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  1. difflock
    Pics? Of Route 66!
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    But I do intend to leave it in the round, and full length, to minimize the losses at the ends. But thanks for confirming that is the best way to do it PB.
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    Well I scrapped a "BUI 74" many years ago, sigh. The Renault 5 it was on was totally rotten when the MOT was finally introduced over here in NI. But I like "Dibbles" plate, being V 575 DBL, and come Christmas when I put the 40 year old SWB back on the road, its plate, GIW 405 will be transfered to our daily driver. I did be sorely tempted to buy G 14 ULT a wheen o year ago. Gibber, mutter, n twitch.
  4. difflock
    On your advice I shall leave the larger straighter pieces by, outside, stacked somewhere windy/dryish. Though I suspect it would be much easier milled with some moisture in it. But, hey-ho.
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    They did last year, so fingers crossed for this year. I am swithering about the Birch saplings getting established, mostly at the rear of the pond, fingers crossed they will do more good than harm? I will probably leave them for now anyway. Just sitting out for a breather just now and contemplating life.
  6. difflock
    Before I cut it up for firewood. Relatively straight lengths up to 9"+ thick.
  7. difflock
    'E got the leg over yesterday late afternoon, cos I saw him at it in the Bullrushes. The Moorhen that is. And out all lovey-dovey for a wee evening stroll with his lady love there now. They appear to be quite unpreturbed by the dogs and yet have avoided the local cat which does a regular morning and evening patrol. The Mallard are also still about bytimes and happily ignore my presence a few meters away when they are on the pond. And the Sparrows are fair going at the ripe Bullrush heads, judging by the beakfuls they are carrying away, it is for nest building. Aint nature wonderful!
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    Well, derp European Cherry is "J" the same as European Bitch, which setting I had used yesterday(cos I was checking Birch anyway) and figured the two woods were each similarly dense and fine grained to perhaps be a near enough match. Anyway getting 25 to 35%, only cut a horse's cart load of arm to lower leg thick stuff for now, while I ponder whether to proceed. . . Since the heavier stuff is remarkedly straight I might cut it to 1.0m lengths and split it to leave it outside to the end of the summer? Cheers guys. Mth
  9. difflock
    I need to see iffen Plum or Cherry are listed? Bonus pics of my thorn stack. Subjectively judging by the weight(or assessed denisty) in the hand, they are pretty dry. Well except the one in contact with the soil(the rest were kinda up on bearers) Cut last spring and left a year in the stack, and trying to grow! (I shall split it and leave it to dry outside over the summer.) Ain't nature wonderful!
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    Needed to move the parked up 1989 LWB 460 out of the shed, so after putting a sniff of air in the tyres and dropping an old battery in her, she started near first kick. Drove her up and down the lane and round the back field to give her a bit of a warmup, and actually enjoyed driving her, prob because the inside is in really good condition. So I might throw a wheen o pound at her as well and keep her. Bonus pic o the van. And wayhay! The wee ♥️ one turns 40 in Dec this year, so no income tax/no VAT.(Road tax nor MOT) See pics
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    See pic. As in Hawthorn/Quickthorn/Whitethorn is not listed in the booklet. So which other hardwood species would be the best match for Hawthorn. Which had been lying in a tidy stack exposed to the Sun and wind since last Spring. I was therefore considering cutting the arm-thick lengths direct into my firewood pile, probably for use the winter after next. To save double handling. P.S. The meter was giving me 15% or lower for the stuff in the shed, when set for Birch or Sitka, and middle single figures no like 5 or 6% for the exposed to the Sun and wind Ash butt ends yesterday, such has been the cold but bitterly dry and Sunny weather we have got this past 10 days. I know this figure is not an indicator of actual moisture content, but I suspect it was accurate enough in respect of the surface moisture content.
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    That story had me head scratching a little. . . I remain bemused and perplexed. Which may have been the intention.
  13. difflock
    Peeweet, as I heard and remembered it growing up some 50 (+) year ago.
  14. difflock
    Back to my musings. Why did the US invent, develop and fall in love with the Gradall, But we in the UK or Europe, did not, preferring the to me, far more versitile digger/excavator, courtsey of JCB. P.S. Just watched a lovely video about the Keller Brothers(from a family of 14 btw, and guessing the winter nights were and still are long and cold in Minnesota!) inventing the Bobcat skidsteer. Gibber Mutter 'n Twitch
  15. difflock
    Saw ours, when? A few days ago, Monday was it?
  16. difflock
    Well she got fresh engine oil and a new filter today, but I suspect the auto transmission needs attention. A mix of both hard shifting and slurring, despite the ATF being clear red and the fill level right. Only 126,900 miles on her and the auto trans was allegedly totally rebuilt less than 20,000 mile ago. And she is not worked hard. P.S. I bought her in the spring of 2005 with about 100,000 miles on(from memory) direct from the factory/importer(Automotive Technique. So 27,000 miles over 18 years=1500/year. Bloody hell ah cud have afforded to run a G500 instead.
  17. difflock
    I enjoy bluegrass and Larkin Poe
  18. difflock
    Well apparently I march to the beat of a different drum. But I suppose that means we need 2 drummers instead of 1 then . .
  19. difflock
    Purple.
  20. difflock
    Sun is splitting the stones, despite the shorts, and could hardly get the ice-cream ate before it melted, here on the prom at Portstewart. Seriously hot! Life sure is tough.
  21. difflock
    Lunch today down at Portstewart after a morning cruising in Der Van. Senior Management will drive me home. Ah, the joys of an automatic!
  22. difflock
    Gibbering on a bit I appreciate. But. After, and for no known reason, being a grumpy bugger on Sunday, and a stressed out sod yesterday, and NOT sleeping last night and being out and about at 04:45 this morning, etc etc. I was out again just now and spent a few captivating minutes at the pond watching(through binos) a pair of Goldfinch working over the Bullrushes for nesting material while the first Swallows flitted about in the background as the Moorhen clucked away contentedly somewhere unseen. Life is good! Bonus pic of Der G Wagen.
  23. difflock
    I am old enough to remember the matching bottles of tricloroethylene that the Council/Civil Service supplied with TippEx. Changed times indeed. P.S. We still got a small glass bottle of CS typewriter(Whale) oil from the 1950's.
  24. difflock
    LiquidPiston | Reinventing the Rotary Engine WWW.LIQUIDPISTON.COM LiquidPiston – Introducing the X Mini Engineliquidpiston.com LiquidPiston is crowdfunding on StartEngine and you can become an investor. Invest in LiquidPiston. Learn more about... Should also be a blinder in a motorbike come to think Stubby! Cynical 64 year old that I am I imagine the design adresses the primary issues with the Wankel engine, and if the US military are funding them(same as they are funding Cummings development of the Achates opposed diesel for their bigger stuff) they must be onto something.
  25. difflock
    Re the likelyhood of the liquid piston engine finding its way into chainsaws? With the phenomenal power to weight ratios and the viberation free/high revving nature they are advertising it should be perfectly suited to chainsaw use. Thoughts?

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