Mike Dempsey
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Im not too far from RAF Leuchars where they used to attend the airs how every year and do a fantastic display. Best watched from about a couple of miles or more away from the airbase. Its also free! Pissed a lot of people off when the airbase shut and they gave it to the bloody army and its now known as Leuchars Station. Dont know why Scotrail dont sue them as Leuchars Station has been used for trains for at least 100 years and the army are a wee bit late in trying to use the name. There is a military air shows page on FB which lists their events and routes if anyone is interested.
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I remember my mum stopping smoking many years ago because petrol went up to 50p a gallon! To the younger viewers on this forum thats about 10p a litre.
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Im 58 now and dont listen to pop music now much these days as its all crap. Being in Scotland I tend to listen to Radio Shortbread a lot (Scotland!). I listen to a lot of Classic FM when on the move and at night I like to listen to the football. Theres a good programme on afternoons now and sometimes evening with Grant Stott. Its called Vinyl Collection and a lot of it is 12 inch singles from the 80's. Excellent music from a very knowledgeable bloke who doesnt prattle on a bit either. Catch up with it on BBC Sounds. Well worth a listen.
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and have a stupid man bun😆
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They are too busy watching Coronation Street and Eastenders and shoving pizzas down their throats. Television is the opium of the masses said some geezer
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This is my border terrier called Shuggie. He's only just over a year old and hasn't had a go at rats or mice yet. Tried to get a few cats when out on walks. Certainly don't have a cat crap problem in the garden or mice in the workshop since I got him last June. Havent had him ratting yet but I might do that in a wee while.
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Didnt know it was free.
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I dont like my app for my android phone for walking. I dont think its very accurate as its based on my standard length of pace which I dont do all the time. Are there any free apps which are gps based that are easy to use and free? Mike
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Why spoil the kids fun for the sake of 50p as well.
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Our local Shell garage which was the cheapest fuel in town, has no fuel left at all. Ran out yesterday morning and by tonight still hadnt had a delivery. They were even cheaper than Asda which is unusual, and morrisons now arent even displaying their prices which is weird. Hopefully not going back to fuel shortages again.
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All the public schools such as Eton, Harrow etc are registered charities. Perhaps all their teachers and headteacher should be volunteers or maybe they should give up their charitable status as they are run as businesses?
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Not all gingers mate!
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Thats the kind of programme with those patronising kind of presenters that make me want to throw my telly through the big window in my living room. I would need to be off my face on crack to sit and watch half an hour of that crap!
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The sophisticated electronic systems for both the Javelin and the MBT Law missiles are made in Glenrothes where I live, by Raytheon Systems (used to be called the Hughes Corporation after Howard Hughes the reclusive weirdo!). Now and again it gets boycotted by some left wing socialists and the likes. Cant see another demo happening soon as the weapons are being used against an oppressor such as Russia and not by the Americans!
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Up for sale is my Stihl MS880. Although its a 2004 model, its only been used for milling 1 or 2 trees a year and for the last 4 years has only run for about 6 or so hours. Its been kept in a warm heated workshop and not abused, with the HD filter brushed and cleaned regularly when in use. Good compression and starts no problem. The two bars are a Cannon Superbar CSB S2-50-63 142DL and a Stihl Duromatic 47" There are 5 Cannon chains with plenty of life in them left and 3 Stihl 47" ripping chains, 2 of which are brand new and still in the box and also one Stihl crosscut chain with little wear. This is an ideal set up for milling like I have used it for. I also have a welded up steel alaskan, mill which works very well which the purchaser can have for free as I dont need it. This is heading on for over £2k plus worth of kit and I would like £1200 which I think is reasonable as bare 880's are getting near £1k on Ebay. As I am north of Edinburgh I am happy to drive down to Newcastle/ Carlisle for a purchaser for a fuel donation. No paypal just Bacs or cash, 07769703520£1,200
Glenrothes, Fife - GB
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Best process to finish and treat elm timber
Mike Dempsey replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Woodcraft Forum
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A neighbouring workshop has big spotlights on a wall looking into their car park. Unfortunately it also lights up the smoke coming from my chimney. A passing motorist saw all the smoke one evening and dialled 999. Two fire engines with blue lights showed up and they wanted to inspect my stove as they were sure the workshop was on fire. Crazy night!
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The amount of smoke when burning the cedar of lebanon in the stove is incredible. I am on an industrial estate so I can get away with burning anything legal. The cedar I preferred to burn at night or at weekends with no neighbours about.
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Of course the bottom 2 are douglas fir. That smells nice but the df I got was brick hard and blunted my bandsaw blades pretty quickly. The fact that it is very light means that it is easy to cut and gentle on the bandsaw blades. For a while I was using Cedar of Lebanon but I was finding that it is quite an oily/greasy timber and the red ribbons were going all stiff with the dried up oil. I now only use lawsons cypress which is non oily. I buy all my cypress in log form and cut it up and air dry it myself and that way I know its not going to twist and cup or go like a propeller. Its the nearest I get to milling these days!
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Here are a few photos of what I make. The Ecodecs are the main product which sells well.
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I am in the workshop just now so dont have any photos on the laptop. I will post up some photos when I get home.
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Looking to purchase a few logs of lawsons cypress. Need to be min dia of 15" and preferably not been on the deck for more than a few months. I am located in Glenrothes at KY6 and would be happy to travel all over central Scotland, Perthshire, Angus for good logs. Will be cutting them in 24" lengths approx so not too worried about length of log. I will be transporting them in my Trafic, so a couple of decent logs at a time will be sufficient but an ongoing requirement means I can shift a few every year. Mike 07769703520 to discuss.
