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Just found this at the bottom of a drawer of ancient papers from the 19th century while reorganising the office. They certainly had freedom of speech and expression in those days! "Here's to the glorious, pious and immortal memory of the great and good King William III, Prince of Orange, who saved us from rogues and roguery, slaves and slavery, knaves and knavery, Popes and Popery, brass money and wooden shoes. And whoever denies this toast may he be slammed, crammed and jammed into the muzzle of the great gun of Athlone, and the gun fired into the Pope's belly, and the Pope into the Devil's belly, and the Devil into Hell, and the door locked, and the key in an Orangeman's pocket, and may we never lack a brisk Protestant boy to kick the arse of a Papist, and here's a fart for the Bishop of Cork!"

Lawyers!

Gordon Bennett I wish I had never read this thread as I have now discovered it was Tony Bennett "Rags to Riches" December 1953! [ame] [/ame] I wish it could have been Purple Haze but I see the great British public in their ignorance only ever voted it to No 3 in the charts in spite of it being acknowledged now as one of the greatest singles of all time! [ame] [/ame]

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This guy shows you how to grow a pineapple tree! [ame] [/ame]

I had a virtual pint in each of them! What about the Monkey Puzzle Farnborough. Monkey Puzzle Brewers Fayre & Farnborough Premier Inn - Southwood Farnborough Hampshire

From the Wiki Bush, Holly Bush, Mulberry Bush etc. refer to plants, but note that Bull and Bush refers to a battle (see Historical event above). Chequers from the Wild Service Tree or "Chequer(s) Tree", the fruit of which was used to flavour beer before the introduction of hops. Crabtree would refer to a crab apple tree growing nearby or in the grounds, as pubs are often free standing. Flower Pot, Maidstone, Kent, Aston, Oxfordshire, Henley on Thames. Flowerpots, Cheriton, Hampshire. Four Chesnuts, Chichester. Hand and Flower, Hammersmith, London, also Ham, Surrey. Hand and Flowers, Marlow. Major Oak, Nottingham. Named after an ancient tree, and locally associated with Robin Hood Pineapple, e.g. in The Pineapple, Kentish Town, also Berkshire and Oldham. Tulip, Chelmsford. Vine or Grapes possibly harks back to the Roman custom of displaying a vine outside a tavern or wine-shop, as in The Hoop and Grapes in Aldgate High Street, London (reputed to be the city's oldest pub).

I bought some Rentokil which contains .25% permethrin and there is a small area in one Copper Beech floorboard with about six active holes in it. I have been squirting it down the holes every day for a week and there is still a little volcano of fresh sawdust each morning. The Rentokil seems to have no effect at all, has this happened to anyone else? Is there something more effective?

I had always thought of these things as a bit "New Age" and not for me a spanner wielding, sawmill operating petrolhead. We had the garden open as part of money raining for the Church and I had a bench made out of logs. We have a great view in all directions and I was deciding where to put the bench and found a particular area in front of a gap in a line of trees where one had died and been removed. I put the bench in several places and sat down on it but these places were not right, not because they impeded the view, but just because they did not "feel" right. So it went in the first place I put it that felt right. On the day it was remarkable in the two acres of garden with views in all directions that the fifty or so people who were in the garden throughout the day constantly changing, all ended up together at this spot. It was more than coincidence and more than being the best view. They just felt content, strangers chatting and not necessarily looking at the view. I had not thought about the missing tree till I read this post There are other places in the woods I like to go and sit on a log for a bit of thought collecting which "feel" right. Others which do not. "There are more things in heaven and earth..........."

I would have thought that a Lucas Mill would just handle it so that it could be milled on site and taken away in planks or slabs with the slabbing attachment

[ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008CNWR80?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00]Bushnell Trophy Cam 2012 HD Camera - Brown: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41qbxkoGy2L.@@AMEPARAM@@41qbxkoGy2L[/ame] I bought one of these in early 2013 for £224 from cameraking . I assume the £374 now asked is for an old stock item not produced anymore. You can buy one like this for £60 [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/VWTECH-Infrared-Trigger-Digital-Hunting/dp/B00O9THPTC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1437806208&sr=1-1&keywords=trail+camera+with+night+vision]VWTECH 720P 8MP Low Glow Night Vision 5 MP Infrared Fast Trigger Digital Game Trail Hunting Camera: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41USujWI%2BiL.@@AMEPARAM@@41USujWI%2BiL[/ame] The reason I paid more was because we have an acre of lake where I leave the camera for some time before checking it and I wanted a black LED as a lot of them have red LEDs which show up at night. There are twelve batteries in mine and they last for months. It also has a colour viewfinder. Of course night work is all black and white. I have had some fantastic results on an animal trail around the lake. Families of Roe and Muntjac plus a Chinese Water Deer. Badgers Foxes and Carrion Crows all seem oblivious to the camera. (As do humans who should not be there!) The highlight was definitely this March when a bitch otter brought her two pups on several occasions and they are playing on the concrete overflow. She brings them fish to munch, usually Silver Rudd which we have in abundance. Otters are very rare in this area. I also have a few clips of a big dog fox hanging around the overflow and sniffing the scent marks of the otters. He is staring out into the lake and I was thinking "oh no he is going for the pups." However the next video 10 second clip sees him leap the overflow in one bound and his feet are nearly on fire, I have never seen a fox move so fast. He was absolutely terrified of the otter bitch. Somebody told me that although a fox will look big it is mainly fur whereas an otter is pure muscle and even a bitch will probably weigh more than a dog fox. maybe 15 lb for the dog fox and 17lb for the bitch otter and 20lb for the dog otter according to google. Everybody tells me that "They will clean your bloody lake out" but I think that is another of those crapetition stories as the lake has fish jumping everywhere in the evenings catching flies and if I throw some bread in it is like a scene from Jaws! They apparently need 15 to 25% of their body weight in fish a day, I was hoping that they would clear it out but clearly the fish breed faster than they can eat them! In conclusion a fantastically useful device for all Arbtalkers to see anything from wildlife in the woods to pilfering in the yard to seeing whether your neighbour is putting their rubbish in your bin! (Or checking on the milkman!)

When you have trimmed her bush and dealt with her box are you going to give her a good pollarding as well?

Now I know crows are intelligent but I thought that it was we Brits who started Wintersports!

I thought that she was bettering her hedges! Anyone who thinks that writing a book is just like writing a post on Arbtalk should try and write a book and you will see that it is hard work My wife has been writing her second book, a crime novel after a successful first book which was a book on craftwork. Novels are very different and the world of novels is very competitive. Novels sometimes take years of rejection and rewrites, up every morning early to catch that still time of day, frustration, depression, and if she did not have me to support her she would be trying to fit in a job in between or if that did not work out she would be like JK on benefits. She has hope and self belief but will probably end up disappointed like thousands of others. Dyson is another example of someone who lived on the edge for years, remortgaging his house, the family suffered, his relationship suffered he risked everything. It is right that someone who sticks their neck out to produce something they believe in should be rewarded properly.

You probably are aware of Melanie Reid, the Times columnist who was on Radio 4 a few days ago which also made me think of you. The Times journalist who doesn't accept her disability - BBC News

Just put this one on youtube for you Sean. [ame] [/ame] Every year they love to sit on this weathervane, which was made for me by a friend and is a silhouette of my two Airedales now sadly deceased after nearly sixteen years of great companionship.

The most expensive story on this subject was one I heard about a student who was on VSO in Tanganyika (Tanzania) in the 1950s during the Groundnut Scheme debacle which is quite an amusing read for arbtalkers. The Tanganyikan Groundnuts Scheme It was a classic how not to try and organize something in the middle of nowhere from government offices in London They had two and a half million acres to clear and not a clue initially. It went from bad to worse, cost over £50 million (multiply by 100 today) Apart from the serious hospitalisations caused by felling trees full of angry African bees the student told stories of road building projects where those in London decided that to build roads you needed road rollers so about thirty of these were sitting in a compound never used as graders were what were needed. In an early example of HSE someone decided that Africans should not be driving bulldozers without shoes so that 100 pairs of shoes were sent out, all size 8! Because of the problems, mainly lack of rain, most of the managers time was spent meeting officials at airports to take them out to sites and look at the problems and eventually this student was out in the bush listening people explaining to the Minister of Food, John Strachey, why the scheme was failing because of lack of rain. The student, having heard all this before and bored, decided to go behind a bush and relieve himself. He came back to the group and to his horror Strachey decided to go on a little walkabout and went round to the back of the aforementioned bush. Kicking the soil around he declared " Look, there is moisture here if you search for it, I have every confidence that everything will turn out all right" I think you might call that "The Billion Dollar Pee!"

I only occasionally need something that big and I was thinking about setting a piece of oblong box section vertically in some substantial concrete foundation in the yard. I have some lengths of hard steel wearing blades from the D7 Caterpillar bulldozer which I could sharpen and slip into the box. Hopefully I could load an unlimited length of log in front of the blade and the 17 tons and 14 litre engine of D7 would do the rest. If I managed to quarter it I could do the rest of the process on the Palax. The only problem is that it is all theory at the moment unless anyone has done something similar in practice?

That sounds more like a catheter!

What, half inch garden hose????!!

Probably worth fixing a plastic jerrycan under the bonnet somewhere with a (largish!) hose just poking throught the front grill at the right level. Bend over the engine with a couple of spanners in hand Then when the lady appears with the cup of tea unexpectedly you can mutter something about could they just leave it somewhere nearby as you are in the middle of a very fiddly job in the engine compartment!

[ame] [/ame] After seeing the boot video I am taking no chances!

[ame] [/ame] Something for y'all to sing whilst doin' whatcha do!

Quad bikes Quad bikes are required to be registered with DVLA before they can be used on public roads. They can only be used for short distances on public roads and must have a number plate, be fitted with lamps and reflectors if they are to be used on public roads before sunrise or after sunset. They should also be fitted with indicators and a hazard warning light if they are capable of travelling above 15 miles per hour. If they are capable of travelling above 20 miles per hour a horn and a speedometer should also be fitted. If they are capable of travelling above 25 miles per hour a fog light should also be fitted. The rider should make hand signals when changing direction or slowing down if the quad bike is not fitted with indicators and brake lights. It is not permitted to carry passengers on a quad bike. Red diesel The use of red diesel (also known as “rebated fuel”) is only permitted in certain circumstances. These include the following circumstances: where the vehicle is not used on a public road and does not have a licence; where the vehicle is a tractor and it is designed and constructed primarily for off-road use and its use on a public road is for agricultural purposes; where the vehicle is a “light agricultural vehicle” (which includes quad bikes) and its use on a public road is for agricultural purposes; where the vehicle qualifies as an “agricultural material handler” and its use on a public road is for agricultural purposes; where the vehicle is classed as an “agricultural engine” (which includes combine harvesters and crop sprayers) and it is travelling to or from the place where the vehicle is or has been used; where the vehicle is classed as an “agricultural processing vehicle” (which includes mobile feed milling machines) and it is travelling to or from the place where the vehicle is or has been used; where a vehicle is used only for agricultural purposes and it is travelling to or from different pieces of land occupied by the same person and the pieces of land are not more than 1.5 kilometres apart; where the vehicle is a mowing machine; where the vehicle is being used to clear snow from public roads or when it is travelling to and from the place at which it is used to clear snow. There are stiff penalties for using red diesel illegally. I still think that there are lots of grey areas. For instance if you were to use a 4x4 pickup just in the woodland which was less than 1.5 km on a public road from the next bit of woodland which you occupy and you decided to tax the vehicle for agricultural use, what are its speed limitations on the road? One of the key requirements it seems is that the journey on the road must be between land that you occupy.

When my wife lived in a remote area in Washington State in the next door log cabin were three beautiful single girls and they desperately needed a man with a chainsaw before Winter came. I am not sure if they drew straws but one came back with the ugliest little sod you ever saw...... but it didn't matter because he had a chainsaw and a pick-up truck!