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Had a couple of those in the garden recently but they were very much awake!
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Abso-bloody-lutely. It's called rank profiteering Retailers are playing who blinks first with the meaningless £2 'threshold'
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How big is yours? And ... Does size matter ?
nepia replied to John Skinner's topic in Firewood forum
You got experience of burning Macrocarpa Stubby? I've no idea how good it is but will surely find out this winter; tree no.4 of it is half dismantled - only another dozen or so to go, the biggest with 4' dbh! -
You're closer than you think; Eupatorium cannabinum is its scientific name!
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We've had one here a couple of times recently and saw one or two every year at the old place in Surrey. Ceratostigma (hardy Plumbago) was the flower attracting them
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For God's sake avoid ladders, mirrors and black cats. What a nightmare; sorry to hear it. But glad all are reasonably well
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From Michael Ball's Wiki entry: 'Ball lives with the former presenter of Ready Steady Go!, Cathy McGowan. They met around 1989 when she was an entertainment reporter for a BBC London magazine show and interviewed him during rehearsals for Aspects of Love. They have lived together since 1992. On 23 December 2000, she saved his life by dragging him out of a house fire.[1][15] Cathy was previously married to actor Hywel Bennett, the marriage producing a daughter Emma. Emma's son is the godson of Michael Ball'.
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Petrol mowers - why do people tie the pull cord to the handle bars?
nepia replied to carbs for arbs's topic in Landscaping
That's the resting position; the manufacturer's put it there so you can brace the machine via the handlebars while pulling the starter cord. -
So stop clearing it up folks; you're knackering the Purple Emperors. Talk about the law of unintended consequences 😋
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As far as I know I've still never seen one! Now I live in the land of oaks I should make more effort. Maybe I'll leave pieces of rotting meat lying about; the males I think it is like the stuff
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Me too (!) Andrew but you were good enough to warn me of the potential weakness; thanks
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No but did see plenty of Juniper. And just to keep the thread on track - sort of - caught a distant view of a Golden Eagle
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Not Britain at all so a bit of a cheat: these are the local 'crows' in the High Atlas in Morocco - they're choughs. Way nicer than crows and they sound brilliant; very talkative amongst themselves and quiet about it too
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (especially the Guinness version); Bridge of Spies; another vote for Apocalypse Now; Pale Rider; Outlaw Josie Wales
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Do any of you dry logs in containers made of Weldmesh Panels?
nepia replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
In the south? Like hen's teeth since my source near Dartford went bust -
Do any of you dry logs in containers made of Weldmesh Panels?
nepia replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Do you mean rebar sheets? Yes, I did it once and it worked really well. Remember that access to the logs isn't easy unless you want them all in one go; then you just untie one end or side and let them collapse in a heap. I went the awkward route and made a removeable end so the cage became walk-in. That needed a lot of cross ties to allow for an end being removed without the whole thing collapsing -
Won't load properly unfortunately ☹️ I've tried twice and while it shows 'uploaded' the preview pane remains black. We have an old water barrel hand pump standing on the ground as an ornament; Blue Tits are nesting in it using the slot for the piston as entry and exit.
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What is it with Tits and hand pumps?! Last year Great Tits were at it (see page 83 of this thread), now it's Blue Tits PXL_20220525_143850794.mp4
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A guy on The Repair Shop has just straightened a decades old hammer handle with an hour's steaming in a box via a wallpaper stripper
