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My late father in law a chemist sold cliff richard some zit cream in 1959 His wife is still talking about it

I've just deceided to do exactly the same You could cut couple of sticks and bend them across diagonals to give you some drainage I'm wondering how far to come down sides with wrap...... Think i'll come down fit further than you ........ Have wondered about covering whole thing in summer, will act like greenhouseand moisture should condense on plastic and drip off

When I worked in city ( London) there was 2 inches of snow Lazy git I worked with didn't show up, excuse was he couldn't get in When I asked he lived 300 yards from tube station Then Less than 50 yards from tube to office Lazy git People I worked with thought this perfectly reasonable Had to give up in london My temper was so bad I'd lock up all my muscles and pop a disc! After having it put back twice thought this is not good long term Went in to boss with resignation letter in my pocket and said can't put up with this So he made me redundant ! Success £5k I wasn't expecting Made me realize LONDON IS FULL OF TOSSERS wasting our money Mind you London is dangerous in two inches of snow, full of tossers trying out their supercharded 4x4's by driving out of control and way too fast .........

You might find it here chainsaw , Buy chainsaw Direct from China Manufacturers and Suppliers. Find Made In China chainsaw Products - China-Direct-Buy.com. Looks like a $25 chainsaw? Or Chainsaw 25CC(KXD-CS2500) (China Manufacturer) - Products Wonder what a chinese £500 saw is like ?

Uplands are problem across whole of europe Problem is lamb is unpopular meat .... So upland sheep farming is very marginal In wales grants to farmers spprox £350m Farms profits approx £190m So in reality welsh farming loses approx £160m a year and is grant dependent But Public liketheir uplands as they are ........ So thats political problem Looking atthis forum there is obviously increasing demand for firewood as raw material prices are increasing, and big boys are moving in..... So I'd guess grants for planting woods in less favoured areas will increase in next few years Also RSPB and walkers will generally approve too.... Easy out for politicians ......

There is house in n wales called sodom Hall ---- its on os map near denbigh, so probably old Estate agents kidderminster way Dolittle and Dally

Chucking it down Forcast says same for next 5! Days Fed up now Time to get tax return n books completed

Predator my family originally came from Parr, St Helens Went to atherton where my great grandad sank colliery shafts for gibfield colliery, he stayed on as colliery engineer, and built a railway engine ( general) which I'm told has been preserved, but I've never tracked it down His son stayed on as colliery engineer at gib field colliery I never knew either of them ........

They were different times... In school holidays we went to local colliery ( bickershaw ) and drove steam railway engines ( spitfire and hurricane ) taking lines of coal wagons a mie or so to join the BR. Lines ......BR then picked them up for delivery That was a proper train set ! This was fine until BR got rid of steam, then following summer we were told " sorry lads been told you can't come any more" Couple of posh lads at school bought steamroller and fired it by running over park benches , they sold it and bought steam shovel that was big enough to put mini in the bucket ...No idea where they are now.....they were older than me so never saw that close up... Its unbelieveable now .......

I did same Bit of Dibnah fest from youtube .....

Thanks for post It's 40 years ago, worked it out last night, just seems like a dream now......his roller didn't have a roof then either...... Never driven traction engine with a roof ...... Funny thing is someone sent me a picture last week .... Could have been on same day Strange coincidence ......

I knew Fred a bit when I was in Lancashire traction engine club I was on McClaren at burtonwood rally and scrounged lift back with fred First stop was nearest pub where we stayed till closing time His oppo got on trailer and went to sleep under the canvas sheet I steered and he fired Next stop was for water where we turned on fire hydrant with stilson, filled up with water then couldn't turn it off properly ( i think hydrant was outside police station) Steady run cross country , and that engine ran very nicely I remember him saying ( often ) "iron men tin engines" He told me footpate was 8" longer than normal so he could sleep on it when Alson kicked him out again We went under railway bridge in cloud of steam,smoke and full throttle - very memorable I was under 21 with provisional car licence ( min age drive roller 21) In Leigh police car pulled us up, fred stood on back wheel and urinated saying "drivers rights" Policeman politely asked " if he could have a ride!" I dropped off after few more miles and walked home at 2:30am totally shattered .....and filthy Before he perfected his " prop chimney up with timber and light fire" , he used to yank prop out with his engine, apparently on one occasion wire rope kept breaking, he spliced it back together till it was shorter than chimney, so when it came out he had to keep going..... Don't think you'd get away with it now ........ Very memorable evening, but it seems like a dream now..........

Pay someone to get your legals sorted too Will pay for itself at some point where someone tries it on with you

I've got one summat like this MENAGE GRADER/ARENA LEVELLER/LAND GRADER WITH 3 POINT LINGAGE CAT 1 | eBay and a half mile track Frankly it does very little for improving the lane....it just slides across the top...i think its really for landscapers to level soil after they have dumped it Ok for removing leaves when they build up to the point where I'm leaved in ( like being snowed in) and ok if you drop gravel and need to level the gravel Sorted problem ( i hope) by getting contractor to surface road with mix of clay and gravel .....he builds forestry roads and access roads to wind turbines .....keeping water off the road is essential too...braking and accelerating will break it up too...

My missis worked in office where they had topless calendar Girls got together and bought one with naked blokes Result All calenders changed pronto

In motor trade sales and servicing are very seperate within the businesses So each is aiming to maximise sales ...... This means when customer brings warranty claim in the servicing department are keen to grab it ........regardless of where the car was bought Doesn't seem to happen in arb as businesses generally smaller ......... Opportunity for someone to set up arb equipment repair franchise? If local agent loses his sales to internet, and repairs to local repairer, whats left?

I do like americans They do think BIG

Been thinking about this today If local stihl agent refuses to repair a saw because you didn't buy it from him, whats the point of him being an agent? Eventually people will stop buying stihl because ' it's just too much hassle ' But I can see the fitter at stihl agent doing a few ' foreigners ' for friends , and eventually he'll realise he can make more money working from home ......and then your local stihl agent will have created his own competition

I used to work in warranty business..... At risk being a nerd, warranty is quite interesting ...... There used to be american analyst who monitored warrantyclaims ..... So if sayhusky had average of 3 claims per sale and stihl had 2 youcould guess stihl was better saw ...... Also dhl will drop and collect, so they drop off your replacement saw and take the old one back ......if the manufacturer is on the ball the returned bit could go to the saw designer so he could redesign the parts that keep failing Thats how toyota keep their quality up ( and landrover don't) Dhl UPS offer this service globally .......

Thinking about this overnight Wonder if we should compare on price not spec.... So if you could compare £500 chinese saw against £500 husky etc how would they stack up? Comparing £80 aldi chainsaw against £500 husky just aint fair ...... Problem is there isn't a £500 chinese saw I'm aware of........

I was talking to some guy a few years ago who bought 90hp tractor from china at half price of massey Said tractor was ok but importer useless, he contacted china direct and said spares delivered in 3 days ....... Our local thai orders veg from thailand on tuesday, delivered on pallet at end of week Its a shrinking world ....... But I just want to know peoples views, not looking to set up a business or anything........ Bottom line seems to be nobody knows......

I am just wondering ......... Chinese cars were crap 10 years ago ....but well on way up now Agreed ebay full of crap because dealers importing crap But is there anything good out there that matches stihl n husky quality? Thats not being imported here? Be nice if some ebay importers commented I just wondered ........

I'm asking because i've been told chinese manufacturing has invested in new machines and they are building to better standards than europe .....but possibly not better design ..... In which case its sensible for them to copy european machines There a sugestion that stihl carburettors are now chinese .....if they can make carbs they can surely make the whole thing .... There are lots of dirt cheapsaws such as chainsaw , Buy chainsaw Direct from China Manufacturers and Suppliers. Find Made In China chainsaw Products - China-Direct-Buy.com. which suggest the saws we're seeing are coming in at $50 each to ebay sellers but what about chinese users there must be a demand in china for a high quality saw .....

Just looking at chinese chainsaws reviews on youtube and thought ocurred to me The ebay traders will be buying in bulk the cheapest saws they can find so they can be the cheapest on ebay, and they won't bother importing spares either..... But China must have lots of professional arborists, and what are they using? anybody know and has anybody actually tried their professional stuff?

What would you have done if they'd issued £25 fixed penalty fine ? Easier to pay and move on, even if unjust......... And bobbies have "solved" another crime, good for crime figures too.......