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The glaring irony is certainly not lost. There is actually some amusement to be had from the situation; unlike the act of asking the same futile question day in day out, much like a lunatic howling at the moon.

What exactly are you so afraid with the ID cards, what's the worst that could happen? It's just another number to go alongside DOB, PP#, DL#, NI# etc. No biggie. Governments are too incompetent to do anything sinister with it. Are you scared that they're trying to microchip you again or something?

Good question. My brother's walnut is in his orchard, amongst a load of fruit trees. We did briefly consider mitigating against the Juglone somehow, (maybe by digging a trench and installing some kind of underground barrier, as it's exuded by the roots apparently), but then quickly sacked it off as too much work. They can all fend for themselves, it'll be an interesting experiment.

I've successfully grown quite a few from seed. One that I gave to my brother is now about 10ft high, only 6 years or so old I think. It's put on a massive growth spurt in the last two years. I think I've heard that they don't start fruiting until they're at least 17 or something, hence why they are often grafted.

I was thinking to cut it at around 7ft, and then install a trendy swing seat from it. That would be rather nice.

I don't think I'd worry too much if it were my tree, it doesn't look too bad at all to me. The best advice is probably to just leave to it's own devices, it's still very young so plenty of time. The dropping branches aren't really a problem, in fact they're beneficial from the point of view of getting a good crop of apples. I think it's probably occurring because the branches are flushed with relatively heavy new leaf growth, and the wood is very flexible still on accountof being so young. I certainly wouldn't try to add an additional stake, for fear of root damage. Also, the branches would probably just drop down again when you eventually take it away. You could prune the tips of the branches back very slightly to take some of the weight off.

I've never understood this ID card phobia. I don't know what's the big deal with having one more number associated with your name, (other than it'd probably be unmemorable). People have been watching too much of The Prisoner. Classic TV, but shouldn't be taken to heart. If I was so inclined I'd be far more concerned about the masses of data that Big Tech and Social Media companies have on everyone. They know far more about people than any government could ever hope to. Imagine the stink that would have arisen if it was proposed thirty years ago that everyone should walk around with a little tracking device in their pocket. Something that allowed huge foreign companies and an unknown number of shadowy partners to harvest our data on everything 24/7. They know where we go, who we meet, what we buy, what we watch, the whole caboodle. Hell, they probably know when and for how long we take a dump! I am concerned about this though. Labour are busy letting this lot loose to feast on our NHS. They sure don't have our best interests at heart. The Palantir problem - New Statesman WWW.NEWSTATESMAN.COM The American firm’s huge NHS contract raises equally big questions about government and tech.

I'm no Conspiracy Theorist but ..................

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Funny, I initially saw a Rhino, but now I see a Triceratops after reading that.

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BCC has been bankrupt for a while now. They can't do lots of stuff they should be doing. It's a barrel of laughs.

So. Are you bullshitting yourself, bullshitting us or do you indeed have an extremely weird, distorted sense of humour?

Seriously, do you actually believe that? It's obviously pressing your buttons to the point of lunacy. You're either bullshitting yourself, bullshitting us or you have an extremely weird, distorted sense of humour. Whatever, it's incredibly tedious now. Just let go and be done with it, I'm sure you'll be able to tough it out. People don't have to answer you, and are even less likely to if you constantly insult them. Get over it and do us all a favour, yourself included. There's bound to be other opportunities to make whatever your point is. There's plenty of other ways to get your dopamine hit, that don't involve drink or "amusing" yourself like this.

Got you now, thanks. So it's that burning burning coal question that's fueling your ire this time. I completely agree with you, that foreign stuff is crap. I was at a steam rally a couple of weekends ago. It was great, but all the traction engines were belching out filthy black smoke. I was chatting to one of the guys that owned one of them and he was saying it was because it was shitty foreign coal. Russian or Ukrainian or Polish or some such. Welsh coal was so much cleaner, but they couldn't get it any more. They really ought to reopen a Welsh mine or two. I didn't get any photos of the coal smoke I'm afraid, but it was something akin to this;- PXL_20250517_194821042.TS.mp4

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Though I may be wrong Elon Musk signals he may back down in public row with Donald Trump | Elon Musk | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM SpaceX owner rows back on threat to decommission Dragon spacecraft after X user advises him to ‘cool off’

To be frank me old mucker, I don't believe anyone else cares, or is even remotely interested. The CRQA is old news now, it's all about the cartoonesque Trump Vs. Musk grand showdown. It'd be epic entertainment if it wasn't so consequential. Who are you rooting for, the orange one or the white one? I think they're both vile, but based purely on intellect I'd have to put my money on Musk coming out on top.

Ah yes, that malarkey, I remember that. The scandalous Sheffield tree massacre. I've not observed anything similar occuring in Birmingham thankfully.

Nope, not kept abreast of that. Can you fill me in? So to speak.

It was tongue in cheek, but cheers. I've made a couple of trips to the tip, (feel sorry for folk who do not have a vehicle), but to be honest it's not too bad in our area, someone is still emptying the bins sporadically.

It's all going off today isn't it? Zia Yusuf resigns as Reform UK chairman WWW.BBC.CO.UK Zia Yusuf says he no longer believes working to get a Reform government "is a good use of my time". But never mind all that celebrity dross; what the feck am I going to do with my rubbish for the rest of this year?! Birmingham bin strike could last until December after union vote WWW.BBC.CO.UK Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warns the strike will continue for "as long as it takes".

No point having a garden if you don't make it work for you IMO. I know, I could keep chickens. But I'd want to give them free range rather than in some kind of cage. Unless it was a big cage, but then I'd have to sacrifice too much growing space.

Alright Rambo, calm down. You've only asked twice I think. That doesn't even make it onto the bottom of the leader board for the junior league of the CRQA, (Competitive Repetitive Question Asking), ffs. I have absolutely no shame in being an anonymous, left wing, BS, lying, utter twat. But here you go; I've never measured it, and can't remember the figures from the particulars, but it's something like 10m by 40m. Veg on the right, fruit trees and bushes dotted around all over.