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Help identifying my wood burning stove and lining?
AHPP replied to Cottage1993's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Nice gaff. I’d personally just use it and be ready with a wet towel the first few times in case it’s blocked, catches fire etc. -
Closer to 20” but that was very crudely measured. I’d have guessed 2’.
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With the sucked in stomach look too?
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Maybe it was the target for trenching shovel throwing.
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I forgot to put that in the opening post. Not only are these unusually big, they’re unusually healthy. Aware those things linked.
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An unusually stout birch measuring approximately four Screwfix catalogues DBH. I have seen other big ones but never bothered to take photos or mentally record the sizes. Anyone found bigger than this one?
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Or whatever it is. Spotted at the end of Marlborough high street. I’d be very interested to slice though it to see how the grain runs etc. Any observations or guesses?
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Hope someone has the presence of mind to turn a blower on you.
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Nothing? Your time perhaps? You could spend that time working you realise...
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Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B | Hitchhikers | Fandom HITCHHIKERS.FANDOM.COM The Golgafrincham Ark Fleet Ship B was a starship designed to relocate the (largely redundant) useless part of the population from the planet of Golgafrincham. The ship was led by the captain, with Number One and Number Two next in charge. The Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B was a way of removing the basically useless citizens from the planet of Golgafrincham. A variety of stories were formed about the doom of the planet, such as blowing up, crashing into the sun or being eaten by a mutant star g
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I was about to suggest a sheet (and tie to something and drive off to empty) but several sheets is even better. Simple and ingenious. Thanks for posting.
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I’d discerned from your posting over the years that you live a different domestic life to many. Hugely interested to read more. The various conveniences and economies of scale must be excellent; always the correct person/vehicle/tool available for the correct job, always space to store a bulk buy or a good buy, drains like council tax and utility standing charges spread out. I wouldn’t imagine the lifestyle hampers capitalist opportunity in the slightest either? The opposite even. You could easily own a house (let) or any other asset elsewhere in the same way that you work elsewhere. Many would regard that as better business than the house in which you live being your biggest “asset.”
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Not exactly what you're describing but the Overton window might be the phrase you're thinking of.
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Did the poor machine access have you waiting around in the tree while stuff was organised on the ground?
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Don’t know but sounds eminently plausible.
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Air, spark or compression then. That’s all there is. I’d still say fuel. Or something like chain oil dripping onto the exhaust maybe.
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That's more likely than the diesel.
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My first thought too.
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Likewise.
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‘Entering into a retrospective monolith pollard management cycle presents several key advantages, primarily the avoidance of excessive reactionary novel growth at primary and secondary scaffold locations that would present inherent morphological challenges to a species whose mechanical characteristics do not meet the specification that would be required to effectively mitigate foreseen failure risk under such circumstances.’ Et cetera et cetera ad infinitum ad nauseam. I just wrote it for humans before.
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Fine. That then. As long as it’s not regrowth miles out on branches that you want a cherry picker to easily reach. A twiglet (perhaps with some very short branches) can be maintained by one man with gear that fits in a rucksack. Silky off a set of steps on a sunny Saturday. Bottles of cider round the fire afterwards. Jumpers for goalposts. Albion.
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That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s correct. I once had a very interesting chat with a bloke who worked for a major legal database provider. His firm employs hundreds of people in the UK and thousands worldwide, keeping up with changes, keeping track of what the law was five minutes ago and what the law is now. Literally that quickly. He said he occasionally bumps into the people who do the same job for the government. All five of them.
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Also consider (and compel others to consider) the environmental impact of longwinded tree management. 3 men, 2 chainsaws, 1 cherry picker and a fire in the corner of the garden would cause x amount of pollution once and leave a pile of logs behind to help with home heating. Plant some suitable stuff elsewhere if further indulgence is desired. The alternative is loads of driving to meetings, hearings, site visits etc, then the same cherry picker and men to do some pruning, now not once but once every three years (that’s 60 times for a building with a life of 180 years). If the tree breaks and damages a building, car, dog or human, you’re now into more diesel and machines for builders, panel beaters, vets or ambulances, and the tree blokes again, and the problem still won’t be solved. That’s more pollution than x. The council will have some hogwash eco duty they may want to comply with. Shove that in their faces. Good luck.
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And have a takedown team ready to move very quickly.
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I thought from some of your previous posts that you were a more mature and senior gentlemen, riding out your career in a council job or similar. This makes you sound like much more of a tree slayer in his prime. What do you do if you don’t mind me asking?
