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Good Lord, those Sandwell Councillors with distinctly Muslim sounding names, make our lot, of either creed, sound positively honest! Which is quite the damming statment.

C.A.T = Cable Avoidance Tool A digger, of any size, is the proven to be infallible cable detector. Or so it was explained to us on a CAT course many years ago. And Yes they are bloody hard to use without training and practise, practise, practise. mth

But surely you can put as much stuff in your basket as you like, to check on free postage or postage costs, and even presumably proceed to "checkout" as long as one does not complete the purchase, all with zero side-effects. Cos I do, cos living in N Ireland, ebay postage can be very(& needlessly) expensive. So I have to test before purchasing. mth

Could you not fabricate a rig/jig/framework to carry a router and simply "mill" the slabs flat. An aluminium ladder each side with cross runners carrying the router head, or carefully aligned, supported and secured clean timbers instead of ladders. All very doable, if perhaps a tad time-consuming. As seen on youtube mth

And "just like the rest of us", until he opens his Gob! So, yes I/we can "spot the traveller", quite easily actually. just saying like!

Our latest Morso, is not of the quality(too many internal shitty light steel air control/management plates) of its 2 twenty year old predecessors, in hindsight I kinda wish we had bought the slightly smaller egg-shaped Astroflamme, that was a very strong contender. mth

Iseki are easily up there with Kubota engineering wise, just not so well known in the uk.

Any local farmer should be able to drag it out with a tractor? and Chainsaw carve it into a woodland seat, assuming there would be a suitable site for it, perhaps in the local college grounds? Or carve it into a totem pole?

Ah did wonder bout the rather dinky and non-grippy tyres.

Yet it was essentially the very English Civil Service centralised management, under Churchill's watchful eye, of our various industries that made a big difference to our war output, that and drafting of women into the factories. So looking ahead . . . The "organised" German nations Army/Navy/Air Force/SS however choose to fight among themselves, and were allowed to, thus duplicating/wasting research efforts and factory output. Edit: Nor were the German factories efforts particularily centrally coordinated So explain that lack of Germanic "planning" ? That, and I understand, the very very late, too late indeed, understanding that war output did NOT need to be lovingly crafted by skilled tradespersons, as was/is the German tradition. MTH

I detested that particular canned laughter show.

To start afresh; Why do you need or want an 18" bar? What will you be cutting? Anyway I choose Stihl, because; (i) there was a good local dealer (ii)only 2 Stihl ranges to pick from, unlike the be-dazzling bewildering array of Husky models. Also ah canny spell Huskyvarna. mth BUT Avoid the B&Q specials, stick with the reputable brands.

Ah simply dinny rate Bosch, and thinking because we had a bad run of cordless Bosch stuff at work years ago. Really swithered about the Milaukee brand, for their "cutting edge" brushless technology, before picking the Metabo, and cant remember exactly I picked on Metabo, but which I think must also be brushless. Otherwise I would have probably picked the Milaukee brand. Absolutely impressed by both the Metabo impact screwdriver and the LTX Drill mind performance wise.

Also reputed to state that he would not drive a (presumably racing) car he had designed! And that the perfectly designed and engineered racing car should collapse in a pile of bits once it had crossed the winning line, after having won of course. Otherwise was simply proof that it was overengineered and therefore too heavy.

I only envisage using it with the 1.0mm thick cutting discs, not power hungry grinding, but still food for thought. I have been surprised how quick the 18V LTX Metabo drill eats a 4.0Amp Hr battery when driving a 16mm or 20mm auger bit, through 3" timbers.

Ah tink ah mixed me metaphorical quotes up like, but deliberately like. see link https://www.azquotes.com/author/27371-Colin_Chapman cheers mth

About to buy a 115mm Metabo 18V cordless anglegrinder, a 125mm is the same price as a 115mm, is there any downside? Discs are, pro-rata the same price. Marcus

As a renowned sports car designer, Colin Chapman, was reputed to say "for performance, add lightness". Somewhat pedantically I looked at the simple power to weight ratio. The 026 scored high on this criteria. mth

Obviously US training at work, their Military being big into their "knife hands", larned from my Pinterest perusal.

Of; being a mechanic? wearing oil soaked coveralls? or playing pocket billiards?

I treat creosote with the respect due to any powerful tool. P.S. I saw somewhere that the statistically higher incidence of testicular cancer among young male mechanics, compared to the non-mechanics, was due to a combination of unwashed oil soaked coveralls and the popularity of pocket billards among the younger males.

My first and only "owned" saw since 1997 is a 260, with a 16" bar, more to allow me to snick through smaller stuff at ground level, than because I needed the longer bar. I nearly bought an 036, but my 60 year old back is so pleased I did not buy a heavier saw than needed. And if I ever come across a tree greater than 30" in diameter, among my planted in peat-moss conifers, I will be so pleased I will gladly buy a bigger saw. mth

I had wondered, and had enquired of our refuse operation brethern, where our blue bin waste was going, and was always rebuffed, because I could not figure what real use there was for it, especially with the levels of contamination to be expected from our local residents. Plus I had picked up on the two-faced "exporting" of our various unwanted waste streams. All totally shameful. Whatever waste a community produces, they should, at a regional level, be responsible for disposing of, no ifs or buts, nor especially "exporting". Bury it or burn it but mostly dont produce so much of it. mth

Bubba, who I have rechristened Bubbles, is so different from her sibling Boudica, Bubbles, the one on the chair, is the brainy micheavous scamp, and definately Mum's favourite. Technically they are the daughters dogs, but they live with us, incl. sharing our bed. Bubbles is much faster and more agile than her rather staid sister. Bubbles especially enjoys "ploutering" in a glaurhole, mud filled rut or stinking sheaugh up the Moss, during their daily hour long walk. Her somewhat-Sow-like sister Boudica most enjoys rooting through the compost heap. Thinking of introducing Bubbles to the local Flyball club, along with the smarter(due to part border collie breeding ) of the 2 Castleblaney Squirrel-Hounds on the chair. I just need another pair of of Mastiffs, pref with some Neapolitan breeding, or perhaps smooth haired Dachshunds. mth P.S. My leaving certificate from work stated "The more new people I meet, the more I love my Dogs" Dammned right too! P.P.S. The "piglets" as they get collectively addressed both enjoyed feasting on Max, my absolute favourite but sadly long dead Neapolitian who I had buried deep in the peat, and then very recently disinterred (bits of) when plumbing in the roof-runoff to the pond. Due to the peat the body had not particularly decomposed, all fatty-white and apparently quite delicious. Especially since they were rooting through freshly dug rank peat moss in pouring rain to find the tasty morsels. Clean they were not! But happy they were.