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Breathing in any particulate matter isn't good for the respiratory system. Especially abrasive or sharp or heavy material.

Since having a go at hurdling, I've fancied weaving one. Come across someone who made their own coffin but didn't want it just propped in the corner waiting for its occupant; so he used it as a coffee table. Cake and tea after the do could be different.

You a 'Star Trek' fan? If you are, you'll understand. If you're not, the joke isn't worth explaining.

Could have been worse. Someone I know recently had a yew felled in her garden. She'd recently gained her CS30+31 and wanted to practice. I was in a group, which included two turners and three carvers, when she blithely & proudly announced she'd processed it into firewood. It was a bit like a pack of ravenous wolves and the last lamb in the field.

The more enclosed/wooded/hedged the less the sound will carry. If there's an open body of water or reflecting quarry wall, the sound will be heard from miles away, though it will be deadened somewhat. 6am is a bit early to wake the posh neighbours though.

Yes, and no power steering. Once had to turn near 180 degrees with full load in a very small car park, (packed with weeny but expensive cars). By the time I got lined up to actually exit the place, I had quite an audience.

Not used my rock boots/shoes for climbing trees. Partly because I wouldn't want to trash a pair and partly because they're not cheap. Yes with the right last and say 4mm of rubber you could feel every bump. You could also jam your feet at all angles in a variety of cracks and pins. Just one problem, assuming you could afford it in the first place. If you get a comfy pair, they're going to slip off your feet when you least expect it. To get them to stay on and be able to climb consistently, you're going to have to get a pair that fits well. And in the world of rock climbing boots/shoes, that means being uncomfortable. When you're climbing, you could be in them for 30mins., maybe even an hour at a time on a long difficult pitch. But when you belay or when you get the chance, you take them off and let your feet breath. So if you want to be supremely uncomfortable while working and want to re-sole your footwear every six months by a specialist cobbler...

Not so much shock as I see it, more a panick attack; a 'what if' scenario. I don't see that letting another qualified 1st Aider attend to you son's needs while you disrobed from what could have been a cumbersome costume, was in any way negligent. Accidents happen, you can't always be there to prevent it or to be the first and only one to help. Mishaps are part of growing up - try not to worry about your actions, when all has worked out for the best. Worry gets you nowhere but a downward spiral or a plummet if you do a lot of it. If you're going to keep worrying about your son and 'what if' scenarios. You could always never let him out of your sight, never let him do anything in the slightest bit risky... oh, and never let him progress further than he has done so to this point. Children get bumps, bruises and cuts. Often the experience is less for them that others around them. You're worrying now but he's thinking he'll be able to show is wound off to his mates in school. Plus growing-up a learning curve, not a straight line.

Is this a bit like gluing a 75mm wide rubber sheet to your wellie tops. "The new improved wellie. Now you can wade in water up to knee height."

If it's going to be outside, you could leave it bare and have the colouring change as the weather does.

I find this thread slightly amusing; in that it has a longer life expectancy than both the Husqvarna 550xp & 560xp combined. I dare say I wouldn't it quite so amused, if I actually owned either.

In the mid 70s, there was still a largish tree in the middle of the road at the bottom of Church St. in Ambleside. And until quite recently, a large tree formed a roundabout in the centre of Bowness. Don't know why the 'A' tree was felled but suspect the 'B' tree was taken, to allow easier access for continental size coaches.

This is what 'Wiki' has on Toxicodendron Vernicifluum, ( formally Rhus Verniciflua) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_laquer_tree Sounds like a bad tree to be around, even vapours from the sap can be harmful.

Come across a number of references to 'hot start kit'. If it's a known problem, why hasn't Husky fixed it in production or fitting the kits through their dealers, before the saws are sold. I assume this has nothing to do with Aspen, as the 'Autotune' is suppose to adjust itself for different fuels. And I'm asking myself, is this a problem with all new Husky saws fitted with the auto tuning carbs?

Nice wood to use in marquetry too.

171 hasn't a CAT like the 170. But other than that, doesn't differ much. I've a friend who in a fit of madness got a 171. It sounds like a sick bee and has proven to be a gutless wee beastie on anything over 80mm. She's managed to bring down the occasional tree but they weren't more than 150mm. And while cutting, it was generally felt, that watching paint dry might be quicker. I think the only reason it actually got the sticks on the deck, is mainly down to the tiny kerf chain it runs. You could get a 170 but be prepared to be frustrated.

iPod only seem to handle one image at a time. So maybe it's an Apple thing.

Tinnitus can be a number of differing sounds. Some like yourself get a ringing sound, some a high pitch whistle, some a droning sound; an old family friend who'd been a Lancaster tail gunner in his teens, said he always had a loud rushing sound with a background drone. Whatever the sensation, there's only one thing that's sure. You'll have it for the rest of your life. If you're lucky it won't get worse but it'll still make distinguishing other sounds that much harder. The best you can do if you have it, is protect your ears from further damage. It could so easily get worse but it doesn't have to. Best you can do if you haven't got it, is protect your ears. You only have one pair and they have to last you a lifetime. People with diminishing auditory sensing, may in certain cases be helped with a hearing aid. But this will not help someone with tinnitus overcome the condition.

Now that's funny! While we're at it and this has nothing to do with climbing trees, though in drastic situations, it could include climbing a bank. In paddling terms, SRT stands for Self Rescue Technique. And no, I don't wish to get into a discussion on that.

£350 PCM… does that include NI or is that plus NI? What happens when you have a slack period but are still commited to paying you SIL that sum. Also, with others here, dissolve it now and start over. Your SIL via your niece will still get her cut. And you won't beholden to her for £350 a month, nor a redundancy pay-out if it all goes honey-shaped. Plus won't your niece be better of getting the cash now and having it invested for the future? Than having it later, when inflation has got the better of it. And as has already been said, £4,200 a year for doing tax & vat - can you and your own family really afford it? Your brother might have been earning more but he was doing half the working hours per week. Not all your questions answered but have a gander at the calculator at the bottom of this page: http://www.crunch.co.uk/?gclid=CIjhhtPGmrcCFXIPtAodCGcAWQ So can you afford the £4,200 a year?

If it's NT land, the public may well have access to it. But it's still owned by the NT, still managed by them and ultimately, they have sway over what happens to their holdings, even if the tree is dead & standing or dead & laying on the deck. If you had an old tree in your garden, that was down but you'd decided to leave it for the bugs and because it was a natural feature. I dare say you'd be peeved if someone just happened by and took if for their own purposes.

You going to run radiators off it too or will this be a singular installation, as your place is open plan? 7.5kW is a whopper if you're not going to be plumbing too. If you can afford the initial outlay, get the most efficient over the best looking. Over the course of the stove's lifetime, fuel may cost you more than than the stove. So it makes sense to convert as much fuel as possible into useable heat. Plus you don't have to empty the ash box quite so often.

On the whole, I do like the NT but for years now, they've been drowning in their own paperwork. And as with most large organisations, they've got a whole bunch of managers, who demonstrate daily, that they have no real idea what is needed to function in the real world. If it can't be stapled at a desk, filed & forgotten or talked about for months on end, (without a meaningful conclusion) they're not interested.

I doubt that the NT are going to fulfill your wishes or at least, not without jumping through a lot of hoops. They'll even want proof that you can jump through a hoop and do so safely. But first, you'll need to prove that the jumping is necessary and for the greater good of their member and the public in general, that the outcome can't be achieved via other non hazardous means. That each individual hoop is strong enough to take the force of a misaligned jump. In all likelihood, they'll want to know the colour of each hoop, how many hoops you intend jumping through, the dates when this jumping is going to take place, will the public or any staff be at risk or any extra risk as a consequence of you setting up the hoop/s to be jumped through, will the hoops be left unattended before and or after the jumping, can the NT make an advertising campaign around the jumping, the varifiable history of each hoop, are the hoops environmently friendly in use and after, is the take-off pad/platform safe, is the landing pad/platform safe, what backup plan you have if the passage through a single hoop or multiple hoops goes pear shaped, what shape are the hoops, in what circumstance could the hoops become pear shaped, if the hoops become pear shaped, will this change the dynamics of anything previously mentioned, thought of or imagined in anyone's wildest dreams, will you requires alteration of any access route to enable the hoop jumping, do you expect some form of remuneration from the hoop jumping, if you do make money as a result of the hoop jumping, will the NT get a donation from you, can the NT setup a limited duration funding drive around the hoop jumping, is the hoop jumping weather dependant and if you really feel the hoop jumping is necessary, could NT staff replace you and do the jumping in-house / in-stately home / in-barn / in-woods/ in-dis-used quarry / in-ex Liverpudlian home of ex Beatle / in-boathouse / in-beach area or in-enclosed body of water?

Would that be the chick, the dog or the teddy?