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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 . . .

I just set ours on a slab of 40mm thick free floating granite set on top of the suspended wooden floor. Haint failed yet. Though a few scorch marks on the wood from embers.

Strange that I know a complete alky fray Glasgie, that works on the railways, on maintenance. He is hopefully limited to being a Buckfast fuelled labourer, but even so. . .

Well!!!!!!!!!! That was QUITE the rabbit hole I just fell into. Absolutely Fascinating. Thanks Sime.

There could be slightly more "embellishments" to be found on the ARRSE site, but . . . P.S. That author of that account re the 70 tonne winch rope breaking did not actually state that the author witnessed the damage, only that he saw it. Which makes me suspect it was possibly/probably the result of some anti-tank weapon, BUT the hairy arsed instructor decided to use it to impress his trainees, or perhaps test their gullibility..

Whilst appreciating the kinetic energy involved when a steel rope fails under tension, I still find it hard to credit/impossible to believe that this energy could be foccussed in such a small area such that it would melt its way throught several inches of steel. Also knowing the proclivity of soldiers to tell tall tales! As someone said "pics, or it didnt happen". mth

I smell a fermented rat. Of course the alcohol was for their bikes. Hic!

2000hp D8 Bulldozer! quoted in the first few minutes, by "yer man". Enough!

My take on this is that is simply not right to allow anyone to decide so young that they need gender "reassignment", what will they want to be in another couple of years? When they change their minnds, and Vicky yes but no but yes but no Pollard springs to mind Never mind some of the fruitcake "parents" encouraging such nonsense. And the nutcases running some of the "enabling" charities. Both aided and abetted by the newspapers and TV, with the oxygen of publicty. And tought-not-sorry but the "if you dont do what I want I will kill myself" manipulation is fornicating the system up for the few with genuine problems. aka "the boy who cried wolf". etc etc etc the NHS is truely fornicating fornicated. P.S. The wife was just telling me about some young female athelete who damaged an ankle beyond repair, rendering her uncompetetive, she wanted the NHS to amputate the still servicable limb, and fit a blade or prosthetic, so that she could compete(and win) in the Paraolympics! F.F.S! Thank God they refused.

Guessing the constant wetting prevents the various beetles laying their eggs. I am always astounded at the speed with which they "move in" and the damage the larvae do, so fast! To my firewood stock, so no odds, but still astounding.

Hmm, 10% better cutting performance with a longer shelf life? HTF does a chain deteoriate, while sitting in the box, on the shelf. Packed in more protective oil or sommat?

A trifle harsh I feel. Knowing at least 1 local individual who left a well paying job at Greenmount to set up as a trainer, mostly on Ag related stuff. He was young, personable and knew his stuff, I used him for training at work, he tailored the various Lantra(I believe it was) units to best fit our needs. Others were less assidious or hardworking. My constant gripe was the 100% rubber stamp pass rates for most of this mandatory training, and "they" wondered why accidents caused by lack of cognative function continued to occur. Again I witnessed trainers instructing candidates as to which box to tick(multiple choice questions) to "pass". For the herbicide application qualification, hey, its only dangerous chemicals he will be working with. Never mind the digger "training" that consisted of at least 50% tea breaks, interspersed with shite lacklustre instruction. BUT Essentially ALL Government driven by needless mandatory tick-box training regulations. P.S. Apart from "Ye canny fix stupid", my other go-to phrase that describes so much Government/Council run shite is "Lets all pretend" La-la-la

My 62 year old untrained but **uninjured take on training and RA's is best summed up by our H&S Officer deciding that lorries could only tip on hard flat paved surfaces, and only after chocking the wheels. Scheesh! I am not sure if he had even watched a truck tip on a site before committing his notions to print. Etc Etc Etc **despite undertaking various potentially hazardous and unapproved procedures with power tools and machinery. And all the training in the World cannot fix stupid. Marcus

No, poorly worded I appreciate, but "she" sat and spun on top of the hardcore, the trailer bring a bit bogged in the softer ground off the hard. I was simpley gobsmacked at the lack of traction, compared to most any normal configuration of tractor. This was however a transport spec Fastrac, so that probably had a bearing on the matter.

FFS. Ploughing wi a Fastrac. What did you expect. From memories o wan getting laired on hardcore while tipping a dump trailer, where much more ordinary smaller tractors came, tipped and went without fuss.

Have you the accident statistics to back that up, how dangerous, or more correctly, how accident causing, the young agricultural drivers are I mean. Anyway the various insurers will have the statistics based on their liabilty, and the fact that they have not incited the Government to bring in harsher agricultural regulations, simply means there is no need to address this non exstent issue, however anomalous it may appear to be. Again. Follow the money.

Deal-done. Bought the 655.0 VS one with the B&S engine. Started 2nd pull. Boxed effortlessly. Easy emptied. I am well pleased. Fingers crossed.

Gulp!