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  1. Graham
    One I've just finished. Looking at it I really ought to go and knock those wrappers level. What gives the appearance of them being unlevel is that the ground and part of the hedge has slipped downhill. The back of the hedge is about 3 feet lower!
  2. Graham
    When we did ours we balanced the flywheel by adding washers to the bolts that hold the fins on. Make sure the flywheel is scrupulously clean before you fit the fins as little lumps of crud can crack the fins as you torque them up.
  3. Graham
    Ne'er cast a clout till may is out.
  4. Graham
    Sometimes it's easier with a saw but in competitions the axe leaves a lovely polished cut. Probably used more in Midlands style as the pleachers are all on show and carry good marks. A razor sharp axe with a shortened shaft is the key.
  5. Graham
    If you keep dabbling you'll only get better. The bit left (heel) is done with the axe. One forceful, fast cut if you're lucky. Depends how thick it is. I know someone who has had a special axe made for that job. In the Midlands it's called brush and it's all on one side of the hedge only. I'll post a pic of one I've just finished. Good luck with your cutting.
  6. Graham
    Some Holm oak you cut will sink in water. There's a whole tree in pieces in the Severn from many years ago:001_smile:
  7. Graham
    Holm oak.
  8. Graham
    I dabbled for a while selling goods. I had to sell £500-£1000 items at just above trade to compete. Where I made it up was on consumables and accessories where I could mark up from 50% - 200%. Selling a £500 item and making £20 on it hurt but that's the way it was.
  9. Graham
    Sounds like you're no climber. There can be times as a climber when you're waiting a little while for brash to be moved on a fell. Try full days on reductions/big trees: you'll know you've done that. When I get down it's then helping out dragging and carrying out timber. After thirty five years in trees dragging and climbing I'd say that climbing wears your body out more than anything.
  10. Graham
    If they're just midges then the trees are probably a nice shelter for them.
  11. Graham
    I reckon about £30 after discount.
  12. Graham
    Puts a disc I cut to shame. Had a piece of oak which went back to 1720. Had to leave it behind when I was divorced only to find it had been nailed to a post and made into a bird table.
  13. Graham
    Picture was posted on FB.
  14. Graham
    One reason I watch as little television as possible is the modern way of presenting. eg talent type shows. Do the presenters think we're deaf. Why do they have to shout out the names of 'artistes' as though they're building up an introduction to the coming of the second Messiah! That prat on X Factor just winds me up. Sorry...grumpy old sod just ranting:001_smile:
  15. Graham
    About sums it up In many instances I think.
  16. Graham
    At the end of the day many words move away from etymological roots. That's the way languages evolve. Just sayin' like:001_smile:
  17. Graham
    Only in a Roman historical sense. For the last few hundred years its meaning is what most people use it as.
  18. Graham
    That's how Jeep got its name. It becomes a generic name. Much like Hoover is now a generic name for a vacuum cleaner.
  19. Graham
    Jeep: from GP. General purpose vehicle. Used to denote several different 4x4 during the war.
  20. Graham
    Cordwood was a word used by all the old fallers I've known in the past. All the lop and top was sorted and firewood was stacked as cord.
  21. Graham
  22. Graham
    To be perfectly honest (prior to this I was lying).
  23. Graham
    Must be team player. Thinking outside the box.
  24. Graham
    To be honest, at the end of the day you are literally, like, totally awesome. Seriously. It's like totally unique, if you know what I mean. Epic. Just sayin'.
  25. Graham
    Looks like Pleurotus ostreatus to me. Fruiting on dead wood down the stem. Lightning strike possibly.

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