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Highway engineers always win when they dig their heels in, in my experience. Ramp and sand is all I can suggest really - those roots really don't want to come off. If they had to, it would ideally be phased with improvements to the preferred rooting areas. By the way, do you know this guy - Kaipara Lifestyler | Of Interest
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Down sleeping bags (like down jackets) are superb. Until they get wet that is.. If you know that it will never get wet, then down is best as it's warmer, more compressible and renewable to boot. But if it gets wet, it's worse than useless.
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Cracking thread My local railway station has an oak log half buried in the little 'garden' in front of it - I've often wondered if someone put it there specifically for stag beetles or it was just a happy accident.
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There's always army ones on Ebay as well, as warm as you like, very robust (handy if you sleep with your boots on) and still effective when wet.
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I had one from new on a 52 plate (I think). No problems with it all, although the back end can get a bit lively on greasy roundabouts I towed 3.5 tonnes with it a few times, in pretty hilly areas, which made it work for its keep but it managed. Surprising good off road with AT tyres, but will get cross-axled on the really bumpy stuff. It made far more sense the Defender I had before, and I say that as a Bronze Green blooded Landy fan.
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That plough's obviously seeing a lot of use at the moment
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I expect they did as well I've never been there, but I was in Colchester at the weekend and didn't quite have time. One day...
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This one? This picture was about 1907, my great great grand parents married there in 1879.
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I'd suggest turning up on a regular basis to (a) enjoy the warmth of your free logs and (b) drink all your father in law's whisky
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We kept a small herd when I was young - mainly Anglo-Nubians and we sold the milk/ate the spare offspring. We also had a big shaggy smelly thing with enormous antlers called Barbara (not sure where it came from, I think someone gave it to us) and every so often we'd get a visit from a feral billy who lived in the area...the smell was really quite something!
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I didn't notice that
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I had a look at their website and video - considering a company should be going to great lengths to look their best in such circumstances, you'd think chainsaw operators might put a pair of gloves on and pull their visors down...
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TPO'd Poplars...x16 and around 100ft. Helpful suggestions please
HCR replied to cannonball's topic in Trees and the Law
If the trees are on his own property then an easement (right) for light can never exist as there needs to be a dominant tenement (the property that benefits from the easement) and a servient tenement (the property that 'supplies' the benefit). You can't claim a right against yourself. -
Arbjobs, as mentioned. Reed employment agency, search arbori* Write to all the consultancies in your area with a CV, outlining your experience and strengths (yes, this can work). Don't forget ecological consultancies, as many of these are hiring in-house arb specialists now. Visit the websites of all the specialists environmental type employment agencies, register, and check for relevant positions. When you apply, ring the recruiter so that you get yourself known. Good luck!
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I'm thinking of getting rid of it, I've spent quite a bit on it recently and have no evidence of it doing much good. I've just paid a friend who's a web designer etc for a bit of SEO (search engine optimisation) which should in theory achieve similar results.
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I can think of one...sort of: Drenagh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Drenagh Sawmills
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Didn't the new gearbox (R380?) come in with the 300? The position of reverse (top left on the 200, bottom right on the 300) will serve as in indicator if so.
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I have a special rare copy - some of the pages are in the wrong order and some pages are in more than once. Got to be worth a couple of grand at least
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Always great to hear a story with a happy ending!
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Reed as in Phragmites? The dead material is just that, so unless you remove the rhizomes it will be back as plentifully as ever by summer (which you probably already know...) If the water is shallow, a twin-wheeled allen scythe could work. If you really want to rip it out and can't get near it with a 360, a crome and a lot of sweat might be the only way. Just don't expect to be welcome on public transport afterwards If it's reed-mace (Typha latifolia) the best way might be to get in and pull it up by hand. Wet and messy, but relatively easy and effective.
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I know Bisley reasonably well, and the surrounding training areas. My unit (I'm in the TA) has a hut at Bisley for the shooting team/club as well, not that I have time for that.
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Woodland Management experience? + Requests
HCR replied to ADB328's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
The FC sometimes runs events for woodland managers to show them how to complete WGS applications, including using the template manaagement plan. This could be a good starting point. -
Don't see why it should make any difference, you can either do the job or you can't. You clearly can, so your height would never be an issue for me.
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You seem fairly well versed in legal matters, but the ignorance maxim is a bit of an oversimplification really. There are several cases in various common law jurisdictions that have gone slightly different ways, but I would look to R v Crosswell in which it was said This was the ruling of the Canadian Supreme Court, so is obviously not binding on our courts, but it is certainly persuasive. The Crosswell case is very similar to the Unimog example; a chap going about his business was unsure of the law so he contacted the relevant government agency for advice. He followed that advice in good faith, but the advice was wrong. This was known as officially induced error English law has got its knickers in a twist over this before, and it's about time it looked to Canada, or the US with its entrapment by estoppel doctrine.
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Sounds good, and I love it round Teesdale as well. My favourite biking route goes through Kirkby Stephen and M-i-T over to Alston. Just make sure you take spare clothes in a drybag of some description. I saw 6 blokes go down with hypothermia the other day and it's aamazing how quickly it sets in. One had a body temperature of 31 degrees and was about half an hour away from popping his clogs.
