TArrryan
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Sorry for the poor quality but I found a privet hawk moth while working today, I haven't seen one for 10 years and now they suddenly appear like a plague!
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As the title says I am In need of scrap metal, however I am not after any old metal, what I'm after is smaller pieces of metal in interesting/different shapes. What I like to do In my spare time is weld them together to make scrap metal statues. Down is an example of one I'm working on now!! Its still unfinished, I have to make a head, tail and flesh out the legs. Ill also rebuild the hands later on as well, I didn't make much of a effort and now I'm regretting it. see if you can recognise any of the parts If you are in the new forest (or a little further afield) please let me know if you have any small pieces of scrap laying about. I'm in desperate need now as I have exhausted my current stock of parts!! Thanks for reading Ps, although I didn't have anything in mind when I started, I have now decided it looks like Godzilla for those who remember the beast!
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I was told to put it in a full jar of rice (so its buried) and leave it, The rice will help draw the moisture out of the phone!! kinda like the little packets of gel you find in box's sometimes. not sure how well it works as I have never soaked it. I did douse the terminals in seawater by accident once though, corroded the terminals to hell!! fortunately plugging in the charger repeatedly cleaned then enough to work again. I'm curious about the uprated battery the website mentions, I'm fed up of mine dropping dead only half way though the day and want something with longer life.
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when we encountered ones underground we just poured petrol onto the little wretches!
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I have had two wasp nests in the past few weeks, one was in the top of a camellia bush, the other was buried in a large pile of green waste!! I had to attack the side of the rubbish pile with a grub axe until I exposed the nest for treatment, boy did it piss them off, it looked like it was a bit bigger than a football in size. I did get stung on the back of the hand, it swelled up like a balloon and I had to get antihistamines from the doctor, took 3 days to stop the swelling. strange thing is I was stung on the other hand a few weeks earlier and after a hour I felt nothing, no swelling no itching... nothing!! I cant figure out why I had two vastly different reactions to two stings
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good day everyone I'm looking for someone to splice a eye in the end of my 50m length of Yale XTC Blaze rope, if there is anyone here who can help please let me know, I would be very great full and of course pay for your services if you do so desire. I live in Langley near the Esso oil refinery so you have a better idea of where I am Thanks in advance Ryan
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I would think the shock of losing almost half of its roots would set it back a bit, am I right or wrong?
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Looking at the base of the trunk makes me wonder If soil has been built up around it. just looks a little odd to me
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Arb-Mycota what do you want from books?
TArrryan replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Training & education
Well when you are done you can count me in as a customer, I feel proud to witness the creation of this Don't forget nobody is an expert!! There is always something new to learn I agree, edibility Is a completely new subject as you have to take into account preparation, storage etc A website would be a very good idea first, easy to edit on a day to day basis and keep updated. Makes a good foundation to build a book on -
I think someone has been playing with photo shop!! either that or you managed to put it back in the exact same place in the same light conditions
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Arb-Mycota what do you want from books?
TArrryan replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Training & education
A simple guide of "edible - Inedible - Toxic (nasty effects) - Deadly (will kill)" or "Safe - Poisonous - Toxic/Lethal" would be more than adequate in my opinion, edible variates are widely documented in other books that specialise in eating fungi, you said yourself you want this to be Arb specific book. plus there's always the possibility someone will eat the wrong one and kill themselves!! I would think the simple guide above would give the best indication of how safe they are, If people want more info on eating then another book will be needed Hope that helps -
Arb-Mycota what do you want from books?
TArrryan replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Training & education
Thinking about it for the past half hour and i think a field guide would be the better option to start off with. firstly its simpler than a full blown reference book, you can focus on the common fungi and get their details correct and perfect how you want to present the information. later on once you are happy with the field guide you can start the larger reference book and make updates to the field guide as new information becomes available... ah ham how you go about this is up to your of course I just got a bit carried away there -
Arb-Mycota what do you want from books?
TArrryan replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Training & education
Laugh!! quite the opposite, I would have a great respect for anyone undertaking such a endeavour. Personally I am the type of person who has a large reference book at home that has as many species as possible and a smaller handbook with common species that I will probably encounter on a day to day basis. But if I had to pick between the two I would choose to have a smaller handbook that gave detailed information on the common species. Obviously information about season, size, colour etc all go without saying, but I would really like information on the effect they have on the trees they inhabit. Hope this helps -
Considering he is a chainsaw instructor I thought he would know not to apply the chain brake voluntarily while the chain is still moving, I was always taught to wait for it to stop or I'll cause excessive wear!! But I dislike the extra brake too, I see no problem with the current design, Its just going to get in the way.
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Worked for Timothy Knatchbull, He was the surprising twin on Louis Mountbatten's boat when it was blown up by the IRA. also had Lord and lady Harris... ****'s also had a explorer called Neil McGrigor who is credited for locating the source of the river Nile. His boat and party was attacked on their first attempt and he was shot in the leg. I didn't realise at the time he had even gone away until I met him on the lawn one day with his leg in a cast I asked him what had happened and his reply (which I'll never forget) was "I was shot in the bloody leg!!" Great guy really
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It thought they were planning to phase it out by 2018 IF a suitable replacement method can be found, Its possible they could delay it or even scrap the idea
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It would be interesting to find out what the average is, I cant say I have ever seen anything like that done before, but I guess the number of variables is rather extreme, either way a average number encompassing all tree species in their environs would still be a good little fact to have to hand
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Holy fit batman!!! quick get the machete, there's a lost Mian temple in there somewhere!!!!!!
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Remembered to count the layers today, its between 7 and 12, Its a little hard to count depending on your idea of a layer!! but 7-12 years is fairly respectable for a fungus in my opinion
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Hmm I remember there being layers on the underside now, Didn't think about counting them at the time, I'll have a look tommorow and count them, I'm keeping them in the greenhouse right now, seems like such a shame to just get rid of them now i have them also just noticed in the picture of the larger one, it shows what appears to be a new brown layer growing over a older black layer maybe?
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blimy, any idea how long it might take to reach this size?
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These were growing on dead wood that the client wanted removed, so It was either this or onto the fire with em Didn't have a camera with me to take a picture so I brought them home. I understand your point though, if the wood was to be left then I would be happy to leave them and return at a later date and photograph them with the clients permission. the large one is about 25-26 inches across, Is it uncommon to find them this big? its the first I have seen this size.
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Hello again sorry for the repost but i didn't get any replies on what these were originaly, can anyone help me? and in case your wondering, I do try and look them up but i dont feel confident in my Id right now. I feel happier if others are able to confirm it too
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Thanks once again guys, I was going to ask what the fungi was, the only one i knew was coprinus disseminatus, Unfortunatly I struggle with names so you will have to forgive me if I get any wrong or use common names from time to time. I can see myself learning allot here, Fungi Is something I have recently become intrested in as I start reading more about trees and their health/biology. I will keep this post updated as I take more pictures, I hope you will forgive me posting my Fungi pictures here as i get them too, seems a little backwards to start a second picture thread in the fungi section, Just tell me If i should do though oh and closer inspection your right it was algae, I also noticed a large spider on the mushroom, In my original picture i can zoom in and find quite a few insects on it! you can see the spider on the overhang just below the little black... blob in the centre!
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Good advice but your almost 2 years too late
