Gnarlyoak

Nope. Nothing on the "stalking directive". There is a stalking directory, enter the name of someone you want to stalk, and bingo up pops their address and a little bi-og of their likely haunts where they can be found........ Not really. Its about deer stalking. No offence Mr.Varty re little dig on minder. I am regretably of an age when Minder, The Sweeny, Professionals etc. were the epitomy of Sunday night in, when there was just 3 TV channels and they were all shutdown by midnight!

Nice pic, Bryn seems seems to have got his "lippy" out. Were you getting dressed up for a night out or was your shooting companion just pleased to see you stroking your weapon?

Does Terry, (AKA Denis Waterman) design the theme tune, write the theme tune and sing the theme tune for the Minder forum? If there truly is a forum for Minder, then the internet is truly the work of the devil. I only use Arbtalk. Though I keep toying with the idea of joining one of those sites offering NSA fun with "local slags in my area", but I just can't seem to lower myself and cheapen my standards!!! or Dogging.com

Funny init, had similar experiences as others. Tried whisky when I was in my teens never really rated it to be honest always found it a bit harsh, and then avoided it for decades. Not sure if our memories dull and tastes become more refined, or is it vice versa. I did drink JD for years and always eschewed the old scotch until someone introduced me to the delights of a nice single malt from the Orkenay's and I realised my mistake. Its not whisky per se that I did'nt like it was blended whisky that was not to my taste. So now I'm hooked on the single malts and I love 'em, but only in the last 3-4 yrs! As with others, another biggup for Jura. Jura Superstition is my fave. Bottle never seems to last long though! For Christmas the old dear asked me what I'd like, so I just said "oh a nice bottle of whisky will do"", to my sister, same question, same answer. On Christmas day I opened, a 1ltr bottle of Bell's and a bottle of Jack Daniels Honey! Doh, I've barely got a dram left in the current opened bottle of Bowmore (Islay), and I'm dreading finishing it as I'll then have to open the presents! Well I hate waste....

Pelleted Chicken Manure Has anyone tried it and found it to be any better for producing big tasty veg than other proprietary non chemical fertilizers? I suspect that a lot of the raw materials come from battery hen houses, so this might score as a minus in evironmentally friendly terms even though it is an "organic" product. Its on offer at Wilkinsons at two 7kg tubs for £9. So thought I'd give a go for a change instead of the fish blood & bone I've previously used.

Why? Are you about get arsey again........ ?

"No..... I'm Spartacus......" AKA: Decimus Pompilius Secundus. Which I quite like the sound of.

Why? Are you from Wales and your eager to take the mick out of your neighbours. Look you! There's lovely!!

Stihl chain on my Stihl saws. Always.

As I understand it, and I don't know the varesity of this statement as I'm relating it from third hand information told to me. One of the primary reasons that the police are unwilling to enter travelling communities and make arrests is due to their very transient nature. That is once they make an arrest, they have to expend a massive amount of time and energy filling in all the paperwork, secure evidence and witness statements. In the meantime once the suspects are released from custody, they return back to camp, up sticks, and move on to wreak havoc elsewhere. By the time a case comes to court, the accused have long gone, the police and courts have wasted a lot and time & money, with nothing to show for it, eventually the charges are dropped are not persued because the police and courts do not have the resources to traipse around the country trying to track down the miscreants. Long story short, its cheaper to do nothing because its to much hassle and not worth the paperwork. Added to that, there is no political will to target these individuals, who'll be screaming about the abuse of their Human Rights, the moment you set foot on their (often illegal) campsite. For your average plod force its the preverbial shitty stick with poo at both ends, whichever end they grasp they are left with mud in their eye. Its easier for them to do nothing and hope the problems moves on fairly soon. Of course you could all lobby the newly elected public Police Commissioner type person that you voted for last year to get them to try and change their forces emphasis on how they deal with these kinds of criminals. Thats what they're there for. Thats what you voted for, so that you the people would have a voice on how your local constabulary is run, to represent your concerns. You did vote, did'nt you!?!?

Sadly I feel that once again, the genie is already out of the bottle on that one. With 7 billion & counting, the agri companies will eventually back all governments worldwide into a corner to agree to the use of GM simply to be able to feed the worlds population (est. 10bn by 2050). Even though they estimate that 50% of the all the food produced in the world annually is lost/wasted/thrown away even before it sees a plate! Almost half of the world's food thrown away, report finds | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Wow lucky indeed, especially seeing the split in the internal polystyrene padding. Glad you walked away from that one. How old is the helmet?

Sister down in Derbyshire, has had it real bad since end of last week. Had to have paramedics out for breathing difficulties one night earlier this week. Went to Doc's today, massive chest infection, rushed straight to hospital & straight onto intravenous anti-biotics to try and get it under control. Her partners ill with it too, but he's not as bad. Looks like something nasty doing the rounds at the moment.

Fair enough. But do you find you end up paying a higher price for policies direct through your broker than you would via an online search engine?

Good call. Like the sound of that, think I might look for that option from now on.

Have just renewed my van insurance this week. Is it only me, or does anyone else get vaguely frustrated when entering personal details about themselves, that they are able to enter an Occupation Type of tree feller or tree surgeon or arborist (on some), but when it comes to selecting a corresponding Business Type there is no similar option to select tree surgery or arboriculture. I always end up picking Landscaping as the business type these days, but in the past I have been involved in "Arbitration" (never!). So what do you pick and does anyone know why insurance companies recognise the occupation but not the business?

Give it a few years and the tree will get its own back by growing (round/through/over) the fence and deforming it out of shape!

Thats very good of you, not wanting to be paid for standing there and watching! If your asking someone to show you a demonstration for free, why not offer to sweeten the deal by offereing them lunch at a local hostelry on you by way of thanks.

Nah. If they're dropping bombs, I'll assume they're using planes, so I'd rather have a battery of SAM's please. In fact sod it, I'd want proper payback, I'll go nuclear please. That'll learn em' What we all should definately have though, is James Bond jetpacks, and Star Trek phasers, set to stun. It'd be a right laugh out with your mates in your jetpacks, firing at each other with your phasers, then watching them lose control after you score a hit and tumbling to the ground in a crumpled heap, or veering off through the shop window of Next!

Everyone who has commented here this evening realises this thread is over four years old....... right.......

Or hire a rotavator for the day. Do the job in a fraction of the time, not only is it back breaking, double digging a fair sized plot takes a quite a bit of time as well as effort. Must admit, did look at the Charles Dowding link earlier today and like the idea of it. Tempted to not bother turning over a couple of my beds and having a go at this method instead.

Well the bantams are puuurrrrttty to look at. Leghorns are pretty good layers. But the battery hens are a cross breed, and were bred to lay, lay, lay. So you just need to decide if you want them to be good looking or good layers. Or get 1 of each if you only want to have two. The chucks like to be with friends but they don't have to come from the same tribe. And you don't need a cockerel either, unless you like your egss fertilised. Hens will lay just fine without the attention of a cockerel. You'll only need a cock if you want to breed your hens. They also tend to to bully hens just to remind them that there is a pecking order!

Now I know everyone in Scotland thinks your all hard done by the heathen English and the expenses fiddlin bunch of grey blobs in the Palace of Westminster, but unless your setting up a branch Rio De Janero surely them "olympics" must be the Commonwealth Games.

You surprise me Tony, I'd of had you down for saving and re-homing some ex-battery hens if you were to have some chucks. Bantams lay pretty small eggs and are not very productive. I don't keep chucks myself but my sister does, she got 3 ex-battery hens last year to add to her brood of Bantams, Araucanas & Leghorns and they just lay eggs for Britain. She originally rescued 4 ex battery, but one did'nt learn quick enough to tell the difference between a farm dog that does'nt even bother to look up when your pecking round his head and a hungry fox. That happened the in the 1st week, but at least the other 3 quickly learnt what to do the next time when Mr.Fox sidles his way into yard.

As others have said, council are unlikely to grant you permission to cut their trees at the behest of a third party. And more likely to prosecute you for damaging their trees if any work is done without permission. If your customer is determined to have further work done to these trees, she could try contacting the council TO directly herself and offer to pay to have the trees reduced. Council are very unlikely to agree, but at least she'll know that the advice you gave her and the reason you could'nt do it the job yourself was for legitimate reasons. She will also then be at the pointy end of "the finger of suspicion" should she decide to ignore your advice and get some member of of the travelling community or other person of lesser morals to do the job for her.