Daniël Bos

Leatherjackets I think, was there any grass/lawn near, and had it rained a lot recently? If so, they be leatherjackets (larval stadium of daddy-longlegs) trying to escape drowning in the lawn they were killing.

The majority of voters, or not quite, as the case is since the majority of voters voted to keep the odd system you use in place. I find it odd, coming from a country of representative representation, but you (the British electorate) chose to keep it in place... I believe the issue is not with the euro, as I can see no major issues with it, it is the fact that europe chose to lock it's economies together and failed to keep the "naughty kids of the class" in check, and allowed countries to run their individual (but locked in) economies to ruin. The system would work fine I think, just needs a strong "economic police force" to actually get countries to stand by the agreements they made re national debt etc. It is this incompetence of the eu as a whole that has allowed the "poorer run countries" to go bankrupt. The solution (imo) woul be not to disband the eu, or ditch the euro, but to actually enforce agreements made.

A democracy is not where the rulers do everything the people want though, nor is it a system where everything that needs deciding needs to be put to a national vote/referendum. It is a system where the elected rulers try to decide and do what they deem to be best for the country and it's inhabitants. You voted for these rulers.

I like the way ths thread has turned into the "Celtic Maple Appreciation Society" thread:biggrin: but does anyone have any answers to the original question? I know it outcompetes and outshadows most thing trying to grow underneath it, but no worse than the much revered Beech surely?

Eyup turns out to be an area in Istanbul:001_smile: Ayup headlights are very good indeed though:biggrin:

That's fantastic! Any chance of a picture with something beside it for scale? Bucket, child etc? As it looks like it has "child dimensions" (not sure how to explain that, a bit like the way you know an animal is an infant, no matter it's size eg a baby elephant) but I'd like to know how big it actually is. Really nice!

There is no point or future for any individual country to leave the euro. It would destroy that country's economy as well as the rest of the euro-countries'. Failure of the euro is simply not an option. I work in euro-land through the summer sometimes, shearing sheep. Two years ago my pound would buy me a little over 1.5 euro's. Last time I bought some (month or so ago) I got 1.1 euro-dollars for my pound. Who's currency is failing?

You'll have to ask again next year then, probably. Hedgelaying stops when pesky birds start faffing in hedges for nesting or some other irrelevant birdie-bussiness,the end of March is stretching it a bit...

Are you going to ask this in a new thread every day? Put a "wanted" ad on arbtrader, look on ebay, phone some dealers!

They can, and do! They really are quite ingenious, and up for world-domination! They undo knots, chew through string and even chewed through a 16mm sailing rope!

Tried that, missing in action...

Thanks, they've completely blown me away tbh with how ingenious they are! I've kept chickens for years, duck as well but these geese are amazing, very amusing as well to watch them work. Would you be able to give me some brand/model type info as this stuff baffles me:001_smile:

I'm after some advice from you lot. I don't climb trees, but I have a krab-question: For Christmas dinner I keep a few geese, they're very clever and playfull though and have learned to undo nuts, bolts, can move sliding bolts and take krabs off! I use a krab to lock them away at night, wich is fine as it's on the outside and they can't reach to open it. I also use one on their feeder to stop the thieving gits running off with the lid. They undo it though, so I put a screwgate one on. went to check them yesterday as I'd moved them the day before and one of the geese has uncrewed the gate and had got stuck on the crab, it had "fish-hooked" through her lower beak:thumbdown: So, what krab do I need to get that'll be difficult to open without oposing thumbs? It has not got to bear any weight, and cheaper is better! Thanks, Daniel

They've had that in the Netherlands for years, it was quite embarrasing to begin with, as they "opened" the system they found about 60% of all the lorries they pulled off in the first week were supplying tarmac etc to fix the ruts in the same motorway a few miles further.

Read your manual: on page 17 it says: "Avoid running at too high speed for extended periods for the first ten hours" (wich is dissapointingly bad English) Then on page 29:"after the saw has been "run in" the carburettor should be finely adjusted." Congrats, it's a lovely saw.

If you try and find your part in this exploded view, you'd have a part number to help you find it... http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=husqvarna%20240sg%20parts%20list&source=web&cd=14&ved=0CFsQFjADOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.husqvarna.com%2Fddoc%2FHUSI%2FHUSI1977_AAaa%2FHUSI1977_AAaa_I7700005_.pdf&ei=4Lq5TrDhBsO38QO2pa2oBw&usg=AFQjCNEVgkj5dEPR7vhrars4Vk6czSwVXg&sig2=Rx1HF6my1Dpmt3ozbEijSg&cad=rja

I went over to your's last tuesday and was surprised to not find any refreshments at all tbh, but maybe I'm used to being spoilt? I'd say yes please but am not likely to "pop in" anytime really.

I may be grossly overestimating the abilities of Joe (public) but I'd have thought that if he were to want to purchase a full artic load, chances are he's used a chainsaw before. Even to the most under-educated souls, a lorry-load of wood (or whatever material) is going to be quite a pile and won't fit into the garden center-bought log-store without a bit of work. I am like Joe, I've been cutting firewood with a chainsaw for over 20 years (I'm 32). I have no CS stiffkits or such, and no wood-processing bussiness. Why on earth do you believe I should not be sold an artic of cord?

Don't put a 16" bar on, it's too much. They only offer these big bars on tiny saws as unknowing customers think it's a way of comparing saws "that one must be stronger, it can have a 16" bar":sneaky2: With a 14" bar you'll be able to cut most firewood you're likely to encounter. If you really need a bigger bar you really need a bigger saw as well asn 14"x2=28" of tree-trunk! F.R. Jones have a very good reputation, good on price and good on service:thumbup1:

As a first, "home-owner" type saw, the Stihl ms180 cannot be beaten. They go on and on and on and on... It's a simple saw to setup, spares availabe at your nearest tesco's (well nearly, but pretty much everywhere that sells stihl will keep stock for these). It's powerfull enough to handle a 14" bar (if you're patient) at a push. It's nice and small and light. It's really quite awesome. I have one with a 10" carving bar on that I use when hedgelaying sometimes for those hard to reach places, it's still going strong at 10+years.

The last I bought were £1.25, no vat as not registered.

Is it a snowplough/blower?

Why? do saws run happily on Aspen mixed with bar oil? Aspen is the way forward for the ocasional user:thumbup1:, but would not have avoided this issue.

Stricly speaking, you are a "qualified tree surgeon" as there is no definition of one. You have a qualification, no matter how relevant (shoe-lace-tying qualification would do) and you want to call yourself a tree surgeon is all it takes. Training wise, it would be good to have first aid, then probably cs32 and after that it'll become relevant what you actually want to do:001_cool: Good luck

Ditch the rootcutting lark, attach a splitter!