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The Israelis lock suspects up for years if a military officer considers them a threat. It's not ideal, but I don't really see an alternative. The entire Middle East is a tinderbox and they keep a lid on things by having a brutal police state. You step out of line there and you spend a long time in a very brutal jail... I had a Jordanian mate that was a communist and he went on a protest march, he was arrested and spent a few days in prison.
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My heart goes out to the French. Yet another terrorist attack and 84 dead. The authorities will really have to sort this problem...
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Hand weeding Price with Hook
matelot replied to Ninjastrike's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I'm a "hobby" forester, at the moment I'm clearing bracken from areas where I've planted trees. I can't help you with rates, however tips I've learned are: 1. Pulling the bracken up can be easier than cutting. When you cut long bracken you sometimes tend to hack the same bracken into pieces. 2. When you are looking for the next tree stick your head down about 4 feet above ground level where the bracken is just stems. -
Why am I growing bonsai trees?
matelot replied to spandit's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I had the same dilemma. My thought process was that the trees had to be big enough to look after themselves when the stake goes rotten. When will the stakes rot to nothing? Maybe another 7 years? I'd be looking to replace at least some of them with a tree that suits your ground conditions. -
Apart from squirrel I cant think of any mammal that would "eat" bark more than circa 6 foot above ground level.... I understand the squirrels gnaw bark for food/ to wear teeth down/ boredom/ stress.
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I see the last shooter in America was killed by a bomb on a robotic device. It's like something from the movies.
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There's always two sides to every story. Neither of us know what Mr Stubby senior said to this guy.
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I've some taps that I want fitted to my bath. A decent plumber could probably do the job in twenty minutes. I'd still consider that £50 to do the job would be a fair price. I don't think £130 to cut a tree down and cart it away is an unreasonable sum (admittedly I haven't seen it though).
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For £130 I'd leave it. Or if you feel strongly enough go to Trading Standards with your story. You can be fairly certain that if this guy does have any "mishaps" the police will be looking at this thread.
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The gun ownership rates in Switzerland are high.... In places like Austria you don't need a licence to buy a shotgun... The availability of guns isn't really the deciding factor that determines if a country is violent or not.
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The relative murder rates of blacks versus whites in America is horrendous... blacks are 7 times more likely to murder than whites.... obviously things like poverty have something to do with it, but even so.... "In 2012, white males were 38 percent of the population and committed 4,582 murders. That same year, black males were just 6.6 percent of the population but committed a staggering 5,531 murders." 5 Devastating Facts About Black-on-Black Crime - Breitbart
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"Prevalence of Police-Related Killings •This suggests yearly averages of: ◦372 persons killed each year by police use of force •Compare this to these additional averages: ◦35,900 persons killed each year in the U.S. in motor vehicle accidents* ◦38,364 persons commit suicide in the U.S. each year** ◦373 persons are struck by lightning in the U.S. each year***" CRIM6100 Metropolitan Problems in Criminal Justice
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I think when Saddam invaded Kuwait it was morally right to push him out. However I think Gulf War round 2 was about America wildly lashing out after being attacked by Obama bin Laden.
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At the time of the war I was reluctantly in favour of it. I never thought the PM and various experts would lie through their teeth to justify the war. imho, Tony Blair should be tried for war crimes.
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Pallets / packaging and clean (but defective) building timber
matelot replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Firewood forum
when I was in the scouts we'd burn stuff like that on bonfires there must be a local scout camp that would take some of it off your hands? -
I thought the law was that fly tipping within 10m of a public road was cleared by council. Anything further away was responsibility of landowner.
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bits get blown off trees all the time. I cant see some drill holes doing any great damage to a tree. I can't see any council/ TPO officer doing anything about this.
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I've seen 'dozers fitted with satellite systems so they can grade earthworks without any traditional setting out. it beats messing about with a traveller in the pissing rain.
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Oil (and heating oil) is priced in dollars... With the pound going down in value it means heating oil will cost more.... Should be a better winter for you log boys...
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Why do you think money will be tight?
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Surely a weak pound means that home produced firewood will become cheaper relative to imported firewood....
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Do any commercial foresters use the Clipex fences? I've often thought it a waste to erect fences, that will last 30 years, round a newly planted wood. After 10 years a tree is fairly resistant to sheep/ deer. How does the Clipex fence compare in price to normal fencing?
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Working over petrol station / garage / fuel station
matelot replied to BrendanTreeFeller's topic in General chat
Perhaps speak to the garage? If the petrol tanks are outside the drop zone I don't see any real hazards. Is the area open to traffic? If it is I don't see logs being heavier than a 40 tonne artic. -
Did you make the spoons in your photograph? Why not try to sell them?
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There does seem to be a recurring theme that Muslims born in the West decide to go out and kill fellow Westerners... If preventing migration now means there is less terrorism in twenty or thirty years time it has to be a good thing. I watched the news this morning and the presenter was saying that "the Orlando shooting has nothing to do with Islam and the shooter was mentally ill". The reason Trump is doing well is that he at least acknowledges the issues concerning terrorism.
