nepia
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you'll only need the one if you can persuade him/her to stay put!
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Any chance of the neighbour being persuaded to create a raised area of hardstanding? There could be stepped, shaped or sloped edges to it; a creative landscaper could come up with something pleasing to the eye I'm sure.
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Superb. You've really used the natural form of the wood there without having to manufacture the shape. Must be the artist in you showing through.
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WANTED: Tractor and trailer with timber grab Mid Sussex
nepia replied to tim361's topic in General chat
I've just remembered: I know a guy near me with a Mog and crane trailer. He doesn't advertise himself but for a job like that he may help out. Let me know if interested. Jon -
The law of averages I'd guess. I planted 10 as a garden hedge in Betchworth a few years ago. All but two made it and those two were randomly placed in the row; no apparent rhyme or reason for the failures but us humans don't like mysteries do we.
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WANTED: Tractor and trailer with timber grab Mid Sussex
nepia replied to tim361's topic in General chat
You could try reading your pm's! Jon -
As good as ever and still winning admiration from clients!
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How accurate do you reckon the onboard computers are? I've got a D40 with 750 miles on the clock's telling me I'm getting 31.4 mpg and I reckoned to be getting 25-26mpg from my 57 plate D40 when it went: I'm doing everything a gear higher with the new truck (more bhp these days). I am surprised to see folk apparently getting over 30mpg for anything more than the shortest periods of time: I just don't understand where mpgs well into the 30s come from.
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They could go again because although they're under the vehicle they're not 100% watertight unless the new ones have been improved. If you catch them early enough it's possible to slice them open, tart up the (slightly corroded) contacts within and reseal them properly. Nissan charge ~£150 for a set. All info from other Navara saddos on a forum who have done the job successfully. Jon
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Assuming they're ponticum they should be OK with that kind of treatment but many of the cultivated varieties aren't as robust.
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Did you replace them (maybe with more non-waterproof switches) or get them tarted up and sealed properly?
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That's the one. Ta.
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Find out who's doing the winding up - can't think of the term off the top of my head - and get your name on the list of creditors asap. You may get something back eventually, you may not, but there is always the chance.
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If they're registered Rob take the matter up with their trade body if you get no joy with one-to-one discussions but record everything! Best of luck, Jon
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Re the second one; you probably mean the one on a Monday in January 1990. My abiding memory of that one was sheets of corrugated flying about central Croydon having been ripped off a tower block covered with it. Jon
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Could someone with patience educate me here please? Robinia fenceposts; does it resist rot by chance? What's the crack with it? Thanks, Jon
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...Slept through the lot being in Central London. Had to be up at 4am, got to Pancras Rd and thought how strange to have to drive round a fallen tree in the middle of London. Weaved my round dozens of others all the way to North Finchley at which point someone slapped me into reality. So it it got a bit breezy during the night did it? What brought home the level of devastation for me was when I saw the next day that Reigate/Colley Hills had had their skylines lowered by 60-odd feet. Jon
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I was living in Tavistock Place, drank in The Friend and ate in the Groti Moti - remember them?!
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The sap's particularly irritant in the sun, similarly to spurge (euphorbia) sap: working with it in the shade isn't so bad unless you're sensitive to it.
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I've just bought a pack of the nematodes for lawn treatment; the grubs have wrecked a patch of it over the years. I now know why the green woodpecker's been interested in the same small area for so many years. No point in putting the nematodes down now though; the grubs must be about a foot deep with the soil being so dry.
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...and Chris at Cutting Edge saws is very approachable and receptive to constructive criticism.
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Precisely. The saws aren't Silkys but the Micra doesn't pretend to be a Ferrari. The saws are good for small stuff, for Division 2 operators like me (nowhere near Premiership!) and gardening/landscaping use. They are good value for money and I suspect more early blades got broken than publicised; I've done two and my colleague one.
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Cash, cheque and am encouraging Paypal. Had a friend of the wife have not one but two cheques 'go missing in the post'! Got my cash after 3 months: I've told her she can still have logs but there needs to be someone in when I deliver and not a log comes off the pickup until I see readies!
