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Well there might be a risk of you cutting yourself on an edge or you might going to fit it incorrectly or your might not have the correct part and will need expert guidance or you might like to scrap that saw and buy the latest model or would you like something for the weekend? (Oops! Lost my train of thought there.) Or you might want to get a keyring but need help choosing the right one for you or you might want to pay the rrp, donate an arm, donate a leg and sign over your first-born to Stihl so they can engineer the perfect weekend warrior or maybe you just want re-assurance that Stihl are your lord and master or perhaps you want someone to hold your hand and lead you through the stressful process of spending money. Pick one or all and if you're at all worried with your decision. There's a Stihl salesperson, who'll assure you you're still sane and "Would you like to buy a new saw?"

Nettle & brambles_ you can get square section strimmer cord impregnated with metal flake. If you've got a lot of it but in smallish areas, just use a brush cutter blade.

You think that's bad. A few months back, I got sent a 4'x3'x8" box with lots of rolled brown paper. My order was a 1.5m iPod data cable and a memory stick. Still... at least the paper came on handy for fire starting.

Dial M for Murder or Dial M for Mill?

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.