Squaredy
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And I always thought the forestry cutters worked long hours…. One tree per day doesn’t sound too stressful!
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As snail mail has dropped drastically in volume, surely it makes sense to cut down on deliveries. The universal service obligation that they have to deliver to every property six days a week seems like a colossal waste of money these days. I think they should drop it to Monday, Wednesday and Friday for all types of mail. Would this cause any actual problems as long as we all know? After all, greetings cards can surely be posted a few days earlier - it is not like the date is unexpected! And if something is urgent don’t use the post! Or have I missed something?
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Thank you for sharing your story. I hope things continue to improve for you.
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I have known a few people that had LPG conversions done - all ended up only using petrol as they kept getting problems with the gas. I even knew one person who had a factory fitted LPG Mercedes sprinter - also running on petrol as the LPG side never worked.
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I bought that same mill new in 2016 or so. My experience was better than yours in that I did get the mill to work, and it functioned ok for five or six years, albeit needing almost constant repair. But I agree the assembly was a nightmare, and design and build quality of my mill was very poor. In the end I gave away the mill, working but needing quite a bit of TLC, and bought a Woodmizer instead. What a contrast. For a few hundred pounds more I now have a quality mill, that has given almost no trouble, and with decent support from the agent. Amazingly spare parts are also reasonable, which you certainly couldn’t say for the Norwood. I will never but a Norwood product again.
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It is probably unseasoned timber hence the high rate of movement. If it is a continuing supply I am guessing that the species will vary depending on what logs the mill can buy most cheaply. If it is poplar or willow it is not much use for outdoor work. In fact very few european hardwoods are. As it is clearly not chestnut or oak I would assume it is non-durable.
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Mmmmm no not beech. Not alder either. Might be poplar or willow. The one on the right seems the wrong colour for poplar. I have never milled willow, but I know what cricket bats usually look like and it looks right to me. Are you going to give us the story? Hopefully there is a nice juicy scandal such as "Bought these teak beams off ebay" or something similar... Are they UK grown?
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They look like beech. But to be sure can you plane or sand one area and then take a very close photo? If it is beech the medullary rays will be unmistakable. Certainly not oak.
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A decent close up photo or two would help.
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Last night and the one before I lit ours.
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I mill it and air dry it and sell it to my random customers along with all the other species I mill. It is not a fast seller by any means, but nevertheless it has its fans. I personally value it as internal cladding where it is of course highly insulative and its very light colour makes it a very modern attractive option.
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That makes you a bigger person Steve to admit that! Most of us are pretending we got it easily!
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Can an Elm survive Dutch Elm disease?
Squaredy replied to AnnieDee's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Which area are you in? If you are in or near Brighton it is very different from most parts of the UK. -
Not much old timber left in her these days!
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Remember, that even assuming you manage to find the landowner, and that they are happy to talk to you; they may not agree that the tree is a problem. I am not an expert but I do know that pinning down the cause of subsidence to a single cause may well be a fool’s errand. Perhaps the oak is a factor, but also the foundations might be a bit shallow. Or some other factors may come into play. My house suffered slight subsidence in the hot summer of 2018, and the insurance company said I should remove an apple tree and 2 metres of hedge. But the main reason is almost certainly the fact that the foundations were only 300mm deep. New builds in my area have 1000mm foundations. These things are very rarely black and white, and often the only winners are solicitors.
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Yes they do have a value. Not huge but I find burrs always sell quick regardless of species. Poplar is a hardwood anyway.... I had some horse chestnut burrs years ago - sold in a flash. I would probably ask £15 each for the ones in the photo, though it is difficult to judge without handling them. But I have many different sorts of woodworkers visiting me and I know someone would spot them. This is the challenge - getting them in front of the right person.
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This is what people sometimes forget when negotiating. If you don’t make it worthwhile for the other party then your great bargain may be your last.
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My 14 year old finds it frustrating. It may be just him, but when he shows me how it works I can see some of his points. It takes him way too long to complete sometimes, and the help videos are not always helpful. Maybe the most annoying thing is that you have to get 100% so if he struggles on one part he can spend ages trying to work it out. Party of me wishes that homework was on bits of paper like it was when I was at school.
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Now I do realise this is an arb forum not an education forum; but I am pretty certain I am not the only parent with kids in secondary school. So my question is very simple: does anyone have experience of and views on an IT based system called Sparx Maths? My eldest has been using it for a year or two now.
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Perhaps a photograph or two would help. And a bit more information. This could be a very complicated job for a highly skilled team with a lot of kit, or it could be a simple morning for a competent tree surgeon who will leave you to clear it all up.
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Do you know my wife?!
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Yes of course and you did indeed say that in the nicest possible way. Trust me, we do not push him, if anything we hold him back. I think it is a huge mistake of modern life to underestimate children’s ability. My son loves learning. His school recently reduced the number of lessons each day from six to five, and he is not happy.
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Yes that might be an option, thank you for the suggestion.
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Yes he is doing 11 subjects in total, and to do Latin and Computer Science he would have to drop History (due to blocks of subjects as someone else suggested). The logic is that he can very successfully study History on his own, whereas the other subjects he will really benefit from the classroom environment. But to ensure he gets a good GCSE grade I think he should study a proper course and at the end do a proper GCSE. I know there are plenty of options for this, but I would like a personal recommendation of a provider if possible. And yes he goes to a private school, but actually there has been a surge of interest in studying Latin recently, in fact hundreds of state primary schools are now doing Latin.
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Got it all connected temporarily yesterday and pressed the button. It ran sweet as a nut. Thank goodness. I never doubted that it had enough power (well not much anyway) but there are many other complications with a fake three phase system such as I now have. I won’t go into detail here but the generator produced actual three phase electricity which is what all the machines are designed for. The inverter produces a sort of near simulation of three phase electricity which will not work for everything. Anyway, we will give it a week or two and if it is all looking good we will properly wire it all in.
