oldwoodcutter
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Ime not linking the chemicals in r/u to parkinsons unscientificly,its for all to see on wiki parkinsons page,and he does not sit at a computer if he can help it.and secondly there are no crows,magpies or other winged vermin resident, as the farm and its neighboors are fully keepered.Thanks.
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Part of the gentlemans agreement at one of my yards is for me to keep the rats down in the farm buildings. Ime now using the most potent bait available to anyone,red stuff which will kill them ive found in 3 days,but as fast as 1 gang are done in,another lot move in a few days later. Those i notice running around my cord stack are simply blown to smithereens with my Browning 725.
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I dont know much about chemicals,but i do know that a good friend of mine who,as a farmer,has been spraying roundup and the like for years like its going out of fashion,and now,in old age,has the terrible shakes of parkinsons,a decease often linked to exposure to r/u. And secondly a yard ive had for years is surrounded by big arable fields being sprayed with something every other week,and year on year the birdsong has decreased in line with the reduction of aphids weedseeds and insects,until now,the whole area for miles around is as quiet as a grave. What price progress?
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Stihl MS460 what is the minimum bar size you can run
oldwoodcutter replied to pseudonymplatanus's topic in Chainsaws
I run an 18" bar more often than not on my 460,yes some find it a bit of a handfull if they're not used to it,but i really like it. -
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I like that Redwood,thanks for posting M.D.
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I use the oregon brushcutter shin guards,they're thick,shaped nicely,with strong velcro. They've saved my shins from being sliced open plenty of times.
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We're starting at 7,be finished and gone by half 3 - Tim.
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Ime chipping at Little Dunham tomorrow,or Beachamwell on Tues, you can have it for free if you make yourself known to us,mixture of birch spruce and oak,but i havn't the time to deliver it to Lynn for you Terry.
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Ime just sorry i wont be around to welcome you to the club in 20 years Western.
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I dont get up on the back of my transit very often,but when i do,the only way now is to sit on it then swing round onto my knees then stand up. Getting off is simpler,i get the nearest breathing youth to operate the tipper and slide out the back.
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I saw a brushwood baler on forestry commission compartments last year,each big bundle was wrapped up with miles of blue string. It was all being stacked rideside,but where it went from there no-one seemed to know.
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I only use a 7t nowadays,what it wont split int worth worrying about,i wouldn't want to hump a 10t onto my transit by myself too often. I was going to have a nice glass of beer tonight,but mrs oldwoodcutter drank it with her sunday tea,so that was that.
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Bam! And then you realise how old you are
oldwoodcutter replied to wisecobandit's topic in The Lounge
I recall Mrs Oldwoodcutter's dad had a rusty coloured allegro. Cant remember which died first,the car or him. -
I read somewhere that in the early days of trying for a peace settlement if he and McGuinness happened to meet just before a meeting,Paisley wouldnt even discuss the weather with him,then after the good friday agreement and later,they would actually sit side by side,eventually even talking casually to each other if they were in the same room in later years. So yes,as been said,a leopard can change his spots.
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Clearly a case of "well it aint my tool" syndrome...
oldwoodcutter replied to wisecobandit's topic in General chat
I happened to be in a friends workshop the other day,and noticed one of his young fellows dragging a 9" angle grinder across the concrete floor by its 3 pin plug,i didnt say anything to him of course,but i did mention it in passing to my friend later. -
Nice one Tom.
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Knew a chap last year who had nothing but starting issues with his defender,ended up palming it off to someone and bought a nice transit tipper,last i heard it was the best move he ever made.
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Same thing happened to my mates 55 plate defender while i sat in it. He's usually very mild mannered,but after much effing and blinding he whittled it down to the starter relay,which he replaced. Then same thing happened a fortnight later,and after pulling out what little hair he has left,turned out the new relay was faulty as well.
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Bam! And then you realise how old you are
oldwoodcutter replied to wisecobandit's topic in The Lounge
We were so poor that one sunday dinner time, my old dad knocked a hole in next doors wall so that we could dip our dry bread in their gravy. -
Many of the young men hereabouts are expected to have developed a flourishing drug habit and career in shoplifting before they reach the age of 21 if they are to avoid being viewed as 'odd'
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I dare say that all of us that run a business get what we nowadays call stressed out,sometimes without realising it. Often its only when a loved one picks up on it and accuses you of being stressy a few minutes after you've walked over the doorstep that it hits home and a few minutes sitting down with a cuppa is all thats needed to restore calm again. But of course stress can much more severe than that. As said,doing something completely unrelated to your business can work wonders.
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If we could all charge that,then the tree game may be worthwhile once again to get a living from,and comparable to scaffolders,roofers and concreters.
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I cant believe that they always get their mum to phone me the night before or at 7 am to say so and so has got a bad foot,or hasnt come out of his bedroom all weekend,or still stoned,or has fever. And these are guys in their mid twenties.
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If i could find the mobile . . .
