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FC research branch did work on commercial mushroom farming , prices methods etc. It was pretty good , I think it may be on my pc somewhere, if I find it , I'll send it to you.

You know me Mr Patient [Don't want to turn into the father in law:scared1:] It's got windows. Spoke to mum, tell Vic and wee man I'm asking for them. What a week:scared1:

Just insured a fourtrack for £154 [Autotrader insurance] fully comp. it's not comercial as it's not a commercial vehicle but it is covered for work If it's a cheap motor, then increase the excess it'll plumit the price.

it's a 95 tdx doesn't have locking hubs, done a bit of towing , no off roading. Just insured it fully comp. for £154 [autotrader insurance] will post a pic tommorrow, pretty chuffed as I nearly waisted my money on a freelander yesterday

A diahatsu Fourtrack, 12mths mot and tax, 89,000miles 4 new bf tyres, nice and clean for £750. Didn't think it was too bad, the guy I got it from is our local husky agent, genuine guy. I've had 2 before without bother, has anyone got any horror stories to tell now I've bought it:scared1:

A lot of my work is paye, so the self employed bit is about 40% of my income so I make sure the expenditure on that side is high. The way things have been though it's not been hard to make the books look bad!!!! lol @ the end of the day you only pay tax if you're earning, so it ain't that bad. and if you've got your health , it's all a bonus. I had a health scare with my 4yr old and my old man this weekend , tax aint that bad!!!! [both are ok]

Try 4x4direct, I'm paying £290 for a imported mitsubishi import fully comp., AA wanted £2k!!!!!!!! I had a disco before that, they were by far the cheapest.

Hey Matty boy It's as good a job as I've seen you do:thumbup:

Geeze oh Jim!!! A forestry ranger buying firewood :scared1:

Matt's an Arborial Mercenary:2gunsfiring_v1:

Did mine last night, will do it earlier next year Hope you get mended soon Andy

I thought I had an answer for you , luckily I checked my facts and I was wrong:thumbdown: In forestry one of your worst enemies in the "bug" world is the pine weevil [Hylobius abietis ] which is in the order Coleoptera not Hemiptera so all I can do is put you on to good old Wikipedia God bless Wikipedia:thumbup: Hemiptera is an order of insects, comprising around 80,000[2] species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others. They range in size from 1 mm to around 15 cm, and share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts [3].The defining feature of hemipterans is their possession of mouthparts where the mandibles and maxillae have evolved into a proboscis, sheathed within a modified labium to form a "beak" or "rostrum" which is capable of piercing tissues (usually plant tissues) and sucking out the liquids — typically sap. The name "Hemiptera" is from the Greek hemi ("half") and pteron ("wing"), referring to the forewings of many hemipterans which are hardened near the base, but membranous at the ends. These wings are termed hemelytra (singular: hemelytron), by analogy with the completely hardened elytra of beetles. They may be held "roofwise" over the body, or held flat on the back, with the ends overlapping. The hindwings are entirely membranous and are usually shorter than the forewings. The wings of Hemiptera are either entirely membranous such as in the Sternorrhyncha and Auchenorrhyncha or in the form of hemelytra in the Heteroptera, the true bugs. Hemelytra refers to the partially hardened forewings, usually the anterior portion or the corium. The hindwings of Heteroptera are membranous. The antennae in Hemiptera are typically five-segmented, although they can still be quite long, and the tarsi of the legs are three-segmented or shorter [4]. Although hemipterans vary widely in their overall form, their mouthparts (formed into a "rostrum") are quite distinctive; the only orders with mouthparts modified in a similar manner are the Thysanoptera and some Phthiraptera, and these are generally easy to recognize as non-hemipteran for other reasons. Aside from the mouthparts, various insects can be confused with hemipterans, including cockroaches and psocids, both of which have longer many-segmented antennae, and some beetles, but these have fully-hardened forewings which do not overlap [5]. I wish I had paid more attention in Forest Science, I have a few books on forest pest/insects , if I find out more , I'll post it here for you

Finaly finnished 07-08 return , I owe £21 That shows I'm either great at accountancy or running a really S**T business

I was thinkin about putin my old Delicia on the bay, Discussed my new advertising campaign with her:secruity: I wonder If I could copy and paste that lass:008:

Geeze Oh Matt Are you planning to save the world now:five:

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[ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HwA0LoOfa3M]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HwA0LoOfa3M[/ame] This is the last one I'm going to post today as I'll be at it all morning , this is F'in class

[ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EvqkBzInrD0]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EvqkBzInrD0[/ame] I'm going to see this lot in Aberdeen in May:thrasher:

[ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TlV5kNen1l4&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TlV5kNen1l4&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div[/ame] He's bound to have worked in the wood at some time:rock:

I'm up in Inverness today, if I've time I'll nip in to a wood where it's rife and I'll get a few pics.

I haven't used an Alaskan for a few years now, the 1 I used had 2 x 088's I think, Most folk I know with Alaskans use Stihls, however the Scottish School of Forestry have been using Makitas for a couple of years without any problems. My old man used a Dolmar for years , I think they'll have a good enough pedigree.

Heterobasidion annosum - in forestry it's commonly known as fomes I've never seen it on broadleaves before. Seen plenty damage/destruction on Scots pine! Do you mind if I copy your pics to show a couple of people?

If you've seen them load the lorries you'll see why:scared1: Hope it's not the old furnace coal like they used at Ravenscraig, it would burn out a back boiler in a winter, bloody warm though:angryfire: