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I've been doing this on fishing ponds for a long time now. Chestnut posts with scaffold boards behind will last a surprisingly long time. And new boards can easily be slid in behind in/ in front as required. It's cheap and gets you started. What we are doing now though is making a 'lifetime' investment and using pretend sleepers from jewson/coombers/... held in place with scaffold tubes which are grindered off to give a neat finish. Or these with very sturdy chestnut post might do for you. A long stretch of bank will benefit from some anchors tied into the bank to stop it falling forward. Buy a post rammer - worth their weight in gold - don't use a sledge. Don't ram the soil in behind - it expands and pushes your boarding outwards - just place it in and let it settle. Plant yellow flags in front to make it look good. (Flags alone will protect a bank from erosion). Canary grass is well rooty and used behind /on top will tie the soil together. Discourage willow growth at the water's edge.

I thought that at first m'self. Malus aforethought you could say.

Sorry tomo, I worded that badly; I wasn't casting doubt on your I.D. but was meaning to comment on the possible lack of observation of the owner regarding the fruit.

I've heard of that now you mention it. Wasn't there something about a victorian* entrepeneur who was going to set up an english silk weaving industry but bought over hundreds of the non-fruiting variety by mistake? Maybe twas on Local Heroes or MWRT. They were in a garden that held the remnants of his endeavours. See you next time!!!!

I've never seen a mulberry in the wild but if it was, would not the fruit have drawn some attention to it by now?

What's wrong with buzzer? When I'm hanging with my crew it's always 'pop me the buzzer jack Ima gonna dag this stick abongo' Get with it grandad; the kids no where its at y'dig?

Now now; stop picking on easy targets. They don't just compile statistics they also make lots of meaningless statements to the press about what they've been made aware of and what they believe to have happened and how they are looking forward to completing the journey with, and are proud to be part of, their new partnerships; and the reports too, hundred page reports they do, can't be easy: who'd be a copper huh?

Looks like Ross shire to me. [with apologies to those on mobies that don't get the side bar with the poster's location]

Very wise. Badger'll ave yer bollox off before you can say ooh look, a badgaaaAAArrgh.

... and see herds of majestic wildebeeste on their annual migration across the desolate wastes above cwmbran.

Yep. Sheep. Must be about as difficult as shooting a panda.

Bump. Excellent choice and congrats SB on the win Just to add, if not too late, there is , as usual, a golden variety, Swane's Gold, if you want something a bit special.

Ha! Yes. I thought exactly the same thing. "You shot a what? "A goat? "Yes. "A goat? A sheep with a funny hat? What next? A donkey? "It was very angry... and it looked at me funny. It called you a c... That's about as hardcore as a f..in' blancmange on a hot day. And with all the camo* too. OK, pest control aside, but give me a break. A kid (!) in a pair of shorts and a penknife could do the same job and still not be hard core. Yeah. I know, easy target - almost as easy as the goat - but you're not helping! People like goats! *I spose the camo is needed so that the goat can't see you and wander over and try to eat your samidges out of your pocket and become too close to get a shot at without sticking the rifle up its butt! so, ok, camo is needed, let that one go OK done now. HD Yourn

Good news; well done; good luck. Final(?) thought: if you detail & price all aspects of the job* as above, end with 'discount as just helping mate out' to bring it down to your £450 + £150. That + judge with sense of duty/obligation=win *as a proper emergency job, not mates rates, three stems lowered as also above but further above so as to come out at £1 400 ish** **Am I making sense here? I need more tea. Happy days

Some bloody awful photographs but yep, 10 here too.

Fake gnus.

What about Wildebeast? I bet they'd do it.

That's one helluva spin you got there. They actually said. [Quote c&p from BBC by 'ere] However, the Commission has not yet drafted details of the proposed change. In a consultation paper it said one option would be to let each member state decide whether to go for permanent summer or winter time. That would be "a sovereign decision of each member state", Commission spokesman Alexander Winterstein explained on Friday. He stressed that the proposal was "to no longer constrain member states into changing clocks twice per year". Next you'll be complaining that they're forcing us to pay people enough to live on and oh my god provide a safe working environment. The sooner we're out the better! What next? Milk and honey for all? Those sick bastards! Is there no end to their depravity?

I was thinking much the same thing: three stems is three trees + emergency +CAD: time for a dozen or so independent quotes to that effect.

The idea of writing frequently to his solicitor and instructing his solicitor 'to inform his client that...' is that it will soon be costing him - per week if you are up to the game - more than the original bill, and that he will settle. Someone on here once said so. Disclaimer. IANAL this is not legal advice and should not be regarded as such.

... via his solicitor of course and then write to his solicitor as often as you can. Solicitors like writing letters t their clients. It won't take long to write a few hundred pounds worth...

Take an old chainsaw out of the that'll come in handy one day box/shed. Loop three cable ties around handle to create a hanging cradle affair. Place fresh dog-turd into cradle & gently tighten cable straps to secure. Place saw on back of pick up. Park pick up in area where such people as them are known to operate. Go for tea and let karma do its thing.

Both right. x hisp. occurs naturally but mostly in southern europe (turkey x cork) but when first noticed by Lucombe at his nursery in Devon he propogated it vegetatively by grafting on to a turkey* and putting his name to it. Further seedlings from his nursery also carried his name and the name has stuck as an informal name for Q. x hisp. Of the two varieties mentioned ^ one type is found mainly around Devon and rarely elsewhere; the other rarely around Devon and mainly elsewhere. Is, briefly, my understanding after... ooh, minutes of intense study * what?

Thanks for the update; good thread. Alan Mitchell/Collins/FGttToBaNE/p236/my 1st ed; discusses the various varieties and leaf/bark types if you want more detail (and if it wasn't mentioned upthread). He identifies two major groups - type a, type b - and adds a diversifolia and a fulhamensis. Happy days Yourn

I just had a mental image of the poor old dog when the turd gets posted through the letter box. Dog: What the fu.. <sniffs> <recoils> Jesus! get help! you're ill. Just as owner comes down stairs.. Owner: What the fu... Jesus! you're ill; I'm changing your diet as of now. Dog: I didn't do it , it fell through the door <Owner looks, says nothing.> It bloody did! I'm not going to crap on my own door mat am I? Owner: Well it wouldn't be the first time if you did, would it? Dog: That was four years ago; I was a f...king puppy and you know it. I'm telling you it wasn't me. Owner: What? Just like it wasn't you that eat the last chocolate digestive and it wasn't you that puked everywhere last satdy night after you finished off my curry. Dog: I never denied that; but this was not me! Owner: Bollocks! Get on and do the washing up. Dog: Bollocks to you y'c.nt I've got important things that need smelling. Owner: Well the washing up better be done by the time I get back <slams door> Wanker! Dog: That's right, f..ck off leave me here on my own all fucking day OWOOO RUFF RUFF OWOOO OWOOOOOO <sits down reads paper scratches ear has a kip etc> Er I think I've drifted into wallace & grommit meets biffa bacon. Moral of the story: leave a note!