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I have been thinking of sending mine to Spud for a porting job,could be fun!

Thats the one I have,great small saw.

I have the little one,great small saw,no problems after a couple of years,great in conny hedges & light pruning work.

That saw is outrageous,what a lovely sound!

Great to see its working out for you Silky,I hope you continue to get work,you have the right mindset.

The Smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife goodbye and said, 'Well, I'm off now. The man should be here soon.' Half an hour later, just by chance, a door-to-door baby photographer happened to ring the doorbell, hoping to make a sale. 'Good morning, Ma'am', he said, 'I've come to...' 'Oh, no need to explain,' Mrs. Smith cut in, embarrassed, 'I've been expecting you.' 'Have you really?' said the photographer. 'Well, that's good. Did you know babies are my specialty?' 'Well that's what my husband and I had hoped. Please come in and have a seat !. After a moment she asked, blushing, 'Well, where do we start?' 'Leave everything to me.. I usually try two in the bathtub, one on the couch, and perhaps a couple on the bed. And sometimes the living room floor is fun. You can really spread out there.' 'Bathtub, living room floor? No wonder it didn't work out for Harry and me!' 'Well, Ma'am, none of us can guarantee a good one every time. But if we try several different positions and I shoot from six or seven angles, I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results.' 'My, that's a lot!', gasped Mrs. Smith. 'Ma'am, in my line of work a man has to take his time. I'd love to be In and out in five minutes, but I'm sure you'd be disappointed with that.' 'Don't I know it,' said Mrs. Smith quietly. The photographer opened his briefcase and pulled out a portfolio of his baby pictures. 'This was done on the top of a bus,' he said. 'Oh, my God!' Mrs. Smith exclaimed, grasping at her throat. 'And these twins turned out exceptionally well - when you consider their mother was so difficult to work with..' 'She was difficult?' asked Mrs. Smith. 'Yes, I'm afraid so. I finally had to take her to the park to get the job done right. People were crowding around four and five deep to get a good look' 'Four and five deep?' said Mrs. Smith, her eyes wide with amazement. 'Yes', the photographer replied. 'And for more than three hours, too. The mother was constantly squealing and yelling - I could hardly concentrate, and when darkness approached I had to rush my shots. Finally, when the squirrels began nibbling on my equipment, I just had to pack it all in.' Mrs. Smith leaned forward. 'Do you mean they actually chewed on your, uh...equipment?' 'It's true, Ma'am, yes.. Well, if you're ready, I'll set-up my tripod and we can get to work right away..' 'Tripod?' 'Oh yes, Ma'am. I need to use a tripod to rest my Canon on. It's much too big to be held in the hand very long.' Mrs. Smith fainted __________________

Yeh,that 500 was a fun bike,but it just wanted to be spitefull all the time,The throttle used to stick when you least wanted it to,like you would give it a handfull,& come corner time it now & then didnt shut off.. I did get a lovely hole shot on it one time,but unfortunately it shamed me at the first bend in resplendant style,I wont go into detail here as it brings back the tremors that I suffered as a result. The weston beach race was fun,I can recomend it to anyone who likes to realy suffer,I felt like I had wrestled a gorilla in a shot blasting booth.

Superb photo Lorry,what you doing down there?

Thats one big pumpkin !

I did a fair bit of mx & enduro,loved it,knocked myself out a few times due to a sticking open throttle from time to time on my cr500,took me months to work out what caused it,(pressure washing was blowing the odd grain of sand up the carb overflow,& it was finding its way into the slide,never thought you could get sparked out by a grain of sand....

Yeah,but I have to keep em simple,or I wont understand it.

OP means they will not buy kerro,but fall back onto using more logs,ie buy more logs,simples.

Thats a big one,we need a pic of it next to a rule for posterity.

I'm chuffed to bits for you mate,you have done realy well there & should be proud of yourself. Thank Lisa for the offer of help the other week,it was most heart warming,& will be returned if you need it anytime,for those reading,I bust a big toe joint,& could not drive for a while,Lisa,who I only have met one or two times (& for only a few minutes),offered to go shopping etc for me,right out of the blue. & for thase that havnt found out,hard surfaces & wacker plates are not the best place to get your foot between!

Busted! Felix,you told me you could keep a secret,got me realy concerned now.

Great attitude you have mate,& a very nice clean up after too,hope the work picks up for you super soon.

Sorry mate but that's Billy Connoly.

Heres an example of when aspen is the economical option,my ex wife has a small lawn & uses about a gallon of petrol /year,the mower would never start in the spring,she is not of a mind to run the petrol out last cut in the autumn,(just like many other home users),& it was expensive & a pain to get the mower recomitioned each year. Total fuel bills on aspen/year for her are under £20,any residual fuel can be left in the machine & fuel can over winter,& she just pics up where she left off,start the mower(with ease) & yippee do away she mows. Much the same scenario with my big saw which only gets to play maybe 3 times a year,& my honda 4stroke strimmer,my classic saws etc etc.

No thanks required,you spelled it out in a simple & thorough way. I have used aspen in all my small kit including the thirsty 3120 & backpack blower,& will not use pump mix in these machines anymore. Disregarding the price,aspen makes sense for man & machine,& I for one dont mind paying for that.

Oak puts a heavy load on a saws bar & chain,it is a dense fibrous wood,& even with a sharp chain has a tendancy to take the oil off the chain,everything gets hot & tightens up,get the oiler maxed out & every now & then give the saw a few seconds reving at half throttle out of the kerf(in a safe manner) to get some fresh oil into the rails.

This sounds a fair explanation to me.

Gardenkit,your concise explanations are great at clarifying what for me is was 'fuzzy' understanding regarding the different properties of petrol and aspen,and their impact on the flexible parts of fuel systems,thanks.

Mark,just the man for a little survey I'm interested in doing,trouble is I dont get up the pub much nowadays,(its an age thing with me),as a typical well rounded tree surgeon,& frequent pub resident,could you run it by a group of typical builder types out for after work refreshment,that statisticaly,even though we are in possibly a more dangerous job than said builders,we suffer less accidents as we tend to be less thick than they are, & ask what their thoughts are about that. If you want you could get your groundy to ask & just stand back & note the response!

No! leave it as it is,its the only one as duff as mine.... But if you must,ask Steve Bulman.