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Dremmel grinder with a pointy diamiond coated bit. Come at the bolt from the outside edge and carve a straight slot. Use a fat flathead bit on a ratchet after.

Sweden had no lockdown. They have herd immunity now.

If you're going over 7-8 tonnes electric you might need to install a 15 amp outlet. Mine is generic Chinese, vertical "9 tonne" 3kw and came with a 15 amp plug. After discussion with an electrician friend, I run it on the domestic 13 amp supply, with an adapter, on a heavy gauge extension reel. We tested the amp draw at different stages of the ram cycle, and it spikes dangerously when it bottoms out if I don't let off the ram. Which is to say, it's fine as long as the blade is moving, if it comes to a hard stop under load, like a serious knot, the amps Spike and sometimes blow the 13 amp fuse in the plug adapter. His opinion was that it's borderline, but ok to run this way, just have to be mindful. Any more than 3kw and it's definitely a dedicated supply. A few seasons of domestic splitting, the generic Chinese (€580) is still going fine. It needed modification to make it movable, as the wee wheels it comes with are only useful on concrete.

Biden has just been credibly accused of sexually molesting a staffer back when he was vice president. He is suffering from dementia. Only Trump can pull the USA out of the recession/depression that's coming. Indictments coming for the Obama FBI and others over the spygate scandle.

The causes of the clusterfuck in Italy will be analysed and computed when this this has burned out. There are many contributing factors to the perfect storm, and seizing on this or that as the cause is pointless. But, that said, I have a theory... The above graphic shows the relative death rate from all causes across Europe. Spain, France and Italy right at the bottom. Top heavy demographics and people just don't die. Why, who can say? Olive oil in the diet maybe? They're all from generations who smoked like chimneys, and have other issues, as elderly people do, dodgy tickers, etc. This flu just pulled the last Jenga block out of a top heavy tower.

It's the "fermented" shark they love to eat. Betcha.

What would you prefer he had done? Just curious. What you have done/do if you were PM?

Treehogs come with long and short replaceable spikes. Only ever used the short ones so far.

Cheers Paul. I have used them with the inserts since, and they make the world of difference!

Well, the Coronavirus won't last long anyway.....it was Made In China, after all...

It's not reversible if the East keeps using fossil fuel. To have a 50/50 chance of avoiding mass extinction, the WHOLE WORLD has to go zero emissions before 2030. After that it will be too late. Do do dispute this, Khriss? It's what 97% of climate scientists are saying.

(Should be moving to the Climate Change thread but I think the whole thing is a joke anyway, so why not continue playing Devil's Advocate for a bit?) ...They would be building EVs for us, using fossil fuel. We're just offshoring our emissions. The fundamental fact is fossil fuel underpins prosperity, as we understand the term. There is no other known energy source that comes close in terms of effort vs return. And there's lots of fossil fuel left. And they want to eat meat as well.

I understand your moral position, but we're not talking about dog shit. We're talking about the extinction clock ticking for ALL of us. And we only have 10 years left, or maybe it's already too late. So unless we stop the East and Africa in their tracks WE ARE ALL DOOMED. Some of us might be able to comfort ourselves as we figuratively burn to death that we 'did the right thing' but how many, really, can take comfort in knowing that, as their children and grandchildren, well...you know. How are they going to feel about the Chinese and Indians, with their cars in 10 years time?

What will happen when the West reaches net zero, and the East is still emitting record breaking levels every year? We abandon fossil fuel, which reduces world demand, price dropps and the East and Africa, with their growing middle class can increasingly afford to use it? They don't have the same obedient liberal values as we do in the affluent West. You think every African/Asian doesn't aspire to owning an car? Having central heating etc? We *might* be able to eventually afford EVs but they never will. And to boot, if we do go all EV, there will be a world glut of cheaper-than-chips used petrol and diesel vehicles, which will make their dream achievable. Are we going to deny them the experience of mass middle classness that we once enjoyed? If so, how?

I bought one a few years ago, don't know if it's the same one. The spray is fairly thick, tends to run. Bugger to clean. Best used with water based emulsion for pebble dash walls, where a fine finish is not important. Also you will waste a lot of paint spraying a gate as must of it will go through. Better to remove the gates and take them to a proper oven bake paintshop.

Dunno about the fembot, but those mutton-chops we're scary!

Amen.

Thats the idea. Better drive the uprights well into the dirt though. Or if the ground is too soft and too deep, bung some sleepers down and set them on those to spread the weight.

Rather than add more poles, see if you can vertically prop the existing poles, in the middle of the span. Wood is way stronger in vertical compression obviously, so your props don't need to be massively thick. Skip to 35 to see the crossing

I have a Victorinox 'Soldier' in a pouch on my harness. €45 I think it was. Serrated locking blade, and the tip is slightly blunt, so less danger of accidental injury. Philips on the back, big strong flathead/cap lifter/prybar and a saw. Saw is for last ditch backup. Never know. Also the cap lifter/prybar locks as well. + Tweezers etc. Tethered to a hole in the bottom of the pouch with thin shock cord that packs in the pouch with the knife and unravels on deployment. Also one hand opening blade, very important.

If you run 'em through the chipper with the brash it's quicker. Pod to sod in a week. I'll get my coat.

In addition to the no trespassing signs, use "Danger! Do no enter! Very Dangerous Place!!!" signage. And signs with pictorial warnings, as some trespassers will claim not to be literate in English. Also post warnings about dangerous bulls, and dogs running free, that might help dissuade the kids. On the legal side, Id like to hear of some actual successful suits, rather than conjecture.

Isn't standard practice to offer a three year program, inject, inject, spray, to virtually eradicate, then it's up to the owner to maintain?

That's a polesaw job for sure. Bind the stem with multiple winds of a two inch ratchet straps, on both sides of the fence to prevent barber chair. Small notch on the underside a couple of feet from the fence, then backcut. They look about 8 inches thick, got to be sure the polesaw blade is ling enough to pass through the whole stem from one side. Lidl polesaw, with extension, or just make something with a new handsaw blade bolted to a long plank and don't bother with an undercut. It is dangerous, to cut this up close.

Weird. Never heard of that before. Send some to a chem lab for analysis. Or phone Husq tech and ask them?