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That was fast and effective! Many thanks you you both

Some sort of willow?

We have two new French neighbours in their thirties, both doctors of geology. Drinking wine with them is certainly an education. I felt like a heathen.(probably because I am) Firstly they surprisingly are not at all snobby about their wines which they know very well. I would expect them to have bottles of fine French wine only around the house but no they have Greek and English wines as well, just for their interest and give praise where praise is due. But more importantly and the reason I am putting this on this particular thread, is the way they drink their wine. Very, very slowly and one glass will last as long as it takes my wife and I to polish off a bottle. This way not only do they give themselves a chance to really taste the wine, (they spend ages smelling it before they drink it!) but they give their system a chance to absorb it gently and just drift into an elated mood rather than becoming incoherent and boring like me after one too many! They usually cut up a carrot with a yoghurt dip which has a spoonful of mustard in it, and some cheese cut into small pieces. Just feels very healthy.

Other Hypotheses to test while you are at it 1. Sit at the same distance from the fire and stick in a poker and stir it up 2. Put on a thick fur coat 3 Take all your clothes off 4 Test acid rain theory while you are in the buff 5 Turn round and test harmful emissions and noxious gases theory This last one may also test for Krakatoa type eruptions and other volcanic activity

There are so many variables that I cannot see how you can reach a conclusion. It all started with "The Greenhouse Effect" and man made global warming. This had only one conclusion, that man was the cause of heating up the atmosphere by burning things, from forests to fuels. Suddenly it transferred from Global Warming to Climate Change. This opens up a whole new range of possibilities and could account for the planet cooling as well as heating up. Somehow you have to balance the emotive picture of a polar bear balancing on what looks like the last iceberg in the North Pole, with the fact that the coldest temperatures ever recorded have been found recently at the South Pole. Many are distrustful of the scientists because of the smell of money. If you were an underfunded weather scientist working on a boring job and suddenly some politician asks you to go to a smart conference in Copenhagen, staying in a plush hotel, that may be attractive. When you make a case for global warming and you are asked to more conferences you soon realise that the stronger you make your case, the more money is thrown at you perhaps to such an extent that you start to manipulate graphs and figures to suit. I think that most people will agree that we want to breathe clean air, and that we need to conserve energy by not wasting our reserves and going for renewables where they make sense. If we go down this road surely this will also achieve the objectives of the global warming brigade by cutting down on greenhouse gases, and everyone will be happy (apart from the oil companies!). We all have to believe in Climate Change, just look at the difference between the weather today and a week ago!

Don't tell me she plays rugby as well!

It has only happened twice in the twenty years that I have owned the Lucas Mill. When a huge tree has come down in someone's garden which has no access for any vehicle. Both times a tree surgeon has called me because the owner wants the wood planking. The surgeon has done all the boring work and tidied up the brash and left me with a couple of 20 foot long logs nearly four feet across at the widest with the oak, less with the walnut. ~My only worry is metal in garden trees which did not happen in these cases. The first was a farmer who wanted 8x8" gate posts from his oak and he was really chuffed with the result. The second was on a large walnut where I had a cabinet maker standing alongside telling me the sizes he wanted as he was making a desk and some furniture for the owner. Sunny days both times, no metal and we put tarpaulins down for the sawdust and running boards for the arbtrolley so at the end there was hardly a mark on their precious lawns! But apart from two very happy customers, I really enjoyed the days, sitting on the log at break time in the sun with a cup of tea and biccys, no breakdowns just everything going perfectly. Just wish it was like that every day!

Did you learn that on the CS31?

Also this urgent need to go as you become older is amplified by the sound of running water, or even worse as I found out when filling the chain saw, the sound of pouring petrol Just filled to the brim when that urgency occurred. No time to screw on cap and it the hurry to unzip spilled some fuel on the active hand. The blissful relief of the bladder was followed by a fiery stinging sensation in a sensitive place. Bad habit

I have never met a her who wanted to put wide wheels, flared arches, bonnet scoop and American V8 in any car!

Bit more to it than that. If you are in a strong financial position and have scruples then you can say what you want but if you are starting out, working for somebody, short of money with a wife and child to take care of, the tree comes second.

I suppose it happens in many different occupations. Say you were a classic car specialist, perhaps in Aston Martins, and somebody came along with a beautiful original DB5 and wanted you to put in wide alloy wheels, flared arches, bonnet scoop and American V8 and was paying top dollar, would you tell him where to go or just take the money because someone else surely would.

Just watched the second half of that second video, and it is definitely tree porn! Almost needs moderating. 10 Bears has started something. Whatever next? Bonker with a conker? Sex with a Salix? (At least no headaches here) Porn with a thorn (For S & M, yeeeow, could be a bit too prickly.

Found another to feed the fetish! [ame] [/ame] This one has had its soundtrack removed due to copyright but it could well have been je t'aime. You will just have to sing it yourself but you had better stop if you feel the sap rising and are going for a woody!

[ame] [/ame] I don't think there is a law against it! If you become excited about the branches you may be done for stalking!

With the unguarded PTO as well it is to Health and Safety the equivalent of what Jeremy Clarkson is to Political Correctness. They say two fingers to both, but unfortunately being left with two fingers may be the best outcome when things go wrong in this case!

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I totally agree with Haljam and Commando on the Vision 500. We also have a 650 with twin doors which takes big logs but is a pain to control, particularly the ashpan door. We have an Aarrow Stratford for the water which is good. But the Clearview Vision 500 has passed Alicydon's test with flying colours as far as my wife is concerned!

Ash body? Maple or Rosewood neck/fretboard?

More hope for you in today's Telegraph. A paralysed man is able to walk using his brain only with new technology. Judith Woods - Telegraph You already have the love and support of your family, and of course us lot, you have youth on your side, you have a terrible nervous injury but as far as I am aware no other physical injury so there is a lot of hope now that a return to more independence will be possible. Love and Hope go a long way towards making a recovery.

All that muff diving,,,,I couldn't cope

Yes I saw this first hand last year down at our log cabin. Hornets built a nest about a foot away from a fully developed and active wasps nest. And I have found them to be very docile unless heavily provoked when they start spraying venom in the air then it is time to make a hasty retreat. We had a big log by the cabin once and I had cut out a seat with the chainsaw. We had sat on the seat many times before realising that hornets had made a nest inside the hollow trunk. They did not warn us once but when we realised there was a nest we obviously did not sit there any more. However a "right to roam" walker with a dog sat on it when we were not about and the dog started to dig into the hollow. It was stung a couple of times and the lady once on her head. She came up to the farm where my father examined her. Father was a bit of an entomologist and knew that the sting was no worse than a wasp in venom terms, but the sting itself slashes the skin which makes the wound more severe. He was parting her hair fascinated to see the damage but the lady was not so keen to help him with his quest!

One, two, three. Stone beats scissors and scissors cut paper, but paper beats stone!

Bit of a thread bump but I see Fuelwood Warwick are advertising a metal detection option for the Lucas sawmill. I am not sure if this is purpose built or adapted from the treasure hunting machines It claims a detection depth of 14". It would be handy if it was fixed to the carriage somehow and would make a bright red light come on every time it sensed something on the next run over to the right, as you cannot hear a buzzer very well over the saw blade noise. On the American sites a Garrett 250 Ace seems to be favourite and I see they are about £183 on Amazon [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garrett-Ace-250-Metal-Detector/dp/B00095ODBI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442865201&sr=8-1&keywords=garrett+ace+250]Garrett Ace 250 Metal Detector: Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FTquOTgAL.@@AMEPARAM@@41FTquOTgAL[/ame] Muttley's C Scope CS4pi is a little more [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/CScope-CS4PI/dp/B0010S6QSG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442865133&sr=8-1&keywords=c+scope+cs4pi]CScope CS4PI: Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ZFwg4MURL.@@AMEPARAM@@31ZFwg4MURL[/ame]

I normally try and protect them or move the nest if possible but sometimes it is inaccessible. We had some hornets starting to build in an unwelcome place and I just sprinkled a little ant powder near the entrance, not inside. Ant powder has about 5% pyrethrin whereas wasp killer is over 40% pyrethrin. The following morning all the Hornets had gone and there was not one dead one.