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My assessment was based on what is classed as wealthy. Seriously skewed, specially for those on BBC salaries and expenses. It is however an accurate reflection of the current low standards set by and expected of the BBC
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Gee Logbaron, thats not wet, seriously, actually currently very dry, by what it usually is. All 40 acres not any different, just the depth of bog beneath the surface varies. The wettest ground was planted as it was fit for little else. Though there are small patches of dead sand/ consolidated gravel here an there, perhaps where the Peat was totally cut away. Cheers Marcus I seen the dipper arm of a 13 tonne Hitchi digger pushed down to its limit, without any sign of a solid bottom, where I was excavating a new sheaugh. Yet not 50m away was the County road on hard ground with a new house on ordinary footings (cos I witnessed it being constructed) betwixt an between.
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Blacknora, you may be well up to speed/knowledgable about firewood processing. I however, was astounded (nearly having bought a Haki Pilki offen M Large, when they were affordable/new to the market) AFTER seeing them (various makes, by the supplying dealers) demonstrated, at how "picky" they are about the nature of the logs being processed. Need to be fed telephone type stock in my reasonably uninformed opinion. good luck Marcus
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Well derp! I's is an "Elite":001_tt2:, honest! I really must polish my dungarees. PS This ere "Elite" wuz at Weatherspoons fer his tea. Beer an burger. He also drives a Skoda:lol: E were also reared between sheets sewn from Mortons flour bags, an larned to write on the backs of printed scrap pages. An ate Porrige, literally never seeing a steak until in his twenties. I just went through it with the Mrs. checking figures. Elite again So this survey is proper bollocks.
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There once was a book titled "The Effluent Society" So a joke:laugh1:
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(i) Paint is the same colour (ii) Was anyone ACTUALLY hurt. No! I thought not PS I wonder did the "passer by" stop the car, apply the handbrake, but only after ensuring no other road users were put at risk or inconvienced, before taking the photograph, observe, indicate and then manouver, when rejoining the traffic.................... and of course washing their hands afterwards. FFS! Ps As a young man (= nobbut a boy) my father and Uncle carried me about at the top of an 18' ladder changing lightbulbs in a hay shed, as the ladder was not actually long enough to reach the beams the bulbs were hanging off.. Over a concrete floor.
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Mrs. Thatcher, a sound woman, until near the end, when she was perhaps badly advised. Dennis was a lovely bloke too, had a few G&T with him one night (an Artillary Dinner) A tremendous pity the Conservative Party so badly mishandled the Community Charge issue
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As I repeatedly assure the staff here at work, I am as judgmental in respect of my own "faux pas" as I am of theirs. Generally after yet another "a big boy done it and run away" response, from the entirely obvious perpetrator, of generally the entirely avoidable mishap/incident/calamity.
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With the large telehandler on site:confused1: Wtf did they not simply stand in the bucket like anyone sensible ud ave done. I do despair sometimes.
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Now fellow forum contributors, I bask in your words of thanks. Cos:001_huh: Yer stock reaction from any self respecting Farmer locally would have bin! How the feck did ye get bogged there:lol:, or why:001_rolleyes: Cheers Marcus Ps Having purchased the crawler I am now being buried under mountains o lovely free hardcore, with a good local contact for more. Sigh!
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See photos att Improvised 10 tonne rescue snatch block constructed from (i) A pully wheel off a 1943 Army spec snatch block rescued from Skip (ii) 2 No white front grill support brackets off a 1984 DB 1490 (iii) 2 No Army chains off a Landrover tow strop (cost £20.00) (iv) 2 bolts rescued from the skip at random over the years (v) Desperate ingenuity. Just to complicate my rescue attempts the brand new fitted that morning check chain failed, temporary repair effected with a used swing shackle. This failure in turn pulled off the inner end of the opposite link arm, sheared the Lynch Pin I suspect. Both these unsuitable Lynch Pins now replaced with 8.8 spec nylocked bolts.
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Tis a pity I left the wee camera on charge today, after recording my successfully heroic resuue yesterday. Else I would have photographed before and after photos of the bunch of windthrown Lodgepole Pine I cut today. Biggest was more than the 500mm bar on the wee 026, at the butt,and most leaning at about 30 deg to the horizontal with pulled root plates, all intertwined. A completely untrained (apparenty) uncertificated country boy laid them safely down with zero fuss. I also do my own mechanicing, electrics and plumbing. As in over 40 years or so. Wit Zero certification. I am currently 53, & me and my family are all still well. We are ALL different. I am not that good socially. Perhaps a trifle Aspbegers afflicted or whatever. Marcus PS I used to enjoy playing with PE4/explosives
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Incl an improvised 10 tonne snatch block, wit bits from the scrap metal skip:001_tt2: PS I got hung up on a stump in the gloaming (at 20:30Hrs) while daydreaming.
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Nothing on the Firewood Forum for 13 hours???!
difflock replied to ThrustSSC's topic in Firewood forum
After a month of blinding good weather, allowing me to access the Moss, plus having finally taken delivery of my latest toy.(Crawler Fiat) Ah bin too busy cutting sticks to be on here. Marcus PS The Jackdaws fill, or attempt to fill leastwise, the log boiler SS flue between my daily firings. They are keen! I might actually strap a few lengths of 9" Twin wall alongside my flue to give them a proper home. Photos to follow. -
Perhaps, but we do not know, therefore apparently (as per many posts) above should NOT be wildly speculating, either way. cheers marcus
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My only comment would be that regardless of the personality and integrity (or otherwise) of the dead in any such case, generally a traffic accident, is "Poor bloke/poor lassie". Regardless of the circumstances, which while generally unknown can usually be reasonably deduced. When in essence the actions (generally driving outwith their skill set) of the deceased, will have being putting other innocent lives at risk until Darwin intervened. This bloke could have died from a dodgy ticker, triggered by the exertion/stress. He could also have killed a bystander by his ill-considered actions. So perhaps it is the uninformed "poor bloke" comments that trigger the other more reasoned measured responses. PS The older population are merely an older version of the younger generation. Some of them must therefore be bad brutes/thieving scum too. Tough.
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Oh dear, At 53 I only have 3 teeth left. A bitch of a school dentist pulled 2 big strong projecting upper teeth when I was about 10. I remember my mother cried when I came home. top jaw then closed in and ground the bejeasus out of the lower teeth. That plus Abysmal NHS dental care in 1980's belfast, plus neglect on my own part lead to really bad gum disease. Pluued the last few loose ones recently. When the gums stabilize off for a set of dentures. A good job there bes no chewy lumps in Guiness. I will NOT post photos thank you. Marcus
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Up the Moss cutting sticks, when I noticed a broken check chain on the tractor, came back to the yard, rummaged about, roller shutter open etc, tools strewn about, nipped in local town to buy a replacment check chain. One thing led to another, the Mrs. being away stopped in a Cafe for a lunchtime feed. As I ate I remembered, that very very unusually, there was no-one about the yard/house. Came home, all was OK, only just started fitting the check chain when the dogs ran to greet a vehicle. A very clean and tidy and nicely liveried Peugeot Partner van containing 2 adult males and a Primary School age child. PHEW! They were very keen to sell me tools/ chainsaws etc. After politely asking them to leave, which concept I had some difficulty communicating to them, I phoned the non emergency NIPS number. Inside of 15 minutes a marked Police car was in the Yard taking a keen interest in my report. WOW! Or perhaps they had robbed a Senior Officer locally/recently. Cheers Marcus
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The Leaping Goat dont float my boat. Wonder what it will make, could go to proper silly money.
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Oh-er! How very bitchy. But no! the cab was a British sourced add on after import, made my "Westlode" if I recall. I am not sure the clock hours of just over 2000 are correct, however/regardless she was very well looked after, I was told only 2 owners from new, a Linconshire faremer, then sold to Devon, and recently replaced (or so I was informed) by a 90 HP Carraro. PS On the home farm we still got the Fiat 640, purchased new in the middle/late 1970's, in as good nick, despite being worked like a dog on a stock farm. An absolute bullet proof/indestructible wee honey of a tractor. IF she EVER got a clutch it was only in the last 10 years, I recall she did after a particularly heavy silage season when she had to be kept in the low box while in the field. Absolutly stupendous engineering.
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Sniff, tried all but one of the beers named above, plus Knobgoblin etc etc but keep coming back to: Fullers London Pride. It is the perfect bottled 500ml. All the time, every time. Still prefer a proper Guiness in the Blackwater Bar in Dervock, Co Antrim, never, but absolutly never had a bad pint in 10 or so years, it can hold its own with any Dublin, or Southern Counties Guiness. Had a perfect pint there tonight, after a long half day cuttin sticks up the Moss. Cheers Marcus PS Partial to an "Old Peculiar" bytimes, one is enough though, well very exceptionally 2.
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My local Nilfisk Gerni agent (they also do Stihl) allowed I would be: "nay guid tay the wife"................................................................................................for a month or so. Cos I would be:............................................................................................. "hamshanked useless"
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Here we go I hope?
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The winch wont break, but the tractor might? If the free end is secured back to the tractor (note! not the winch) Say hook it to the tractor drawbar with a length of suitable chain below the winch anchor blade. 6 tonne pull on the winch, but 12 tonne pull on the tractor. If hooked back to the winch the most likely failure points are the winch end top link mounting, followed by possibly the lower link arms pins or fixings( at the winch end) Cheers M
