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  1. GarethM
    Dear Nigerian prince, as a loyal countryman such as myself. I fear I might be unable to give you those details as I think my wife and possibly the bank manager have planned my demise as the plane might be crashing. Unlike my wife, bank manager and possibly a recently added FBI agent are much more Christian than I. I fear all is lost and they will take all my gold.
  2. GarethM
    Dear Nigerian prince, where should I post my firewood. Will a facsimile of one of my finest be sufficient to secure your freedom?
  3. GarethM
    There are plenty of more local and brand specific ones dotted around the country.
  4. GarethM
    This blueberries thing does make me wonder why they can't machine pick them and juice them for schools to have like they did with milk time. Or turn it into ethanol for the horrible E10 we have to buy. They go on about a cost of living crisis, well turn it into cheap deserts etc etc. Same with wonky veg, well slice it and sell it for 20p a bag.
  5. GarethM
    Just do what every other EU country seems to do, not a resident = zero benefits. Exceptions maybe made but they must be reviewable and those okaying made fully accountable. Free flights home, no passport required. And for these do-gooders, where does the funds come from and maybe make it an accessory crime?.
  6. GarethM
    But they paid 5k to not get wet feet!. That's more a lesson in economics than swimming
  7. GarethM
    None sequential notes preferable, all and any offers of favours will increase not decrease the price.
  8. GarethM
    Don't suggest they need swimming lessons and a pool or center parcs will be bought out by border force!.
  9. GarethM
    Wasn't it just a measly 35k to keep a person in prison?
  10. GarethM
    That per 100,000 figure won't take into account our UK population is one of the highest in Europe.
  11. GarethM
    Don't get me started about horses, they do even less for the environment. Having had horse types in the past, I've long ago decided never to repeat the mistake as I'm still repairing the damage even after 20 years. The BBC will be blaming Brexit and lack of foreign workers, whilst blueberries are probably mechanically harvested and could be turned into juice or alcohol cheaply.
  12. GarethM
    You could even argue about the large country parks around and inside London. Huge acres of grass, just mowed off so Tarquin can shout Jesus Christ at his dog.
  13. GarethM
    Most of your root veg is UK, as most of it gets put through the factory in Measham. Not so much gets flown in except the quick perishable stuff. Shipping containers were historically the most efficient form of transportation, it may do ridiculous like 6" to the gallon, but it's 18,000 containers.
  14. GarethM
    Think the year round glass house type growing was always limited by the cost of heating. Which skews the cost viability, the Dutch seem to have made it profitable tho. But at the same time they fly green beans in from Africa and still make money.
  15. GarethM
    And a tiny 1.03% or less of global co2 emmisons. Sacrificing usable grazing & arable land on the premise of climate change for trees, just forces you to buy in food from elsewhere, unless you're prepared to forgo you meals and eat the bugs ?. Letting land go fallow when it could be turned into high welfare, sustainably grown meat, should be a crime in itself to waste it.
  16. GarethM
    It could be water hammer, I have it at home on toilet cisterns and fast closing washing machine solenoids as older houses aren't fitted with pressure regulators to quieten the effects. As demand drops in the mains, pressure increases. If you're shower is mains fed you get a better shower late at night due to a increase pressure.
  17. GarethM
    Erm, what now?
  18. GarethM
    I did almost 15 years in the pump industry, i even said it shouldn't transmit very far. We have all suggested a long variety of possible causes of the noise, including a few quite outlandish ones including Mrs Miggins at no 32 enjoying self appreciation.
  19. GarethM
    They don't just turn off water pumps because you're tucked up in bed.
  20. GarethM
    Noise does travel further in winter when the leaves aren't one the trees and hedges.
  21. GarethM
    It's not the same these days, all the led grow lamps just means you've got to follow your nose 😉
  22. GarethM
    One of the farms could have a big biomass boiler, feed and ash augers do run sporadically. Livestock farms might have a lagoon and water/muck separators, anaerobic digester etc. Start simple with neighbors before going all Inspector Clouseau. Glass in hand, ah ha it was was you in the drawing room with the portrait of fallen Madonna with the big boobies.
  23. GarethM
    Are you describing some self service ladies knocking shop with some Uber deluxe Hitachi magic wand with a poster wall of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman posters for added stimulation?. If it's a farm locally nothing would be that short lived, even if it was grain conditioning fans. Maybe something like a commercial freezer, try the neighbors electric idea 1st. Failing that it could be water hammer, after about 10pm water usage goes down but it shouldn't transmit for km's.
  24. GarethM
    Well the original post said the insurance company for next door wanted several trees in the area removing without any proof etc. As others have said we don't know specifics, distance, how long the extension or tree has been up but one would presume if it's been crowned several times it's probably 50-60 years. My suggestion is pretty amenable, for all we know it could be at the bottom of a 100ft garden and the neighbors extension upto the fence, the insurance see it as a problem and not the owner. If the insurance company wants to be arsey, how much is digging up the garden to trace the roots, document it and then go via lawyers going to cost Vs tree removal?
  25. GarethM
    Well how else are we supposed to keep the polar bears warm?.

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