Mick Dempsey
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You're not doing it any harm, for all my bold talk I'm going to do mine tomorrow!
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Mainstream media, modern imperialism and the violence caused.
Mick Dempsey replied to tommer9's topic in The Lounge
I'm 51 when I was at school we were expecting nuclear war, I remember one of my teachers telling us that during the Cuban Missile Crisis they seriously thought it was days away. They'll always be something. There's plenty of news outlets that share a lot of your views. Nobody really thinks we are the "goodies" maybe less bad, and let's not forget they're the ones sitting on our oil! -
Not disputing it, had mine 12 years now. So can't be neglecting it too badly.
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Sure! Poplar hawk moth btw.
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Does that Rayco model have the magic eye? Is that what the hat is doing?
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Few years back.
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Hiding from it like a toad now!
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I'm glad you said that Pete! I don't think I've changed it in a decade on my TW. I was sort of under the impression (like with my grinder) that after an initial 50 hour oil and filter change, presumably for any small pieces of scurf from pumps etc, it'll be good for a long, long time.
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Finished at lunchtime thankfully.
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38 degrees here tomorrow. I drink water. Seems to work, salty crisps can prevent cramp.
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As an aside to this interesting discussion (and I think it has been) a little thing I've noticed over here. A lot of firms here call themselves "entretien parc et jardin" entretien is maintenance. They have a distinction, a large expanse of ground planted with trees is a parc, one rarely does anything to them but take them out when dead, or remove storm damage, a jardin is smaller, trees would be trimmed and managed in these, often to within an inch of their life!
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Ones that CAN be trimmed regularly and hard. Ie pollarding, keeps the shade, keep the tree manageable.
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Scrap it, scrap the whole damn system. Let the LAs look after the trees on public property, otherwise people should do what they want. I can't understand this punishment of developers and developments by making them jump through hoops to keep a couple of oaks on new developments. Better planting schemes, replace forest trees with more property friendly species, ones that can be trimmed regularly, removed and replaced with less issues.
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Not on this occasion certainly, but have you ever had the impression that your "demo" was really someone getting a stump ground out for free?
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Looks like a thuja plicata. Fwiw. Easy grinding, as long as you find all the roots! I think I'd definitely have the bigger grinder thanks.
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A very good point.
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But in fairness the CS100 isn't a serious tree surgery contractors machine.
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In Desperate times...My Silky saves the day!
Mick Dempsey replied to silky fox's topic in The Lounge
Stockbridge -
Interesting fact.
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True, but a saving of 20 plus grand can pay for a lot of rental if it does have a few issues. If you keep the Quadchip you'll always have a back up, plus the smaller chipper for domestic small scale stuff where 68hp is overkill. Just musings really. Your circus, your monkeys.
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USED Wood Chippers, JENSEN A328DI 9" X 11" - CATEGORY: WOOD CHIPPERS offered for sale £7000.00 As an example, even if you had to spend a couple of grand on it.
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A lot of bigger (used) chippers very cheap around atm. You can take a chance on one. and keep the qchip.
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There was loads on the breakfast shows.
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But not protected by law. Except for publicly owned trees.
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Does look like blackbird, this from google.
