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  1. openspaceman
    I mention this because back in the days of the FMD outbreak the official line didn't sit right to me, so I mapped all outbreak reports on a daily basis and "aged" each point. A lady dairy farmer converted all the images into an animated .gif which indicated the paths of spread quite well when compared with the later official version. What became apparent was that most of the outbreak around Penrith was inevitable once the pig farmer failed to notify his animals were ill but satellite outbreaks in Wales and Devon resulted from a haulier continuing to , legally, transport sheep in the 48 hr period between notification of a transport ban and it coming into force. Mine is only an academic interest but before I was put out to grass I took charge of OPM residues from the railway and conveyed the sealed containers to a permitted incineration facility. I'm told now the specialist firms doing the same are charging several times more for this part of the disposal.
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    I suspect you miss my point; many gangs commute into London and come home with waste. The outbreaks near my village could have come here in waste as they are 15 miles from the core area
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    Thanks kRiSS My worry would be that the logs contained eggs and the crew had not noticed signs.
  4. openspaceman
    What's the current rule on transporting oak logs and chip out of the infected area?
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    probably one of the voles
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    Apart from fungal attack I always wondered if it was associated with lignin softening in the heat. I walks south from Euston to Waterloo today and took in several squares with their huge london planes (which I thought looked in very good nick) with all the office workers taking lunch and sunbathing by them, it doesn't bear thinking of the injuries that could happen if a large limb let go.
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    My experience is similar except I haven't a huge pile of firewood nor anywhere to store more than the ~2m3 solid wood I burn each year. If I run out then I'm sure it will show up in an increased gas bill.
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    Much the same for the 084 and 076 for me, I've kept them so far to show I could stave off old age but it's not worked.
  9. openspaceman
    Is this the gentlemen, in LLoyds coffee shop, gambling on which ships will founder? it's like the enclosures acts kick-starting modern agriculture while starving many lesser mortals. What about Karl Marx advocating limited liability, without which our modern capitalist system could never have grown.
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    You'll need to dry it for oil spill. I think the mixture of molecules making up wood have bits which are hydrophilic (attract water) and bits elsewhere that are oleophilic (attract oil). If you heat them a bit more (torrefication) the mixture is modified so they become hydrophobic and oleophilic. Tom Read patented a torrefied wood product called seasweep for absorbing oil spills at sea but how he made it he kept secret. He claimed it would float indefinitely being hydrophobic it didn't re absorb water. http://orig.seasweep.biz/faqs.html
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    Too hard to judge but I think a link up approved firm working for NR would be able to lower any overhanging branches during live running with a NR approved safe system of work. It largely depends on the line speed on that line.
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    The stems or the nearest part? You need to be accurate because if no part of the tree is within 10ft of the nearest rail NR don't consider it to be on or near the line. They will still take an interest if overhanging network rail property and if there is any danger of the work threatening the line. You cannot straight fell them if they are within 2 tree lengths of the line even if wholly outwith NR property without an agreed safe system of work.
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    The ones we had pre dated stress control I probably have the various paper originals but unlikely to find them in the short term. I digitised the owner manual and parts manual for the 222 turbo when I sold a slightly different non turbo model to @john p . PM an e-mail address and I'll attach the two PDFs
  14. openspaceman
    These get asked for quite frequently so I’ve got the fletcher stewart user and parts manual from my old work. It's not the best of manuals and refers you to the engine manual. Also the 222 turbo model has no stress control
  15. openspaceman
    Yes, I had to read it again
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    These were still in use for threshing long straw for thatching well into the 70s
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    Beau what's the point of me drumming up trade for the fines from your excellent retort if you go posting things like that? ? It's actually not far off what I posted, essentially our soils are too good for it to directly benefit and the climate not harsh enough. Reclaiming brownfield sites is a possibility. If you have considered adding perlite to a heavy clay soil then I'd suggest trying charcoal fines instead. I see no disbenefits in using it and it should aid a composting process
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    That's activated charcoal, it has an iodine number hundreds of times higher than ordinary charcoal and in the past was made from bone rather than wood.
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    The jury is still out on what benefit biochar conveys but it seems to make most sense in poorer soils and worse climates than ours. The only place in UK I am aware it benefited tree planting was in the tailings from an abandoned mine because of its ability to hold heavy metals. Yes to the mulch for water retention and reducing weed competition at establishment. One benefit of biochar from arb waste is brownie points for carbon credits. One could deal with arb waste, reduce its volume and sell it as a soil improver on a smaller scale than having to load chip wagons for a power station AND offset all that diesel and petrol the business uses.
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    No planting experience and I can't see it being a magic bullet, I'd go for a soil rich in organic matter and add some biochar for luck. I'd not want to make Craig Sams any richer so would suggest you get some fines from a charcoal maker local to you or make your own from brushwood in a flame curtain device or trench.
  21. openspaceman
    That's the problem of being up the spectrum, it takes a while and posts from Gary before I realise and then you come along to prevent a quiet withdrawal.
  22. openspaceman
    Unpaid bills are a civil matter Dumping waste is a criminal offence
  23. openspaceman
    As it doesn't have a barrel it presumably doesn't count as a fire arm. AFAICs anything with a barrel that can fire something the size of a grape vertically over 100ft is.
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    I think I still have a launcher for empty coke cans, the sort with a rim at both ends that needed a can puncturerer to open (two triangular holes on opposite sides of the diameter to pour for those not old enough to remember before ring pulls), it used .22 rimfire blanks.
  25. openspaceman
    I think it's the original 12 months if that is what the shop offered but as a consumer item there may be statutory cover for more than 12months, it depends on what the court decides is a reasonable life for the machine. I'd say it is reasonable to expect 4 seasons use from a strimmer not used commercially. The shop is entitled to refund the money rather than offer a repair or replacement but also deduct an amount for fair wear, tear and depreciation. I think 6 years applies to things like fridges and other white goods. The legislation is the consumer rights act 2015 The fault has to be shown to have been present at the time you took ownership of the product

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