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So... you'll not be too hard find in a crowd.

Does make rather good firewood but equally if not better fine furniture and of course, excellent gunwales, thwarts, yokes & seats for open canoes.

Notes cont. The entrance flaps of these tents don't extend far from the tent. Certainly not enough to cook within. I've seen a number of tent fires in my time and had to deal with the aftermath of such. A pop-up tent has an average burn time of 5secs. You read that right. If you've not been camping in a while, it's worth saying... Never change a gas canister, (not even self-sealing canister) in a confined space and never in a tent! Even if it's raining or the wind is howling. Never prime or refuel a liquid stove or lantern in a confined space or in a tent! Never change a canister or refuel in poor light conditions. The above might seem obvious and I don't mean to insult your intelligence. But fire doesn't apologise after all you once held dear is gone. I once had to deal with three very unfortunate young lasses and find alternate shelter for two of them. They'd had a gas canister mishap. The thing misaligned on reconnection, flared liquid fuel and was then ignited. They panicked and threw the the still flaming canister outside. But since they had a wind-break right outside their five person rigid pole tent. The flame thrower bounced back inside. The burning fabric dripped on the sleeping bags and clotges. These also ignited, turning the tent into a large oven. As to the fate of the third lass, you don't want to know.

Ah, throw them into the air and as if by magic, a tent appears before your eyes. Just make sure to hold onto at least one corner, as even a slight breeze will see your new creation tumbling downwind across fields. Struggling with the ridge pole is old hat. Struggling to twist it enough and get it back into its bag is now in vogue. Note. Make sure it's been waterproofed before you use it, as unlike tents of old, modern tents don't come proofed from new. So if your particular tent has just been used in a garden on a sleep-over; it's unlikely to have been proofed. If you have to proof it, remember the groundsheet.

Two weeks later and I'd have been in the area. Ho hum...

N10 me thinks.

not marrying the prince.

Something with Teva, (I suspect true of other open-toed sandals too.) My brother bought his the correct size and on occasion has stubbed a toe, leading to some pain. So when I bought mine, I intensionally got them a half size too big. Now I've stubbed the sandal but not my toes.

Maybe there's a 2 for 1 deal. Buy one, you get a bride. Buy two, you get the mother-in-law too.

Crocs for lightness - Teva for longevity Crocs for drying time - Teva for soloing_ just clip the pair with a krab, attach to caulk-bag tether and start climbing.

Honest guv, I didn't see the attached zip wire or the kid sliding down it. I just happened to have a saw with me. or It wasn't me, it was the saw. It talks to me you know. Are we going for a ride in the ambulance now? Hang on a mo', I can see another tree. Can't you hear the saw...

It's the weather; brings out the Sunday drivers.

To hot to walk around bare footed. The outside gauge wasn't on the ground by the way but was in sunlight. In the the shade a few minutes later, it hit 38°C.

I don't own any of the aforementioned, so please feel free to look on my view with a pinch of salt. A friend has a MS 171, got it new for firewood, etc. nearly two years ago. Now when it's going, it's ok for stuff up to maybe 100mm at a push. But over that and she's on a prayer. I say when it's going, as it has a habit of dropping out of tune and has a history from day one of either not idling or racing at idle, (sometimes within the same hour). I don't think it's had a month go by, when it wasn't in the dealer for something or other. If you can manage it, go for the 181. As I understand it, the 181 is basically a 171 but with a different carb to up the power. Or maybe possibly a secondhand 211. Or go for the Husky 140 if you can get one.

Except fifty to the gallon.

I do. "S*** happens. It's not always the same when it does and it's not always the same for everyone. But when it happens, it happen."

What are the Airpower Gold like on rate of wear? And the Protector Light on wear rate?

Or maybe next door has been doing some digging and cutting roots.

Trombone slide

Don't know if it on Aspen but at that rate, I dare say it's expensive to fuel, But if you want nuts, have a gander through this,

The whole human hand & arm appendage thing is badly designed. No thought given to the self-application of sun-block. I'm sure snakes don't have the same problem.

Ok, so I googled 'reed block' but found an interesting article on valves. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_valve so going off that, I'm going to suggest something to do with a water-pump or gas compressor. But I like the idea, of a crank powered pipe organ.

As said, there's going to be quite a bit that's not worth the processing time but you'll have to clear it all the same. You say you've not got any machinery, well not at the moment. So depending on level of access within the wood and proximity to points of final extraction, you could be spending most of your time in man-hauling stuff. 8-10 year cycle for some stuff, depending on market. A few more years for others. Firewood is good of you can get it to customer as ordered on time, in reliable quantity and at profitable cost to yourself. But try to find other markets too. Maybe there's a community pizza oven local to you, that could take the small stuff. If you've got canals close by, the boat owners like 2"-3" dia. small cuts and they're not fussed about straightness. Also, you could try your hand at small scale charcoal making. Lots of time required to process charcoal but since you'll be getting shot of it anyway... plus, if you get a burn started early, you can be doing other stuff close by for the first few hours. Too much cheap charcoal available at the local DIY stores and petrol stations. You can't compete with those. But maybe you could get your charcoal out as locally produced in a local garden centre. If there's any straight bits worth milling, that could be worth it. Ok, so it's not going to be an ongoing supply but oak makes great furniture fine or rough. If there's suitable lengths of hazel in any quantity, you could also look into making hurdles. A good use of time while the charcoal is cooking. So firewood yes. But go after the local niche markets and utilise as much of the wood as possible. If you have a market, you can supply a product. But who's to say you can't make a product and create the market.

Truly a guy with a high octane life. Eddie, you're the man of my dreams - what are you doing for the next forty years?

In the woods yesterday fighting through thicket. Damned hot! But not as hot as repeated uphill walks through open fields. Packed it in around 14:30. When I got back, in the shady cool of the kitchen, the gauge showed 26.8°C. In garden later, the shady north facing wall showed at 32°C. I don't know what the open fields were. But if I'd had a gauge there, I'm sure it would have read between, 'You must be joking' and 'Just too damn hot'.