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  1. oldwoodcutter
    I take 3 litre bottles in this heat,put 2 of them in the freezer the night before,and keep them all in a coolbag during the day with those iceblock things. Court one of my young draggers swigging out of my bottle this afternoon,told him to bring his own next time,but apparantly he dont get up too early to do that.
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    Had a wake up call this afternoon when my 200t came back at me. Yes,i was using it one handed,and on he ground too,which of course are both no,nos,but ime as guilty as the next man for occasionally doing it. I was very lucky on 2 counts - firstly as it came up the brake somehow brushed hard against my abdomen and the chain stopped just as it hit my chest,and secondly the bar finished up flat against my shirt. So no harm done,just a bruised chest and torn shirt. Ater ide gathered my thoughts,had a drink and a sit down i tried to replicate how my tummy had activated the brake - not easy,someone was certainly looking down on me. I hope by posting that someone somewhere in the future will not be sliced open as i nearly was,and that it can happen so very very quickly.
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    hi steve,had a real wake up call late this a'noon when my 200 came back at me.yes i was using it 1 handed,and on the ground too,so theres 2 big no nos for a start.And 2 big bits of pure luck-when it came back up the brake somehow brushed hard against my abdomen and the chain just stopped as it hit my chest.And amazingly the bar finished up flat against my shirt,so just ripped shirt and bruised chest. By posting i may just save some1 else from being sliced open but on other hand its usual for a few to wade in with a series of low punches,some probably 50 years my junior,then i may post something back 2 them that i later regret.What would you advise? All the best,Tim.

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    Blimey that fella is quick,he's going to take his arm off in a minute.
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    hi tom,i did lots of trial and error before i decided on the simplest solution. A one piece box seemed awkward and cumbersome to put in if doing it by myself,unless you're leaving it in as a semi permanent greedy board. I cut 4 pieces of sterling board accuratly from bed to roof and find that not only are they simple and easy to pop in,but weather its half full of chip,or up to the top,they dont move,hope this helps.
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    Used to put down cymag years ago,same rules applied even then - keep upwind of it,dont do it when theres a lot of moisture in the air,think what you're doing all the time,and take somebody out there with you.
  7. oldwoodcutter
    The big estates/landowners round here have bought new harvesters with grant money,so the cutters have come in from the woods and forestry blocks and now drive firewood delivery trucks for those estates. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
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    what may help are damp traps,ive got 5 around my place and they realy attract the moisture,put the white crystals in the top and tip the water out the bottom. Hope this helps.
  9. oldwoodcutter
    Be careful,with all this talk of solititers action it could be a case of a sprat to catch a mackerel.
  10. oldwoodcutter
    Little quiete at moment so went up to my cord heap and did some logging for next season,then got rained off. Out later to price up ''some tall conifers'' . See what they are then,either 9 feet tall or 90 feet.
  11. oldwoodcutter
    That ref looked a bit effeminate.
  12. oldwoodcutter
    Well boys ive had enough of it,ime off to Australia Ive got all the koalafications.
  13. oldwoodcutter
    Hadn't realised that Marlon Brando was on here - The Codfather
  14. oldwoodcutter
    Some building contractors knock a percentage off your invoice for some kind of construction industry tax. Just make sure the price they accept is the price they pay. Hope this helps.
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    Mrs oldwoodcutter has very small hands and clarks sorted her out with some leather goatskin gloves,which i tagged onto my order. I noticed they've got little flowers printed on the back,and so far with them she hasnt broke a fingernail once.
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    Treated myself to clark's cut n climb jacket and had it on for the first time today. Just the job.
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    I hav'nt seen a work jacket like that before.
  18. oldwoodcutter
    What swims in the sea and is dangerous to young mermaids? Jack the kipper
  19. oldwoodcutter
    Not much as truck packed up saturday morning. AA boy came out,had a look,stroked the bumfluff on his chin a few times then took me and truck to garage. I stressed to garage workshop that it was fairly urgent,just driven past in mrs oldwoodcutters car and its still were it was on saturday. Happy days.
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    Yep,ive done that jammy.
  21. oldwoodcutter
    Wouldn't fancy being on the end of a cranking handle trying to turn her over on a frosty morning. Thanks for posting.
  22. oldwoodcutter
    When i was a young man i had a steel hawser miss my head by about a foot.Talk about making the hairs on your neck stand on end. One end was on an oak stump and the other on a cat d7
  23. oldwoodcutter
    Adrian flux are the cheapest for me robert, Just dont tell them you pull trees over with it.
  24. oldwoodcutter
    Yep,thats the way i like to do it too,and i havnt got a horse or a wide brimmed hat.
  25. oldwoodcutter
    Yep,handshake every time.Writing every last detail down in front of a domestic client can easily give the impression of a detective taking down a statement.

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