GarethM
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Dealing with constant falling apples
GarethM replied to asdffdsa's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Apples are apples, but are they eating or cooking apples. Suppose you could make cider if there are enough of them, I just chop mine up into slices and feed them to the sheep as they're not the nicest eating apples. -
Maybe the daily Heli were a bit confused about how to do a handshake, I suppose a salute is COVID friendly tho
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It's got to the point where I actively avoid the news. Usually relenting once an evening whilst eating tea or a quick skim through the news feed on your phone. I wouldn't be a surprise if there is a link between the levels of depression, anxiety etc and the rise of 24/7 news and not having the common sense to just turn it off and avoid.
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But why would a farmer leave a trunk, the props just don't make any sense after most of it has been removed. I'm a farmer, even if it was the electricity company I would have gone to finished the cut for my own firewood!.
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Hopefully the move to streaming TV channels will force news to return to a more on the hour format and a possibility of doing actual journalism. Wishful thinking, as I even get frustrated with the radio repeating news on the half hour. It just gets nauseous. I have a similar response to the media resorting to asking people how they feel, it's the news not a self help focus group.
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I think it's because the media aren't capable of being impartial, they won't rest until kier is elected after which all problems will disappear. It's a similar story with uncle Joe and the spoiler of London Khan, they just seem incapable of doing any wrong. I've long realised that 24/7 news ruined journalism, it forced them to drum up half baked articles to regurgitate.
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It would never be the farmer, do you think I'd leave a bit chunk of firewood sitting there for everyone else to nobble!. Looks like a power company storm damage job which they've not been back to finish up.
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Sadly you can never remove chlorine from tap water entirely, even UV requires a reduced level as it's there to stop bacterial grow it pipework and storage tanks. All water companies use as little as possible, but they store large amounts in underground tanks prior to use and the filtering sand separates out and can provide a breading ground for bacteria which they do remove regularly.
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It was boiled prior to use, whilst dirty ish it was atleast sterile
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These days we call than spring water!. Full of healthy vigour
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There's wasn't chlorinated water available at the time tho.
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Best to get a certified installer to look at it than doing it yourself. It's just not worth the risk of burning down the house, as even if you did it yourself you need building control to sign it off.
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Well just because your a hairy bum farmer, covered in muck looking like something even a hobo would distance themselves from doesn't mean you don't have a bank account. Think the money laundering limits was at 10k.
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And change I freelance to we freelance. Plus maybe rejig it into three paragraphs.
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It's more than likely very over hyped, but atleast you can fill it on red diesel and be safe in the knowledge you've got backup be it ww3 or just your normal storm outage.
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Mail order bonsai pruning ?
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I still say get someone grazing it, offer it to someone with sheep for free and let them do the work. What's the point spending a fortune on machinery and wasting diesel, graze it for a couple of years and invest in fencing. If you have an agreement with them that once it's stock proof and sorted it's then cheap mob grazing.
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I'm a tight fisted farmer from the north west. I'd probably not have to work for six months with Surrey folk rates 🙂
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Bit unsure about "has always had a green finger, until he specialized in trees". sounds like a gardener discovered a love a chainsaw destruction. sounds a bit like me, never come between a farmer and his woodchipper 🙂
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Blistering hot, blue sky and I've seen just two airplanes all morning and I'm on the Manchester airport glide path which is worrying. C'mon Ryanair get flying so I can get back to normal rainy weather!.
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Yeap, it's all about the size of your cable. One would assume a diesel generator with changeover switch would be hard wired with 6 or 10mm. But speak to a decent spark as you'll want to hard wire the connection to maximise the amps of any connection. As a blue plugs are 16,32 or 63a and rated for 6,8 or 16 hours of use. I've a 40kva for the firewood processor and a 3 phase extension 5x6mm and a small mortgage for it.
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I'll admit that I have looked at buying a drum of oil, whenever and wherever I've looked it's worked out more expensive or considerably more expensive per litre than. 20/25. Whilst I would go direct, I can't understand how they can charge more Vs their eBay shop and all those fees.
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Talk about making up cruel and unusual punishments!. Flail mowing even in a cab with the radio is one of those jobs where I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy, might be ok with air conditioning. I average 50+ hours a year flailing off scrub and grass livestock can't or won't eat.
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Unless you're buying large amounts from a dealer and get a great discount, I've been buying via eBay Rotatech 25l or Gator 20l. When you include delivery it's cheaper than going direct. £2 - 2.15 per litre
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I'd have thought 20kva would have had enough poke to run everything, it's usually better to run them hard than on tick over. If it was me I'd just not have a shower and use the immersion instead and a smaller generator. Make sure you install a changeover switch to prevent sending power out to the grid
