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  1. GarethM
    As it was in Germany, do the protesters have to have insurance or do they expect the place they're occupying to cover them. Especially with those idiots that claimed the Dartford crossing, it's not as though you can reasonably cover that in your policy.
  2. GarethM
    Did anyone read that VW article, the protesters seem to expect for lack of a better words toilet facilities. Next they'll expect you to also supply refreshments and the glue remover.
  3. GarethM
    It always boggles my mind the whole DMZ aspect of the island, it's a private NATO/UN playground.
  4. GarethM
    I really wanted to be sarcastic and say 18-30 holidays in Cyprus don't count. But respect those that have served.
  5. GarethM
    Was the dribbling due to the moist Victoria sponge or the taser sarg?. It'll never be as funny as "It's only Bolognese Andy"
  6. GarethM
    I'd rather have the WI than his Mrs to go home to!
  7. GarethM
    I'm well aware of perspective, I'm surrounded by history and trees that even predate most of that history. He who does not know his own history is doomed to repeat it. There is one distinction, nature does not form countries and governments, you can argue bees and other inspects do but that's more of a semi totalitarian pyramid. What a lot of people forget about Europe is democracy only restarted after WW2. They had a thin veneer during but mostly dictated to than a democracy.
  8. GarethM
    Great, now I've got the mental image of the WI forming table and chair bake sale road blocks, smearing pastel coloured camo cream on their faces to blend into the concrete jungle!. Older ladies rocking in the corner screaming you've not seen what I've seen in a 1960s Vietnam vet style.
  9. GarethM
    Think Kev is mistaking the UK for one of those countries that have had democracy for all of five minutes. They are the ones that riot, rebel and military coup, we have had a parliamentary system longer than any other. The army are sworn to serve the monarch, which in effect is the government. Okay I've simplified it but military coup is a complete impossibility.
  10. GarethM
    Best advice we can all suggest is be proactive and speak directly to a few local arb guys.
  11. GarethM
    I wasn't wanting to be cruel or dismissive as yeah, he seems nice enough but YouTube is a cruel mistress. It should never been seen as a cash cow, more of a side hustle. Social media and all the tick tock guff is for those that don't really work for a living and have time to setup and do it.
  12. GarethM
    I'm not sure if he doesn't see the sarcasm or delusional taking it as a compliment. Either way we can safely say people here aren't really your demographic.
  13. GarethM
    Maybe as a money earner, it'll be sponsored tattoos on all his shirtless videos. Maybe other local tree guys can pay for it ?.
  14. GarethM
    Generally, no as they will need access to the chimney for inspection and cleaning. Whilst adapting the chimney breast would be easiest it would need a register plate fitting. Probably more efficient to get a professional in to fit a liner to reduce wood consumption.
  15. GarethM

    laptops

    GarethM replied to echoechoecho's topic in The Lounge

    eBay yourself a new battery for around £30. But try also try the ram 1st, my experience of Linux for anything office and home base was a bit mixed. Usually it's the PC for 10% of my work or iPad for the remaining 90%
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    laptops

    GarethM replied to echoechoecho's topic in The Lounge

    Those Makita USB adaptors can put out 2.1A at 5v. Might charge a phone or an iPad but probably not going to have enough grunt for a laptop or be at the right voltage as the USB C chargers for laptops seem to be 45w power supplies, 2.25a @ 20v
  17. GarethM
    My god this is going to turn into a slow motion car crash, well maybe a slow road rash motorcycle crash. I wonder how close to the bone the road rash will end up!.
  18. GarethM
    Ice bath or hot tub, is it really a hard decision!.
  19. GarethM
    If he fits studded tyres he can branch out into lawn aeration. I get the impression he wants to be the gardening version of the "thep00lguy ML".
  20. GarethM
    They do sell Pelter heat fans that run at lower temperatures, they normally work above 110c. Is it a new stove and what's the surface temperature, as for example an ecofan 806 runs starts to run 75c.
  21. GarethM
    That's kind of my point, I see the possible exhaust air quality argument but other than that I'll stick with the BR600 :).
  22. GarethM
    I'm probably like most this morning and got an email about the latest Makita leaf blower. An actual 4 stroke with an oil sump, on the one hand I think it's better than adding two stroke but isn't it just another thing for the user to forget or generally loose the filler cap ?.
  23. GarethM
    It's the usual catch 22, faster but messy or slow & steady. Granted with your timber it's probably not much of a concern for a little waste. I've seen a lot of the big posch and similar videos and just see all the fines and tiny stuff that needs riddling out, but not sure what percentage over say a full artic load. Do they do a large enough old school style table saw for 20" stuff maybe with modern dust collector and chainsaw, lift on the table with loader and ring down to size.
  24. GarethM
    Don't think there's ever going to be a one size solution especially with the weight of a 20" trunk. Do you chainsaw all the rings at the moment, surely something that big would be easier on a sawmill or band saw kind of arrangement. Think we've all seen the rauband stuff, but I've always thought it messy and left crap looking firewood.
  25. GarethM
    Nope, but chucking the POS in the skip would.

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