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woodwizzard

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  1. NIMBY and busy bodies! Yes, some are a bit like that, but I like the fact that some people care for and are concerned about wildlife. Better than not giving a shite surely.
  2. If the logs are ash, as you mention in an earlier post, I wonder if they were from die-back timber. I don't think the wood burns the same. They seem to just sit without doing much in the fire before catching and then burning quite quickly without lots of heat. Must be to do with the destroyed cell structure or something.
  3. Ha! Seasoned wood as firewood! What will they think of next!!
  4. We almost lost our previous staffy to that. Another day and she would have been a gonna! Betty has age on her side to make a good recovery 👍
  5. I wasn't knocking the product, just wondered how people were using it. More of a personal use type product as opposed to a saleable one perhaps?
  6. Can they be run at a slower speed to increase length? Hang on, that doesn't make sense does it. I suppose that is down to blade spacing.
  7. What do people use that stuff for? It's too small for logs and in my mind too small and awkward to use as kindling. Is it just loaded into boilers by the sack? PS, what time does the video of fast kindling start? 😉
  8. Can you not use that term please Andy, my donkey will kick off!!
  9. Hang on! You have a son and you are splitting the logs!! 👍
  10. Why are they passing this bill, what's on the horizon I wonder!
  11. Chinese limited edition.
  12. Left hand drill bit might work well in this case.
  13. No side effects then J, are you sure!!!!
  14. Is this news, my dad has been saying it for years 😜
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    Covid-19

    Makes you realise how close flu and covid are and how flu is more dangerous to children. Which is Officially More Dangerous: Covid 19 or the Flu? I have since March 2020, described covid-19 as a disease which can be compared with the flu – but which has been blessed with better marketing. Right from the start I described it as the flu rebranded. It appears that no specific organism has been isolated for covid-19 and what is described as covid-19 has very similar symptoms to the traditional varieties of the flu, and it has been proven to have a similar mortality rate. These days I get attacked if I stand up, sit down or breathe and so I have, naturally, been widely attacked by everyone with plenty of opinions but no medical training for daring to tell this simple truth. So, let me put this nonsense to bed once and for all by taking a close look at a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US fairly early on in this hoax. I think that even the most rabid and rancid pro-vaxxer at the BBC – and at the last count there were 22,000 of them gorging themselves at our expense - will have to accept what the CDC says is the truth – particularly when it has tried to help us identify the differences between the two disorders. First, let’s look at what the CDC says about signs and symptoms. Well, with the flu the symptoms are a cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, sore throat, runny nose, muscle pains, body aches, headache and sometimes vomiting and diarrhoea. The symptoms can be mild. Or they can be more serious. And there are, of course, a whole host of other symptoms which can appear. And with covid 19? Well, covid 19 may cause cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, sore throat, runny nose, muscle pains, body aches, headache and sometimes vomiting and diarrhoea. The symptoms can be mild. Or they can be more serious. You can also get a change in loss of taste or smell, though that can happen with the flu too. The mechanisms may be different but the result is the same. No real difference there, then. Second, how long do symptoms appear after exposure: Well, with the flu, two, three or four days can pass between someone becoming infected and experiencing symptoms. And with covid-19? Well, the symptoms will develop two, three, four or more days after being infected. So, not a lot of difference there either. And, remember, I’m quoting the CDC in America. Third, how are these diseases spread? Well, the flu appears to be contagious for about a week or so after symptoms appearing. And with covid-19, well a person with this infection could be contagious for ten days. Fourth, how does the CDC say these infections spread? Well, the flu is spread between people who are close to each other. The flu is spread by coughing or sneezing or talking. It may be possible to get infected by touching a surface which is infected. And covid-19? Ah, well covid-19 is spread by coughing, sneezing or talking. And again it may be possible to get infected by touching a surface which is infected. Again, not a lot of difference there, then. And this, let us not forget, is a disease with a mortality rate similar to the mortality figures for the flu. Fifth, what are the complications which can occur with the flu. The CDC lists pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, cardiac injury, multiple organ failure, worsening of chronic medical conditions, inflammation of heart, brain or muscle tissues and secondary bacterial infections. And with covid-19? Well, the complications are pretty much the same though the CDC says that covid-19 patients may also develop blood clots but that can happen with flu patients – especially if they stay in bed too long. Both flu and covid-19 can leave patients with residual symptoms, of course: long flu and long covid. Sixth, which of these illnesses can cause serious diseases? Well, flu can cause severe illness – particularly in older people, people with certain underlying medical conditions and in pregnant people. They really do say that by the way: pregnant people. And covid 19 can cause severe illness – particularly in older people, people with certain underlying medical conditions and in pregnant people. And both infections can cause serious problems in infants and children with underlying medical conditions. But here there is a difference between the two disorders. Covid-19 can cause a rare complication called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in school aged children. But the risk of complications for healthy children is higher for flu compared to covid-19. I’ll say that again because this is the only really significant difference that the CDC reports. The risk of complications for healthy children is higher for flu compared to covid-19. So, it is perhaps not true to say that flu and covid-19 are much the same. Because, although most people won’t be surprised to learn that the two disorders are pretty well identical in most significant ways, the flu is more dangerous for healthy children than covid-19. So, there is yet more proof that we shouldn’t have shut down the world for covid-19. We didn’t shut down the world in 2019 when the flu was much commoner than it is today – and in all those previous years when it was killing up to 650,000 worldwide in a six month flu season. Indeed, today the flu has pretty well disappeared – possibly because the identical symptoms mean that flu victims are being diagnosed as covid-19 victims. However, the only safe conclusion from all this solid, scientific evidence from the CDC is that the lockdowns, the social distancing, the hospital department closures, the masks and the vaccines were and are entirely unnecessary. Similarities and Differences between Flu and COVID-19 WWW.CDC.GOV Know the common symptoms of flu and possible complications. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death.
  16. woodwizzard

    Covid-19

    Are we here yet on the road map 🤪
  17. woodwizzard

    560 bar.

    Could anyone measure the complete length of a 20' .325 bar for a 560 please. Trying to find a replacement for my processor bar. 👍
  18. woodwizzard

    Covid-19

    Published: 22:05, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 08:09, 14 March 2021 It is one of the world’s most prevalent and widespread infections. No, not Covid-19 – the Epstein-Barr virus, which ‘lives’ silently in about 95 per cent of us. Most people will never know they carry it, as it rarely causes any problems. It’s spread via saliva, and is so contagious that most of us pick it up in early childhood. Sharing cutlery will pass it on, as will children who share each other’s toys. But if we contract it later, as adolescents or young adults, Epstein-Barr can cause an illness: glandular fever. As we age, the immune system develops, and this means it fights harder against the virus when coming into contact with it for the first time, leading to symptoms that can be debilitating. There’s the overwhelming fatigue, a high fever, a painful throat and swollen neck glands. Teens and students can be ill for months, sometimes unable to sit exams or study. Regardless of when we pick up the virus, it stays with us for life – lying dormant in our immune cells for reasons scientists don’t yet fully understand. So why are we talking about it now? Well, a year after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, experts have made an intriguing discovery: blood tests on some sufferers of long Covid are coming back positive for ‘reactivated’ Epstein-Barr. Around one in ten people who are hit by Covid end up as ‘long-haulers’, according to the Office for National Statistics, with some experiencing ongoing fatigue, breathlessness, muscle pain and brain fog for many months. For some, it has been longer than a year. The condition and its causes remain a mystery. Do the new findings mean some are actually suffering from a form of glandular fever? Doctors just don’t know. But if it does hold true, it could have startling implications, opening up new avenues in treatment. While most of us would test positive for antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus if we were given a blood test, these would be of a type that indicates the virus is there, but dormant. Tests carried out on long Covid patients are recording another type of antibodies, ones that suggest that the virus has ‘woken up’ and the body is responding by fighting against it.
  19. I've never known Anita Bush!
  20. Not sure if Hi-Line run PTI or not. Have a chat with Kirsty, head of training.

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