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and you never know. Might be able to pick up a few tips

Man up. According to Radio 4 last night, Sun cream = Not enough sun light on your skin = Vitamin D deficiency = Cancer of the colon. Choose your cancer....... Not that I know what I’m talking about. I’m just misquoting.

Not much dry rot wood about then. Which I suppose Is good for all of us, but not so good for you. My mother kept bees for a bit when I was very young. I was only interested in the smoker (I wasn't interested in the bees or hives at all back then). I never got stung (but I do remember getting burnt a few times) If I remember rightly, she used damp old hessian sack (but maybe this produced "hot" smoke, it felt hot to me Ho, Ho). Maybe for dry-rot, you should try some builders or small scale redevelopers, do they have a forum? If you do get some dry-rot wood, do you intend to "culture" it onto other wood to give youself a sustainable supply (maybe best not try this in a wooden shed!). Interested on how you get on.....

Here is an attempt taken at gone 8 last night. Thought I'd try for a closeup / macro type thing. Camera:- cheap vivitar Digital Video camera. Lens:- 15x Spotting scope eyepiece. Subject:- Blackthorn Light level:- waaaay too low

swords into ploughshares eh? I think theres a place down the road that sells off police stuff. maybe i'll get a shield for next winter.

cool............ .......I think. I am partially reminded of continental wood stack But also partially reminded of 70's wall paper. .......so then again, maybe not cool

Maybe advise yer mate too leave the client a large bag of sand behind

Never hurts to brush up on simple names and terms (such as drive link, throttle interlatch, type C trouser, class 2 boots, etc, etc, etc.) Its simple jargon, but its saves loads when trying to discribe stuff. You will probably pass if you forget every name/term there is, but the assessment will feel like pulling teeth for both you and the assessor. Rolling off the correct name/term during the assessment will feel like a breath of fresh air to the assessor, and it demonstrates that you have prepared yourself. I have a HORRID memory for remembering jargon. The way I use is to sit down with pile of blank cards (about playing card size), and write the term on one side, and an explaination on the other. Just the writing helps me learn, and you have the benifit of being able to use the cards to self test yourself. As has been said, Don't get uptight during the assessment (and don't worry, after you have passed these, there are loads more ) All the best

30m Sq is bold, as the only times I have come across these, they have been verrrrry skiddy (me mum once had an stepping "stone" path made out of log ends that was a death trap). It there any wood (hardwood / softwood or species) that is less prone to turning into a skating rink, I wonder?

Cracking! Glad to see a) Its not a "mountain" bike and b) Its got mud guards. I thought it was only me. Ho Ho.

lightweight. You didn't take the throttle linkage to bits. (its only confusing the first time Ha Ha Ha)........ very clean tho'

Looks like our weather is as good as yours, for a change.

You must of had a cracking climb around that crown. Nice and open, with some good branch walks. Are you considering spraying the chipper black?

(and ignore the signature line, kids are great, and they get even better)

Great, nothing beats it!! Hope your wife is back on her feet soon, thats quite an op!

handy for self-application tho.

"jason stop it" sounds more like something young ladies may use to stop their boyfriends getting too randy

now THAT is a garden fence. Once slipped on that palisade stuff whilst climbing into a substation, got an interesting little scar left to show for it. (last time I offer to get the frisbee back)

Do you suffer from condensation dripping from the celing Rob? I had a similar setup a while back, and it dripped all the time:thumbdown:

Do you rekon a long track down a tarmac road on the footplate of a jensen tracked chipper would have the same effect?

Excellent. Glad to see its all intact after 2 months.

When I first read it, I thought you said "Did some swimming aswell....." Hardcore, I thought. Ha Ha.

Yeah, bumped, just like this Ha Ha. Best of luck by the way.

The "work saddle" on the link looks fine to me. Nice and uncomplicated, and good for "scampering" I should think. The front attachment maillon (or "Galvanized Delta Screw") looks a bit pinchy though with more than 1 Krab through it, maybe upgrade it with a pear shaped maillon? any word on whether its CE etc marked?

A nice set of pictures Ace, cheers. Looks more interesting than the pile of woodchipper assessment forms i'm currently completing. Lol.