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Re the Solis, IF David Tunstall (Tunstall tractors) chooses to sell them, nuff said, per the various comment I have noted down through the years on the Britishfarmingforum, about the unquestioned integrity of D Tunstall and his firm. Anyway, Carraro front axle, Perkins engine, Renault transmission/back end,no doubt all older technology, but perhaps the better for it, & all well hammered together. Being bought, brand new, by actual farming farmers, as scraper tractors, which should quickly test their robustness. Other than that I know nowt.

I read a really good SF novel(or short story) based on the premise of an intelligent civilization developing computers and conquering space travel to explore and settle throughout the Universe, finally developing AI which gradually and peacefully replaced the species that had developed it, all culminating in first a physical supercomputer with AI, then evolving to a non physical Galactic Overseeing Device, which watched and mused as entropy set in and the Universe wound down as the stars all burned out. Aeons later G.O.D figgered how to re-start the whole process, with a Big Bang, or "let their be light". And indeed per Jomoco, I would not rule out the possibility of an infinite number of alternate parallel universes, cos, "what do we know?" Presbyterian reared Agnostic that I am.

TCD I liked your post/quote re the difference between the youth/young men(& women) of 1944 compared to todays angst-ridden butt-hurt society. But the pendulum has started to swing, as evidenced by Milo Yappannoplis and his ilk. PS I am quite sure that Milo sniffed the wind before he choose his cause. 30 or 50 year ago his choice of cause might well have been different. Anyway About 40 year ago I was in Woolworths in Coleraine, just a 17 year old mooching about aimlessly, and trying not to hear the religious nutters preachng in the street outside, when an elderly Nun spoke to me, asking advice re a birthday card for her nephew. Now even me, with my youthful hot-blooded NI Presbyterian upbringing, (and all whilst marvelling at the quite magnificent hairy mole on her chin) could see the peace and serenity in her eyes. For her, religon, or rather a belief in God, had worked. I still reflect on that memory from time to time. Agnostic that I am.

The Canadian Professor was/is debating this whole issue today, kicked off over his bemusement at the 27 or 57 different genders he was asked to address with the "correct" pronoun. And was verbally & viscously attacked for his "non-compliance" by the usual strident "feminazi" types. Reminds me of the Dalecks "exterminate, exterminate" This gentleman, if I recall correctly http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37875695

So? ho hum?, they ARE different, at least culturally. Anyway to change the subject, and put perspective on "First World" problems, take a look at; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_Institute_Of_Social_Sciences A very good video on youtube as well .[ame] [/ame] They choose to attend school to get fed properly, with zero frills.

Sounds about right, from my own lifetime L. Govt. exp. PS "On massage" ya dirty brute!

Bahco adj wrenches are the best I have come across, my "go-to" spanner was a 10" adj rubber handled Bahco, as favoured by plumbers due to the wide jaw opening, quite superb, currently mislaid, hence I have been using the 15" and 18" big brothers(eye wateringly expensive for all I use them for, but a pleasure in the hand) for surprisingly fiddly stuff, which they can do due to the tight tolerences. I proper hate inferior tools and despair in this age of knowledge and CNC machining that such shite continues to be produced,(and that people buy it as well, sigh) when 100 years ago they could make good tools, with proper steel therein. I may yet design & fabricate my own wheelbarrow and long tailed shovel, our of pure despair/inability to purchase. Shite HSS Drill bits are another beef of mine.

On the subject of hot/sexually attractive women, Mrs. Obama ticks all my boxes, especially in light of her close relationship with Barack. As I espoused at a rather PC meeting(at work) & exactly in line with Hairys earlier observation, there is a certain pleasure in being an older male, since a greater %age of the female population become sexually attractive, I even had the grace to concede that I could only presume the converse was also true, for the benefit of the few older woman present, this observation only seemed to make matters worse!

Sometimes, just sometimes, ah think one can overthink a simple observation, having gone all glazy-eyed attempting to unnerstan yer Wiki link Alec.

Aside from currently rendering myself relatively skint (as a result of an implusive house purchase, viewed, offered and offer acceptded in 10 days) I am still in the notion o a compact tractor with a loader. And really like those equal wheel Zetors btw. Anyway seriously eying up a Hurliman Prince 45 or a Kubota MK5000, when I spot Zetor are about to start production of a new model, a 49HP "Minor" in early 2017. And Zetors are supposed to be cheap or at least affordable? Hmmmm!

Kinetic energy splitter, WoT! like a well swung Axe or splitting Maul perhaps? And, quite seriously, that is the key, build up the kinetic energy(speed) in the business end, with a big long accellerating over shoulder swing starting low, and finishing and at the very moment before impact, "free-wheeling" into the block, concentrating on the aim and control. It should look smooth and effortless, if correctly executed (boy! have I not got a quare good memory) Presumably exactly the same as a good powerful (& effortless looking) swing for driving a golf ball? keep it simple(or hydraulic)

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Despite being reared country Presbyterian, by a reasonably God fearing mother, I simply could not believe in any religon, both our children independently came to the same conclusion, despite "churching" probably directly as a result of RE being rammed down their throats at school, on the basis of "stop asking awkward questions I cannot answer, you just gotta have faith". And unfortunately, on balance, the various religons down through the milliena have undoubtdly done much more harm than good. BUT, for whatever reason the bulk of the populace seem to need a creed to follow, blindly or otherwise. Be it sport or Church or new BMW's. I think the Bahai faith are probably nearest the "truth", in their core beliefs and many uncertainies, but the key is striving to do good, for others as well as oneself. This based on sketchy knowledge gleaned from our son who forged strong friendships within the local Bahai community as an aldoscent, and ourselves meeting some of the parents of his friends.

Or a 57 year old non HGV licence bored retiree!

:001_rolleyes:people who've devoted their lives to studying climate:001_rolleyes: says it all, dosnt it:001_rolleyes: i.e. making a living from climate change grants and funding, in effect a classic "feed-back" phenomena. P.S. Never mind the opening "depending on where you look":001_rolleyes:

Ah ha Hi-lighted the crucial statement, that perfectly identifies the cause of our current sorry state. The root cause was the quite understandable desire to "de-stigmatize" the situation of lassies who "fell pregnant" outside of wed-lock. But the inevitable consequence, once the bleeding heart Liberal PC Feminists types got in charge, was the creation of a rampant benefits culture. Crudely put "breed for profit", well at least free housing and living expenses, then Maslows hierarchy of needs kicks in and we end up in todays sorry state, with an ever expanding uneducated ill-mannered unemployable very expensive* to keep underclass . And need to import furriners to actually work, some of whom are unfortunately then attracted to our generous benefits system. Tough, but true. *expensive due to lifestyle choices putting enourmous extra costs on the NHS, Councils, Social Services, Police and Insurances.

The quantity of ply sheathing suggests someone else? is not so good in their aim though:001_huh:

Indeed, a school/Tech friend used to say there were 2 results for a Hurling match, the actual game result, and then, of more importance to the younger males, the result of the inevitable fight afterwards. PS https://hemamisfits.com/2015/02/03/what-is-irish-stick-fighting/. Another activity for the "tough logger" compititation perhaps

Or, before football was invented, the Irish had their own solution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataireacht

Purely from an agricultural background, I only take my wee saw to the v good local dealer, for "open heart surgery" type ops/mechanicing, all the basic "nuts ,'n bolts" stuff, I do myself. Anyone who deems themselves competent to use a chainsaw should be able to do the routine stuff, and quite a bit more. ESPECIALLY sharpening, and I mean correctly/properly, with a round file and guide. Bit like most drivers, and their lack of mechanical understanding, I suppose

Senior Management aye spoke of "first principles" and quoted a contemporary on the Physics course who could solve problems that he had no background knowledge of, by starting with the absolute basics, i.e Joules for energy and temperature in deg Kelvin, literally by "thinking", not remembering, "remembering" was apparently for the thickos on the Medical course. The Civil Engineering course I attempted was also big into "thinking", one of the Professors was fond of saying that was his task, was to teach us how to solve problems by breaking them down to the basics and "thinking", not "teach" us how to be Civil Engineers. These 2 later life examples were no different to my farm based upbringing, where a bachelor Uncle would fond of saying "would you fornicating think", about ALL possible outcomes for any decision or action, good and bad. Or indeed often phrased "what the "f" did you think was going to happen", after the ill considered or rash decision/action by my younger self . Which basic premise has stood me in good stead throughout my 57 year life. The above also applies to filtering the vast amount of misinformation on the internet. Reasonably easy to identify the nuggets among the gangue. PS I ud be glad to be a Mentalist btw!

Transplanting a few mis-placed/wrongly planted ash and apple trees today, with an 8 tonne digger, we will see how they get on. A good job the Mrs. were busy in the kitchen while I plundered about in the flower garden! But at least wonderfully wonderfully dry everywhere. marcus

Wot "e" said above