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But keep the bedroom unheated Ratman, that way they have to lie tighter for the heat! Or alternately they bring a few well fed warm fat cuddely dogs to bed. sigh The best laid plans o mice an men aft gey gang astray.

Tsk tsk, how could footings be measured in metric?

Bloody Yanks? Probably like tyre sizes. P.S. I tend to use whichever system, metric or imperial, gives me the nearest "dead on" or easiest remembered measurement. But for volumes of concrete it must be metric.

F... me, I would need binos to see whatever I was trying to grab, so hopefully it is equipped with radio remote control? mth

What are fungee? From a Professor too.

Another "failure to communicate".

Lord God! (and pardon the intended Pun) Tis a Penance FFS Why must the cross therefore be light? P.S. On that basis, it might as well make it out of plastic.

Being such a simple mechanism, I would have imagined that "reverse engineering" the needed parts should not be a big issue? But obviously much easier with photos or drawings.

Nah, But the Look on Her face if one wantonly grabbed her by the fanny . . . would be priceless. Be near worth the ensuing jailtime. P.S. Reading about an Officer currently being investigated for sexual misconduct at a Mess dinner, and remembering the brash young subaltern who boldly grabbed the bar hugging CO's wife by the crotch(& possibly inspired by wor Croc Dundee), and nary a word said, there was, as they say, "drink taken". Happy days.

I always feel the Crocodile Dundee just-checking hands-on approach would solve the whole gender assumption nonsense.

I pondered that, a bit, not much, but you are probably correct.

Curiosity only, but what was the quoted price? And what-on-earth rated line pull if it weighed 500kg? marcus

Why minus the motor, use the motor, driven by a suitable hydraulic hand pump, as surely hydraulics, at low flow rates, are one of the most efficient mechanisms? Gearing is everything.

My father reminisced about pulling large Ash trees over with a borrowed "monkey winch", some of the butts were 3' in diameter(from my hazy memories), cut with a Remington saw, which he must have bought about 50 years ago, and as far as I am aware, this saw is still sitting on the bench at the home place. It was an absolute pig to get started, and was rapidly replaced by an 08S powered Sithl saw. mth N.B. The only tractor at that time would have been a TVO Major.

No, I was travelling with him to a GWOA Club meet in the UK. He insisted on driving, and having sussed my political(in an Ulster or Irish context) affilations, revealed the reason why, basically he did not trust most/all non RUC trained drivers. The stuff he observed and commented as he drove seriously impressed me, and the "load secured by its own weight . . ." quote was one such observation. He also regarded "the Law" as being more in the nature of guidance in respect of speed limits etc etc. But was extremely circumspect while driving through Nth Wales (20 odd year ago) mth

Better put a cork in them volcano's, stop the wind blowing in the Sahara, ban all wildfires, etc etc etc. Bloody nature! Or learn to live off pure bottled Oxygen folks.

From a senior RUC accident investigator mate "a load secured by its own weight, is deemed not to be secured", your Honour.

The more nannying people recieve, and the less blame attatched to peoples own downright stupidity, the more people will need nannyed, an endless vicious downward spiral. Especially when conflated with the tendency to blame-and-claim at the slightest pretext. mth

I attended a Husquvarna presentation about 5(and probably nearer 10?) years ago, promoting their new battery powered tools. I came away impressed, certainly from a home owner hobbyist POV, but, with a few extra batteries I could not see any issues with using professionally, especially using their bigger belt/backpack? mounted battery. And having recently purchased a couple of 18V Metabo brushless tools, cordless is certainly the way to go. Marcus

As an Ulster born an reared, but well lapsed, Presbyterian I would have no issue with a United Ireland, subject to some constraints, one such being out of Europe, a statement I would not have made 20 years ago, when the RC Church had such insidious control, or at least appeared to have such control, over how the ROI was governed. And I cannot imagine their political classes are any worse than our DUP/SF lot. mth

Your gunsafe may well be different, but most of the "reputable" brand gun safes, (& fully approved by the home office) are pathetically easy to break into, with nowt but a cordless drill(to drill a 6-10mm dia hole through 2.0mm thick mild steel) then a drift and a hammer to knock the bolts back. A few minutes silent work. marcus

Set up a flamethrower equipped security cordon around the area, & let Darwin sort it out.

That lot make the Spanish Inquisition look moderate.

Typical Government attitude, needing a hi-vis instant result, rather than a sustainable slow grown product. Unfortunately the Government, nor its servants care one hoot about the actual viability of these projects, or unforseen side effects, they will simply move on to another much publisized "wonder" project. I experienced it at a smaller scale in local Government. Absolutly no thought given to longivity, a "rip-out-and-replace" policy was always favoured, which was then conflated by the shoddy specifications and installation and maintenance practises, but no one really cared, because they were always moving on to the next-new-thing. For instance concrete paving was reckoned to only have an expected 10 year life, exceptionally 15, then pay for it to be replaced, this being architect/engineer specification 9 or 10" thick reinforced slabs, "poured" with pish-thin overwatered concrete for handiness/lazyness, never mind the haphazard reinforcement placement. Wheras "farm" concrete would have been placed perhaps 4" thick, without reinforcement, and expected to last 30-40-50 years, from my direct experience. marcus