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seems effective, but would be even better if it cut slightly longer logs

2 ton + friction in the system i'll get my coat

Having cut right down on carbs a few years ago and sugars etc, I think one of the things I would miss the most now is legumes, but these seem to be a no-no on the paleo. So what is the issue here?

nice!! What sort of capacity has she got for ripping? Terry

Absolutely. The immune system is like any other bodily function - it needs exercise to be in good form, but also should not be overworked either. Like everything in life, there is a fine balance.

To a certain degree this is true, but we also need to question the 'establishment' equally rigorously. There is a lot of vested interest in medical matters from big pharma companies and big medical individuals who have build careers on current accepted thinking. However, since nobody understands how everything works, there are bound to be new discoveries which contradict current thinking. Human history is littered with examples - it was only 5/600 years ago that Gallileo Gallilei was persecuted for stating that the earth rotated around the sun. Another medical example is mercury amalgam for tooth fillings, but this one is still running. Or how about new mums in the sixties thru to the ninties being told by the NHS that we no longer do this old fashioned breast feeding lark, but now they are desperate to get mums breast feeding. As for the colestrol link to heart disease, this one has been rumbling in the shadows for decades at least and there will be increasing light shone on this subject, but only once big pharma have made enough money out of the current drugs and need another cash cow. Unfortunately, there is no easy answer - nobody can give any definitive answers as to what is good or bad and we are all subtly different and respond in different ways to the same inputs. However, I am increasingly sceptical about the safety of modern foods, the regulatory oversight of the industry and the motivations of the manufacturers and would tend to favour a diet that has been tried and tested over mellenia, rather than the very recent modern offerings Terry

Tony, didn't mean to come over as preaching - just trying to think it through. Agreed, it is difficult on an individual basis to make these decisions and as stated I think it may be a natural control on us getting too big for our boots. I dont worry too much about it just got a bit philosophical about it and generally try to have variety in my diet on the basis that anything harmful is diluted by only being a small part of my diet. The bit I forgot to go into was the increasingly intensive human fiddling with the food chain, inferred by shoota above that has gone on in the last 1-200 years. I do think this will come back to bite us in a few generations. Crops grown with the priorities being yeild etc etc above nutrition and the changes being made without fully understanding how things work and the implications and knock-ons As Rob says - everything in moderation

true, but that rain water will also come out in days in the correct environment (ie dry and well ventilated) rather than the months green wood takes to season.

Tony, you are falling at the seemingly unsurmountable human hurdle - short term thinking. You may be fine and outliving your forefathers, but nature works on a much longer time scale and we dont really know the long term effects we are passing on to our children who in turn pass it on to theirs etc etc. For the record, while I like the general approach of the paleo, I dont jump into these things boots and all, but take an approach of gradual change to anything I do - nature has shown that sudden changes often come a cropper after an initial period of improvement - fad diets being a good example. In this regard, our change to a grain based diet over the last 10 000 years has been IMO a relatively gradual change in natures terms, but significantly more dramatic has been the very recent change to highly processed grains that are milled and then stabilised chemically to preserve them till we get round to using them. This has all happened in the last 100 years or so - a flash in the pan on natures time scale, and to my mind far more damaging than the previous 9900 years of grain consumption where grains were generally stored whole after harvest and then ground as and when required. A further recent and very damaging effect of modern food practice is the lack of seasonality. We tend to eat stuff all year round whereas in the past seasons dictated what we ate - ie stuff that was growing in the same conditions we were living in and therefore having appropriate nutrients for those conditions. Personally, I think the human body can cope with all sorts of variations in the short term, but thinking long term, we need to be a bit more circumspect. Unfortunately, we will not be around to see the results of our choices. Yes,humans live longer now than ever before, but at what long term cost?? I suspect that our short term thinking is probably natures way of ensuring our own downfall as we get increasingly arrogant and play god without understanding the bigger, fuller picture, thereby ensuring the earth goes on long after we humans have shuffled off this mortal coil. So, dont think that answers many questions, just my two pence worth

fair comment Steve

cheers Slack What is the distance between the opposing feet, if you dont mind me asking. Going to be playing with this myself as have kept a couple of stumps aside for the purpose.

I can see where you are coming from Steve, but in this situation the original salesman who was dealing with the OP was doing one thing - sale of part to fit at home- which was presumably not outwith company policy, only for the boss to come riding out all guns blazing with a completely different story. The salesman might well have been working the guy with a view to the mower sale and future business which was pretty much shot out the water by the boss' approach. I think the boss man should have checked what was going on with the salesman by calling into the office quickly before barging in.

nice one slack, but wondering what size 'standard' is? How did you find the stability on that one - base looks quite small relative to the top?

Numpty!! With his attitude I would bet he'll be up for the full award soon. In the interim, second the 'honourable mention'

seems effective and nothing like a bit of music to help job site moral

:thumbup:bet that took him no time at all with that beast - wouldnt want to even think about how long that would have taken with a small machine let alone by hand All about having the right tool for the job, or in this case knowing someone near by who has the right tool and asking nicely

any change in diet is going to affect things one way or another while the body adjusts and dependant on what you were eating before, just have to pass () this particular problem.

Agree with a big overhang, but would a louvre type siding not be a good compromise - or is it just too much faff to build?

not just me then

depends if it is voluntary or involuntary As for the video - nuts :lol:

saw a Goldoni 2 wheeler a few years ago. Think there is a range of sizes and you could spin the handles 180 degrees to either have the PTO fwd or aft facing, depending on the implement attached edit - just had a quick google and quite a lot of implements available for them, although I suspect the likes of the backhoe will have limited use :-)

another option is catering shoe covers - plastic disposable things that slip on over the boot. If you google them you will find 'automatic' dispensers - dont bother with these as they dont work well.

we need more of this

suspect involuntary clenching fore & aft on that subject :lol: