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Now that sounds like a cunning plan . . .

Way back in 1997 I bought myself a chainsaw, for essentially only firewood needs. I was totally bamboozled by the pelethora of different Husky's at a very good reasonably local main distributorship, so looked towards Stihl, from a closer dealer. After agonising over power-to-weight ratios and the simple choice between a 026 or a 036, I picked the 026, the baby of the professional range. 22 years later the saw still does everything I need, I do not regret my choice, though way back then, I paid about £400.00 + VAT, which did akinda make my eyes bleed a little. Apart from one glitch, where I ignored a "getting-worse" rattle during most of a working day, being focused on finishing a pile of logs with a hired in log splitter, I had assumed it to be a loose exhaust or something inconsequential, since the saw still ran fine, which blythe neglect cost me a barrel and piston, the saw has been absolutely faultless. Regards, Marcus

If you dont mind paying, the Binderberger, supberbly engineered, galvanised and painted, unless sommat has changed from 10 or 15 years ago. I proper lusted for a Binderbeger or Posch. BUT I bought a significently cheaper PTO Krpan, from Marshalls(also Binderberger agents, or at least they were) which satisfies my limited needs. My opinion only, but consider a log elevator, as the difference in being able to let the cut logs drop into the hopper and be "whisked" away, to a trailer, bulk bag, or even log pile, it simply makes such a difference to productivity. Because I also bought a Krpan telescopic log elevator, and back then, from recall, it was about £2000.00 well spent. Cheers, Marcus p.s. I tried the 230V Krpan, but it was distinctly under-powered, even with a brand new sharp blade and not having 3Ph I had to go PTO, but otherwise 3Ph every time.

Ah well, despite being as "weak as water" due to lying in a Hospital bed for 2 weeks, though once I was past the acute period in the first week, I resolutely did a circuit of the main corridors and stairs as often as possible, plus a couple of turns outside on the better days. There is nowt wrong with me except a swollen and 30% damaged pancreas, and apparently it is highly likely I will never recover the missing 30% function, so small regular meals from here on in. Only medication is Co-Codomol to be taken if necessary for the pain. But Planning to walk the dogs this afternoon. and LIFE IS GOOD. Cheers Marcus

Fitted a Worcester Bosh 90/110, way back in 1996, only been serviced twice in the 23 years, though I changed nozzles and swopped about between 28 sec and 35 sec oils, and also kept it clean. The bugger waited until I was hospital bound with severe acute Pancreatitis last week, before it started "screedling", due to a failed bearing. 2 replacement bearings later, fitted by the daughters boyfriend today with my "help" because I am still as weak as water, and Bobs yer Uncle. Hopefully good for another 23 years. Not bad service for a domestic appliance.

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We furnished our house with 2nd hand furniture(all bar one new retro-chic glass display cabinet the wife fancied for the dining room), some inherited(i.e. going in a skip otherwise), most bought from Ballinderry , solid Victorian stuff, some Oak, mostly Magohony, that will not age, and at least unlike Ikea worth sommat if ever sold-on. I designed in slightly higher ceilings throughout, so we were able to get value-for-money on larger wardrobes etc. The dining room table is a 6 legged solid Oak topped monster about 5 foot wide by 10 foot long, ex some commercial usuage and bought along with 2 more the same(and they are stored on the 1/2 loft in the shed) for absolutely stone nothing. Compared to modern chipboard/MDF shite. I like proper furniture. mth

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But again re the "single immersion policy", surely with howling gales and wind driven salt spray, the tackle is probably suffering more salt water exposure for the extended periods while NOT in the water. And a visual inspection should detect any mechanical damage that possibly occurred unseen while underwater?

Ah! See I did not realize you were using these knives for your work, imagining rather I suppose, that you would use a Stanley type "safety" knife for such duties. But surely it should be possible to donate the boxes of slightly used knives to the Norwegian boy Scouts?

Andy, explain why you dump lightly used knives, and by the boxful too?

I remember watching a programme about Liverpool Council's "Grand Vision" for replacing swathes of Victorian era terraced streets, which resulted in long-standing families being almost forcible re-housed in grim modern blocks of flats "but only temporarily", for years and years and years, while their former family homes sat in limbo. Simply the typical poor result of "decision by committee", and as portrayed by the TV programme, deeply unedifying. From a N Ireland perspective Mrs. Thatcher's right to buy scheme was driven by the staggering cost, inefficiency and corruption of our NI wide Housing Executive, unfortunately the nett result was that HE corruption was merely replaced by even more efficient private sector corruption, with the very same paramilitary organisations each controlling agreed areas divided up on sectarian grounds. By the way during, I guess the 60's and 70's, when the HE were building new "Council" housing stock, they were staggeringly grandiose withe their swathes of landscaping, resulting in very low housing density, and probably counter productive to the natural formation of new communities. Big "J" wife would be better placed to comment on this aspect of social or urban planning, but my simple observation of swathes of poorly cut grass, litter, broken trees and burned out cars was hardly a positive one, I suppose one could say these markedly large open areas were effectively "no mans land" and would have been better covered in medium density low-rise housing stock.

A magnificient specimen, but is there kangaroo breeding about the tail(from the TV image)

The only people who wont like the bed, will be the furniture movers!

very impressed Andy, presumably you based your footprint on a standard(=Ikea=sigh) mattress size?

I never used/use Facebook, I did not/dont use a Smartphone either, nor will I now I am retired, hence my presence on here. BUT! Having been very mildly involved with Forums over this past few years, I get the impression that "specialist" forums "wax and wane", and all its takes is the forum to be down due to software issues, and it can "die" inside of a month. Life is SO fickle.

Thanks all.

Thoughts? Incl pointers to best UK Forum? mth

As someone who has, bytimes "executed unorthodox operations", and survived unscathed, even I am VERY aware of the bomb-like nature of a mixture of Oxygen and Acetlyene, especially when under pressure. Presumably yer "professional" "borrowed" the mixture of gases from his place of work.

This was definately stupider. 2018 Darwin Award: Wacky Welder DARWINAWARDS.COM Darwin Award: Wacky Welder: The tale of Howard Miller, 39, professional welder, illustrates the pitfalls of ignoring high school chemistry with a time-saving invention. Miller spent...

2 Morso(e)'s fitted and fired up the backend of 1997, I have forgotten the models.

WTF, would anyone imagine, that the person who felled the trees, was somehow magically responsible for THEIR inability to cut the felled trees up. I shall therefore stick with the distillation of my observations across some 45 years. "Ye canny fix stupid" mth

Hang a few, and send the rest back to wherever their families emigrated from. No need for harsh prison sentences.

Some bugger went an outbid me!