Big J
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It being in Glasgow, I am sure that Stephen has already snapped it up!
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In answer to the original question, Stove Fans are pretty good as far as I can tell. A friend in Aviemore has one on his wee Dunsley, and it does send the heat down the corridor from the living room rather well. Being a Sterling Engine, it's also mesmerizing to watch.
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I read the title and thought you were asking if a stove was worth it, full stop! Consider me a fan of stoves!
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5 day in, it's a very good phone. I've used it quite a bit and it's still only half way through it's first charge!
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Very slick video, and nice to get a glimpse of what you guys do day in, day out.
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As my father would say, it won't hurt when the pain's gone! Very nasty - speedy recovery!
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Good stuff. Glad you got a good price for it!
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Two days into using the Aldi Tough Phone, I'm very impressed. Much quicker between menus than the Sonim and light and slim comparatively too. Still on full battery too.
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Can you tell someones age group from the way they Post
Big J replied to gensetsteve's topic in The Lounge
Well I'm 29 and text speak, poor punctuation and poor annunciation all drive me nuts. That said, it's something that has always annoyed me, so I don't think that it's an age thing. Language is only truly valuable when it's universally understood (amongst those who claim to speak it). Yaffle Trees - ditto! Didn't have any problems reading that at all! -
Got my Bullerjan on almost all of the time. When it's 13-14c during the day and 11-12 at night, it's just not warm enough not to. The new house has a much better layout than the old one, so heat dissipates throughout the house, meaning no central heating is needed, and the living room doesn't get too warm. That said, it's still too warm for trousers!
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https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-29th-september/product-detail/ps/p/rugged-mobile-phone/ Picked one up today to replace my Sonim that intermittently turns itself off. Seems pretty good and certainly worth a punt at £40. Jonathan
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Very good! Just to reiterate - don't watch it if you haven't seen all the episodes!
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£36 for lower grade, £40 for high, roughly 45/55% split. Plus VAT.
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You'll achieve a much higher price for good white sycamore/maple than sap stained stock. We delivered 78.5 cubic foot of figured/rippled in places sycamore today, and it was all very white. Wouldn't have sold had it been stained.
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What an incredible show. It's just finished, and I'd ask any and all who have seen any of the shows not to divulge plot details or spoilers. It's been a series we've been watching for a couple of years (we were late to the party - it was on season 4 by the point we tuned in) and it is (irrefutably) the best show that has ever been. Even has the Guiness World Record for highest ever rating on Metacritic for 99/100 for it's final season. I'd urge you all to go out and watch it if you've not already seen it. American TV from the likes of Showtime and AMC is just excellent (generally - Dexter finished last week rather poorly) and I can't think of much produced this side of the pond that can hold a candle to it. Jonathan
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Worth milling IMO, but don't let it lose it's whiteness. Cut in as soon as possible and stand up for 4 weeks prior to standard stacking. They need to be stood up with no stickers touching anywhere but at the very top and bottom. Everything stains sycamore and maple. Jonathan
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Out of curiosity, does anyone have any experience with the Great Wall Steed?
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I take my hat off to any of you that can make money out of selling firewood on a dedicated commercial basis (by which I mean buying in loads, rather than processing arb waste that is not only free but you often charge the customer for disposal of)> I've repeatedly done the sums on buying in loads to potter away processing in quieter times at the yard, but it's just not worth bothering with unless you are shifting 3-500 cubic metres a year, and I can't see how anyone can run a business selling just firewood processing less than 1000 cubic metres. That's only £70-80k gross revenue, minus £20-22k for cordwood, minus a few grand for fuel, minus cost of buying a processor, tractor, saws, renting a yard, buying a tipping truck or trailer. How do you do it!?!?
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77 cubic foot is correct, but it's 2.18 cubic metres, not 6.8. That equates to about 2 tonnes. It's a nice enough butt, though very dead. I'd be looking to pay about £308 to £385 for the butt is it was roadside. Given that it's a trek to mill it, I'd knock off about £100. Jonathan
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I just want to see the second part - "Scooter rider terrorises commuters in subway tunnel"!
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBK1w_gxdtk]The Worst Scooter Operator in Human History - YouTube[/ame] Hard to think of how he could have made that any worse!
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His cubic metre price is too low for it to be British, in addition to which, he doesn't seem to operate a sawmill. I reckon he buys in a fair amount of European Oak, planes and sands some, makes stuff out of other bits and sells the remaining boards. From looking at the timber, you would never find Oak as uniform as that up here. That's not to say that it doesn't exist further south, but it's the combination of the timber being very plain and his cubic metre price being very low. Jonathan
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It's not a cheap source of milled timber. The oak in question is European too - if you look at his other listings, he is selling larger bundles of it too. I think lots of us millers have tried eBay, but it's usually more hassle than it's worth.
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Hehe! You paint a very grand picture James! I would say that as far as hardwood sawmills go up in this neck of the woods, I am still very firmly in the small to medium size bracket. General rule of thumb is £14-£25 a cubic foot for hardwoods fresh sawn, multiplied by 1.5 for air dried and multiplied by 2 for kiln dried. Ash, alder, beech etc will be at the low end, quartersawn oak and burred timbers at the high end. Ultimately, it's a case of striking a balance between making as much money as possible whilst not overcharging so as in ensure repeat custom. I don't really advertise at all, particularly not now. It's 90% word of mouth and repeat custom. Jonathan
