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From the surrounding swamp, this result should hardly have been a surprise to the driver . . . However I too have been known to push my luck

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I dont quite know why this sprang to my mind, but about 50 year ago, when slatted houses for cattle were being promoted as the modern replacement for traditional straw bedded houses, my father attended a promotional day at Greenmount, the local Agricultural Collage, and after being taken with the group to view the livestock in the new slatted house, he smelt a rat and wandered off for a nosy. To find the mingeing/shitty dirty "culled" livestock, pulled from the slatted house stock, discreetly housed out-of-sight well round the back. When he re-joined the group, and at an opportune moment enquired about the livestock "round the back" . . . enough said Cept they, indeed "dont like it up them" Do they?

All I know is my observation that any brochure or promotional video for firewood processors, of Scandanavian manufacture, is the stacks and stacks, and stacks, of telephone-pole straight Birch. I am always mighty jealous. P.S. Having unearthed a stack of lengths of mature Birch buried in my logpile in the shed for a few years, that I have cut into large logs, it is definately the dogs-danglies of firewood. A large, and bone-dry lump, set on a bed of embers will burn slow and clean and hot, itself all alone. Which makes it much easier to keep the room at a steady comfortable temperature, it was generally too hot with the conifer, because I tended to put on more logs rather than see the fire go out. Marcus

Iroko, was the wood that triggered the allergies of a lifetime old-school joiner that I knew and worked with at the time he was afflicted, he was perplexed how it happened after a lifetime of working with Iroko, in the days before dust masks or LEV.

Assuming a forestry winch? Rabauld is the only one I am aware of. Chain = constant pulling force, and presumably easier pulled out and easier "fought" with But the chain will be shorter. How do the chokers/sliders work on the chain btw? Regards Marcus

We came across the "tourist tax" some 40 year ago in France, all neatly itimized on the back of the door of the room. I bristled at first, but on reflection, it made perfect sense, tourist visitors need facilities, on a seasonal basis only for coastal destinations that it would be unreasonable to ask the local residents to pay for, and in conscience the French did provide such needed facilities. P.S. Start taxing jet fuel as swingeingly as car and truck fuel is taxed as well.

Wot 'e said!

I merely came across this on YouTube,

I have found the offer of an insertion heater works, they either stop complaining or . . .?

Hmmm! Need Boudica's sythe blade equipped chariot to mow through that lot o grockles.

I love my Continental winter tyres, makes driving on smooth white hardpacked snow not much different to driving on a wet road, quite astounding the grip they get. Also very good in slush, but really need plenty of tread for that. Owt below about 3.0mm I then drive them done over a summer, or used to when I did the miles. mthP.S. I read an account on another forum, where a savvy BMW driver had had winter tyres fitted, and had occasion to pass a spun-out LR/RR(the LR/RR was on smooth tyres to be honest) on a hill. As they say, quite priceless!

That must be very frustrating dig-dug-dan, A pity the insurance companies would not sponsor or set up an office/officer to attempt to recover goods/machinery they have paid out on? Sounds like a "handy number" for a moonlighting or retired Police Officer surely? Marcus P.S. Regardless of whether the present owner was the thief, I understood that one stood to loose any property, that turned out to be previously stolen, despite being "honestly" bought and paid for, like a car for instance. Simply tough, and presumably is deliberately so, so as to attempt to dissuade persons from buying stuff, nudge nudge, wink wink, that "fell off the back of a truck"

We had an accident just outside our house on Tue evening, we were returning home just minutes after it happened. I walked back down to nosy, and could not make sense of the accident scene. Spoke to the Polis, who was surprisingly friendly and informative. A veh had stopped to turn right, the car behind, driving into the evening Sun, just got stopped in time, the van behind that did not. BUT The van missed the middle vehicle and struck the veh waiting to turn right, how I could not figure, since it then rolled in through/over the hedge, on its own side of the carrigeway, and ended on its side immediately inside/beside the gap, i.e. no speed involved, but the middle vehicle was stopped slap bang dead centre of its own side of the fairly narrow road, with only room for a bicycle between it and the hedge. I could not see the right turning veh btw.

BTW! Having set out to sell the parked-up 1989 LWB 460 GD300, in this 40th anniversary year opportunity, but also inadvertently/simulteanously looking to replace the disposable daily driver Skoda Octavia, in the short to medium term. I am now thinking I will simply keep the 1989 "G" Wagen as a daily driver, since being settled into retirement we are doing very few miles at all. And I actually like the old brute/bitch. Also the absolute reliability of 1980's MB engineering technology. No "Computer says NO!", unlike die dammed DQ200 DSG Skoda! So I might(again) re-consider re-engining in due course. Gibber Mutter & Twitch

A stout sub-surface cross member is standard in peat/peaty ground, for 'leccy poles at least. not sure if athwart the line or in-line with the line to prevent toppling sideways.

Water, I understand, to be properly counter-intuitive!

Statistical extrapolation of the efficiency of Government bodies fat-fingered number crunching, will be to blame. Or Uncle Joe expressed it differently, apparently.

Did someone re-invent Poplar as "Tulipwood"? I saw very fancy, very expensive "bespoke" windowframes at bld trades exhibition, and was told they were tulipwood(and why did I imagine they were poplar?) Anyway I was able to bury a thumbnail into the timber with little effort, about as hard as hard Balsa wood, BUT I deduced it was easy machined and took a lovely finish. Also presumably cheap, and with, I suppose a high(or low. which is it?) "u" value. marcus

I agree the automatic is foolproof, BUT, get properly pissed off by those who presume(because of the limitations of their own driving skills) that clutches are a disposable item, and are expected to burn out. I beg to differ. With 253,000 miles on an origonal clutch in a remapped 1.9 TDI VW, that was both heavily used in an urban environment and also used for towing during a self build house build and annual camping holidays. That was still 100% good when parked up, i.e. zero signs of slippage or failure. And had larned 2 weans to drive forby. P.S. Land Rovers et. al. got a low box, use it when reversing.

God is female, and that Eastern reincarnation belief where one is reincarnated until one has atoned for any sins in previous lives?

Got a chainsaw an a Ponsse innit, innit, so a proper fit for this forum

Never mind vast mineral wealth to exploit!

O.K. A few teaser shots, prior to respray, btw, all lights worked 100%, driving 100%, brakes good(though I will flush and change the Brake Fluid) tempted to run her through the MOT, but need the headlights checked. Notes; (i) I had started to tidy up the paintwork before I parked her up, hence the primer to the rear. (ii) The rear is still however remarkedly sound. (iii) Late 1980's MB brake engineering was astoundingly sound, and a dream to work on, compared to shitty spec average car brakes engineered down to a price, that has been my previous experience. P.S. I spoke with Nigel Garvin of Nitech, on the Killeague Rd, near the Two Bridges, Aghadowedy, a MB specialist, and a gentleman, who is going to adjust the tappets, being the only part of the famed 617 diesel likely to need attention. I wandered in unannounced a while ago and saw one of his mechanics cleaning down the rear brakes on an E Class, he was so engrossed he was unaware of my presence(in itself a good thing)and I watched him long enough to be entirely clear he was doing it 100% right, simply based on his attention to detail. A refreshing change imho. cheers marcus

She looks older than 10 though? P.S. I will be powerful glad to see yon big bullying gobshite well tobered.