sime42
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This looks really good. Knots 3D - Apps on Google Play PLAY.GOOGLE.COM Learn to tie more than 150 knots in 3D!
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It was the loudest Dawn Chorus of the year this morning apparently. I've no idea how that was determined. The old dicky birds were quite vocal here anyway.
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Oh dear. I normally quite like the guy when he's on GQT and when he pops up on TV sometimes, but he's definitely dropped a bollock there! He's completely got the wrong end of the stick and then massively over thought it. However, I don't believe it was anything to do with racism, he didn't mention that, even implicitly. That idea smells like anti-wokers trying to provoke an argument that wasn't there.
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That's good going. When did you put the toms out in the greenhouse? Mine are 2" tall and I thought they were ahead of schedule.
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Finally, some rain today. A joyous sight. Not so joyous was getting woken up at some unearthly hour by a blackbird shouting about the forthcoming rain!
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I think Mattocks are an underrated digging tool. I couldn't do without mine for any kind of ground work. So much better than a pickaxe in my opinion. They're really come into their own when when there's any roots or stumps involved.
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That's bloody hard graft. How long did that take you? Good idea with the stumpery.
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That's why I said "something more like" PR. [emoji848] There's no easy answer but the current setup is obviously not working. Heaven forbid that someone the likes of Farage were to ever get into power! Though on reflection he couldn't be that much better that Boris surely.
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Pretty astute there analysis I'd say.
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I see your point but I think you give the ruling elite too much credit. They're too arrogant to change the way they behave, unless they are really forced to. Independents and all the smaller parties would have to attract so many votes between them as to deprive the big two of the majority. That's a lot to ask. The "wasted vote" was intentionally in quotation marks, it was a somewhat tongue in cheek comment. I've voted for the smaller parties in the past, and will do so in future. I just meant that our current system is not really fair for the likes of them.
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They'd be a good option, they've obviously got their priorities in the right order. Sadly though unless/until we can reshape our electoral system to something more like Proportional Representation they'll always be a "wasted vote" in our broken system.
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I'm struggling at the moment, no where's to put the many pots of young plants, seedlings and germinating seeds. Run out of window sill space in the house and still too cold at night to move things into the greenhouse.
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She's not been idle then! Lots going on there.
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Buying and restoring old cross cut hand saws and two man saws
sime42 replied to carbs for arbs's topic in General chat
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Buying and restoring old cross cut hand saws and two man saws
sime42 replied to carbs for arbs's topic in General chat
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You're right of course, we the human plague of parasites, are the problem. How can we ever action the solution to that though? It's an ethical minefield; trying to reduce or even limit our population. Sure, we could try to enforce contraception in third world countries, but I don't think that would help much. Most of the damage is done by or driven by us in first world countries, (with stable or even declining populations). Surely we ought to at least mitigate the effects of our presence on the planet. The basic problem is exacerbated by the way we live our lives, our massive overconsumption of everything for instance. Maybe it's just me, but I feel pretty depressed about the grim state that the world will be in when my son grows up, if we sit back and do nothing to try to improve the current trajectory.
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Maybe we'll finally see some progress with the new guy in charge. Here's hoping .... Climate change: Biden summit to push for 'immediate' action WWW.BBC.CO.UK Forty world leaders will be urged to increase their carbon-cutting actions at US virtual summit.
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I should have known it was too good to be true.
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This is the gas powered automatic trap. Looks good in theory. Shame its so bloody expensive! A new weapon against the greys WWW.FORESTRYJOURNAL.CO.UK The alien North American grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) is a huge challenge for UK foresters, especially those wanting to grow hardwoods for…
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I was thinking about this too.
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Good plan. Oily fish like mackerel is really good. Tasty too. Just a shame about all the heavy metals in it due to pollution in the seas. You're meant to be careful about how much you eat because of that. Bloody humans!
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Avocados do eventually disappear. I tend to sieve the compost after getting it out of the bin each year. To get rid of any plastic crap and retrieve any cutlery! At the same time I chuck any bigger bits of un-composted organic debris, like avocado, into the bin to go through the next cycle. Not sure what makes moss so tough but there's definitely something about it. It's used in hanging baskets as a liner and also a major constituent of carnivorous plant soil mixes. I grow some of these and the moss always lasts years before rotting down. Thinking laterally, maybe this is also why moss peat takes so many thousands of years to form any depth of.
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Yep. But aren't there some downsides to reintroducing Pine Martins all over the place? I heard something about them once but forget the details again. Do they attack birds nests as well or something?
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Anyone know why the buggers do so much bark damaging? The Greys. A guy told me once that it was all to do with territorial behaviour and the fact that they have no natural predators in this country. Frustratingly I've forgotten the details of what he said. Until recently I didn't realise that they attacked oak trees as well. I thought it was beech and sycamore that they preferred to go for. I was doing a light reduction and thin of an oak a few weeks back and when I got to the top loads of branches were screwed with squirrel damage.
