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41 minutes ago, sime42 said:

Smells nice too. Also good for spots in a few years, well after the nits stage.

So does creosote. Love the smell and the tingle it brings to the skin ... ooh yummee. Bet its super effective against nits, fleas,worms and crabs.

Hook em over the bed rails and walk your log up them from ground level, if you dont have a log deck or a loader

2 hours ago, David Humphries said:

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24 minutes ago, Sviatoslav Tulin said:

Long time ago customer refused to pay me, I sprinkle entire property with kerb granules , he still have no garden after 15 years, shit people must be treated like shit. I still have 40 kilo left and will use it with no hesitation if I meet another scumbag on my way, also they have cars ,windows, houses ,sheds and so on very easy to get paid if needed.

Thought about doing domething like this myself once, but decided it could be construed as criminal damage. The much more discreet but satisfying alternative was a goodly dose of 34% urea nitrogen fertiliser at night, then spent next six months watching the poor prick furiously mowing his lawns,  growing twice as fast as he could cut. Must have cost a fortune in fuel.😆

10 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

You definitely should have started with vulva

Nah I was brought up proper. Kiss first , then tits, then you can get to vulva. Decorum dear boys,  Decorum. 

9 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

You definitely should have started with vulva

2 hours ago, spudulike said:

I usually push them in as level as possible then tap them in with a suitable size socket as long as it can locate on the edge of the seal otherwise use a reasonable drift and hammer to tap it in. Just do it evenly and match the depth to how the original one was fitted - usually flush with the casing.

Old ways are best, cheapest and most practical. A wealth of experience contained in one body. 😉

Very easy to overstretch a non genuine circlip , beyond its "springiness". If I have to use them I try to wind them in rather than forcing them into a too tight circle,  if that makes sense 

Why not take off what looks like another 5',  to where the main bulk off the trees are? You'll still retain the screen effect and get rid of the horrid bare stems, and gives time for any underplanting to get going. You'll get new growth, though chaotically, and the screen will be undisturbed,

.....however,  you will have a wealth of experiences- both good and bad, a better understanding of how to deal with people you'd secretely like to just bludgeon to death, and the ability to say yeah I completed that shit of a day to my best ability.  

- Then there's the days when everything goes top class and gives the best buzz ever. Reward enough.

😉

After getting all the kit for all situations,  maintenance,  repairs, f!#k ups, transport and insurances, you won't initially be getting rich working for yourself either.

What a Cock.

2 hours ago, Botty Cough said:

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

I'm sorry, but really disappointed. 

Thought you were a better man who could hold the hand up when required.  

Can't you back off the emojis? They're beginning to wear a bit thin now, and no longer proving anything and losing their significance,  please.

It got better.... wife returned back from shops with a couple of fine rib eyes for supper, so I saved half the morels, then dry fried with the steaks.  Wow, what a  tasty double protein punch of a meal. Unfortunately the morel season seems to be quite short. This is the second time I've found them growing out of woodchip. 😋😋

3 hours ago, peds said:

Shall we take bets on who he really is?

Unfortunately he seems to half know what the right talk is for our industry.  However he sure spends a lot of time trumpeting advice when the rest of you guys are out working, aiming to do the best job you can, to get away from the image long held , that we're a group of chancers.

Just now, skc101fc said:

For once something botty cough hasn't instantly voiced an opinion on . Well done.

 

Oh feck it. Just noticed his earlier reply☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️

For once something botty cough hasn't instantly voiced an opinion on . Well done.

A nice bowl of cleaned Morel's ready to be dusted with seasoned flour and fried in butter.

Can be gritty if not cleaned thoroughly, and slugs love hiding in them. But gorgeousand highly prized. Not telling anyone my source!

On 20/03/2024 at 09:48, sime42 said:

I use a black permanent marker so I can have a little sniff and headbuzz to spice the tedium of sharpening.

I like my chemicals and solvents - one marker pen doesn't even get close 😉

Seems logical.  Thanks 

9 hours ago, sime42 said:

Good point, what is the theory behind painting the lower portion of tree trunks white? I keep meaning to raise the question on here. It's a definite continental thing, I've seen it all over Europe, more so in Central and Eastern Europe and round the med. Also in China.

I've seen a couple of reasons;- to protect the trees from sun and insect damage. Don't really buy either of those though.

 

What's going on?

 

Glad you've finally got round to asking the question that perpetually slips my mind too. 

We make it commercially in the distillery whete I work. 1000l per year.  Sloes come from Poland,  but importantly,  are frozen,  which ruptures the skins, rather than pricking with forks or pins.

Fruit is kept on the gin and sugar for at least 9months, in steel ibcs to exclude light. Light will cause the liquid to go brown rather than its gorgeous purple colour. 

Half demerara sugar half white , gives a richer flavour. We initially add in 100kg of sugar, then gently stir every 2-4 weeks.  After about 5-6 months we start sampling and adding more sugar to get to right balance. Not all sloes have same sugar contents year on year, so not practical to just follow a set recipe. 

Yep olearia. Cut the f**k out of it and it will come back with even more prolific regrowth. Often used as a windbreak nurse shelter around coastal forest plantations here on SW coast of Ireland 

4 hours ago, doobin said:

New digger day…

Afraid to get the seat dirty?