nepia
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Worth a go. Don't let it go cheaply as most turners visibly drool when they see lab with a good sized and dark heart. Re my 'sold a length' post above... I didn't know what it was worth and the buyer is a notorious skinflint. He specialises in one species and I'm told that he doesn't pay for it; he just does the owners a favour by removing it!
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...I'll be seeing the miller soon; I'll ask him what he pays. Jon
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I haven't had any to sell to the miller I mentioned but a couple of years ago one of the best known turners in the south-east saw a 6' x 8" length in my pickup and gave me £40 for it there and then. I have no idea whether that's market price but the cost to me was felling it and snedding it!
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Wood turners will take even very small stuff as they can turn spindles from it. A guy I sell bigger wood to will buy any laburnum bigger than 3" diameter. Have you got the hint 'don't burn it' yet?!
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I could be adding 2 and 2 here and getting 5 but my wife bought a pot plant at Hampton Court back in the summer. The seller apologised for the condition of plants not being as good as usual and put it down to too little light in the extended poor weather. Marketing bull or a justified explanation and could it apply to the trees? Could a large part of the current situation be down to something as basic as too little light in a poor summer?
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This is nothing new. In 1970s British Leyland cars it was known as inbuilt obsolescence. But I agree that the malaise does now seem ubiquitous; goods are made to a price, not a standard The more I experience the world as a consumer the more I feel I'm being taken for a lifelong ride, ripped off left, right and centre. Bah humbug!
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Ooh I was so wrong
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Dream on John; it just won't go with the beard.
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A 15' laurel hedge to reduce? Yes please; good stuff to work and good firewood! Personally I'd work off stabilised ladders but climbing inside is a good option; cut yourself a hole once you're in there and work from the inside out until you're in clear air.
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I was going to suggest the same. Although part time I've had mine several years and use it way more than anything else. Nothing's ever gone wrong with it that couldn't be deemed fair wear and tear.
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Hmm... an exponentially exploding population of immortals. No thanks!
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Yes, it's sad. I'm also aware that real 'flu is a killer but I still feel that we've gone overboard with trying to stop illness and delaying death. I'm not against all vaccination - far from it. I just don't see a need for a healthy 10-year old in Eastbourne in 1970 to have a painful 'flu jab; there wasn't even a choice in the matter then!
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It could be any of them; you need to agree which with your boss.
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We've gone soft; it's that simple. Some on here are old enough to remember pox parties. If a kiddie gets the pox these days it's a critical incident followed by a public inquiry! I've had chicken pox, measles and mumps and am still well enough to use up valuable internet space telling everyone about it. Wish I hadn't had those God awful flu jabs though; they hurt.
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Last had one in 1970 and it hurt like hell for days; I've never had the flu though!
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I was working for a lady the other day who'd just been walking her dogs in Richmond Park. She was despairing of the behaviour of people there round the rutting deer; getting between stags and intended hinds with their cameras, creeping round the back of stags etc. Let's just hope that when someone gets injured the stag doesn't cop the blame.
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Wow: amazing how much can be grown in how little space. Did you see the story about the French prisoners growing their own down the left of the page?! Lol.
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...Got two more orders for my 'double load' idea above. Looking good; two loads out for approx. the cost of one in time and fuel.
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I wouldn't dream of putting yew in my softwood firewood supply; way too good for that! I hide most of my Western Red in the hardwoods too.
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Anguish?
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Some advice from photos of these poplar stumps please
nepia replied to quirkyquercus's topic in Tree health care
http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/41768-poplar-hornet-moth.html?highlight=hornet+moth -
No, there isn't intended to be rear access (!). I've got a 20" bar but 16" is sufficient. Don't go bigger than 24" absolute tops or you risk sawing the rear horizontals. For visual demo have a look at the website on the first page of this thread. Jon
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Perhaps that's the result of statistics: the Navara (I'm told) is the best selling pickup in the UK. Sell more and you'll almost certainly get more horror stories. Do the other pickups on the market have similar online fora (forums?!) Maybe the Navara Forum is a victim of its own success; I don't know.
