Daniël Bos

When you have 2K to buy a car surely you're entering a lottery? Sure, some cars may have a better rep then others, deserved or not but you'll be looking at 100k miles plus vehicles and most likely have no idea of their history regardless of "histoy" that comes with the car. Dealer stamps will tell you nothing of the sort of plonker that used to ride the clutch, towed a 17ton trailer on a daily basis, revved the nuts of it from cold... If I were you I'd look at the "civilian" type of 4x4, more likely to have been used by Annie from number 47 who really needed to get her little darlings to school "safely". Something like a freelander isn't actually that bad, or as mentioned a terrano, or a honda CRV or similar. If you can live with the looks that is...

Thanks Tom, The ms181 (surely that would be the equivalent?) is £185 inc vat, so with a bit of effort I could save £150! It just seems a shame to chuck it for the sake of £35 as it was a lovely little saw! Thanks Spud I am a total novice, but wrangling the engine out was quite simple last time I did it (to have it welded) I did not take the cylinder off then though.., Would this require expert tools/knowledge? And do you reckon the one from mister solutions (what a pants bussiness name!) will be the one to go for or are there others?

Hi all, have been given an MS180 some time ago with the exhaust broken off. The lugs for the bolts have sheared off and taken part of the exhaust port with it. The cylinder itself was not damaged. I took it to an engineer mate who welded the broken bit back on and filed out the port to the original spec after welding. It ran great for a while and was really usefull as a back-up saw when hedgelaying. I'd use it with a 10" carving bar on to get int awkward spots and make curvy cuts. The weld did not last though, and it's snapped off again. I'd be happy to spend a few quid on it to make it right again, £35 for a new pot about right? But wich one do I buy, is there much difference? An oem one would be out of budget I think but I have no idea of quality of aftermarket ones. Should I also put new rings on it? Thanks, Daniel

It's not actually the factory, all their shoes are made in far-away-istan. Just after (if heading towards SP) there's a little street on the right, this is the high street, they're about 100 yards in and on the right. I used to live in Odell great wood wich borders on Santa Pod. Not nearly as hairy as it used to be like up there, there was a time when no police would ever venture up the lane, no matter how many of them. Still a bit of a "free state" but quite civilised now.

Sorry Pete, this may smart a little... I only just found this thread. I wear DM boots. They are my only shoes (I have wellies as well) and serve for weddings and shopping trips, quoting and partying alike. The secret is where to buy them! There's a place in Northamptonshire called Wollaston, it's where the DM headquarters are. In that same village, 100 yards or so from the DM building there is a shop, called "the Doc ShopDr. Martens Airwair- Shoes, Boots and Sandals -Wollaston Doc Shop". It's run and owned by DM and it's where they sell their end of season returns, trial runs, old stock etc. Now here's the nice bit... They're really cheap! Men's boots are £25, regardless of size colour or style. Men's shoes £20 and sandals £15 I think. Women's are similar prices but I think they go up to £30 for high-calf boots. They used to do kid's shoes as well but have stopped making them two years ago, my twin daughters used to do proper stomping in their shiny pink/silver bovver boots when they were 2! They don't do stock, what's on display is all they have, and they don't do the interweb either. They do do cards, but will only sell limited numbers, ie no traders. What I normally do is try and get my wife to go and get me two pairs, a 10 and an 11 as I seem to live in between those, I keep whichever ones fit best and flog the other pair on the bay, if they make £50 (and I've sold some for £67 before) you've got a free pair of boots! P.s.yours look really nice as well Pete, next to her pink ones!

Difficult choice you've had to make. I left my family behind when I came to work in the UK, with my Dad really struggling to make the family farm work. It was a tough decision to make but it worked out all ok for us. We have the benefit of the Netherlands (my home) being very close and easy to get to. I have learned from my mum (who is also 60) that even 60 year-old women can travel to come and see their babies abroad. I think giving it some time to work itself out like you said is the best thing. From the pics you've posted it definately looks worth it though:thumbup1:

Funny how retro and classic blend, must betray one's age a bit... My first love was a 1987 Honda CRX, fab car!

Those claims are (as of yet) unfounded, I do agree with his earlier point about inequality though. Though this is more of a problem of society itself rather than Arbtalk I think. It is a bit odd that when someone has been burgled/robbed there's plenty of suggestions that it was probably travellers but if someone were to say "it was probably black dudes" or even " must be the Bangladeshi's again" all PC hell would break loose. Just to clarify: the " "-ed statements are examples only, not my views on the world:001_smile:

Have you seen this? BBC News - Steps v Stone Roses: Whose reunion is more significant? Signature Dance Move: Staring at the floor. Shuffling forwards a bit then backwards a bit. Head should bobble about like a nodding dog in a cheap car:lol:

A big, partly illegal "travellers" encampment. A show of just how inadequate the various authorities are in dealing with naughty kids:thumbdown: BBC News - Dale Farm travellers' site eviction starts

I think he's the daddy! "Dont try this at home" has been the one sentence in my life that's made me want to do things that I knew full well were plain stupid:lol:

I found that too, after living in England for maybe 8 months or so? I'm Dutch and found it quite easy to learn English, we Dutchmen come preloaded with american movies and british sitcoms with subtitles, so get to hear english a lot.The other advantage is that not many English people speak Dutch so not much chance of people talking back at me to practise. My wife of four years is learning Dutch at a slower pace than our children though, purely due to my family being keen to practise their English, and getting fed-up with her stumbling ramblings. Maybe you could agree with your colleagues or friends to try Swedish first, and if you don't understand, laugh at you first, then mock you and only then explain it in english. It's what me and my brother do with my wife, and though there's no proof it'll help at all, it's a bloody good laugh:thumbup:

Nothing else comes close for profesioal teabag-tagging!

Thanks WallyWard, I'll give them a call!

Wikipedia says: Members of the yew family and the closely related Cephalotaxaceae have the most highly modified cones of any conifer. There is only one scale in the female cone, with a single poisonous ovule. The scale develops into a soft, brightly coloured sweet, juicy, berry-like aril which partly encloses the deadly seed. The seed alone is poisonous. The whole 'berry' with the seed is eaten by birds, which digest the sugar-rich scale and pass the hard seed undamaged in their droppings, so dispersing the seed far from the parent plant. So defo coniferous (google is never wrong) and the berries are not berries!

Surely 80-odd miles away plus another 2hours' drive covers a fair bit of England, Over to the wrong side of London, even into Wales if need be! I'm not wanting to rule out even further as well, thought they'd have to be fairly keenly priced to offset the haulier's cost:thumbup1:

Thanks mate, though I hope I'll be well sorted by then. The schedule says I should have done about a mile by january....

Like I said, I'm after an arctic load so it'll be on there anyway, won't make much difference if it's an hour or two extra.... The main issue I have with North-east Norfolk is price, not distance though they are 80-odd miles away, so that's as far as Manchester, Leeds or Birmingham (those well known coppice area's:biggrin:) So I thought I was casting the net quite wide already? Thanks anyway, Daniel

Anyone?...... Surely some of you most know someone, or even know someone that knows someone?

Don't you find the crusty ones to usually be skint? Maple is very nice to burn, ok to split:thumbup1:

Considering most people have not much memories from before they're 5 those several people would have to be at least 121! I was brought up to respect my elders, so I'd say they'd probably be right!

Chipper + 0 feedback seller= normally a scam....

And so will the strength of the wedge!

I'd rather burn the spruce, it'll have more heat in it.

Let me google that for you :thumbup: That pic is just one from the web, my dad's was an Aldi one I believe.....