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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:

with you there - did enough of the rough stuff in my youth and happy to be in the pond, especially the last few weeks

ok, that being the case, would this lichen have developed without human intervention?? Must be an interesting study for the lichenologists if this is the case.

yup, blink and you miss the daylight this time of year

mmm, not making life easy for itself is it. Presumably with man out of the picture there would have been a lot more of these older trees ?? Nature does work in mysterious ways

wtf - got to see the justification for this????? Not as if they are not making money on that price in the states as well!!!! Rip off Britain still exists.

a silly question no doubt, but what stops the lichen from moving to the adjacent beech's - same species and habitat should surely make for very similar and therefore favourable growing conditions? (clearly I know nothing about lichens )

bah - north sea's an enclosed pond want to get out in the Atlantic proper

if it was, he want's to be getting on a proper boat for that kind of weather :lol:

59" - didnt think it would drive that for milling That said, cant think I will be needing more than the 46", but you never know what might come along As it is I could get by with the 36" bar for now, but I suppose might as well go bigger if finances allow, then covered for more eventualities. Cheers Alec