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Billhook

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  1. Good advice from you both, thank you
  2. Do you think I should suggest the same to my wife to improve things down under?
  3. Just had a huge Claas forage harvester cutting the dense Miscanthus today. The driver has cut several farms and I asked him what wildlife he has seen running out of it. He said plenty of Muntjac, few rabbits, quite a few pheasants but no foxes, not seen one since he started and there we’re always quite a few in the past I find this very worrying as we always had a stable population around here Seen quite a few dead badgers on the roadside still no rats though, mind you I am not missing them!
  4. So you would think that if it was disease they would look thin and ragged surely? Have you or anyone seen a victim of bird flu? A quick google doesn’t seem to show that garden birds are particularly susceptible but swollen heads and sudden deaths are mentioned. They do not seem to have the swollen head but the deaths were sudden and both next to each other by the water bowl which I have cleaned Infection with avian influenza viruses among songbirds, including many common backyard birds, appears to be rare.14 Jul 2022
  5. The Palax has been very faithful since I bought it twenty five years ago but recently the ram auto return has been playing up We can split ten pieces and it returns every time then it refuses maybe once maybe five times maybe for the rest of the session It seems simple enough as there are plenty of adjustments but we had a real good go at fixing it today to no avail no 1 is looking down at the spool valve which operates the ram . The plate hits the rod coming up from the spool and the adjustable stop on the next picture is hit by the ram going forward and triggers the return by flicking the rod the other way. The adjustment on this stop limits the ram travel so that it doesn’t hit the knife The next picture shows where that square rod is gripped by a bolt under the plate I have tried adjusting all these points but it doesn’t make any difference . The ram travel quickly when working well but seems to be slow when the fault occurs as though the spool valve has only been partially opened. I cannot understand why the ram will not trigger the return every time as it hits the stop quite hard and the spool is the kind that clicks into either position, you do not have to hold it there. A light tap with hammer or boot on the valve is all that is needed to make it return but this becomes tedious in a working day Any suggestions would be welcomed (apart from just use a bloody axe Billhook!)
  6. Two lying dead by the drinking bowl, seemingly in good order with a good gloss on the feathers and looking quite plump. Great Tit and Brambling Bird flu? We have dozens of all sorts on the bird feeder looking well and I have to fill it sometimes twice a day with peanuts and sunflower heartsts
  7. I only have it for the puzzles, honest guv! Perhaps I should try the Guardian to keep you happy
  8. I think you must have a later version. Mine is at least pre war so no top hats or wheelbarrows! Did have a car though
  9. I think I am due to land on the “pay some income tax” card shortly which should take the shine off it!
  10. My wife is a Daily Mail snob and would not even touch it if we had run out of loo paper!
  11. I framed it and it now sits pride of place on our mantle piece!
  12. Of course I read these wise words from Arbtalk so naturally am ready when I receive a phone call while I am in the middle of the woods asking to help clarify my name and address. Was not in a great mood and surprised myself by being calm and polite. ”Who am I talking to?” ”Its the Daily Mail here and I was hoping to clarify some details” I thought that they were going to ask me what I thought about the new ELM scheme on the farm or similar ”So what do you want to know?” I would just like to inform you that you have just won the Sudoku competition “ I thought here we go , next thing he will want my bank details, but I could see no harm in giving my address He said that the cheque would be in the post where have I heard that before!!! My wife gave me a billhooking “ You idiot you gave them our address, we will be burgled now etc etc” Anyway a week later a cheque turned up for £500 and I. Paid it in and it cleared and my name appeared in the paper as the winner! I have never heard of anyone winning these competitions. I only buy the Mail really for the code word and Sudoku which are more difficult than other papers, to try and keep the old brain going. I shall try and be less hasty with my torrent of abuse in the future when I receive these calls! The sad part is that the money of course has not bought me new chains and bars and fuel, just a new pair of shoes for my beloved who apologised for calling me an idiot So Billhook has brains as well as beauty!
  13. This is the website selling them at £6 per bag so quite a mark up! Alder as well which is not quite the same as Ash Firepower Bagged Hardwood Kiln-Dried Logs LOGS-COAL-SMOKELESS-FUELS.CO.UK
  14. Just passing by the factory shop in our local town and spotted this! Eleven pieces of kiln dried for £14 I really believe it would be cheaper for me and easier to sell my firewood and go back to North Sea gas! Funny old world! Future firewood optimism indeed!
  15. Here in Lincolnshire I have not seen a Fox or Badger around for a year, they are not hunted or shot as far as I know. I have not seen a rat for ages or a sign of one but we do have bait traps. Very few rabbits. Hundreds of grey squirrels though. Quite a few deer Roe and Muntjack Plenty of bird life, Mistle Thrush singing today, every Tit and Finch in the county on the bird feeder. Many Carrion Crows Rooks and Jackdaws. No swans on the lake when there used to be a regular pair breeding. No sign of the Otters either Just finding it very strange particularly about the Foxes who were not afraid of me and were seen often both in the day and night.
  16. Not as good as the Mustang cockpit! I flew the Mustang at Kissimmee in Florida and the Spitfire MkIX at Coningsby. An hour each of bliss, well you only live once! Nothing digital on these two!
  17. I have driven a friends Model S on a couple of long trips and yes the screen i s bad as it is not central and you need to read it rather than glance at it. To alter things like radio or temp you really need to stop the car and pull over or put it in self drive. However there is no temp or pressure to worry about or RPM and it tells you about battery range remaining Some aircraft panels have analogue dials with all the needles pointing vertically when all the temperatures and pressures are good so a single glance will tell you all is ok and it shouts at you if one is off.
  18. I have a strong dislike of touch screens and digital information in cars and tractors. With digital read outs you have to actually read them which is not as quick as glancing at needles on dials. yes it may be micro seconds but that can be all the difference between an accident and a good result. The old Bourdon tube gauges told me far more accurately what was happening with engine temps and pressures and kept working when the engine was switched off. I have a Fastrac and the dash must have been invented by a spotty geek who had never been on a farm. Try adjusting touch screens when you are being bounced around! The only car that has sensible instruments and switch is our Volvo XC70 from 2005. It has a couple of rotary knobs for volume and stations on the radio and the wipers and lights are intuitive and the minor switches also With one of my old classic cars from 1967 the dash layout looks scattered, but because the switches are well spaced it is not long before you learn them all without looking. Unlike a classic Jaguar set of switches from the same period, where they look neat and wonderful but you really have to stare at them to find the right one
  19. I am like everyone here drawn in to this mystery. I assume as has been stated that the police know more, but if that was the case then surely the Grandparents and family would be taking a different line. Last November a young lad was killed after hitting a tree after a dangerous bend right by our farmyard. I am still trying to work out how it could have happened. The Mini looked as though it had been hit by a truck, and when I first saw it I thought it was a convertible. Glass was embedded six feet up in the tree and I found glass that had been thrown 20 yards into the copse. There was not a mark on the road and the soft grass verge was untouched. The line of hollies I had just put in with bamboo canes were untouched, one right by the car. The car itself had actually gone round the worst part of the bend. If you were driving over 40 it would be too fast but the way it hit the tree it must have been going faster than that. It honestly looked as though the car had been picked up by some force and taken to the tree The couple in the cottage came out and were very upset to find the lad dead but without a mark on him, checked for a pulse and breathing but concluded his neck had been broken. I go round that corner sometimes many times a day and it is still a mystery to me and much on my mind, especially as his distraught family and girlfriend still keep leaving flowers and messages by the tree. I suppose some things will remain a mystery
  20. Living not far from a key UK air base and hearing and seeing an increase in activity with Euro fighters does concentrate the mind somewhat.
  21. This is the sound as the Lucas sailed through the Whichy Elm, which is definitely female as it was quite resistant to being told what to do!

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