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I gnash my gums in impotent fury, knowing how well and how hot Sitka or Lodgepole burns in a stove, (based on previous experience with burning Birch exclusively, in the same stoves ), and having the potential to sell the Conifer. But the punters rather pay stupid prices for sketchily filled "1 tonne" but actually 0.65m3 dumpy bags filled with wet Poplar and Willow jumbled in Cos, hey they bes that guid burning hardwood. And I also presume softwood/conifer is very expensive to buy by the artic load, since "they" were bidding plumb stupid prices for standing, or even windthrown timber. Something to do with a logjam in the Government run paperwork application for felling permissions in the RoI. At least this was the case a while ago, O.K. on reflection, a 12month ago. good luck. marcus

But, for all the chains I use, the difference in cost is indeed marginal, in the greater scheme of things.

From my perspective, for my limited felling and firewood cutting, why would I use anything BUT Stihl. Local supplier(and we both catch up on the local gossip), very easy sharpened, holds an edge/ does not appear to need sharpening very often, the marginal difference in purchase cost is therefore inconsequential. mth

My first boss started with "The Corporation" or the Council in Londonderry, and talked about the men mixing the dry asbestos fibres with runny fire cement and plastering it in and around pipework and boilers with their bare hands. Probably in the middle 1980's when asbestos related deaths started to spike or were newsworthy. Anyway I remember him discussing it. He however is as healthy as a trout in his 90's.

Pissed all day here yesterday, but very mild, then a wonderful glorious sunny day today, and plumb awful tonight with rain driven on a cold biting wind. So much for the advertised full moon and meteor shower!

How to make a small fortune from farming, simple! Start with a large fortune.

Ineos Grenadier?

Thank BH, perfectly summed up.

The AWD version of the Rav4 HEV already does exactly what you suggest, with staggering good fuel economy for an petrol engined AWD vehicle. Just need it transplanted to a commercial chassis. BUT! apparently some "geeks" have deduced that Toyota are likely to introduce a diesel engined version of this HEV drivetrain for their larger trucks/pickups, based on information Toyota has released to the US market about (new?) diesel engines. Bring it on!

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Me, I bought a 50HP (an EX50) 2nd hand a few year ago. With a Kioti loader. And Wee hard badtard industrial tyres. Only a single speed 540. Mechanical forward reverse shuttle. Not nice to listen to, even at tickover revs. I find myself having to use the range change to get a useful speed increase. Because I use it almost exclusively for loader work. I.e I need slow to position the forks, but faster for useful travel speed. Much rather hadda Kubota or JD but money talks! Very powerful loader it must be said. But a 750rpm PTO would be really nice. And bits available from Squirrell Johnstone up at Carryduff. Ya pays yet money and ye tak yer chances is about the height of it. P.S. Ah proper had the hots for a baby Hurliman. Just remembered, tiny tiny fuel tank, and perhaps not the most economical to run? But no turbo to worry about, which perhaps contributes to the possibly poorer fuel economy.

Because people choose to live here. It's not a job it's a lifestyle choice. That is a rather circular argument. And I could introduce an Ex sister in law, that would well test your reasoning! Cheers. M

Muttley, I surmise the issue Andy and I remain perplexed about is how the hell the community so throughly vets and selects new members so that some, at least, do not develop lazier and lazier habits after a while, as some/most humans are wont to do, if other mugginsis will provide for their needs. If it is all so voluntary. Regards, Marcus N.B. Having witness backsliding by apparently decent Agency staff, once they succeeded in getting a proper Council job. And even considering families and family members, with differing work ethos.

I admit to being somewhat envious(or is it more correctly jealous, I can never remember) of Mutley's unfettered lifestyle(and I googled Redfield btw) the one point I cottoned-on to was the "no place for old men" aspect of the arrangement. Yet wider society has to provide for the neer-do-wells, the dregs and the misfits. A monestery I stayed at was the same, the bloke I spoke with was candid that they would refuse anyone turning up to join up, unless they were young and fit enough to contribute for a good number of years! Also my exposure to the cynical grant aided nature of some of the Council funded bodies claiming to be "eco friendly" soured me, when they dumped and trashed through stuff like most anybody else, always moving on the the next new thing, and leaving the ratepayer to tidy up their rubbish. And I was not unaware that most of the residents of Redfield probably pay their taxes, though there is a more than strong possibility some do not, preferring to work for cash in hand. Cheers, Marcus, EDIT. The ones that boil my piss, are for example, like the young female "social influencer" living somewhere in the hills of Portugal or Spain, "off the grid', which is to say NOT paying taxes, yet no doubt leaving a pile of shite to be tidied up, when they move on, and expecting gold plated Social Welfare when she get older, gets sick or hurts herself. Pure hypocracy.

What happens when you’re too old or too frail to be a contributing member of your commune? Do you get reduced hours dropping off to zero the older you get? Hmmmm? Or do they be dumped onto the common purse to be provided for, after not "working for the man" or paying taxes? A comunderum indeed.

You make assumptions too. None of us are lazy, unwashed or hippies. Now, I never said or even suggested that! I did ask how you prevented such a likely, (and purely driven by human nature), occurance though. cheers m

Never mind yung Euan worth was it £160,000,000.00 courtsey of his start-up which proportedly matches candidates with apprenticships. After his ould Da put measures in place to get 50% into Uni, the Son makes a bloody fortune reversing the process(no doubt by tapping into some bloody Government grant scheme)

Really really good to see such a large house still being used as a dwelling, rather than a profit motivated development "opportunity'. The "management" of the "expectations" (or how one would motivate them to make any meaningful contribution!) of some of those who would be keen to be part of such a community would interest me though.

I been following this thread with some interest. Born in 1959, reared very very lean in a 900 sq ft subsidy bungalow, (typical 4 Yorkshireman story) but "larned" to only buy what you could afford. Anyway, 60 + years later, well set financially, with a bought and paid for house, and one to spare, plus some reasonable acreage(including multiple potential sites) plus bought(with a not inconsiderable contribution from each child) 2 houses for the children, cash down, free and clear. All on a Council supervisors salary, never even reaching 30k a year after many very incremental promotions and increments, with the wife a teacher. Simply by dint of the now fashionable "FIRE" mindset. Each of us worked 2 jobs, Saved, like fornication, only bought a second hand car, shared between us, and 2nd hand furniture etc etc. Then bought a basic home for cash, did it up ourselves, rinsed and repeated. Still eat leftover foodstuffs and hoard shit, nowt(with a nod to the Yorkshire men again)gets wasted. Many mickle makes a mackle(bloody Yorkshire men get in everywhere, don't they!) Anyway, I continue to be either perplexed or horrified at the prolifigate way so many people live, while they constantly complain, "it's well for them, they can afford it". P.S. Most(all bar 1, other than me, that is) of the minimum wage workers I work alongside rush to the cafeteria or canteen to buy "scrans". I.e. No packed lunches. I realize the NI property market was not representative of the UK market when we first bought. However our 27 year old daughter, ( and working for the desperately underpaid NHS as a physio) is well on her way to her third dwelling, bought "cash down". But she drives a 10 year old car. Though property prices are going mad, so she is not rushing into another purchase. I am aware the above account will be rubbing salt in some wounds, but that has been a simple account of my/our experience. EDIT Yes I did get an inheritance, some 15 years ago, the absence of which would have made some difference to our progress, however . . .

Eggs may well have cause to roll his eyes, but that comment reminds me of the various Unions back in the 1970's each essentially competing to have their members earning the most, each in turn. And it was never enough. . . With the ensuing inflation.

That old adage "work smarter, not harder" applies as much to semi-skilled manual labouring as to any other endevour, there are those who shave significent seconds, or fractions of seconds off every individual operation, by thinking about they are doing and being properly ergonomically positioned in the right place, to be as effective as possible, and with the least effort,(which boils down to "making it look easy") and those who are simply cack-handed or uninterested. As I am fond of saying; "we are all different" and most unfortunately;"ye cant fix stupid". And yes, there are those that society would be better subsidizing to stay at home. Even something as simple as say litter picking along the roads needs brain function, at the very least to avoid needlessly causing frustration or the possibility of a RTC due to inconsiderate work vehicle parking, and also to avoid being struck by other vehicles. Perhaps there needs to be a new siteworks/roadworks sign; "Darwin works here"

You start at 04:00/04:30 I can only presume, or do you expect full time wages for a part time job? P.S. Working in a production/factory environment 2 days a week through an Agency, for minimum wage just now, purely to get me out of the house. A friendly clean environment, but a totally soulless way to earn a megre crust, though it is mostly all student types/youngsters sharing the line.

NOPE! Wor bloody dog is as thick as I am, since neither of us understand the other.

And charge extra for the beneficial, and much needed scarifying Mrs.

I have 250 gall of red for wor tractors.(I checked) BUT will only tap in, and obviously declare so to HMRC, if clear diesel or petrol for the Rav 4 are unavailable. Anyway, we seem to be OK here in NI. , so far . . .