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  1. the village idiot
    There's plenty of wood out there. Is it a problem of not enough cutters, or not enough will from woodland owners to carry out management?
  2. the village idiot
    There's been a few people on here saying that cordwood is getting very expensive. Maybe some firewood people are getting out of the game?
  3. the village idiot
    We had a project to return PAWS (Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site) to native hardwood species. Very large blocks of conifer were removed and the ground left to naturally regenerate. For the first few years we got very dense bramble growth but eventually Birch, Ash, Willow, Hawthorne and Oak started to push through what looked to be pretty impenetrable stuff. 15 years on these areas are now thick stands of mixed young trees. No trees planted. It worked well for us, but will be very dependant on soil, site history, surviving hardwoods in the stand and in surrounding areas and browsing levels. Wouldn't be able to necessarily endorse it for your situation unfortunately.
  4. the village idiot
    Cor! What I wouldn't give for one of those!
  5. the village idiot
    OK. Just trying to get to the bottom of your reasoning on this. Debates on abortion always go haywire. Shall we leave it at agreeing to disagree?
  6. the village idiot
    Are you religious? Do you believe in souls?
  7. the village idiot
    Forgive my retardation but I simply don't see what moral objection there could be to vaccinations that are proven safe, or to using stem cells cultured from a long ago aborted foetus. It might sound bad at first reading but it really isn't. Surely it is more immoral to not protect your children from easily preventable diseases that could kill them? Would you refuse a new heart for your sick child if it came from a recently deceased donor child?
  8. the village idiot
    Like breffni said, the original stem cells were taken from an aborted foetus decades ago. They have since been cultured from these originals in labs. Foetus' are not aborted in order to obtain ingredients for vaccines. You have to see them for what they are. Cells. You are imbibing other humans' cells every breath you take.
  9. the village idiot
    I try to get my buyers to collect before the bad weather starts. Any that don't get collected in time I cover. They are all wholesaled, I don't do deliveries to the end user.
  10. the village idiot
    They are just trying to stop children and adults dying from easily preventable diseases. To spin this as some sort of first step to sinister practices seems unduly paranoid.
  11. the village idiot
    Where do you see it leading?
  12. the village idiot
    You did ask! ?
  13. the village idiot
    Too right Beau, I've got 20 lined up ready. Always up for suggestions too if anyone has read/listened to any good ones lately?
  14. the village idiot
    Absolutely Stubby, If there is awareness of the decision then it must have appeared in conciousness. The decision came from the brain though, and the illusory 'I' doesn't speak brain. Neither does conciousness, it just sits there and watches.
  15. the village idiot
    We have two electric/hydraulic splitters which run off a diesel generator. We are softies who don't like having an engine chuntering away next to us while we work. The splitters are on long leads so the genny is quite far away.
  16. the village idiot
    Thanks Gary. Believe it or not we don't have a processor.
  17. the village idiot
    We will be moving over to firewood production at the end of this month. The picture below is a bit of a cheat as it shows some of last year's haul.
  18. the village idiot
    Catweazel is openspaceman's old username.
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  20. the village idiot
    Oh! That's worse news than I was hoping for. Fingers crossed for the search.
  21. the village idiot
    That sounds pretty underhand from your insurance company. How much will a new chipper of the same spec be? I guess the only silver lining here is that your old chipper must have done a fair bit of work if you got it in 2009. Horrible to have stuff stolen mind.
  22. the village idiot
    There's actually only one stubby, and he's most definitely bad!
  23. the village idiot
    Which are the most marketable J? Been deliberating over a mill purchase for some time but not sure that the species mix in the Wood would warrant one.
  24. the village idiot
    Just ride the wave of life Silky, this is the 'destination'. Be fully present for the ride and you will have found what you are looking for. Ho Chi Idiot c.2019
  25. the village idiot
    That was some match!

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