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From my v limited experience with the Police, once Plod has formed an opinion, however falsely based, the do all they can to find evidence supporting their opinion, and ignore any to the contrary. My case was a simple fender-bender RTC, where the other party drove into my stationary vehicle, for no reason whatsoever apart from inattention(prob on her mob ph), then got carted away in an ambulance and 3 days later made a surprisingly(and clearly very well advised) short statement the I had driven out in front of her, and that she had sustained a suspected broken neck. I made a full detailed statement at the scene, and repeatedly asked Plod to sieze her ph, he refused btw(cos it did not fit his narrative) said narrative instantly formed on the basis of a witness who did not witness the collision, only heard the bang and looked round to see the aftermath.(because she saw us at the last instant and braked as she swerved, she dragged both cars out into the other carrigeway) Finally the case went to court, she chickened out of lying under oath, much tooing and frooing between the barristers, and it was apportioned 50/50, I would like to have compelled her to appear in Court, but from an early am start, it was already the middle of the afternoon and we had left the dogs. So I didnt, but still regret this decision. Lying bitch wanted a meal ticket for the rest of her non-working life, was my opinion. marcus In sorry hindsight the fact that we did not make a personal injury claim probably went against us, when one thinks about it, a truely a sad reflection on the values of our current society. But we were not injured even though she had driven into us, so why would we claim?

And he Whistles tunelessly, an says; "1999 Wor Steyr Daimler Puch Van's chassis is still perfect" despite zero maint or attention, well not perfectly perfect, only minor insignificent rusty bits. but in comparison to a 1 year old vehicle . . . I imagine it is the direct result of switching to Environmentally friendly water based paint systems.

Was it pished on or painted, kinda hard to tell really . . . In the 2nd photo I would imagine zero prep or primer, the way the top-coat is peeled back, from the bare, & now badly rusted steel. mth

Well ah fink so, but LGP Eddie et. al. are better placed to comment.

An excellent arrangement Bob, and I suspect you will enjoy your semi-retirement, more than being properly bored-retired.

perhaps not the correct place for this link, but hey, her be a bit handy like. see P.S. Even more impressed after simply googling duckgirl86 !!, bloody 'ell

I do not like the fussy gee-gaw festooned "traditional" stoves, nor do I particularly like enamelled stoves, I do however like the modern Scandanavian type upright stoves or plain practical black cast iron with pleasing aesthetic lines, like our Panther series Morsos, or the baby egg shaped(G1?) Astroflamm even. marcus

A simple Misprint most likely?

I was wondering about the likelyhood of the UK experiencing the "sudden branch drop" little understood/phenomena, which I associate with periods of prolonged heat, like we are currently experiencing here in NI leastwise. Also aware the causes of this failure could be different. marcus

The wonderfully Ger-manically over-engineered magirus deutz, always kinda fascinated me, & as earlier I am proper jealous of your project Bob. I crawled about below a v similar Military green spec magirus deutz up at the Antrim steam fair a few years ago, quite the dribble an drool tool for me. marcus

Add extra (used engine oil?, perhaps better not actually clearly specified ) oil, sandbag it up and sell as logwood gasifer fuel, bags go in unopened. Or use as such to run a burner/boiler of your own? Or switch to a Scandnavian type biodegradable chainsaw bar oil, and bobs yer uncle marketing wise? (the simplest solution?) Flog it as bio activated carbon rich compost additive, or somesuch(having just wheel loads of chainsaw sawdust to our couple of compost heaps.) P.S. Photos of the completed machine please. Cheers Marcus

One does so hope . . . The simple pleasure of walking the dogs up the Birch tree shaded Moss Rodden (i.e an unpaved laneway into the moss), where it instantly feels to be at least 10/15 deg cooler, and always with a gentle zephyr. Quite magical. Marcus

Eh Steve, ye spotted me particular peccadillo, trying to be different.(An using big fancy wurds) Regardless, as the wet billets come off the splitter they get set into the former and then strapped up, a simple bale spike then moves/transports/rehandles the bundles as required, incl setting into my shed, where I open a bundle and cut to length, which lasts us 2 to 3 weeks, & keeps the shed tidy(cough cough, but not really!) Other plusses; (o) Strapping is cheaper than IBC's, potato boxes, etc etc, at least I reckon (i) They dry so fast/ so much better, due to optimum airflow (ii) I can stack 4 high, and 5 high should be OK, so less room needed (iii) Easy to cover( I got old across the street type advertising banners) (iv) When I sell firewood, I can say that is reasonably exactly a 0.5m3 of solid strapped firewood.(and I might even start weighing the bundles, at a stated, meter derived moisture content) (v) Easy to set onto a trailer or into the back of a Van (vi) Easy to roll about on hardstanding, like into a customers shed, cos they be tightly strapped. (v) One customer actually likes taking the bundles as his father likes to "manufacture" his own firewood, i.e. play with his chainsaw. And finally, my overweening argument, Cos like, Der Germans do it that way. But the accelerated drying is I think key. cheers marcus

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Do I have to spell it out . . . pics or it didnt happen . . .

Fond memories of Carrefour's wonderful cafeteria, from our camping holidays from about 1983 through to about 2006, we camped and ate, mostly lunches, either in the Carrefour or in a Le Routier, whichever we happened across. I was and would be adamant that the French Supermarket Cafeteria was good food*, at very keen prices, unlike our relatively miserable British supermarket offerings, which it must be said, I have never been so desperate as to actually try. Happy days * Good food, with wine, in a very relaxed atmosphere for us and the small/growing 2 children

However, all our current capitalist systems are deeply flawed in that they absolutely rely on continual population growth, to drive economic growth, which in the short run, is unlikely, medium run, is possibly, but in long run, definately must fail, since such population growth simply cannot be(allowed to be) infinite. If we are to have a Earth worth living on. Marcus

Yup! Darwin is allowed to do his work unfettered. Regardless the bloke standing on top feeding the sheafs of wheat/corn in, is always at risk, standing above the infeed roller thingies, from watching vintage film of British threashing operations, never mind the workings of the Jones baler.

Anyone relying on statistics to prove an argumentative point, should remember, that a degree or professional Level Accountancy exam once opened with the various financial facts pertaining to a fictitious business, a quite long winded account, then asked 1 simple question at the bottom of the page; 1. Using the data provided show that the above firm is in a parlous financial condition and should be put into recievership. Having answered the question to the best of their abilities, the candidates turned over the page for Question 2. 2. Using the information already provided prove this firm is financially sound and would be a good investment opportunity. Whether true, or not, it neatly describes the use of statistics, or, more succiently, as me Uncle Arthur a retired Schoolteacher expressed it; "lies, dammned lies and statistics" marcus

Have not the Americans recently done sommat about non-resident US Citizens being liable for personal taxes regardless of where the work or choose to reside, I dont remember the details, but certainly along those lines. marcus

A pity "They" could not bus a platoon of fit over-trained & bored spoiling-for-a-fight squaddies up from Aldershot, with simple instructions to clear the site and we, the brewery will provide the beer afterwards, a kinda a simple win-win. On the pretext they were simply coming up to do the brewery tour and the travellers picked a fight with them. Marcus

Ah fink one needs to take the mattress into a dark room, an hit it with the UV light & filming for best effect!

It killed the guy who made millions from developing, patenting and flogging to the British and American armies what were essentially "jumbo" sandbags as used by the building supplies trade. At no doubt stupid inflated/gold plated prices. Who then bought the Segway company. The name will come to me. Hesco Bastion mth

FFS! Eggs, Ah were trying to make the point about "labels" or "pigeonholing" when I mentioned our traveller/itinerient worker experience in France. BUT Unfortunately, as I also attempted to point out as well, "our" Irish Travellers are def. bad-uns, to a man, woman and child(perhaps excepting the under 5's) There are also many ephemeral tradesmen, or women, who travel to be where the work is, and temporarily reside, in vans, or caravans, or motels, who definately do not fit the generic disparaging traveller description. Like Wot the steelfixer guy wuz, who worked for a very reputable local firm, fitting reinforcing steelwork to silo pits. "E" turned up in a Father Ted type caravan, worked, ate, drank and slept, pocketed a very respectable payment, and pissed off to the next job. "E" ud probably ave gubbed one if "E" was addressed as a "traveller". "E" also had the unfettered run of our farm place, where he parked up, without any hesitation on my families part. Descrimination, or simple judgement, can be a positive thing ye see. marcus

Eggs, Old Chap, one does attempt to judge those one meets purely on their merits, however from a N Irish perspective, meeting mostly Irish Travellers, who are always in 2's or 3's and attempting to sell one "some tools Sur", or "we are fitting carpet locally, and will have some left over" or "I see you will be needing blacktop Sur" And with full local knowledge of scams and thieving directly attributal to travellers One does tend to have preconcieved notions of the honesty of all travellers. Such is life Old Boy. Cheers Marcus