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Mature and juvenile foliage is a different shape, nothing to do with reproduction.

I don't feel I am very good at putting these things into words but there does seem to be a change where worldwide, Western type governments are leaning towards dictatorship practices.

Basic 10 ton model. It was one of the earlier ones with single hand operation. Much better way to work a splitter imo, I know there are safety issues if you are not careful but also think the two handed method introduces different safety issues. I will say that you do need to know how to split logs to get the best out of them. By that I mean knowing where to put the blade into the log, in the same way that if you use an axe to split you soon learn to hit it where it will split easier. Bigger stronger machines just slice their way through anywhere but not quite the case with an Oxdale. Can't say I never found a log it couldn't split but not many it couldn't chew it's way through eventually and certainly not enough to consider it an issue.

Well that's it's own silly fault for killing all the trees down there!

An Oxdale would do that easy enough. I have had several splitters over the years and really rate the Oxdale, mine worked just off the tractor hydraulics and unless you have a tiny vintage tractor they are quick enough. My current splitter is very good and very expensive but would still say Oxdale for that quantity and wish I had kept mine as a backup/spare. I sat mine on a big table or even on the trailer deck and ran it off extension pipes from the tractor so it wasn't actually on the 3 point linkage. I would advise fastening it in place somehow but I never did.

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So do I, it is the prettiest knife I own I think. I still say the better knives out of Sainsburys are plenty good enough for any domestic kitchen.

You end up with so many layers it is half a days work just to get the kit into the van of a morning.

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I lost the key to my high security chain so had to open it with a cordless grinder. It took seconds, and by seconds I mean probably less than 10.

Thank you both

Is it possible to flood the engine by excessive pumping of the bulb? Always hesitant to pump too much because of this concern.

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I have quite a few saws and can remove and replace the covers easy as anything but for some reason find the 550 particularly fiddly to get off, always have.

Is that the knack then? I'm not a full time professional user and come on here to pick up these great tips from you guys. Once again I must give thanks to you all. Sorry for pushing my luck with your generosity but any chance you can tell me how to start it when it is hot?

There is a certain knack to getting the cover off a 550. I have the saw, I don't have the knack.

I've got 3 acres of 45 year old Bramley on 106 and you don't need a ladder to pick them. You can let them grow tall so you do need a ladder, no question about that but it isn't difficult to keep them at a sensible height. My top tip for pruning is that if you are going to cut a branch off cut it all off. Don't fart about cutting the tips (so do not cut any of them where the red lines are) although the low hanging branches can be shortened to stop them drooping right down to the floor. I think I would remove the strongest of those top/central branches right back to the trunk and hope the rest come down with the weight of fruit. Not a bad idea to tie some branches down a bit. Anything above 45 degrees will continue to go up without fruiting so tying them down to below 45 degrees will encourage them to fruit. The more they fruit the less they grow, it is all about getting that balance right. Referring to the smaller trees, it isn't good practice to have two branches growing up like you have, nearly always results in the tree splitting down the joint when they have fruit on them.

10' is a nice size and as already said it will be easier if anything.

Says the one who was conned into a £250 Global knife.

I have a bit of a thing about knives and sharpening them. My kitchen knives are the ones Sainsburys sell, carving knife, chefs knife, one of those Japanese looking things, a veg knife and a parer. Bought a wooden knife block from Lakeland or similar and they live in there, had to modify one of the slots with my Silky as the slots wouldn't accommodate two bigger knives. I already had a decent steel and I sharpen with that when needed. They are sharp, do the job perfectly well enough and didn't break the bank. They go in the dishwasher with no issues and if they do go wrong for some unknown reason I can go and get another for reasonable money. I even let the missus use them! My thing about knives caused me to spoil myself by buying a fairly expensive Robert David Laguiole folding pocket knife with olive scales, fancy filework and pretty silver pins. It was a just for looking at knife really and never used in anger, in fact in the two years I have owned it I probably sliced a tomato with it and possibly cut a sandwich in half. At the weekend I picked it up, opened it and when I closed it again it snapped shut and the end inch of the blade fell off. You won't believe how gutted I am.

The joke is that the convicts are no longer the issue it is the excess of prison guard mentality. What is going on in Australia right now is shameful really and I don't mean with the tennis player but even that was purely political.

One evening, shortly after the honeymoon, he was out in the garage cleaning one of his tractors for an upcoming road run. His wife was standing there at the bench watching him. After a long period of silence she finally spoke. "Honey, I've just been thinking - now that we’re married maybe it's time you quit spending all your time out here in the garage. You probably should consider selling your tractor." He got a horrified look on his face. She said "Darling, what's wrong?” He answered "There for a minute you were starting to sound like my ex-wife!" "Ex-wife!”, she screamed. YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE MARRIED BEFORE!" He replied, "I wasn't.”

Binbag the sailor. Even my 10 year old grandson likes that one. sorry, forgot to put the answer back up there.

My favourite one, What is black, made of plastic and travels around the oceans?