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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’
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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.
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Ah yes, that malarkey, I remember that. The scandalous Sheffield tree massacre. I've not observed anything similar occuring in Birmingham thankfully.
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Nope, not kept abreast of that. Can you fill me in? So to speak.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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Fire in garden, can trees be saved?
sime42 replied to Codythedog's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Brinksman. But yeah, they're almost certainly good for at least 5 years. I was being cautious. -
Fire in garden, can trees be saved?
sime42 replied to Codythedog's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Cheers for the full picture. Whatever you do now then, it's probably only going to be an interim measure. I still think those trees are doomed to die soon or in the not too distant future. If and when they do definitely die it might be an idea to get them reduced as low as possible, whilst still maintaining the privacy screen. How high do you need then to be roughly? It's easier and safer to do the climbing/cutting work when the wood is still sound, rather than waiting until they start to rot and fail. (Also there might be a liability issue if they're close to a public path?). If room in the garden allows you could also plant a row of replacement trees at this stage, suitably spaced back from the original line. You should be able to achieve an uninterrupted privacy screen over time then. Maybe even deploy some kind of climbing plant to help bulk up the trunks on the original trees. -
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WTF? It was a comment in accordance with this you Muppet. Nothing to do with you. Again. It's just that you jumped in front in your haste to pose that cracker of a question. Again. Go and look up the Me Too movement, #MeToo or something. Harvey Weinstein and all that. Anyway, as I keep telling you, the answer that you're eternally searching for is 42.
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The "me too" effect.
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Same again this evening
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Get away with you. Lumps that big only belong on a plate, not in a sandwich. Branstons spreadable or nothing. Or homemade. Points for the Corned Beef though.
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That's unusual these days I think, not many people have landline telephones now. Well, based on my limited data set; I know hardly anyone who uses one. Those few that do are in the older generations. We're in the odd position of having to pay for a phone line that we don't use. Virgin don't allow the option of not having one. Now that they're not exchange powered, there's no advantage over a mobile. (Not that I think that's progress, it's probably not. Same as getting rid of FM radio transmition. I'm also of the Luddite mindset)
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Maybe we've reached one of those tipping points already. Who knows? We're well into uncharted territory now, science will be forever playing catch-up from now on. I think there's only one thing that's certain, and that's that things will get worse before they get better. What do you reckon @Johnsond?
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Fire in garden, can trees be saved?
sime42 replied to Codythedog's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
They're well and truly toasted I'm afraid! Always trust a Tree Surgeon. Most of the time. -
What is the burning question, the very very simple one? Gotta say, I'm flummoxed. You know, that question that's so amusing that you can't help but whine on and on about it on every single page, every time you come on here. It must be a cracker. Maybe we can all help to get you to the answer together, hive mind and all that. Alternatively, we could just discuss some stuff that actually matters, or is at least interesting.
