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Clark's Cut & Climb for me. Nice and dry plus massive side vents which are really good for keeping the air flowing. Your base layer is really important too. If you're wearing a cotton t-shirt you're likely to end up damp all day whatever you wear on too. Wear something like a coolmax shirt, or the Stein hi viz job and you've for a decent chance of drying out. If it's warm but wet I often won't wear a waterproof, but just put a fleece on when I stop. If it gets really bad then the Cut & Climb goes on top and I gradually dry out as I work!
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It looks very much like quotannis foliis brunneis to me. This is something that is increasingly being confused with Chalara ash dieback, but is much less serious. It repeatedly affects the majority of UK native trees and although it can lead to them appearing to be completely dead they almost always recover completely within a few months.
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It looks great and works absolutely fine on my iPhone.
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I've got a Grand Vitara and it does all you say, but doesn't meet the OP's requirement for frugality. Mine does about 25 mpg, and only managed 27 on a steady motorway run to and from the APF last week.
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Since my trusty ancient Garmin finally died I've just been using google maps on my iPhone. Live traffic routing is great, with some cunning dodges around M25 snarl ups. If you're in the wilds a lot with no coverage it's not much good, but providing you have a signal (or wifi) at the start it copes very well with patchy coverage. For the times when I don't have any signal I use the Nav Free app.
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Lack of gloves isn't really the big issue here, is it?
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I have a 346XP and a 560 XP. I didn't get heated grips because I thought they were a gimmick, and most of the time I don't feel that I'm missing out. However on the few days a year when it's really cold, or those weeks when it rains like the end of the world, I curse myself for not spending the extra few quid. Next time I buy a saw it will have heated grips!
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Anyone doing Myerscough's Online FdSc in Arb next year?
john k replied to Ben H's topic in Training & education
I'm doing an a FdSc at Plumpton and had a similar round of hoop-jumping when I started (registering with College and University of Brighton). I've set both my new email addresses to forward to my normal address so I don't miss anything. Having a .edu.uk address can be handy for accessing some resources and student deals though. -
When you're searching you'll probably find loads of articles where you can only get the abstract because you don't have a subscription. There's often useful information just in the abstract, and you can just reference the article as normal. Whilst a bit of cynical referencing is OK, don't be tempted to cut and paste anything as plagiarism is a big deal these days and your essay will probably be put through an online checking system like Turnitin. Good luck!
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Sounds like a pretty steep start! There's a good run down of Harvard referencing here: http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/files/Harvard_referencing_2013.pdf It's not difficult but does take a bit of getting used to. You'll need to use it on the course so may as well hit the ground running.
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Need help, any word processor experts out there?
john k replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Business Management
Is this any help? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5870914 -
Need help, any word processor experts out there?
john k replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Business Management
Search and replace. Search on space, replace with two carriage returns. A decent text editor makes this really easy. I use Ultraedit, but there are lots of other options. It may even be possible in Word, but I haven't looked. -
Checkatrade don't give a monkey's whether its members are any use. They are only interested in their money. Checkatrade make it very easy to give good feedback, but anything less than a glowing recommendation and it starts to get more difficult. First off, you can't do it on the web site and have to write in, then the member gets 21 days to respond (in my case offering a cash incentive not to leave a negative review), and if you are bloody minded and pissed off enough to go through with it the Checkatrade member has right of reply and can tell the world you're a liar. I wouldn't discount using someone because they are a Checkatrade member, but I certainly don't see it as anything positive!
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Will you have the full range of sizes to try?
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A mate of mine got an automated closer which managed to shut all his hens out overnight. The fox got every last one of them! Mine live in protective custody in Hencatraz because our urban foxes are brazen and will quite happily take birds in broad daylight - as my next door neighbour has demonstrated
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Bedgebury certainly use them. I've seen loads in their nursery.
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No, although it is a subject I'm considering for my dissertation. The take up of chippers in the arb industry is only of tangential relevance though and I was asking out of curiosity more than anything else. I guess that the way the arb world has grown over the last decade or so there's probably only a small proportion of people here who can actually remember the days when not everyone had a chipper!
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That's some interesting background info, thanks everyone. So 20 years ago they were pretty scarce. How long have they been everyday items now? 5 years? 10? When you found out about them did you immediately want one? Or did it take a while for the benefits to show?
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I'm looking into the potential of using a chipper in various woodland management scenarios and would like to find out a bit more about the history of chippers in the arb world as a comparison. I know that it's not directly comparable because the circumstances are different, but what I'm most interested in is people's attitudes. Presumably there was a time when no one had chippers, then a few started to come onto the scene. How long ago was that? Was there general enthusiasm, or did it seem like an unnecessary and expensive gadget at first? How long has it been a standard bit of kit for anyone who's serious about arb work? Thanks
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Cutter gloves in the dry, Traffigloves when it's wet.
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You're fine. Free trade between member states of the EU If you're VAT registered you can even get it VAT free btw.
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I broke another chain brake band last week, and was pleased to see that Husky have changed the design and removed what seems to be an obvious (and pointless?) weak point. Hopefully this one will last for a bit longer...
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I don't normally go in for petitions, but I've signed that one. Nice to see one well thought through and sensibly written instead of just ranty!
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+1 for the hot water technique. Using a heat gun tends to warm it too much and leave lots of adhesive behind. Get it right though and it should peel away leaving minimal residue.
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You greedy bastard. Providing such a good service so cheaply! How do you sleep at night?
