingswood course was geared towards making sure you got all the relevant ground and aerial basic tickets and could effectively pay for 95% of the course with your resettlement grant, SLC and ELC. Whilst you might get more out of a college course in the long term, it depends on what time you have left in the Marines and what activities you have coming up. Many civilians do not understand that it is not a simple matter for a serviceman to sign onto a college course part-time or evening classes - regular attendance can be difficult. I agree with what someone said above about maybe doing a couple of weekends work experience to ensure it's what you want to do. Check with your RAO over what the score is with insurance or, alternatively, just do it and don't get injured. If you want value for money, then something like the Kingswood service-leaver course is excellent; however, it is getting increasingly difficult to get experience once you have your tickets: I've been doing work for friends and family just to keep my hand in and have found it extremely hard to get any weekend work with a company, even when I have been offering my services for nothing (yes, I said 'FOR NOTHING!', Poole area, Dorset, CS 30, 31, 38, 39, woodchippers, stumpgrinders, clean 1992 driving license, own saw and all own PPE and climbing kit). I would echo what someone else said earlier that now is not a good time to leave the forces. I don't know your discharge circumstances or options but, if you can sign on for another year or two, and spend that time looking into courses, doing a bit of work experience, not getting shot in Lashka Gar or Goresh, etc, it would be time well spent, with money in your pocket and a roof over your head. I'm due out in Sep 09 - I'm kakking my pants and seriously thinking about doing another year instead...

Having already opened the proverbial can of worms by asking what were the major differences between semi-chipper and full chisel chains, I thought I'd throw another one in for good measure.... I'd like to try out a fair-lead/self-tending pulley on my climbing rig, ie, just below the Blake hitch so it tends it automatically - I tried it out on my climbing course but it just didn't feel right at the time so I didn't use it again. Now I have a bit more time, I'd like to play with it a more and see if it was just me not doing things properly or whether it really is a waste of time. In its favour, I quite like the idea that you can adjust it moving back in from a branch walk with only one hand. I've seen a few pulleys out there, some small, some not so small, but all of them seem, well, a bit over engineered for quite a simple task. I'm not planning to put body weight on the pulley, or use it for rigging. Maybe pulling a saw up from the ground so that's about it. All it really has to do is bump up against my friction hitch and/or nicely feed the rope into the hitch. So, the question is, could I look at a simple small pulley from a garden centre/DIY shop/boat supplies store, for a few quid or am I just being a cheapskate? Should I bite the bullet and get a more expensive version from ISC or Petzl? Will this mean that I can use it more flexibly (rescues, etc)? Any recommendations?

Thanks everyone - much clearer.....