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As a leftie who plays leftie, also a chainsaw leftie, I do find the left right subject fascinating. I also play piano and enjoy boogie woogie where my dominant left hand provides a strong rhythm where my right hand does the fiddly bits. This is the same on my guitar, right hand doing the fiddly bits. Hendrix is a massive influence ever since I heard Purple Haze in 1967 when i was 13. I bitterly regret turning down an opportunity to see him and the Pink Floyd and Clapton near here at Spalding as it was harder to move around in those days at that age and just a bit too far to bicycle! 50 years on from day Hendrix, Clapton and Pink Floyd played Spalding in UK’s ‘first-ever’ rock festival – The Voice WWW.SPALDINGVOICE.CO.UK Colin Ward was – by his own admission – a rather naïve 17-year-old at the time of ...

A bit topical in the US

I must be stupid!

I am probably like you and a lot of the older generation who only will try to save up to buy equipment rather than having a lifetime of debt to repay. From the look of his equipment, there may be several lifetimes to repay!

just found this video which is interesting. Perhaps in my case here in the UK they are parasitic on water beetles or similar

I thought that this guy was impressive and honest about his work but it made me think about my Lucas Mill. I have the Lucas slabber and it works but is slow and hard work manually, easier with a winch. I thought that a band saw like this would sit nicely on the Lucas frame which would solve a lot of the problems he had with raising and lowering. I am surprised Lucas do not have one as an option. You could leave the bandsaw at one end on the extension rails and the circular saw on the other end to make it easy to switch between jobs

You do know that another name for cleavers is "Sticky Willie" now I think I prefer Bill as the other sounds positively pornographic!

Because I am not that clever!

I have four levels of wood splitting and they all have their place. Wrists are bad now so X27 is in retirement (bit like me) so the little electric kinetic Portek hits above its weight for small jobs in the home. Particularly good for the smaller wood needed for the Aduro 9 stove Before I built the Lockdown Splitter I borrowed this big vertical splitter on the front linkage of the Fastrac Cone splitter on Matbro seemed like a good idea at the time....... Then onto the Lockdown Splitter Lockdown again Daisy Etta Caterpillar D7 was working well until it pushed the static axe out of the ground which was set in a ton of concrete! I just love splitting wood mainly economic but partly therapeutic Still find a place for the useful Portek electric kinetic though,just handy to have near the stove.

You’re not my neighbour are you?

I actually quite like the little creatures. When I was younger I used to rise early to check our lawn when the moles were working shallow. I found that if I trod carefully and waited eventually I would find one digging at the end of its run. I put my heel behind it and fished it out and put it in my trouser pocket. They don't bite but their claws are powerful, however they were calm in my pocket. (maybe the fumes!) Then it was just a case of taking them a couple of miles away to the fence of an obnoxious bloke in the village who was always causing trouble. I think I released about five in his hedge!

Could have been "Moley Onatop!"

They must be from Russia as they have left my orchard looking like one of the photos of Eastern Ukraine after a missile attack

We have apples like yours, apricots, raspberries, strawberries, no figs though, gooseberries have not checked the Walnuts yet. Everything looks very green, and all the trees seemed to have done well, a bit of Ash dieback but not a lot. Crops on the farm look good but being a farmer I know not to count chickens before they are hatched and there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. As for the greenery I blame CO2, plants like it.

Another from the 1980s showing my age ( and Stubby’s)!

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Knew I had seen him somewhere before!

Not quite a tractor, but nearly and another candidate for the Jubilee celebrations Land Rover Sandringham 6 Rover 3.5 V8 16 speed gearbox, electro hydraulic tipper and crane but 6x6 is not invincible on our heavy clay. Nearly new off road tyres soon became slicks, level ground and not bottomed out Hotspur Cars of Sandringham

Cat D7 fridge crushing Someone dumped a fridge in one of our fields, the gases had all gone so 20 tons of D7 seemed to be the best option!

Little Grey Fergie from 1950 my father bought in 1960. Discovered an important owner in the logbook who bought it secondhand in 1958 but only owned it for a year. Maybe she drove it to take some hay down to the stables?? It appears that because she actually personally owns the Sandringham Estate that her name appears in the logbook. The Royal cars in London May come under another ownership such as the Duchy of wherever The agent who signed the logbook is Major Billy Fellowes who is father of Robert Fellowes who married Princess Diana’ s sister Anyway we decorated her and she was featured at the beacon lighting on Thursday

Just a reminder to the World in the current climate

Y’all should know ba now that I come from the county of pilgrims, with the towns of Boston, Lincoln, New York. But thank you Slack ma Girdle and Surveyor and for answering that. Never seen one before in spite of hanging around ponds and ditches most of my life!

Not quite sure where to post this but this incredibly thin worm was in a completely still stone basin of Spring water. Anyone identify it?