Mick Dempsey
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Everything posted by Mick Dempsey
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Yes.
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Fair point. It was that poster using that particular news source that raised an eyebrow this end.
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I stand by every thing I wrote. If your position is more nuanced then maybe you could have explained it earlier.
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Of course you believe that. Goes without saying.
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I find it interesting how the anti vaxxers/covid skeptics whatever you want to call them, have jumped straight on the bandwagon on a pro Russia/anti defending Ukraine without missing a beat. All I can think that they have clicked into a mindset where they automatically reject whatever they see on the news because they perceive it as what ‘the global elite’ want them to think, so they find a way to disbelieve or attribute it to mysterious forces. They see themselves as the free thinkers whereas they’re trapped, looking and finding what they want to hear (even if it’s Fox News) and lapping it up.
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What a shitty post from a nasty prick.
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What he doesn’t want to do is flatten Kiev and kill thousands in a messy conflict. That won’t play well at home or abroad. He was hoping for a quick, decisive victory, if he had taken possession of the whole place in a few days, with little or no bloodshed, they’d have been a lot of squawking but it would have died down in time, looks like that won’t happen. He seems in the mood for doubling down and seeing it through to a conclusion, good or bad.
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There’s a few about.
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Depends if we want London to be 15 square miles of radioactive glass or not.
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Long gone, new Ranger comes in a week or so.
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Not going as well as hoped for the Russians, Putin seems rattled, not so smug. Thats if what were being told is anywhere near the truth. I think he was hoping for a fait accompli. There’s talk of supply lines failures, unexpectedly ferocious resistance. Could be a huge strategic mistake.
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Hope you charged enough!
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I can admire the skill needed to do it.
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It’s my ‘burner’ rope for simple everyday stuff, natural crotch, pulling with the machine etc. As for the Avant/MO Very similar, one has got to go though!
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Advise needed on Storm damaged tree, should it stay ?
Mick Dempsey replied to Wonky's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Fair enough, every day a school day. -
Advise needed on Storm damaged tree, should it stay ?
Mick Dempsey replied to Wonky's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Why would you need a windbreak for polytunnels? -
Advise needed on Storm damaged tree, should it stay ?
Mick Dempsey replied to Wonky's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
It should go even without the storm damage. What possible purpose does a row of overgrown leylandii serve in that situation? -
They are a brilliant polesaw, poky, reliable tickover. I’d buy another this afternoon if mine broke.
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You’re having a laugh? Just using pallet forks with an articulated loader is like being married to Margot Robbie and just kissing her on the cheek before bed. IMG_1619.MOV
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Took a couple of oaks out, forgot the lowering device. Needs must when the devil drives.
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Agreed, plant a small tree, if you really, really don’t want a tree there in 40 years no one will notice it die and disappear.
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I didn’t invent the news Kevin! I think most forums have a thread like this, the yankee forum I was on had one for discussion on current affairs. There’s another one called The RIP thread, where people post recent high profile deaths and discuss the work/life of the departed. Worked very well. Couldn’t make that one stick here though
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Helicopter, otherwise it’s all meaningless.
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It’s flaming obvious what he should do! Sell his house, bank the money, buy a campervan, live in that and with what’s left buy a tree surgery firm, lock stock and barrel, get them to do it, then sell the firm, buy your house back, relax. About as sensible as some of the suggestions as this thread drifts into insanity.
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I remember Reg Coates had a job whereby he was going up large conifers at the edge of a stand and thinning the top 6/7 mètres, so not topping but taking out a good few branches but leaving the very top and just a few laterals, reducing the sail effect of the very top. It’s a while back now, and I don’t know if it’s a recognized practice, think this was in Canada
