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No you weigh them to see if one is a little lighter.

The best way to actually light the wood when using the top-down-method is by rubbing two bits of kindling together. It’s ESSENTIAL that you very carefully make sure that both bits aren’t from different types of tree. You see, as long as they are exactly the same, you’ll have a match.

Whatever you do, for Christ’s sake don’t get rid of your hand tools.

County Durham

@adw genuine question. Do you see a time where rather than relying on the likes of Spud or Crocky to get the very best out of our saws, we’ll be sending them (or the batteries) off to whizz-kids with laptops, custom software and crafty circuit boards to do outrageous remapping mods? I kinda hope we do.

…And at the moment….. … @Big J regretted leaving Devon for the very first time.

It’s certainly an interesting looking thing. Looks like a pheasant feeder designed to be at a comfortable grazing height for deer. Not exactly pretty, but then, beauty (as they say) is in the eye of the beeholder.

Keeping bees in a trunk is an inspired idea. Everyone knows that logs are best if you like keepin’ swarm.

This is almost certainly the real issue. On a plus, store your oak ‘investment’ properly for a few years, and you’ll be living the dream.

I did ok given the circumstances. Have done infinity better since - I am blessed. btw, first saw was Homelite XL12 of 1970s vintage (ironically same era as first gf).

Still got my first saw. Bloody glad I don’t still have the first girlfriend!

Maybe check that jackdaws haven’t been seizing an opportunity in your absence.

Thanks, that made my evening!

All my stoves are multifuel. Never had the slightest problem regarding the grate. Keep the ash pan empty, and blast the air with in from below the wood like it’s the glory-days of Redcar.

Two men dressed in pilots' uniforms walk up the aisle of the aircraft. Both are wearing dark glasses, one is using a guide dog, and the other is tapping his way along the aisle with a cane. Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin, but the men enter the cockpit the door closes, and the engines start up. The passengers begin glancing nervously around, searching for some kind of a sign that this is just a little practical joke. None is forthcoming. The plane begins to move. The plane moves faster and faster down the runway, and the people sitting in the window seats realize they're headed straight for the water at the edge of the airport perimeter. Just as it begins to look as though the plane will plough straight into the water, panicked screams fill the cabin. At that exact moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The passengers relax and laugh a little sheepishly, and soon all retreat into their magazines and books, secure in the knowledge that the plane is in good hands. Meanwhile, in the cockpit, one of the blind pilots turns to the other and says, 'You know, Bob, one of these days, they're gonna scream too late and we're all gonna die' !!

I have no saws, or anything of any value whatsoever in any of my sheds. At all. Ever. Just saying.

How is your battery management?

Maybe they are more like ‘British cars of the ‘70s’ There are normal ones, and there are ‘Friday Afternoon’ ones!

Mine haven’t been. I have used them when it’s been hammering it down!

Mutility arb, Mark. Close relation of Futility arb.

Lounging in a cell for a couple of hours would be a piece of piss compared to some jobs I’ve done. She should try her hand at an underpriced, overgrown, overwide, endlessly long conifer hedge reduction in the rain (with a cold) if she wants to experience real misery.

Certainly, but It’s also not inconceivable the shaft may be moving at idle if the clutch is shot. I see no harm in running the engine unit in isolation. Of course, it’s an eBay purchase with unknown history…. ….it could have all the faults.

:- ) I’m sure it’s no more or less demonstrably effective than any of the current alternatives!