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  1. AHPP
    E-mail asking him to grind a stump on the moon.
  2. AHPP
    It's not necessarily an acquaintance who done it but possibly someone who they've innocently remarked about something to. Or a postman, plumber, agronomist, vet, Tesco delivery, paperboy etc. It only takes one of them to carelessly and audibly blab down the pub that, "...so and so at X House Farm must be doing alright because he's got a nice car and he's taking the family to Majorca for three weeks tomorrow..." and it's out there. I don't allow photography in my house for this reason. As innocuous as a friend posting a picture on instagram of us playing Scrabble seems, god knows what the keen observer might spot in the background. I remain very sympathetic. Being done goes well beyond the stuff and money lost. I couldn't sleep with thousands of pounds of machinery sat around outside. My rusty van and a set of ladders in the garden is enough worry.
  3. AHPP
    I've just bought some type C Yukons and am pretty happy with them. They're very soft, which I thought would make them drag but they're actually fine. The £150 type C Stihls I tried (I assume they're the economy model) were tougher material but didn't fit me. Too high in the crotch and/or too low in the waist.
  4. AHPP
    That's gutting. They must have known you were gone for a while?
  5. AHPP
    Nothing will stop some people doing stupid stuff. There's already legislation that says it's illegal to crash into people and some people still do it. That's just life. But most people go about their lives not wronging others because they know they'll lose their house if they do. That's motivation. The point I've been trying to make is not to reach for the government to fix all problems (yours or others'). It just gives them the idea that they're capable and wanted, which they're not. If they did legislate on what you want them to, the odds are that tyre prices would go up, crashes would go up and your wife's breasts would shrink.
  6. AHPP
    What I described doesn’t rely on common sense. It relies on wronged people suing those who wronged them and those who wrong themselves suffering the consequences. I couldn’t care less if people wear seatbelts. What business is it of mine if they want to take a risk of hurting themselves? Likewise, why should you care about people risking skidding. If they hit you, sue them and they won’t do it again. Someone earlier in the thread pointed out the sort of unforeseen consequence what you proposed could cause. Legislation having cobra effects is well known. It’s just a shit idea I’m afraid. Don’t worry. I’ve had loads too.
  7. AHPP
    How about people being responsible for their actions by law? Much like how it’s been since 1200 ish.
  8. AHPP
    Good luck.
  9. AHPP
    Amazon delivered on the Sunday morning (31st December). I use shops where I can because I want to keep knowledge and stuff available locally but you can’t argue with one day delivery on New Year’s Eve. And they’re prolific tax avoiders, a major ideological bonus.
  10. AHPP
    I can carry the box without the sack barrow but wouldn’t want it any heavier. Getting it in and out of the van is fine. It’s been in a few arb 3.5 tonner tool boxes too. The saws are only small ones, 170 and 020. I occasionally tap a wedge up a tree. Why the maul? Because I only got the axe a few weeks ago. I’ll keep using it for steel wedges rather than kill the axe too. That was its last aerial outing in fact. Why the axe instead of a hatchet? Because I don’t have a decent hatchet or smaller axe and I can use the axe for other stuff. It’s only about a 2.5 lb head.
  11. AHPP
    She’s right like. Don’t tell my neighbours I said that.
  12. AHPP
    Yep. Neatly matching the axe and maul eyes for when I climb with either.
  13. AHPP
    Honestly, it keeps itself tidy. It’s so little effort to put stuff back in the right place. Even with the top handle that has to have the chain brake squeezed in to drop into that spot or the axe that only fits in that exact orientation. I’m single.
  14. AHPP
    I’ve got a jute bag from the Taxpayers’ Alliance hanging in my living room. I used to keep the Maggie quote about there being no such thing as public money facing out but then remembered I live on a County Durham coal mine and turned it round to avoid the house being burnt down.
  15. AHPP
    Well isn’t this a pleasing image. Two saws, fuel, oil, axe, maul, wedges, toolbox, bag of tat (spare gloves, hi viz etc). Straps onto a sackbarrow that you then also have for moving chogs. My climbing stuff goes into one rucksack and my rigging stuff goes into another box (with wheels). Everything in its place and often in and out of a site in one trip.
  16. AHPP
    I bet they’re pretty thick leather though. Completely agree about the saw snagging, although my bar usually wraps itself in my lanyard too.
  17. AHPP

    crane vid

    AHPP replied to carlos's topic in Video forum

    Just another crane vid. Too much electronic music, Protos helmets and heroic picks and not enough on setting slings to balance pieces and logistics on the ground.
  18. AHPP
    Better yet, a friend is about to throw away a leather sofa. I'll have as much fetching red leather as I could possibly need.
  19. AHPP
    That's an excellent idea. Much obliged.
  20. AHPP
    My mother has a sewing machine and is entirely used to being given saw trousers to fix. I imagine she’d stitch into the existing inside and outside leg seams. Chaps would be too much flappy clutter.
  21. AHPP
    Has anyone added leather to saw trousers to stop them wearing out so easily? I’m thinking of doing the front of the thighs (resting saws, wood etc on your lap), hopefully to below the knee (kneeling down) and maybe some around the ankles (brambles and spiking yourself). Not sure about type and thickness of leather? Any experience or thoughts?
  22. AHPP
    And then patiently rebuilding it six weeks later when a twenty-three-year-old has rolled it down a bank of stumps and into a river. The twenty-three-year-old couldn’t fix it with a felling lever so he put that through a chipper and went home.
  23. AHPP
    Why on earth would anyone want more government interference in their lives? They’re shit at everything.
  24. AHPP
    An excellent demonstration of the pointlessness of the sort of legislation Big J wants. All this bollocks does is keep politicians and civil servants in jobs and everybody else paying for it. We need less micromanagement, not more.
  25. AHPP

    The year so far.

    AHPP replied to Graham's topic in Hedgelaying

    That looks excellent.

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