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Arbtalk Charity Raffle 2014 Prize list
teepeeat replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Arbtalk Christmas Charity Raffle 2014
isnt it Tuesdays that you become 'Felicity' ??? :lol: -
my oldman used something like that in Africa probably 35 years ago. He definitely refered to it as a tree bicycle. Not sure what they were doing with it - only witnessed it in use when he had to rescue the cat from a long way up a massive pine - twice.
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Arbtalk Charity Raffle 2014 Prize list
teepeeat replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Arbtalk Christmas Charity Raffle 2014
bloody hell, some serious prizes on offer there. Sponsors have turned up the heat, now down to the membership to cook up a 10000 storm -
Hey Paul looks like you are getting stuck in down there. Your inbox is full - tried to PM earlier re a bit of potential work on your way past. Give me a shout when you get a minute.
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yup, and it is also quite feasble these days to design the heating requirement out of houses, but you dont seem to get too much incentive to do this. The government just tinker about on the edge so as not to upset the big energy companies, but show that they are doing something - not
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Were going to the tuckers gave this sat for cider
teepeeat replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
Hey gents, been a bit busy and dont do the mobile Internet. Nice to meet everyone this year - pleasant evening Thanks to Pete & Genset Steve for the lifts. Quite a balmy night in the van, and didnt even have that much of the apple juice. Good sunrise as posted by Silky on Sunday morning. -
mmm, do these here thermometers just sit on the flue? My stove is a high efficiency German effort that does our hot water and heating and thus is insulated all round to help the efficiency - I can touch the side or top while it is roaring away - the only hot bit is the door. The manufacturers have figured out how it works best so I just stick to their recommendations - pretty simple really What ever the thermometer would tell me I have only one air control that only needs tweeking sometimes once the fire takes off, so not sure what use a thermometer would be. That said I tend to be curious about what is happening so might just try one - 6 quid aint going to break the bank.
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nothing new there - UK cities were black with smog for centuries. They have more recently quantified it a bit and brought it in line with scientific advances Wood burning or burning anything releases particulates - whether in a power station or in a domestic stove. There are ways of minimising these particulates in all scenarios as well - to a greater or lesser degree. Politics will kick this one around a lot more for many years to come, in the meantime I will just burn the minimum I need to, as efficiently as possible.
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As a non tree professional, just wondering why blast the tree?? got too be more destructive and less predictable outcome than felling, or is it more to do with simulating natural situations such as lightning strikes in what is presumably ancient wood type area where habitat etc is the primary objective??
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but do you tell the groundie or just let em think it is the rain
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well put. Just because we have experience of lighting fires does not mean everybody has. I am sure I have had the same reaction from people on electronics/IT forums when asking questions as I know little about the subject. The person who comes back with a positive, helpful and non-patronising response gains my respect and potential business.
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Were going to the tuckers gave this sat for cider
teepeeat replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
hey Jon, should be there this year - 13th Saturday night is it? Only be able to get down for about 8pm Terry -
definitely sounds like a half arsed trainer who likes mouthing off. How can someone delivering fire wood be held liable for a stove they probably wont even see. This would require that every fire wood delivery driver would have to be fully trained in the relevant regulations and would need to be familiar with a lot of different types of stoves. You can safely call him on it next time
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Dont need to buy an electric one. My sister uses an insulated box that she bought years ago called I think a 'hot box'. Basically a cardboard box with two bean bags with a pot sized space in the middle. Prep etc and brown as normal, get everything in and cooking away on the stove, then bung in the box (make sure it is nicely sealed - which it must be for the lid to close) till you get home from work. She does a nice venison dish amongst others. African version is to do the same in a three leg pot over coals in a pit then fill pit to cover pot and come back a good few hours later. Maybe not the best idea in the UK in winter
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:lol::thumbup::lol:
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Would have thought the registered keeper? If and when you buy it, make sure the correct date is put on the forms and you should just tax it from then. Cant see how anybody could chase you for outstanding road tax if you didnt own it?
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yup, was expecting pictures of some wierd mutant saws
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tried those, but they sit very uncomfortably on my nose. Might just be my dodgy broken beak of course. The did seem to keep the dust out well and visibility was better than I would have thought through what are quite small holes.
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the best kindling has lots of exposed surface area - leaving it in the round reduces this but does work OK Dont think it is a commercial idea, but as a one off or for limited amounts for personal use I have been pondering the same thing and wondering if making a small multi-blade knife similar to firewood processors might be a simple way of speeding up splitting the small stuff for kindling
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Non smoker here as my old man who smoked all his life until recently went to the trouble of pointing out the down sides to it to us as youngsters. Interesting how over the last 20 years or so smoking has gone from being the norm for the majority to now just being the occasional one from a small minority.There definitely seems to be a stigma about it these days From personal experience I wont go out with a woman who smokes as however fastiduous they are about keeping clean etc, they do just stink of the stuff. All that said, of my grand parents, the one who smoked, drank and ate all the 'wrong' things out survived the others by a long way Just a few random thoughts this morning, so I'll toodle of for a coffee now...and chat to the smokers in their little corner
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Hey Jon Might have a use for that Big Boy of yours. Bring it to Tuckers if you still want to get rid Terry
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apart from the cold and damp issues and the oil going off, there is also the issue of what exactly is in your danish oil and the quality of the ingredients. Most danish oil seems to be mainly tung oil mixed with a variety of other products. I know that with the likes of linseed oil (also a common ingredient in danish oil I believe) there is a wide range of quality available. The cheap stuff is a sticky mess that doesnt dry properly, whereas good quality stuff works well.
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With all the talk about stale fuel, and various comments about only using fresh fuel, who's to say how long the petrol has been in the petrol station tanks before we pick it up? Also, how rigorous are their quality controls at all points between leaving the refinery and going into your can? Are there any tests or control measures? What chances of contaminants getting into the systems and storage tanks?? Just curious as know nothing about the fuel supply line.
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mmm, would have thought that making a work platform so as to have the machine raised high enough to drop logs straight into the bag would be a lot less hassle than picking up the logs a second time to bag them????
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bloody hell, hope most of the 17hrs was spent yarning rather than driving
