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Some would contend we are all of some ethnic origin . . .

I am slightly ambivalent re Kosher or Halal killing, if the knife is razor sharp and it is properly done. We ourselves do not hardly actually feel a cut, however bad, when it happens, in my experience. And having been obliged to visit an abattoir as an adolescent, it was downright God awful unpleasant, despite the use of the stun gun, the cattle were stressed to hell and gone long before they were killed, probably to the point of not caring how the end actually came. Someone once suggested that all those who choose to eat meat should be obliged to visit an abattoir and observe the suffering associated with their love of a good steak, or burger. I think that is a very sound idea. I still enjoy meat, but only occassionally. mth

I will "see you and raise you Sir" see link below https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/how-to-move-a-dead-horse.16734/ Allow yourself time to read it all.

Edited: Aint Google wonderful, I got all I need.

She has'nt. She does.

As a non-arborist even I understand the logic of what you are saying. (i) You are qualified to climb and cut/reduce trees of any size/girth, so the size of the tree does not matter since you reduce it piecemeal. A large tree simply takes longer. (ii) You are only qualified to FELL trees, in their entirity, of not more than 380mm. But this is not applicable, since you wont be felling this tree. Typical fail-safe attitude because they do not understand. Cant offer any other help, other than my understanding of your frustration. mth

Just watch Roland dos'nt fight back;

Would that not then explain the "stoochk", i.e. black smoke being generated due to incomplete combustion?

Yer showing yer age there Stubby Mate!

I figger "someone" is playing the injectors like an organ, quite how I dont know, but the only plausible explanation.

Well Doh! in Hell Obviously, like!

See link; My kinda woman.

You dont half spoil that Dog! With it's own bloody stove.

I too managed that on a hard paved yard, and for an ould done codger of 55 odd I well surprised myself at how my body reacted, jumped(from a high mounted seat) rolled and bounced up again. But I could as easily got hurt, perhaps quite badly. And, as someone earlier pointed out, we only learn from our mistakes.

Bingo!, 'cept collision rather than crash, but the logic is the same in any other occupation. P.S. A little known, but related fact, is the fact that Northern Ireland led the way in self driving car technology some 40 odd year ago. Well, based on the number of people I heard way back then explaining that; "the car just skidded", or "the car just left the road" etc etc After they had crashed due to driving without due care and attention

Why did the Polis stop referring to RTA's and switch to RTC's? Eh?

My first thought would be how clean grained is your proposed feedstock, to split along its 3.0m length, and if it is clean enough to split along 3.0m, surely it is of more value as sawlogs?, or whatever one calls sawmill quality timber. marcus

This! I have found that, as above, it can often be a tedious, mindless, even difficult, unpleasent & repetitive job, that is the best antidote, essentially one that does not require one to think. But one that clearly shows what one has achieved. Like pressure washing the yard or pruning a tangle of bastard jaggy bastard Gooseberry bushes, in the rain. marcus

I can quite happily tolerate rats outside, and do, there is not much choice in the matter. BUT! It took me 20 years, before quite accidentally, finding where the rats were gaining access to our blown fibre filled cavitiy, and thence to the roofspace. Where they partied and played merry hell each autumn. Not at or below ground level, where I had searched and better searched, but through the butyl rubber where it disappeared up below the lead flashing on a flat roof. Directly above a returned cavity wall below, which had left a gap one could stick ones fist through. mth P.S. I once shot a rat with the 12 gauge, standing just outside the back door, and, instantly after my rat-shot, my periferal vision spotted a mouse 1/2 way up the marble dash at the rear of the house. Pure reflex and the mouse instantly vanished. How I managed to miss the downpipe and various other plumbing fixtures was a mystery, since I only saw them afterwards.

Ah dont think one would be back to pass any comment . . .

Propane and Oxygen i.e. through a torch, piped in with a garden hose and safely ignited. WHOOMP!

My favourite "ranting" topic, sloppy wet "self-levelling" concrete. Optimium water/cement ratio is only 0.4(from recall) which is to say that for every 25kg bag of cement one should only add 10kg=10 litres of water, assuming the sand is bone dry. This sloppy wet magic self-levelling concrete is why so many lanes and yards break up in 10 years or less. Properly specified and mixed concrete should be good for much longer. But it is a proper bastard to shovel and level. marcus

Is that an "indvisible load" thinggy get-out clause, within constraints obviously.