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  1. the village idiot
    The insect with the largest recorded 'hind quarters' is the South American Derriere beetle. Posterius bulbousum Apparently it's back end is so distended that the beetle cannot locomote, and lives out it's entire adult stage confined to the same spot. The insect is slowly raised up from the forest floor, perched atop a thin pole of it's own excrement. Eventually the beetle is blown off by a gust of wind and the process starts again. The tallest recorded 'poo pile' was discovered under a phlange palm in Bolivia. It measured 23ft in height! Derriere beetle expert Dr Cornelius Crump of Yabbadabbadoo University has posited that the spire could have eventually topped 30ft or more had the beetle not crushed itself to death under a developing coconut.
  2. the village idiot
    Certainly. No problem.
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    You may well have met Pete Fordham there. He is a regular volunteer at the Wood I manage. He's coming on Monday so I'll give him a thorough grilling.
  4. the village idiot
    Blast! I was going to go to that but completely forgot about it. Are they definitely planning to plant to replace the lost Ash?
  5. the village idiot
    My advice, for what it's worth, would be to not make any big decision on it just at the moment. See how you feel about it all at the weekend.
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    Good on them! Can't be easy running a busy pub, especially with such limited mobility.
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    Good work Watson. Out of my league unfortunately.
  8. the village idiot
    What's that grab you've got on there Tom?
  9. the village idiot
    Do you know how much it is? Can't see a price on the link.
  10. the village idiot
    Steel or rubber tracks? Are there any brands particularly noted for good auxiliary oil flow?
  11. the village idiot
    What are people's thoughts on an ideal size machine for woodland work? I personally don't need to move the machine off site. Most common job would be log handling, rarely anything huge. Would also be good to have the option to power a flail/brushcutter head and the capacity to grade over some rutted rides. All thoughts gratefully received!
  12. the village idiot
    Excellent. Thank you
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    Think I might have asked this before, but what is my best option for log handling? I want to take cordwood from a stack, slew it round 180 degrees and then crosscut with chainsaws whilst holding the log off the ground. Logs are generally 4-5 mtrs long and up to 20" diameter. Am I better off with a grapple or a screw splitter? Let's say on an 8ton machine.
  14. the village idiot
    Excuse my ignorance, but can you describe what you mean by 'loose pins'? Is this hitch a separate piece that goes between the machine and attachment or is it permanently fixed to the attachment?
  15. the village idiot
    Need some advice from you fine people. I'm looking to buy a fixed grapple, (the type with an integral ram so I don't need a welded on thumb bracket) and potentially some other implements to use on hired in excavators (5-8 ton) What is the best sort of linkage to specify on the attachments to ensure that I can fit the grab etc onto a variety of brands of excavator. Hydraulics is a whole nuther issue. I'll come back to you on this one. Many thanks, TVI.
  16. the village idiot
    That worked a treat Stubby, although my braille is a little rusty. I think he said "Six sheets of A4 and a pickled egg."
  17. the village idiot
    I'll have to ask him, he's a bit hard of hearing mind.
  18. the village idiot
    Got a couple of likely candidates but I am in Suffolk! Fairfax, my headless apprentice is included for scale.
  19. the village idiot
    Can you calculate VAT/end of year returns on it?
  20. the village idiot
    Bless you.
  21. the village idiot
    On a plate. Beautiful!
  22. the village idiot
    Nobody expects them!
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  24. the village idiot
    Really useful pictures John. Have you got any more?
  25. the village idiot
    I believe we would need something akin to what you are describing but wouldn't put it quite so starkly. I don't think we would see the end of growth (there are many ways to grow, GDP would admittedly take a hammering). I dont think it would be the end of private enterprise or personal wealth either. We need to do things differently, but there would still be plenty of 'winners' financially. It's not just climate change either. The rising global temperature along with the impending AI/automation explosion will mean that the standard capitalist model simply won't work. Something like Universal Basic Income will become a necessity, and we will need to find other avenues than wealth accumulation to give us our sense of purpose. There are real opportunities here amongst all the gloom, we just have to start thinking a bit differently and more deeply about what really matters.

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