Billhook
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A Handful of Dust is a film I can watch again and again Wild Geese for a bit of adventure
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Yes Thank you for that from me also.
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To be fair to the guy he did say that real life is not like the movies where nine times out of ten a victim of a heart attack seems to make a complete recovery with a couple of big electric shocks. I am slightly confused still about the meaning of a cardiac arrest. Does it mean that the heart has stopped beating altogether or that it is just about beating erratically and causing a small amount of circulation but not enough for the victim to remain conscious? If your victim is in the latter state and you have no phone and you are in a field miles from anywhere and there is an electric fence around the field, would you not give it a go if all else has failed?
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If you are miles from anywhere wihout a phone signal and the choice is either leaving someone to die or try anything, then it has to be worth a go.
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Just been on a very good first Aid course and we were discussing defibrillators. I asked if it was possible to use a cattle electric fence unit in a dire emergency when you are literally out in the field and of course I was laughed at, with all sorts of reasons about different voltages and how it would be applied. I thought that the 8000 volt low amps of the fencer would be very similar but again made to feel small and ridiculed by the instructor. Found this on the web when I returned home. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4459660/amp/New-Zealand-man-jump-starts-heart-electric-fence.html
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Could cure the obesity crisis.
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I vaguely remember being told that it was good for trailer floors because it was more resistant to abrasion, for instance when tipping sand or coarse material. It is hopeless if in constant contact with water, but kept in the dry when stored and maybe oiled, perhaps??????
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Probably be before the disciplinary committee for posting this from a rival forum! I always heard that they made trailer floors from poplar in the old days and some on this site seem to agree. It would certainly be a cheap alternative and easy to replace. http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=74569.0
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I've just the remedy for that!
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The Green mile was a great film, thanks for the reminder
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Wot nobody likes Gone With The Wind, Dr Zhivago, Crocodile Dundee, Battle of Britain and all the other Christmas specials?
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Not me Stubby, it was John!!!
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C'mon Stubby and Mick, I know it is early but sharpen up!
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Be careful how you live your life as she will probably have the last word!
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Look like a nice pair to me!
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Anybody see it this morning? Earlier on in the evening I pointed out to my wife how big the moon looked in the East quite low in the sky. I just thought that it was either some kind of atmospheric distortion or it was because the line of trees below gave a sense of scale. I had not seen anything about the eclipse in the media I did not realise that it was at its closest at the moment, about 225K miles. 250K is the furthest and 240K average. I woke up at about four thirty am for a P and the bathroom window curtains were open and I thought it strange not to see any moonlight coming in from the West now it had moved 180 degrees. Then I saw it with just a tiny bit of white in the eleven o'clock position Dragged my wife out of bed and we watched the complete eclipse at about 5.15 am. Should have opened the window and howled I suppose! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46908305
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When they start talking about 40,000 people dying because of air pollution I become very cynical. But even if there are large numbers of people affected by air pollution how do we know which source is the worst. I know it makes sense to try and burn dry wood at a high temperature but I feel sure that the impact of wood burning is negligible compared to fossil fuels from roads, sea, air and military let alone pollution from coal , woodchip, miscanthus fired power stations, factories producing all manner of things including chemicals also general dust whipped up by transport and the Earth's climate bringing stuff from places like the Sahara Desert. There is also acid rain to be added to the equation
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A local farmer here in Lincolnshire is organising a group session with a local "expert" so I shall probably shortly be coming back to you with some questions. Yes we do have hedges here in spite of the rumours!
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Have you tried this???????
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Is hedge laying the same over the whole UK or does Dorset have a special method with a difference?
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Thanks for that I shall save that experiment until I have enough to put under the Houses of Parliament!
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What sizes of bags are available for charcoal and how much do they cost?
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Just need to experiment to see if the paper bag has enough energy to light the loggings without the need for a fire lighter
