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  1. Haironyourchest
    Which is why you should have comprehensive health insurance if you live in a free market country, which you can afford due to the lower tax rates, which the state can afford, because they don't have to finance a massively expensive public health system. And you won't have to wait 8 months for treatment and die on a waiting list. And if you are too poor to have insurance, then you can still get free treatment in A&E. Of course, you might have to carve your own prosthesis, after they release you... Swings and roundabouts.
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    You can fill a 20 liter capacity can with 20 litres and let Nanny pound sand. The whole idea is rediculous to me. Why 50 odd liters in your car tank but only (arbitrary number) in cans? It's government regulation for the sake of regulation, if people cow tow to this kind of thing it's a slow and steady path to mindlessly obedient serfdom.
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    I'd have to say David Lynch's Dune. Don't really like it, but it's the single only movie I keep going back to every now and then, like a compulsion. Flawed genius in execution, horrid yet unforgettable acting, art direction supurb, something deeply unsatisfying about it.
  4. Haironyourchest
    I love leverage, it's so elegant and amazing. Got super nerded-out on the physics a few years ago, down to the construction and types of wire rope and chain, types of steel etc. There are some excellent and obscure YouTube channels on the subject. US Army Vehicle Recovery Field Manual is also really good, very well presented and easy to understand. I always get a thrill out of moving something incredibly heavy, slowly, with just my own strength and leverage. When it comes to trees, getting the appropriate angle of pull is crucial. A few feet up or down the stem can equate to 1000's of Newton's of force at the winch. When you hit that sweet spot and everything comes together, it's so satiffying. Now I'm going to have a cold shower...
  5. Haironyourchest
    Very true, tree physics are hard to assess, even in person. I'm a dab hand with the winches though...not a lot I can't do with a small Tirfor, two chain lever hoists and a pile of slings and rigging, depending on the size of the tree, obviously.
  6. Haironyourchest
    Ida put a pull rope high up, winched the crown back into the trees behind, away from the wires and the house, then severed the butt and winched the butt end toward the house, sliding the tree under the power lines.
  7. Haironyourchest
    Handles are for sissies.
  8. Haironyourchest
    I'm Slovakian. Figures, I like all the Sovaks I know, and the Czechs.
  9. Haironyourchest
    Contact the Royal Navy and see if they would like to practice underwater demolition with explosives.
  10. Haironyourchest
    Could you put a choker on them low down where the timber is sound, then Tirfor them out at an angle? Is there an immovable anchor point ashore? Or, how about a 9 tonne chain come-along, and chain two piles to eachother, and pull them towards eachother to loosen them?
  11. Haironyourchest
    First experiment moving brash with the trackbarrow, so far so easy. reversing up hill with four times what I could drag and with no effort. Loading takes a little care, but with a bit of modification I would be able to throw them on, somthing like removable "U" shaped yolks like in a log trailer scaled down.
  12. Haironyourchest
    Just throw out a factoid, fwit, in the USA the wealthiest 20% of the population pay 80% of all tax. The top 1% of earners, individuals and corporations, pay 50% of all tax. Just makes one wonder about the rich paying their "fair share..."
  13. Haironyourchest
    You could scale back and earn under the VAT threshold. Then you wouldn't have to worry about VAT.
  14. Haironyourchest
    I wanna be like the Major, in Fawlty Towers.
  15. Haironyourchest
    Try an experiment: say a phrase clearly and loudly like "Shall we go to the cinema?" and then open Google maps. See if it happens again?
  16. Haironyourchest
    Chunky natural furniature, indoor/outdoor?
  17. Haironyourchest
    Update: painful accident with the track-barrow. Crushed myself between the cabin and machine while reversing. Luckily it was unloaded and ground was soft so the reaction wasn't great and the tracks spun, if the ground conditions had been better, I'd have been really fucked. Sore today, bruising and cuts on the back over the hipbone. Funny thing though I had a dream about a week ago where I was reversing my old Hiace van toward a cliff and couldn't stop. It was red as well. Checked the astrology for 3pm, time of accident and mars was smack bang over my natal moon at 7 degrees ares.
  18. Haironyourchest
    Because Manly Spirit. We thumb our nose at "risk" and do for ourselves instead of paying other men to do for us.
  19. Haironyourchest
    I bought the Tekeuchi or whatevery its called, the Japanese version, head only, and made my own pole out of a section of old fiberglass windsurfer mast, wide end mating with the catapult head and some sleeves of pvc pipe. A hole, drilled through both the shaft and sleeves, then a steel peg aligns them and keeps everything together nicely. Use an archery trigger but don't bother with a ratcheting tensioner system. Windsurfer mast is the way to go, you will never, ever break one of those.
  20. Haironyourchest
    Doesn't do the moving parts any harm, oil pump always turn freely, it's just where it collects and mixes with dust where it hardens. I had the same issue with regular chain oil, just not quite as tough to remove. For me the advantages far outweigh the annoyances. If it's the bio oil that you mix with water youre talking about, then I'm with you on that, it's evil.
  21. Haironyourchest
    Maybe next time I'll try boiling, just thought of it.
  22. Haironyourchest
    Time and break cleaner. And maybe heat, but haven't tried heat gun yet. Once every few years I clean out my 254xp oil pump and housing, it's always packs solid with polymerized veg oil and sawdust, I just work at it with a seal pick, toothbrush and break cleaner, soaking overnight helps.
  23. Haironyourchest
    The one and only benefit of waring spectacles, - gives you a 50/50 chance of warding off twigs.
  24. Haironyourchest
    Another great reason to wear a personal video camera recording on loop whenever one goes out in public.
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    Cheers, will report back tomorrow

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