Squaredy
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First year selling and lost already!
Squaredy replied to WoodlandWilf's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Give us an idea of the logs you are selling. Are we talking about firewood grade (up to a foot or so diameter) or sawlogs for milling? -
Def put on marketplace or similar. In a salvage yard they would be several hundred squids. Bit Rusty, but far superior to their modern equivalent sadly!
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Do the Swedes say you are a typical Brit as you like to talk about the weather?!
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I'm not sure we helped Mr Eggs catch up on his sleep much!
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Yes, that was a very good and thought-provoking read.
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I visited their site about ten years ago when I was in the market for a 4x4 truck. Lots of choice, but very much a case of you have to know what you are doing. They mainly sell abroad and once a piece of machinery is sold I suspect they wouldn’t want to know if it then fails, or has parts missing. I eventually bought privately as I was able to have a good test drive. For what I paid I would have been in their bottom range of condition vehicles which had all sorts of potential problems. But I am sure there are bargains to be had - if you want something no-one else wants! It is quite an eye opener of where some of our taxpayers money goes.
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I was just wondering if the branch that the woodpeckers are going for was dead anyway. Woodpeckers and the grubs they enjoy will much prefer dead wood. But what Dutch elm disease does is it shuts off the nutrients to the tree at or below ground level usually. If it has got DED it will be dead in a few years then the decision will be easier.
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Has it got Dutch elm disease yet?
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Very nice. Red oak?
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
Squaredy replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
Yes I was, back now. Sorry for the thread de-rail everybody. -
Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
Squaredy replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
Well yes but it is more than that. Food, drinks and many other items double UK price. Even in a supermarket things like packs of ordinary biccies start at $3. I can get cheap biccies in the uk for under a pound. Their petrol is still half our price and I am guessing energy prices also much lower. -
Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
Squaredy replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
Yeah my wife thinks they were from sports direct! Tell you what, anyone who thinks the UK is pricey should head to the USA. Haven’t been for fifteen years but I always used to find everything really cheap in the states. Not any more! -
Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
Squaredy replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
Amazing tree spotted in Miami today in Bayside.. From google seems to be a banyan tree and only about one hundred years old.
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I don’t know how NRW got involved sorry.
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Not so far from the truth in the UK, look at the headline my wife just spotted:
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Yes they dropped the case. When I say average diameter, I mean average for each log based on the diameter at each end. That is very accurate. And the way I was able to help the guy apart from telling him how I would work it out is by letting him borrow my FC books. NRW had told him about the existence of the proper books giving all the different methods of calculation but not let him have them. Luckily I had the books he needed.
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I was approached recently for help from someone who has been accused by NRW (FC in Wales) of illegal felling. They were all over him, yet they had no idea how to calculate timber volume. They wasted loads of their time and their victim’s falsely accusing him of criminality. They had measured the eight trees in question and then used those measurements to determine the volume felled was 5.2 cubic metre. What they seemed unaware of is that trees taper. Using their measurements and average diameter the actual timber felled was less than 4 cubic metres. Yes, they really had calculated the volume of each log based on the diameter at the thick end only. And these people probably have forestry degrees and pretty good salaries paid for by our taxes!
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And now I realise I am a plonker as this was last year. Anyway, socks are always good.
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Socks are always a great gift in my book.
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Sounds awesome. At least if you fall through the ice I guess you will be able to stand up in most lakes?!
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I’m with relatives in West Palm Beach, currently 6 degrees and getting to twelve by lunchtime. My cousin who lives here says he has never known it so cold. All the locals are hunting out their jumpers and coats from the back of their closets! It is forecast to be 25 by Wednesday though!
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Thank you, I had a feeling that Andy’s figures showing they were making loads of money was wrong, but I really couldn’t be bothered to spend time reading up on it all! In fact I am sure I saw a headline a few weeks ago saying they have lost so much business due to the strikes they have had to make thousands of posties redundant.
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Posties do not train for three years and take people’s lives in their hands, so I think it is much simpler than nurses. At the end of the day if they aren’t happy then leave and work for someone else. Posties going on strike is going to destroy their business and therefore their jobs anyway, so is totally self defeating. Remember their main business these days is not letters but packets, and there are plenty of other couriers very happy to deliver them. If I need to order something for work now I make certain it is not being delivered by Royal Mail, unless I can afford to wait weeks for it to arrive.
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I have a horrible feeling that this is not a joke
Squaredy replied to Billhook's topic in The Lounge
Speak for yourself Mr Bullman.
