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  1. GreenGui
    Nah, Not Arbtalk. That song refers to the EU
  2. GreenGui
    As a follow up and to answer my own original question. I decided to go a head and coppice 2 of my Ash trees at knee hight back in Feb. I am pleased to report that the results are positive; whilst there is a bit of light re-growth lower down at the base the main strong 6 ft re-growth has developed from just below the coppice cut. I know this is only 2 of the 80 trees but based on what I have observed I am confident enough to adopt this method when I come to coppice the lot in a couple of years time rather than down at the base. Might go a tad higher in future in fact.
  3. GreenGui
    You miss the point, Surprise!! Its not about people judging me. I could not care less what people think of me. You have already judged me, that is clear, do I care? NO. I'm not going to be drawn into a situation where you either call me an anti-semite or infer it. I can see what you believe from your previous post history. There is no point engaging you directly, in any debate, because your mind is already made up. In summary, I do not believe you to be engaging in 'good faith'.
  4. GreenGui
    No Mr mortimer I am not going to do that. Why? Because it is a trap. What ever I write about my 8 years of visits will simply be picked apart and poo poo'ed because the biggest influence on everyones life is the media. What ever I say, regardless of being first hand experience will be laughed off at best, and at worst I will be accused of anti-semitism, it's a standard formula and I am not so naive to put my self in that position. However I am equally not going to participate in a forum and read things that are totally opposite to my real world experience and not comment if the thread is about that subject.
  5. GreenGui
    Having had to work there on and off for 8 years I can tell you now that Israel is anything but a "beacon for democracy and respect". It might be if your jewish. IMO it is as bad, if not worse than South Africa was during apartheid, the western media generally works in its favor when it should be calling for strong sanctions like it did with SA. Double standards abound. Go and work there for a period, get first hand experience, then make an informed judgement.
  6. GreenGui
    What border are you referring to? It has changed so much over the years...
  7. GreenGui
    For some strange reason you seem to be stuck on the idea of homosexuals, no idea why. The original post made NO mention of them. Are YOU capable of moving on??
  8. GreenGui
    First class post. Many people agree with you and the numbers are growing by the day. The problem for many, particularly ex forces people is that to believe even the slightest part of what you, me and many others know to be the truth means that they feel that they have lived a lie. The idea that the ideals they signed up for might not be the truth is so abhorrent, how do you deal with it? You deny it and then use all the preprogrammed terms to define others. The problem now is that even some of these people are seeing through this and seeing the world for how it really is, hence the now expanded definition of "domestic extremist".
  9. GreenGui
    That may well be the case. I think it is also the case that different forums have different natures, their natures seem to be driven largely by Google rankings as others have alluded to previously. Nevertheless a pity
  10. GreenGui
    Agreed. Your point has been missed I think. There are a few really good threads worth reading but it does seem to of lost its vibrancy. I lurked for a good few years before posting and miss the posts of some of the members who no longer post.
  11. GreenGui
    "Lies, Damn lies and Statistics" To be fair there is always work if one is prepared to graft, keep hearing that one here anyway... But living in France I would agree that the language is key. Go for a period of time but don't burn your bridges in the UK i.e. if you own a house rent it out! There's nothing like learning the language 'in country' its a world apart from the language lessons in the UK. Life's short, good luck
  12. GreenGui
    Exactly. So a 235/85 is 10% (ish) bigger than a 235/75. You can play tunes with the width vs aspect ratio to achieve a certain size. I used to just fit the standard Avons, I've forgotten the size now
  13. GreenGui
    I've bought sets from Lidl and Aldi in the past, TUV standard and pretty cheap. Would buy again if needs be.
  14. GreenGui

    Charles Kennedy

    GreenGui replied to Mull's topic in The Lounge

    I think Mr Kennedy would understand your point Mick, below is a cut and paste from his Twitter account. CHARLES KENNEDY Follow Charles KennedyVerified account ‏@charles_kennedy Jimmy Savile was a true and long-standing friend to the West Highlands over decades of diligence and decency. A sad loss indeed.
  15. GreenGui
    The bloke who empties our septic tank gets it all up his arms - no gloves etc. and thinks nothing of it. Drives off without even a thought of a basic hose down let alone a wash with soap and water. I just wave him off now rather than shaking his hand:laugh1: We are moving over to dry toilets so I can keep the 'solids', compost them down and put them on the veg plot. Small holders long ago used to do this, in the UK it was called "dark earth". So long as it does not go anaerobic during the compost phase and is left for a year it can go straight on the plot and has no bad pong. We've become a bit soft really IMO, afraid of our own waste, so long as we follow basic hygiene and the scientific compost process what's the bother. I will admit however I would not like to do it for joe public, just my own family, double standards on my part??
  16. GreenGui
    Deffo, found a used "jonny" (excuse the spelling, not that it matters here though) in one sack we bought. So long as its been heat treated for long enough it should be fine, just think of those spuds... (not the ones that used the jonny obviously)
  17. GreenGui
    Love it! Agree that the wings are a bit small but who cares, it looks great especially the 'feet'
  18. GreenGui
    Thats a 'NO' to the official website links then
  19. GreenGui
    Can the well informed people on this thread please provide me with the UK government website links that list out exactly how I can receive these big payments from the UK for being resident unemployed in the UK please? I ask this question in sincerity as over here in France the .gouv websites provide very clear details of what can be claimed for any individuals circumstances and it falls well short of what the UK media (according to you lot) present - I don't watch UK TV. It avoids the 'trial by tv/tabloid' and 'fame by tv/tabloid' that seems to be occurring in the UK. I might be tempted to return with my family of 7 kids... NOT
  20. GreenGui
    I've got a Sorby draw knife (bought when I had some money), used it for years on green woodworking projects and still not taken a stone to it, the edge is sublime.
  21. GreenGui
    Here here. Turkey's really do vote for xmas so it would seem. (Not that the other crowd would of made a difference sadly)
  22. GreenGui
    Nah, there's one single family got them beat by a long long way in the UK.:lol::lol::lol::lol:
  23. GreenGui
    Love it. Nice to see a proper carver post his work rather than simply comment on others.
  24. GreenGui
    What a boring formulaic response, you might learn something if you listen to him and research. Instead its the same old same old; "First they ignore you then they laugh at you..." (you can find the rest if you capable of using google)
  25. GreenGui
    Not within the EU though Stubby - although you already knew that, I know. Think like a migrant (that should get some backs up on this site:001_rolleyes:...) or like an expat, and you can reduce your upfront purchase costs - it goes both ways depending on the exchange rate. However you obviously need to balance that with service/backup/spares blah blah blah yawn... Its all still a rip off IMO

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