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A bloke better come and install it in the tree for you for that.

How much!?

He's barely been down, the annoyingly positive mindsetter. Makes you sick.

I'm not paying for the ammo. Just turn the dole off and put the phone down the second you hear an accent. They'll soon sod off. There's no other reason to want a brown caliphate stuck out in the East Atlantic.

He's alright. Walking etc. Got off lightly. Could have been spacked. In good spirits. Concentrating on rehab. Probably be back once the embarrassment wears off a bit more.

Dry Wet Wet I’m seeing very prominent medullary rays. Just done a muntjac on it. Four meals for two dogs. Sailor had the head for breakfast. Ran up to the gate to bark at someone with it in his mouth, his tongue hanging out one side, muntjac tongue the other. Artful PR.

Had this on the brain for a few weeks. Band not leaping out of their seats to cover it sadly.

A former colleague's brother had the best GCSE summer holiday work experience you've ever heard of. At sixteen, he spent a week shooting machine guns in the basement there, with other people's ammo.

Haven’t tried yet. Heavy.

Previous owner used it to drill things on. Beech?

What do you prefer: steel carabiner or Hexarope Hands Up?

What were the bits being put right out of interest?

And since we're steadfastly refusing to help the OP, let's just talk about mowers and tractors. What are alpines good for besides looking cool? When would you want one over a conventional tractor and vice versa?

Good work. What device was he winching with? This isn't a common expression in English.

Are those stand on zero turn mowers particularly good for anything? Besides looking relatively fun and being easy to get on and off. At what sort of cut width or machine horsepower does it make sense to go to a single diesel engine (i.e. a tractor)? Because on smaller things, separate engines appeal. My little skidsteer wouldn’t run a mower off the hydraulics. Bigger (like Vermeer stand on) skidsteers aren’t amazing with the hydraulic flails either. So you’d want mowers with their own engines for those. Like a quad towing something with a Honda on top. For small things, I like the idea of two engines to be honest. They can both be set up to work in the proper rev range for either driving or implement powering, best drive trains for each application etc. I suspect a lot comes down to transmission loss. But you’re not going to put a mechanical PTO on a quad bike are you. I’m currently working through a few problems on dad’s ride on to see if it is inherently crap or just in poor order. Hydrostatic drive and blades driven by a clutch onto the engine. Can’t tell if it’s underpowered or losing power in transmission. Tightened a belt last night. Resetting a wonky cushion bearing in a few minutes. Probably sharpen it.

I imagine we gave up India etc because Indians are ****************ing dreadful and whatever we were nicking from them wasn’t worth it.

I had trouble with my MSA 220 oiler a few months ago. Search my threads here. See if any of that seems likely. If it does, @ tag me in this thread. I have a 230 here. Can probably walk through it with you.

Exactly this. I was going to target the worst offending, seaside town ones but didn’t want to leave any doubt that they’re not crass everywhere. But nothing says, “I live in Clacton.” like a 2002 Ford Focus and a palm tree on your paving slab driveway.

Praise where praise is due, Pete. That sounds lovely. A dewy English summer evening on a plate.

I see those mushrooms. Sailing close to the wind. Restraint is key with pizzas.

I’ve just won a butchers’ block, which I suspect is partially beech. Will take a photo later or tomorrow just because I’m pleased as punch with it.

I sold some alder to someone who makes a particular type of harp (Swedish?) with it.

Palms in the UK are unspeakably gauche. Bin it before your neighbours notice.

The civil service write it (and to an extent the party managements whip it). The celebrities only really talk about it on the TV. Also bear in mind how much secondary legislation goes through without ever being looked at. There might be some to and fro on a piece of primary legislation (UK Public General Acts) but ten times as much secondary (Statutory Instruments, regulations) goes through just by being put in a box for two weeks. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/explore/legislatures/uk 2024: 25 UK Public General Acts 1361 Statutory Instruments Fifty-four times as many then.

Noteworthily for tree people, carabiners, pulleys etc (DMM and ISC). But broadly speaking yes. Wales is basically the junk drawer of the UK.