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Meh! Use a "farmers" hitch, essentially a sheep-shank, threw on the tether wit a flick o the back o the wrist. looks insecure but will NEVER come undone whilst under tension. But! Hard to demonstrate (as stated above)

sexy sexy Sir! Ps What pedigree is the minature Fresian below the MB Trac? M

Will a "here's one I prepared earlier Gendarme" suffice? PS I never seen such fearsome thuggish looking traffic Cops as the few we espied in France, fortunately only when driving past, must be a prequisite for traffic cop selection. m

Pertinent to the above, when carting straw home, Dad always flung the made up the "tethers" off the back of the trailer, to drag behind through the dry clean stubble, it left them lovely and unkinky. Ps I tink I origionally mis-read/misunderstood the title:lol:

In my "hypothetical" head, for my very limited lifting requirments, I have drooled over these babies and could concieve buying one for work given the chance, to replace a 80 HP 4WD Tractor, said tractor whose back end is never used in anger, therefore the limited lifting and PTO of the babby handler ud not be an issue. And As long as item of plant weighs less than 4000kg, transport is not an issue. We already have a 640 Avant, which is very popular and much used. BUT! I keep being astounded by the capabilities of the wee 3720 JD hydrostatic drive tractor with dedicated 300 Series JD loader. It is an absolute ANIMAL for its weight and horsepower, plus will turn the front wheels near sideways, so is incredibly manouverable. Now a 4 Series JD HYDROSTATIC drive ud be proper perfect.(for me, that is) On fat grippy flotation tyres. The hydrostatic drive as configured by JD is simply phenononal, cannot stall, cannot spin, and can absolutly load the rather large bucket to capacity, effortlessly, with "loadmatch" and various other very clever JD technology. cheers m

The hydrostatic drive is the "dogs", for the precise application of all power with none wasted.

Pure "sex on a stick", my dream machine, esp with 3pt linkage AND a PTO.

I dared take a short video of some Secondary school attending "oiks" (the male variety) throwing their post lunch litter into our Riverside Park, a persistent problem, when I took it straight to my superior he near had kittens! I said I was merely going to take it straight to the school Headmaster, and after identifing the miscreants, he could delete the clip there and then. what kinda mixed up world do we now live in. How else could I indentify a particular male school child/children wearing a uniform, from among a schools worth? Marcus

Why did you let into your car in the first place, cos otherwise how could they be taking pictures inside your car.

Oh that was close - Album on Imgur :blushing:derp! ps It were a very nice stick they were saving for milling

A safe enough exercise, IF he hadda rehearsed in his head the possible pitfalls/hazardous outcomes, and then merely let go of the saw. As wot like I udda done(& have done) :001_tt2: I dont fink I seen this clip on this forum yet?

:thumbup: This, i like! oh, n' Another P.S. Toddlers and stairs, they only roll down once, toddlers bounce extremely well btw!, our pair got the free run of the carpeted stairs, by the time they managed to climb up, they were robust enough to fall down! His nibs also attempted shaving, aged about 2 or 3, fortunately with a safety Razor, unpacked from my stowed away TA kit. Good job he didnay find them grenades, cos, like, they were in the other (grenade) pouch.

JHC I ran the angle grinder down the edge to blunt it, until he bruised his and his Sisters fingers( & she larned sommat from THAT experience, but then she, aged about 5 or 6 branded him "quite accidently" with a red hot poker, which we only became aware of when they were well growed up) Poker heated in the Morso Stove in the living room by the way. It was also given to him, when relative to his bodily strength, that he could just about lift it, so first he crawled, then he walked, then finally ran, so to speak. Then I sharpened it, along with a collect of other edged instruments.(and he still got a fingers 100% complete) Anyway he and his cousins figgered out how to sharpen a very sharp point on a stout Ash stick. To make a Spear to throw at each other.(Lord of the Flies anyone?) Sister in Law was having Kittens, while I chortled into my Beer. PS Having crashed a Kawasaki Mule at 14 or 15, he was, and is a very careful car driver. Nicknamed "Granny G . . . .", by his contempories. cheers

Ground source hear system Trying to communicate with the Dead then Stephen? Certainly in a prime spot for such an endouver!

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Eh! Absolute truth, as best I remember, apart from my surmise as to the reasons the black Dr. appeared to approve of allowing children/toddlers to play with machetes. Why? Is my favourite word. Keep asking why? why why

:lol: Well, now? He mighta attended Gordonstoun as well as Eaton/Harrow, as well visiting his (presumably African) homeland where OBVIOUSLY (innit!|) the toddlers are encouraged to play with machetes.:lol: PS I read an account, probably in National Geographic, of a South American tribe, which, despite being ever unaware of Darwins existence, allowed his logic to rule. In that they blythly allowed the toddlers to play with machetes, climb tall trees, play on the banks of fast flowing rivers, etc etc. To inevetably produce better (i.e. the survivors) adults.:lol: I liked their pragmatic approach. m

Ah!, now did someone mention travellers, intelligent, generally physically strong, mechanically gifted, posessing of very strong family/tribal values, and blessed with much legal knowledge and the "gift o the gab". Just a terrible pity they apparently regard the non-traveller population as fair game to be preyed apon. From direct personal experiences.

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I read some of the above posts with slack jawed amazment! Despite my agricultural upbringing, or indeed perhaps exactly because of it I appreciate that we are all different, different abilities even within the same bloodline/family, let alone the local community. Some are intelligent, some physically strong, some good with people, a few are all of the above, some destined to unskilled work for the rest of their lives, some cut out to be surgeons or vets. Some are feckless scoundrels, some very decent people. Absolutly regardless of ethnicity. A kinda an aside, when wor Son cut himself with a machete, aged about 5, we took him to the casualty, where he was treated by a very very very black Dr. complete with the Tribal scarring on each cheekbone. He was clearly better bred than either of us, spoke impeccable English, and probably educated at Harrow or Eaton, and a lovely lovely man, who appeared to be entirely approving of us letting our child play with a machete. Unlike the local harridan of a Nurse. Then we got the pure bred Anglo Saxons round the local bonfire, still living in the Middle Ages, blaming witchs and Roman Catholics for all their self inflicted problems. It is the same the world over. m

Remind me there Huck, (i) how much oil is left in the North Sea? (ii)That is economically viable to recover at todays prices? OOPS!

Ah! Apologies, not to see the Dr., simply a fresh order (i.e. a repeat perscription) of morphine 'n other goodies for the Mrs. An appointment could be 2 or 4 weeks. But I, not unreasonably, suspect that I could have breezed straight into the Dr., since I cannot imagine his waiting room was any busier, pity I did not think to check.

Gentlemen, Sommat to reflect on, from my very recent direct observation. I popped into the local Health Centre, about a week ago, during our reasonably extended period of stupendously fine weather. At first I thought it was a training day, the car park was 1/2 empty, and normally I have to the furthest reachs to get parked(if at all) Went in, absolutly no queue,instant service, ordered the prescription and left. Collected the script the next day at the usually queued out nearby Chemist. Again the chemist's shop was empty, no queue, instant service. The penny dropped! The weather was too good to be sick! Which begs the question, how sick are these people usually clagging up the NHS. Answer, not very, or mostly psyscosomatic and simply looking for sympathy or attention. If good weather is all is needed to make them well, they should not need to see a Dr. if the weather is inclement. regards, marcus

Gents, not sure if I mentioned this on here, but the top 10 benefit claiming families in Northern Ireland share just over £560,000.00 between them. The top 2 families each have 5 children with a wheen o DLA claims/cars/cash threw in. Official NI Govt. figures as a result of a written question. Since those on benefits get their money effectively after Tax, plus all the other freebies, teeth and spectacles for instance. I believe this worked out at the equivalent of earning £80,000.00 to £90,000.00 before tax. Now that is quite some income within the earning opportunities available in Nothern Ireland. But then these poor underpriveledged persons need more "income" since they got fornicating all to do each and every day but spend it. Look it up if you like.

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