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rational not the right word, pro EU doesn't = rational, all the people working together, free to go where they please, especially where the handouts are most generous

yes 12" bar, but it is not quick, nothing like a petrol ms200t. Fine for most work upto 8 inch cuts, although I once felled a 14 inch diameter alder with it, was all I had with me. I guess I ordered it with a 12" bar thinking it would help make more versatile, but 10 inch would have been ok too. The kombi hedge cutters are good for long reach with extensions, but I prefer the hs87t for the side of the hedge, my long reach kombi stuff mostly does horrible wide tops

the only battery kit I have is Stihl top handle saw, the old MSA160T, I am happy enough with petrol for hedgecutters, I feel they are more profitable, as last longer. For a battery hedgecutter have a look at the newest model 150, single sided (with 1 metre blade option) is equivalent to hs87t 40" which I have 2 of, been using them for 10 years, best thing for facing up big hedges that I have used , better than combi attachments

they needed Maverick for this gig Russian Jet Buzzes Estonian Forces in Gulf of Finland Shadow Tanker Showdown GCAPTAIN.COM A tense maritime incident unfolded today in the off the Estonian coast when Estonian naval forces attempted to detain the M/T...

as far as I'm concerned - this is the whole problem, the issue is too complex to be grasped by a layperson, it would be like me commenting on how they should have approached raising the Bayesian so the diver didn't die the other day during metal cutting, I have no training in diving or salvage so my opinion would be as valid as yours on pandemic management

Trump signs order aiming to slash US drug prices to match those abroad | Trump administration | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Health policy experts support the ‘most favored nation’ plan but doubt it will withstand likely legal challenges

If stopping millions of illegal immigrants isnt a good thing that Trump has done, wait till a drought hits the news, fewer people using the available water will help enormously. Everglades "drying up" as drought plagues Florida WWW.NEWSWEEK.COM Much of Florida is facing severe and extreme drought conditions after a "highly abnormal" dry season.

I would argue that by cutting illegal immigration all US citizens are now winners from the Trump policy. To let a swarm of monkeys on two legs across is going to add to competition for scarce housing and resources. Every extra migrant needs additional concrete spewed out in the form of human nests. US beef prices are surging due to lack of rain in the west causing grazing land to dry up, more people use more water. The year with the highest number of illegal immigration encounters at the US southern border was fiscal year 2023 (October 2022 - September 2023). Specifically, that year saw 2,334,470 encounters with people trying to cross without inspection.

hey Ive just binge watched all 10 episodes of Band of Brothers, yes I would have been the one who turns into a jibberinh wreck

How would you feel if people said they would rather you weren't welcome here? You need to understand the forum isn't just about you and few other fellows who you like. If you succeed in driving someone away who I enjoy reading you are spoiling it for me and maybe several others.

that is online bullying - you're saying only people who communicate in a way you consider appropriate should be allowed. Why should your opinion decide whether someone stays or goes?

just use the Navy - they are supposed to prevent invasions Britain’s asylum housing ‘king’ becomes a billionaire after fortune rises 35% - The Mirror WWW.MIRROR.CO.UK Clearsprings Ready Homes founder Graham King, dubbed the 'Asylum King' for his lucrative Government contracts, is now worth over £1...

so our soldiers are dolescum too - scroungers with legs blown off

sure - there are rich who are milking the system, but a lot of those payments go to genuine farmers - you may resent that some rich people have a nice pad that would do you and for your yard - I know I do, but the scale of subsidies vs the scale of cost of dealing with migrants mean the illegal immigrants are what is ruining this country's finances The UK government spends a significant amount on agricultural subsidies. In 2023, farmers received £2.953 billion in subsidies, and in 2022/23, spending on farm support in England was around £2.33 billion. This support includes various schemes like the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), which provides delinked payments, and Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs). The government also provides grants for tree planting and other environmental benefits. Home Office figures cited by the Financial Times in August last year showed that the annual asylum cost reached £3.96 billion in the year up to 2023—double that of the previous year and six times higher than 2018. Yet, despite that astronomical cost, we continue to increase handouts to France to stop the boats.

1 - ok the super rich will try to avoid paying tax, but also they are not going to be scrounging benefits like illegal immigrants do 2 - Reform took more than 600 new council seats - if 6 have blown up, so what? Even a 10% attrition rate wouldn't matter

It's not somewhere I work, so haven't been right up to it, but that bright yellow is usually laburnum, quite a size for one of those. People with holiday lets and or kids around worry about them, as injestion of leaves and seed known to cause vomiting and even paralysis

they take a while to get big

the Israelis in Talks with Trump administration about US led administration of Gaza It would be no worse than any other injustice. Apartheid, slavery, holocaust - all part of human evolution

Harbour Energy are blaming windfall tax, Jeremy Hunt hiked that, seems to me Conservatives as much to blame, of course Labour are worse but Cons were quick to grasp at 'excess profits' These mid size oil companies are often loaded to the gills with debt to buy out smaller competitors, soon as energy prices drop they are in trouble. Equinor seems a good model - part state owned and part listed shares. Hit Farage up - he can add it to the manifesto

or add nitrous oxide

BillQ StevenP both cut from the same cloth, seemingly endless posts of almost interesting comments

he makes two observations about the spores 1 no leaf litter due to paved area below being swept clear 2 no other ash within 100m so, although the tree may have been infected, the absence of other trees and leaf litter means after abscission the tree can shed most of the pathogen and have a reduced chance of re-infection As above it may also be a genetically resistant specimen The leaf litter will remain at the base of most ash trees, aiding the pathogen's establishment. So if the author is right woodland ash close together are far more likely to succumb.

No, I exaggerated saying he was always in Spoons, I meant he was out drinking in the town most weekends. He said to me once ' I wish there was a job where you could get paid just for thoughts' There are jobs like that e.g a poet. Reminds me of the band UB40, band name referencing their source of income before they got going. So many creative types look at the benefits system as a way of getting money without having to go out and pick fruit or walk behind the bin lorry. I mean if you've been to art school why throw your life away on menial work, when you can have mental health problems and be free with you creative thoughts all day?

clearly someone with severe Down's or cerebral palsy isn't going to do much assembly work. But there are some with e.g Down's who could at least wipe the tables in the factory canteen. A chap I knew years back on the sick with mental health after art school, just kept taking the tablets, and often in the local Wetherspoon's - I used to think if he's well enough to go to the pub with his girlfriend, why can't he collect the empty glasses off the tables instead of scrounging? UK full of people scrounging. We are far too generous with benefits.

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