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I have found the PSNI quite interested in identifying weed I am unsure of.

Used to be proper shooting demented. Air rifle. .22LR Then at Uni joined the OTC and started Target Rifle, got a .22 and 7.62 Parker Hale TX1200, in 1982 while living on Tates Avenue in Belfast. My origional grant did not specify where the full bore was to be kept. So I kept it in the flat below the bed. Really enjoyed Service Rifle making Bisley 4 years in a row. The SLR was a proper rifle. Hated the crappy SA80, when it was first introduced. Currently got a crap 2nd hand shotgun, and bought a Sako Quad with .17HMR/.22LR barrells. Festering over the optimum scope. Kinda decided on a Zeiss Duralyt 2-8*42, cos hopefully be able to swop barrells without demounting the scope. Mind you McLeaods of Tain have a tempting z5 3.5-18*44 but its longer, therefore more likely to thwart barrell changes. Probably better to pick up a wee Anschutz in .22LR and keep the Sako rigged for the .17HMR Veg garden is bloody heaving with rabboits at the moment. PS Never took to a shotgun, quite useless with one being rifle orientated.

We had a similar problem. Quite intractable. Until I suggested installing a set of tasteful 1.0m high metal railings in about a 3.0m dia circle with an included 200mm high metal strip around the bottom to retain bark mulch. In this case surely a "sit-a-pon" low surrounding wall should do the same? But absolutly definately the tree deserves to be retained. Job done. Looks well too. PS I guess? this tree is blocking light.

I was actually thinking of work related instances. My most memorable was about 20 years ago, when picking and then collecting Christmas trees for the villages in the Borough. I had went to Baronscourt estate, near Newtonstewart, and picked the trees. I informed the chargehand and the hired in lorry driver that we were getting the trees from Baronscourt. Chargehand says, no problem, we have got them from Baronscourt before, we know where we are going, and as I was then new to the job I blythly said, "see you there". Having another quite legitimate message slightly off route. So I got there, no sign of HGV. Waited about for an hour, found a phone, and called the depot, they had to wait for the crew to make contact with them, and eventually phoned back to say the chargehand was wondering what was keeping me, as they were already there. I had a scout around the likely parking places and concluded they were not. More ph calls. Both of us adament we were at Baronscourt. I cannot remember exactly how it came to light, but between us we finally managed to establish that our wee Province contained TWO Baronscourt's. A very substantial distance apart, especially at HGV speeds. Better google which counties before I embarrass myself. PS "Mine" is the one that comes up on Google. Phew!

Best example has to be the bunch of flowers delivered to Captain Blackadder in the trenches. During an "O" group. Baldrick is running around with the flowers saying Sir! Sir! what will I do with them? Blackadder replies, "Oh for God's sake Bladrick, stick them in a Vase" Baldrick finds an old shell casing that is just the right size, and proudly sticks them in the makeshift Vase , flowers in stems out. Exactly as instructed. The camera pans to Blackadders face, which is pricelessly analysing exactly what he had instructed Baldrick to do. And realizing that he had FAILED TO COMMUNICATE without any room for misunderstanding or error. Real world examples to follow.

Photo as above would indicate ill-informed/inexperienced/careless/sloppy setting up to me. As, (and I know I cannot really judge................but), the ground the MEWP was sited on looks solid enough, being a track, albeit unsurfaced, but presumably reasonably paved. But as another poster remarked, unless some really blatent, and easily provable error or mistake was committed. The Council will be held responsible. Cos they are expected to be perfect. And H & S hind-sight always has 20/20 vision.

William, For what its worth. The kinda farming brother reckons the 3065/3075/3085/3095 were better than the '60 predecessors. ( I cannot remember why though.) When I asked him about buying another tractor. But then that will be factored in the price you paid. Good luck

I have attempted to explain this very conundrum to our current H & S guy. Once everything becomes a proscribed procedure. (Which they seem to think is how all work should be conducted.) Following written risk assessments and safe methods of work. No one has cause to think any more. That has been done for them. This process may well work in a production line sceanario, on unchanging terrain. But not in the real world, with a multiplicty of changing conditions and circumstances. One can however work safely in a potentially hazardous situation. As long as one identifies the potential hazards, and makes due allowance to mitigate the harmful outcome. "THINK"

Uncommon common sense should surely have seen that the small mats were either insufficient for the ground conditions, or needed to be monitered closely, if they were to be used at all. I gather the mats were either not correctly centred, or the cherry picker shifted (but that should have been noticeable, surely?), or when the picker slewed round to over the poor ground the mat sank in. Being somewhat respectful of heights, i would probably be over particular, regarding the stability of the set-up, before I would dare to go up in a cherry picker. And I appreciate familarity breeds contempt. From a 54 year old farmers Son perspective.

Nearly as good a site as our own Army's "ARRSE" site. Which tends towards the downright disrespectful an scurriolus.

Addendum Filters the flies oot o the Guiness.

54 years old. Sciatica for prob 25 years. Doing fool physical things when younger (or trying too) Lifting 60/65mm thick (cheap seconds) 3' by 2' hyd pressed slabs into a car boot worrying more about scratching the paintwork than knackering my back No "stoons" of pain, a dull hot ache, and absolutly knackered doing very little. Absolute killer is (for example) working in the engine bay of a car. ALL about posture. I can stand straight and swing a long-tail shovel effortlessly, well until I run out of puff. I can even swing an Axe, straight back and a long lazy right over the head swing. no problems. But working at anything at floor level, forget it, by times I sit on my arse as it is simply the only way I can get near comfortable. I would also agree that muscle tone/condition is key. And yes, despite huffing and puffing during "logging" I generally feel better after. Poor musculature/poor posture simply put the vertebrae under strain they cannot deal with. At times though complete rest appears to work for me. PS A senior physio with her own practise advises that a physio SHOULD be able to effect a cure in 6 or so sessions. After this she reckons they are more likely to be doing harm than good. She also acts as expert witness in court cases.

More likely a coach bolt, if in a living tree, some serious meat in them, my steel nail will concede defeat. PS Must go an skelp a few lengths of 10mm high yield re bar into a couple of trees I dont want felled in the next 50 years. Even better lay a length or 3 (12,16, 32mm even?) up an down the trunk and wire into position, that should dampen the enthuasim of future chainsawers. And wannabe bandsaw millers tee hee

Steel nails are the worst. Wire nails will stand a tickle with the chain, making their presence known, without doing any harm a file stroke or two will not put right. Assuming the chain was sharp and cutting effortlessly until the nail was found. In my limited experience. However if "horsing" the saw through the log, probably a different experience. cheers marcus

We had a few of those round here. The drivers could not seem to decide which should be louder. The discordant noise generator mounted in the dash, or the exhaust. Need bigger Amp. Drill bigger holes. Buy anti-matter bass speakers for the boot. DRILL EVEN bigger holes. A proper viscious cycle

UFU/NFU Steyr Daimler Puch Van, had been used commercially, I bought off the company. NOT ONE of the big name insurers would touch it. Finally tried the UFU (hadnt tried them sooner cos they were always too bleeding expensive for car insurance) I mentioned S.D.Puch. The young man checked the spelling, tapped a few keys on the keyboard and asked? "Which model Sir" And then gave a very senseibly low quote, as her only be Group 4 (new ratings)

I suggest NOT trying Silkies for sharpness on your finger tips:blushing:

Dean, I attempted to explain this apparently unheard of line of free thinking to our H&S guy (who is actually a likeable bloke) Nope! All are to be trained to be unthinking automans operating within strictly proscribed parameters. NO BLOODY THINKING!! that could be dangerous. Lockers will be provided for unneeded brains during working hours. PS I have started asking H&S officers "how did you get here today" Not in a car i hope.? Do you KNOW how many people die on our roads each day. FFS! PPs Particularly pertinent to this forum, only hearsay so far. but it appears a gentleman was on local TV showing the horrendous wound to his face caused by a chainsaw he was using, lucky to not lose the eye apparently. TV failed to mention he is employed by D.... City Council as a H&S officer. He was using the chainsaw at home. I do wonder what training he had? Or what PPE he was wearing at the time. This should perhaps be investigated furthur.

An Hard hats in case owt falls from a plane flying overhead. PS We currently got a bad case of "elf&safetits", 2 o them. Looking at "workplace transport" JHC

I take it with the limited chain speed it is aimed more at Ex Stihl users than hi revving Husky types? PS Being a fixed chain drive I presume a chain brake is not necessary. Ah! Already spotted an element of redundancy in the design there Theo. I could be retained on suitable insultancy rates. Marcus

I am aware that I am (hopefully) preaching to the converted. But over 40 years of occasional strimmer use, and 23 of supervising strimmer use. In respect of long grass cutting. Some intuitively understand to use a strimmer like a sythe. The line cuts the grass stems at the bottom, and the sward of grass or weeds falls behind. The line ONLY cuts the stems once at or near ground level. IT does not be used to MO-CO the cut grass. Or in lieu of a flail mower, if a flailed finish is the desired result. Others can-not be taught, their stubbornly ingrained technique more resembles stirring shite with a stick. A good "hand" on a strimmer should be a pleasure to watch and make it look easy and relaxed. I am now a skilled observer:001_tt2: or perhaps:confused1:and:blushing:

Ah kin assure ye that wor strimmer cord getting too dry is highly unlikely in liquid sunshine soaked Northern Ireland. Especially in amang the lang grass. But intreigued by the knowledge nonetheless.

Why only 21", do they not do a 600mm/24" any more? Without getting out of bed to check in the shed.

To modify yer Yankee timber cutter's words "Training dont fix stupid" PS Believe it or not I had difficulty communicating to seasonal agency staff that planting ones left foot on the strimmer shaft to steady it, whilst starting................................. WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA. Being limited in the language I could use. Nothing rude or intermperate you understand. Quietly and calmly. As apparently this works.(in the training manuals) But, bytimes I have had good reason to doubt it does.

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