Stephen Blair
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Beany hat with built in blue tooth head phones! I have never got on with ear phones. Oh and it’s my youngest 10th birthday today so our christmases are extra special.
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A 6 ton fransguard is around a grand to £1500. Can’t go wrong imo. Pull the string and job done. Remote is the dogs danglies but really jumps the cost up to £5k plus 2nd hand.
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I don’t think there is a more crueler sport than rod fishing. Hauling a fish by it’s mouth until it’s exhausted through the water then killing it with a sudden blow or getting a trophy pic or weight then releasing it back with obvious pain from the hook. I’m not against it I just don’t like a favoured creature over another.
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I’m not as fit as I used to be, in the last 5 years I’ve bought machinery to help my work, E bikes to help me cycle and now a mewp to save the climbing. My body isn’t getting the abuse it used to but maybe it’s time I focused on cardio. had my first drink last night in a month, some bubbles with my wife watching telly. Never coughed from 6pm - 3pm today! Even then it was just a litter splutter as I’d been out burning the Christmas wrapping? I reckon the booze must of relaxed me a bit. Merry Christmas everyone.
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Same to you Jem!
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In the long run, better than life with Asthma I would imagine. Hope you are ok now.
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I’ve just watched a Buteyko breathing video and tried it for a few minutes, I found it pretty hard, I’m obviously a mouth breather. There’s been a teacher 25 miles away from me, NHS referral only so I’ll ask the DR. Currently making myself nose breath and I’ll see how I do for the rest of the night.
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I read that, I would say to accept zero advice would be foolish. To take it all as medical advice would be foolish too. Already I’ve used the breathing technique standing up and not through my mouth earlier which I felt helped compared to what I was already doing. Most of the Information on this thread I’ve received so far I’ve since done research on, and I’ll make a list of stuff to ask the doctor on Thursday.
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If you have nothing constructive to offer this thread please refrain from posting rubbish.
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Great info. Thanks. I have a low resting heart beat, always have. I usually bend over like you say and cough my guts up trying to get your breath.
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Thanks, I didn’t know about the air going in. I usually try and take deep breaths through my mouth. I’m finding coffee really helps, the caffeine opens the air waves and honey is good for coating my throat. I’ll stop milk and eggs too.
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I’ve stopped the Naproxen, the coughing plus constipation was brutal. HairsOYC, as you say, maybe an infection and the phlegm has always been white apart from 1 morning it’s was thick yellow/brown so something had been in there. Hopefully a brown and blue inhaler and I’ll be right, appreciate all the input guys.
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I know of 2 mills in the Inverness area up for sale, 1 band saw, 1 blade. Good value for money. ‘More projects as they are older but certainly built to last. Graham on here is selling them.
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I went onto Aspen as I used to be lethargic and get sore heads a lot, mainly hedge cutting or topping conifer hedges. I felt instantly better, the extra cost I just sucked up as I worked out Cappucino was around £40 a gallon and I buy a couple every day ?
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We are putting a new kitchen in so that’s our Christmas present, kids will get their stuff within our usual budget and our eldest is going his first school ski holiday in January so that’s been this years chores money. I did find my wife buying me a NOW TV dongle stick thing yesterday so that got plugged in last night and it’s been non stop movies, brilliant toy if you don’t have a smart TV. I’ll take the boys shopping tomorrow to get their mum something.
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Cheers, there are certain triggers that just catch me out the blue. Hopefully the doctor will sort it. Connor hopefully the doctor will do the allergy test too.
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That’s horrendous Subby, I’m getting to the point of having to stop what I’m doing and sort my breathing. I’ve started the 4,7,8 breathing today. Smells really get me and aerosols, always have done. Certain detergent and the wife’s hair spray. I’ve just removed the fan from the log burner as it must blow a lot of dust about. My dogs are kennelled but they do get in the house but that stopped last week. I’ve got huge tonsils which should have been removed as a kid so they catch everything. Just been in the hot tub for 30 minutes with the steam but still took a coughing fit in there. When I’m day dreaming and thinking really hard about something I just stop breathing, I do it at night now. Hopefully a puffer will help. We have went to town on the house with the hoover and dusters. I bought a good mask with filters last week and back on the Aspen. I’ll look up the Buttedo breathing now, thanks
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In the last few months I’ve been struggling with my breathing at night time, mainly coughing and phlegm. Now it’s stopping me sleep. I think it’s been brought on by a prescription of Naproxen I was put on for my back with no thought to my child good asthma that I grew out of. I’ve been of the Naproxen for months now and the symptoms are getting worse, booked in for the Doctor next week. I went back into 2 stroke earlier in the year after being on Aspen for 5 years. It was just easier 1 day as I had ran out. I have been around saws, sawdust and running engines all my life, now 43 maybe it’s just caught up with me. I own dogs, we have a working house and I’m on the tools so plenty of triggers around me. Has anyone else been through the same and could offer me some advice please, many thanks.
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How did you know?! He was a handful as a pup but plenty of exercise and consistency regarding training keeps him in order! Have to say my partner is the better dog trainer, she has even managed to train me up a little! But for all his beagleyness I love the little fella, he curls up on yer lap and snores for the evening, have to love the whole hearted aroos too!! Had two shepherds in a previous life, must put up a pic or two of them.. Beagles, the most disobedient dog know to man! So much character, so little care for anything else apart from what it wants to sniff! I knew 2 beagles called Tootsie and Bomber at a kennels we worked at for 9 months. Out of 50 dogs, those 2 were always last at coming back and first to go ?
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2nd vid I’d never of considered a ratchet strap or a top handle for that matter, it would of been a 046 and a slightly deeper gob, but that’s just me. The guy was there, executed the job perfectly so I’ll keep that idea in my pocket for another day.
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I’ve got NPORS and FMOC, I wasn’t paying for the CPCS. If I’m on a building site it’s long before other machinery for building works. All comes down to customer. I couldn’t do a mounding job due to planning permission as a mountain bike track was being made too and needed CPCS but wasn’t worth the time and cost for a few days on someone else’s digger.
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I prefer the gate in place, keep the saw in place when coming down through thick brash stuff, not good getting hit in the face with a saw after being stuck in a big conny hedge.
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Found a metal shovel years ago on a coppiced Ash while out walking the dogs, a pipeline was put through in the 70’s and a stem had grown through the handle. I went and got a silky from the house and retrieved it. Also chipped a scaffold pole that a hazel had grown through, that wasn’t a good day.
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I’d say more than partially and your language is not what we want to see on this forum.
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Those carry tools can get you into bother, I clipped my side strop into 1 when I first started using them, it was on a big sycamore stem and I was going by feel as I couldn’t see properly as I was wearing a water proof jacket. Caught it just in time before I undid my climbing line. Had it caught on phone lines and branches before wrestling through conifers. Makes me mad ?
