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For years I had the cheapo DIY grade trolleys jacks, circa £20 a go, and they are ok, still keep one in the van for emergency use. Just before covid, was after something better though, the local motor factors have a few on display, the cheapest was a 3ton "national machinery" one at about £120. Looks like this : https://www.amazon.co.uk/NA3010-3010-Trolley-chassis-133-515mm/dp/B00AZJY94Y Much nicer to use, stronger, lifts higher etc

I've have some creosote from one brand that was very thick and gloopy, and stank like melted plastic. Another brand was very runny, and seemed to evaporate on contact with the wood. I don't know which does a better job of preserving, but always felt the runny stuff was good for doing framework type timbers/bottoms of posts before they went in, and the gloopy stuff was better for painting cladding. If you can, paint it after you're built it, to save having to handle creosoted timber.

Polycrub, I think they're beautiful (might look tatty in 10yrs time though). Not cheap unfortunatly.

With the leccy prices going up solar gets more appealing? Only problem is the panels have gone up in price too.

Makes you wonder what's going on in Cleveland that they need all these lockup units

This hen house seems to have survived though, there was 2 cockerels sleeping in here when it got hit

This container roof is now about a foot lower than it should be, haven't even got to the doors yet. The lean-to with the box profile was less than a year old!

Spoke too soon, just been out in the dark, and with tonight's winds, now got numerous (living!) spruce trees on to outbuildings and through the polytunnel

I've lost a dead spruce to the winds, I'm absolutely shocked and heartbroken

The first split is always the hardest, this is spruce, the bigger bits on that job were 3-4ft diameter

For me the insurance price has been virtually the same whether or not I had any ncb available to use on the policy, I wouldn't buy insurance just for the no claims.

Aswell as foxes, pine martens and badgers will also take hens, they can rip through chicken mesh if they want, you need 1" weldmesh, floor to ceiling, roof on top, no gaps, and the mesh buried, or lay slabs round the outside so they can't dig in. I used to only let the hens out to free range when I was about the place, but for a few years now, the door to the run is opened in the morning and shut at night (with the very odd night of forgetting to shut the door!!) and so far touch wood no hens taken. The feeder is an "automatic" type, operated by the hens, to try and discourage vermin, and we have cats aswell. The chickens if given half a chance will catch and eat a mouse. There's a "maggot farm" bucket hanging so any dead animals left by the cats are put in there to be turned into falling chicken treats. Water is from a rainwater filled ibc, via a hose to the trough, don't need to carry the bucket anymore! The house itself is made from bits of plywood, very few nooks for the mites to hide in (never had an issue there), with a nice big opening roof for easy access. Spend the time setting it up right at the start and it's very little work We've got a mix of hybrids and pekin bantams. The pekin bantams originally came as a box of eggs from a friend years ago, they went under a broody hen and we've raised a few sets of chicks from those original eggs, but I would think it would want a new bloodline brought in now. I think our local hybrid supplier has now retired unfortunately, he sold them at point of lay.

I hadn't heard about the new husky 94v battery system Husqvarna K1 PACE Accu Doorslijper 350mm excl. accu's en lader WWW.TOOLNATION.NL Husqvarna K1 PACE Accu Doorslijper 350mm excl. accu's en lader

Got a husky 357 that has leaked since new (11yrs). I did try the instant gasket once years ago but it never helped. Been using straight rapeseed oil for many years now, so atleast the oil stain aint so bad!

It's all kicking off in waitrose Contents of 'suspicious' package revealed after Waitrose evacuation WWW.BUCKSFREEPRESS.CO.UK Waitrose Beaconsfield was evacuated and cordoned off for a number of hours last night as a bomb squad destroyed a... "The police have now confirmed that the package contained a discarded and decomposed lithium battery inside it. The package was found on top of the designated battery recycling bin"

Is that excessive speed, or breaking the speed limit?

No one has asked, is there space to get a machine in. If the current electric (corded) hedge cutters are too heavy, then cordless isn't really going to help much with the weight, unless you maybe look at backpack batteries or easy lift type harness.

I don't normally bother with clickbaity tabloid articles, but I'd not heard this before: "10. Speed limiters in new cars New cars will be fitted with speed limiters from July 6, 2022 to improve road safety. The Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) black boxes will use GPS to work out what the speed limit is and will then ensure the car doesn't break it. A new regulation will be imposed by the European Commission in the General Safety Regulation having been approved by the European Parliament in 2019. ISAs will be mandatory for all new models given 'type approval' from 6 July. This means any new car brought to market from that date, rather than new cars already in production." GPS device that will limit your speed if it thinks you're breaking the limit - I'm sure that will work fine!! What happens when there's errors, or the system is hacked

I'd just like to show my solidarity with the late Archbishop's family. #Me Tutu

Seems the latest CAT phone is the B40 Cat B40 - Cat phones WWW.CATPHONES.COM #THETOUGHCHOICE Introducing the Cat B40, the industrial strength, professional grade, military spec, 4G LTE feature... Sounds good, don't know why you'd want an anti bac coating on a phone, and don't think it has predictive text. Shame the battery is only 1800mah, you'd think there would be space for more.

90,000 miles is nothing, I saw a van for sale that looking back on it's first mot (3yrs old), it had 125,000. Both my current vans are over 180,000 each And yes current prices are bonkers.

First off do some insurance quotes on different vehicles - for a provisional licence, and with business use (carriage of own goods) That might blow your 3k budget

Nokia 800 tough, Nokia 800 Tough WWW.NOKIA.COM Made to military standards, Nokia 800 Tough can withstand water, dust, accidental drops and extreme temperatures. And... But then there was a few comments about it crashing/not powering up and having to be sent back