nepia
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Speaking from limited anecdotal experience I think it works if the PVA is applied heavily enough. It shouldn't take much as some folk use emulsion paint instead; I would be cynical about the benefit of that remembering that PVA is specifically a sealing compound. I don't think anyone would claim it stops all splitting but I'm confident it reduces it. Perhaps I've been sucked in by woodturners' folklore though...😮
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👍 PVA the ends and put it in the shade off the ground
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Yes I have. Stunning timber, slightly iridescent when polished. I think Steve @se7enthdevil worked some of it. Unfortunately he doesn't get on here very often. If you can persuade the owner to part with it please do; if it was local to me (I have no idea where you are) I could exchange it for real firewood It's now Styphnolobium btw to be pedantic. As with so many plants it got bored with being called the same thing for donkey's years so changed names
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Zackly what my mechanic told me when I got this Nav: keep 1/4 tank of diesel in it and keep short journeys to a minimum Glad you're sorted young man; now don't go wild over it and smash the thing up in your exuberance 😂
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Look for Stephen Hayes vids on Youtube; he's mildly entertaining as well as knowledgeable
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The bruising on the back of her right hand (see pic of handshake with La Truss) looks suspiciously like that left by long-term canula placement ☹️
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Steady rain, nothing exceptional in E/Hoathly. Recent rain has been very localised
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...Bang on time! Flash, bang, rain
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Scruffy teenager!
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They've been fantastic light shows haven't they. Looking at the rain radar I reckon rain's about half an hour away; we'll see how flashy it gets tonight!
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After the 9pm watershed surely...?
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Gluing birds to the branch is cheating! I've never seen a Coal Tit sit still for that long. Lovely little things and right at the back of the food queue they're so nervous; Blue Tits shoulder charge them clean out of the way!
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Similar although we were already with them. We did get an e-mail telling us they were increasing the D/D from £155 to £367pcm as we'd fallen behind in the last 6 months by around £75pcm! I contacted them this morning and politely gave them the bums rush on that one, suggesting £250; 'yeah fine' was the response! Talk about trying it on the cheeky feckers
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I think I've read sufficient comment from a Scottish gent on here (can't remember which one) who lives with martens around him. Basically he says 'you don't want them; they eat anything that moves, not just squirrels'. I fear the risk of another poorly chosen introduction, or re-introduction even.
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Can't help with that one. What happens when you can't get your kid into a catchment area school? Going out now...
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No idea but how would that be relevant? The kids still need to get to school!
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The buses I referred to were rammed twice a day with kids getting to and from school!
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Not when you take into account the cost of putting right a uniquely diesel fault! I changed my last Nav because of one: the diagnosis for the recurring amber light was 'loss of fuel pressure'. No-one could keep the light out for more than a month despite changing several things at a cost of hundreds before I took the hint.
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I see sense in that. Diesel was all the rage when it was cheap grunt. Then someone said 'ooh, that's a bit smelly'! Downhill from there!
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Not just there Eggs. My mate half an hour away was telling me that all the bus routes his three kids used up to last year to get to different schools have gone - every one of them.
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Neither of my first two D40s had them; 57 and 11 plates. DPFs are a modern curse
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DPF... short journeys... The two simply don't go Stubby. I've a 65 plate D40 and thankfully do too much mileage; the important thing is the short trips are few and far between (unless you call John O'Groats short!) You're right; for short journeys you have features fighting among themselves but I guess the emissions regs force them upon the manufacturers. Sadly ev pickups will come too late for us; I'd love one but a mass produced model won't be here until I've stopped the tree/log work. I may not even be here!
