Peasgood
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Barbed wire tensioner that always lets the wire go just as you hit the staple. Second was a 3 leg bearing puller that kept slipping off. I managed to cure that one with a very big sledge hammer. It never did it again.
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Hmmm. I am going to split some more Lombardy this morning.
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I still have (but don't tell her I said so)
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Looks like summat has chewed all the bark off in it's recent past. Not many trees like that to happen.
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groundsman 2-stroke left on the doorstep by a neighbour
Peasgood replied to arbmark's topic in General chat
Worse case scenario.......it was time for a new saw anyway. -
Arum maculatum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leave it outside for a year or two and the bark will fall off on its own.
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I can only remember a few Easters that it didn't snow. Might be a week before or a week after, but I still count it as Easter time. I don't mean 6 foot drifts and intense blizzards, but definitely snow.
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It is very rare for it not to snow at Easter. Winter isn't gone yet no matter what the daffodils think.
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I have seen the posh caravans and have seen the loos/showers in them. Still wouldn't want to live in one. I had a bowtop in my younger days. Pretty much nothing in one of them and I think it was for the better. Cooking outside on a fire is a much better idea than inside. If forced to leave my house and live in a caravan I think I would prefer a bowtop to a tintop.
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Frosty outside, roasting inside. Just about to open the door to the other room to let some heat out.
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Same here but I have no plans to give it up and live in a caravan. Fit a logburner if you haven't got one. Open fires are a waste of fuel. Downside of caravans is cold in winter and a sauna in summer. Usually damp, cramped, no loo or bath/shower. Where does waste water go? Living space in a 2 berth is your sleeping space too. Usually smell and you end up looking like a tramp, and you get treated like one too. I think I would advise keeping your tenancy and having a wander in a van for a while to see how you get on.
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I use the short one, no idea how I managed without one.
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Yes I have noticed it. I'm 20 miles or so from the sea but I did wonder if the winds we have had this winter had carried the salt here. It is mainly on the softer tissue (regrowth from clipping) but not entirely. Not all of them have it either. If it is environmental damage I decided it must be the wind as we have had very little frost this winter.
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Best practice is to leave one big branch until next year. That works by drawing the sap to keep it alive.
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Not since I bought a Silky last year. Have two in the shed, with protectors and new spare blades hanging up. Doubt I will use them again.
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Daft and irritating terminology used in this industry
Peasgood replied to Goaty's topic in General chat
It puzzles me why everything is described as "amazing" these days. "Look at that amazing tree", or "my dog is amazing" etc. If they could talk or drive a car it would be pretty amazing but just doing what trees and dogs normally do is not amazing. -
If you are buying one from a named manufacturer (rather than a home built) check the ID plate is there and the serial number is intact. Don't buy a stolen one. Better still, check with the database that it is OK.
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Daft and irritating terminology used in this industry
Peasgood replied to Goaty's topic in General chat
I am glad that these terms are still there. Much more comforting to hear than terms such as "going forward" for example. Way too much modern crap in our daily language for my liking. (I am aware that "way" is often over used) -
My hedges would definitely have nesting birds in by then. I have one hedge I would particularly like to lay but never enough time or daylight in winter.
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I was once driving down the road in my Mk1 Cortina thinking to myself "what the hell is that black thing hovering alongside me and what is that awful noise?" It was my front wheel hovering above the wing and the noise was the strut on the floor.
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If it is any consolation there isn't a cat in Hells chance of me getting up there in the first place.
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Had a transport report done now too by a different firm. In this they refer to the nearest Bus stop being near to a pub in the village. They name the pub but the trouble is they use an old name that hasn't been in use for about 3 years and from their map references they really mean the pub at the other end of the village with a completely different name. This report cost £2k and as far as I can tell was probably just done using Google. I think I will be a report writer when I grow up. Just write any old crap and charge a fortune for it.
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Yew wood have to say what weevils you were sparying and how many hectors to get a defiant answer.
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No mate it is not the end. You will be fine.
