kevinjohnsonmbe

‘Kin ‘ell mate, been holding my breath for an hour, not sure how much longer I can hold out....

I’m on side mate, have been from the outset, the masses have been fed ‘stats’ that simply don’t stand up to scrutiny. Whilst I totally understand, and empathise, with those that want to adopt (what I consider to be) excessively oppressive, restrictive precautions, my personal view is that the medicine, in this (C19) case, is worst that the disease.

Seriously?

You beat me to it! SS Great Britain, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship WWW.HISTORIC-UK.COM A recent popular poll placed Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the second Greatest Briton of all time. He was without doubt... If you read all of that article Egger, right to the end, there is 1 piece of legendary history missing from the tale they tell....

Yeah, well, what a disappointment Sunak’s speech to the Tory conference was. Rather than ‘pressing the restart button’ as he boldly claimed, all he actually proposed was a continuation of the existing flawed, Ponzi scheme of borrow, build houses and lend money to help pay for them in order to continue the misguided concept of relying upon GDP as a measure of economic success. Deeply disillusioned of Cornwall....

And St Petersburg! Beautiful girls too!

If there’s a cavity big enough for owls it may be well over due a credible assessment of ‘risk’ (and consequence). There maybe the option of retaining standing stem which could provide future habitat / diversity value and potentially prolong retention options where it sounds like you’d ‘miss’ the tree. If it is Merip affecting the roots though, some care in taking advice should be exercised. Some people are expert at removing trees, others may be expert at providing credible retention options - the 2 groups don’t always meet in the middle!

Never mind the discount - as keen as I normally am for a bargain - who in their right mind would name a Chinese restaurant that and even worse, who would ever contemplate eating there? All joking aside, what a state we’ve allowed ourselves to get into viz a viz PRC. Abhorrent human and animal rights, corruption, oppression, aggression and yet the dependence continues. We want an answer to Covid? Why is nobody even suggesting an immediate travel and trade ban with PRC? The only world leader that appears to have even come close is Trump and he gets whole scale condemnation (some wholly appropriate and proportional I’ll agree) Without wishing to politicise the humour thread (well, not too much) maybe we should have a “C19 - how to fix / prevent” thread?

That really IS funny ?

Birmingham city council are sending staff out to deliver tests to ‘randomly’ selected streets by post code apparently.... 2 council workers, 1 RAF bod, a bus and driver. Saw it on YouTube (which makes me an ‘authority’ on the subject ?)

Looks like the tree has had some hard knocks over the years.

Is that a general statement egged or an intentional personal message.....? ? PS - what does ACAB stand for?

Is it wrong that I consider that prospect to hold a certain appeal though J. ?

There’s a minor administrative issue to overcome first Mr B ? (but I like your thinking!)

It is Syc - I’m ‘guessing’ around 50-60 yo.

I know it’s a bit like throwing a Greg’s sausage roll at a LA Arb van.... (anything could happen in the rush to be first....) (and, probably the first time they’ve all moved at the same time for months....) (and the outcome will be entirely arbitrary, random and wholly unreliable....) But, here’s the tree - Any takers for age?

I’ve seen them at Sorbus and here: http://www.richmondsgroundcare.co.uk/index.php/site/productdetail/776/ What sort of degree of accuracy do you think you can achieve Mark? @Mark J

Why....?

Need to establish the age of a tree, haven’t used increment borer previously. +/- £165 to buy. Anyone with experience in such able to offer any tips or advice?

Love your passion J!

Impart a minor degree of ‘authority’ in certain types and it’s guaranteed to end badly. Lucky he wasn’t put on his ass.

Agreed! I'd change 'incremental' for 'exponential' though...

For balance / consideration: 42k UK deaths from covid so far Registered UK disabled figures 1990 - 6.9 million 2011/12 - 11.6 million registered disabled 2019 - 13.9 million 2020 - 14.1 million Excess Winter Cold deaths 2017/18 50.1k 2018/19 - 25.2k Just a small sample of data drawn from various online sources some may not be entirely accurate - bit like track and trace - to try and put some perspective on things. Of course preventative measures may have resulted in keeping the relatively low C19 death rate but why so much effort in this situation whilst others that are equally as catastrophic have seemed to go completely under the radar year on year? The registered disabled exponential increase (even adjusted for population growth) must be one of the most worrying facts for the sustainability of any society. Either there is a massive amount of lead being swung or, as a nation, as a species, our resilience is reducing at at alarming rate..

I totally acknowledge (and respect) the varying degrees of risk aversion at the personal level which are directly associated with any individual's family circumstances. The wife holds a slightly different view from my own (how's that for a liberal forward thinking relationship... Normally, if I want her to have an opinion I tell her what it's going to be - If she ever saw that BTW I'd be in the so much trouble ?). The elderly and the vulnerable should, absolutely, be shielded. Me, I'll make my own decisions on exposure and risk. We've all gotta go one day and whilst I've no wish to unnecessarily accelerate that, I'm not quivering in fear of the day (I would admit to being a bit worried by dementia or a progressive degenerative condition over and above the natural ageing process though.)