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difflock

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  1. What about her PR stunt where she rode on an illegal e-scooter on the public highway. And the Polis say, "charges will not be brought". Funny that. NOT!
  2. Despite Doobin's misgivings above I will possibly/probably? risk the Stihl. Since I have managed to establish a good relationship with the local store. And I like the better access to the grassbox afforded by the single sided handelbar arrangement. Plus the £740.00 I have been quoted seems OK. Thanks all, mth
  3. Hmmm, Why no mention o Stihl lawnmowers, on an arb site. Are they that shite? Looking at the RM655V Cheers, Mth
  4. oh! Ah cud be a sucker🤔 for that high priced German Engineering(specially with the Kawasaki engine)
  5. I might possibly be able to justify a ride-on, but figure the exercise is doing me good! My biggest motivation for buying a ride-on would be the not having to tediously and uncomfortably stoop, and stupidly often, to unsnag and empty the grassbox. But I will live with that nuisence. For now.
  6. Doobin, Why? Do they do a tracked varient?😁😁😁 P.S. Thanks for the useful suggestions, the side discharge JD I bought to cut the rough grass in among the wheen o fruit bushes/trees, is driving me mad wi the swards it leaves. So I need a bagger.
  7. Since I Might try and bag an end of season bargain. . . Mth
  8. That too, or merrily pressure washing their debris onto the public thoroughafare. Never mind dumping their garden arisings across the way onto "waste" or agricultural lands.
  9. Btw, and pertinent to this comment, I am surprised at the number of homeowners strimming verges outside their property who blythely continue to strim while I (and countless others presumably) drive past, even on their side of the road, so witless stupidity is not solely the preserve of Council or volunteer staff. So again I understand the reluctance of risk averse organisations (and probably due to various PI and 3rd party claims) to let volunteers loose with power tools.
  10. Pity they still wont pay for the lube . . .
  11. I blench** at the thought of volunteers being turned loose with power tools, DESPITE any so-called rubber-stamp "training". Having witnessed gormless/uncaring/unaccountable Council staff using and abusing chainsaws down through the years, despite being "trained". We are all different, cept some canny realize just how different they are. **more due to feeling sorry for the poor power tools.
  12. Same as all the punative punishing motoring legisation, re draconian speeding and alcohol limits, etc etc. I.e. punish the majority of moderate sensible individuals in a vain attempt to curtail the witless uninformable uncaring offenders.
  13. Hmmmm! Having failed to fine the replacement part of the intersnot, I called in with the local dealer, parts in hand. After some time, head scratching and cross referencing. Guess what? JD has modified the design, to make it simpler and stronger I can only deduce. So much for the origonal "brick shithouse" design then. Though superlative service from the JD dealership, see linky Stephen Moore Farm Machinery - John Deere dealer Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland STEPHENWMOORE.CO.UK
  14. Well, bollocks to that! Ah broke me C52KS JD 'built like a brick shithouse" mower. The drive wheel fell off. A shitty biro thick bolt is all that carries the wheel. It simply sheared. Prob due to "rocking" in my attempts to dislodge stuck grass from beneath the deck. Won't do that again! Older poorer and better informed(if no wiser)
  15. Bout the same here. A quare day for a funeral.
  16. Da-Da Bunching with Radiotir 740 in thinnings EUREKAMAG.COM Nederlands Bosbouw Tijdschrift 48(7/8): 151-157
  17. Perplexing that housing in Sweden can be so downright cheap, 300m2 for 80k after renovation, with their high labour costs, how can that be possible, since presumably timber, plumbing materials and electrial products cannot be cheap either. The land the house sits on being the only cheap component of the entire build costs. mth. to add, wor daughter bought a van privately for 7k about a year ago, and it is now valued by "webuyanyvan" for 11k ish. Quite mad(and I know she will not get the 11k valuation from wbav . . . because) but still inditictive. She IS going to sell it btw.
  18. 15 m3 in at between 16% and 17%. Which replaces, as best I can establish, that wot I used last winter. Along with a single 2250l fill of kero. My rotissary was a simple solution to the bullet bundles being misaligned by 90deg to the saw due to access constraints with the wee loader tractor. It needs 'cribs" adding btw. Three days working with a straight back and nary a twinge. (Having spent the last 6 months in total depressive inactivity.) Now to replenish my outdoor stock of billet bundles. Mth. EDIT. Today I Found out. . . . That Flipflops and Shorts were a poor choice for working among some mega strong Scotch Thristles and fornicating Clegs, in these circumstances the chainsaw was the least of my tribulations Gerrr!
  19. In this instance, quite rightly. Perhaps if the decent/law abiding/interested in natural-nature fellow landowners(with shooting estates) boycotted this particular callous cretin it might help.
  20. Be a wile big night round most of the 11th night bonfires over here, if/when England win, especially against that team from Italy !!!!
  21. The bloke came and collected the Yaris on his trailer(about a 50 mile ret trip) replaced the clutch(which looked in very good condition, but 3 of the 4 springs had broken), also the pressure plate and slave cylinder, plus 2 new front springs and a drop link. Gave the daughter the invoices for the various parts so no mark-up there, and said £100.00 for his labour! Why can I not find a mechanic like that! She will give him more than that btw. mth

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