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I cooked some banging instant noodles (duck flavour) with the kelly kettle and a thermos on the porch a few days ago. Had enough hot water left over for a coffee too.

Awesome, if true - links?

In the olden days (not that I know anything about them, but I read some books and watched a few things) - the working men took their trades seriously. They wore tweed caps and smokes pipes, or cigarettes if they were younger and trendy - and had to undergo a gruelling apprenticeship before they were afforded the honour of calling themselves a whatever. Most people lived in small communities, even in cities, neighbourhoods were "small" and reputation was key to success in life. There was little or no state welfare to fall back on if you couldn't find work, and to be a lazy bum was socially frowned upon. So guys didn't **** about treating paid work like a game. They grew up quick, learned their trade and took pride in producing a good product. I think if modern men went back to wearing flat caps and smoking pipes, the quality of the trades would improve dramatically in a few years....

Ive watched several interviews with Assad, some with pretty hostile journos. He always comes across as intelligent, stable and, dare I say it - humble. The phrase going around now is "suicide by Trump" He had nothing to gain from this and everything to lose. The only people who "win" from this event are the rebels and the neocons.

The kevlar pad is only found on top of the gloves, and the only times your hands are in danger of contacting the chain are if you grab and cut with a top handle, in which case the protective pad may give a few % more of a margin for error - but really there is no margin, unless you wear plate-metal gauntlets. As I understand it, the top protective pad was invented when saws had a rigid metal loop instead of a plastic break lever - the metal did not activate a break mechanism, but simply stopped your hand contacting the chain in a kickback. The metal "chainbreak" was liable to damage your hand though, so the top padding was to save your hand from the chainbreak. As said before, leather = slippery when wet, so a net loss for safety. I bought a pair of Husqvarna branded ones some years ago, and was sorely disappointed, only use them for welding now.

Only if you choose to watch it. In the UK you can choose to forgo paying the TV licence even if you own a TV, provided you don't watch live broadcasts. If I understand correctly?

South Africa is an interesting case. They have the benefit of what's left of the colonial era infrastructure, and abundant natural resources, including a fantastic climate, tourism etc, but in terms of organisational ability, it's poor to nil. Still better than other parts of Africa though. Civilisation, (as we understand it) leaving aside the moral debate of who's in charge - is a fragile thing.

Or maybe he's still up and never made it to bed last night?

Theres some hilarious back-and-forth trolling to be found with a google search. Guys take pleasure in baiting the scammers, developing a dialogue and seeing how long they can drag it out.

Never used a sappie, but tongs I find indispensable. Was like going from a push-bike to a Ferrari after years of hand-lugging logs. With a tong, you can get such a strong lock on the end of a long branch, can drag it through undergrowth, with a pair of tongs, you can pick up and throw big branches, lift rounds you would normally be physically unable to lift, two guys can lug serious timber. Even just getting a grip on things cab be tough sometimes, when there's no stubs to grab, the tongs will bite....

"Rigger" gloves, gray with black palms, about €3.50 a pair. They're not all the same, difference in quality between brands but they all look the same.

x27 a joy to use.

Shane - good post. But, in this case, they had a pretty good idea where the perp was at, ideologically. He's been jailed twice, for a couple of years each time, for terrorism related activities. In terms of people doing something about it - they are - they're voting in hardliners and casting their votes for tough national direction changes. This individual publicly stated his ambition was to die as a suicide bomber. Why not take him seriously and jail him for life? At great expense to the state obviously, but whats the alternative? He was a Briton, so could not be departed anywhere. This is going to be huge problem in years to come, as its coming to light now that the Jihadi tendency can and does flare up in second and third generation nationals. Are we going to have to go full 1984 for the next fifty years to keep this in check? It looks like that's the hard reality....and the tragedy is that it needn't have come to this, if conservative immigration policies had prevailed years ago the situation could have been averted, but now it's too late...and that notion has people pretty steamed up, and I don't blame them. The venting and expressions of anger at the group and ideology in question are not going to stop, and every public forum will from time to time become the venue for political venting. Its only going to get worse, unfortunately...thats just the reality of the internet in 2017. We're all upset about the state of affairs...

If a pear tree is grafted onto an apple stock, it doesn't make it an apple tree. By their fruits shall ye know them. Hopefully this will drive the reality of the situation home to the overpaid public servants - in that the enemy within has literally crossed their threshold....

Brilliant, passed it on! ... A frustrated father was discussing parenting in the pub: "When I was a youngster, I was disciplined by being sent to my room without supper. But in my son's room - he has his own colour TV, telephone, computer, CD player and Playstation." "So what do you do?" asked his friend. "I send him to MY room!" exclaimed the father.

At least Jackie Healy-Rae was worth his salary - in entertainment value if nothing else! Danny is shaping up pretty well too. In all fairness, they're woth it...From the "Independent" And the Kerry TD said he is not in favour of changing the Constitution to allow abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities or rape as "there are ways of dealing with" those issues under our current legal system. Mr Healy-Rae has been adamant in his view that only God can control the weather and came under fire when he denied climate change existed during a Dáil debate. And now, in an interview with 'Hot Press' magazine, the Kerry TD has insisted the Old Testament story of God telling Noah to build an ark so he could be spared from apocalyptic floods backs up his claim. "I'm basing my views on facts. The facts are there and history proves it. We had the Ice Age. We had Noah's Ark. We had all those stories. We've proof of the Famine in 1740, which was caused by two years of incessant rain," Mr Healy-Rae said. "There were some centuries when the country was very hot... and then there were different centuries with so much rain and cold. So, those are facts," he added. He also suggested that scientists who are proposing climate change theories are "getting a lot of finance" and that is why they are "more vehement about it". On the same-sex marriage referendum, he said he voted 'No' as "going back, it was always a man and a woman produced a baby and brought them up. And that's the way I felt it should continue". He also described himself as a practising Catholic but "not a holy Joe" in the interview, due to be published tomorrow. Mr Healy-Rae, who made history when he and his brother Michael were elected to the Dáil after the last general election, also insisted he would shoot an intruder entering his home in Kilgarvan. "I'd aim for their legs first. I'd immobilise them first, or something like that, if there was no other way of dealing with them. I'd have no problem with that. It's ridiculous where the law actually favours the criminal in some of these incidents," he said. He also believes gardaí should carry guns to give them an "equal chance" against armed criminals. Mr Healy-Rae repeated his call for gardaí to be given the power to issue drink driving licences to certain people in rural communities. He believes some people should be allowed drink "two or three" pints and still drive home. The idea, which would see gardaí grant permits allowing people drink more than the legal limit, was proposed by the politician three years ago and was aimed at tackling the issue of loneliness among older people living in rural Ireland. Mr Healy-Rae, who is also a publican, said three of his regular customers fell into depression and took their own lives after drink driving laws prevented them from visiting his pub. However, he does not agree with Minister John Halligan's view that prostitution should be legalised. "I get a lot of requests at clinics and my phone never stops ringing... but I've never been asked by any of those people to see if we could get a woman for them in that way," he said. He added that he finds it hurtful when some sections of the media make fun of his views, but he does not let it get to him. "The one thing those people miss when they are criticising us, they are also criticising and making little of [those] who voted for us," he said. Irish Independent

Course the thing is nobody puts a gun to your head and forces anyone to employ anyone. If the burdens of being an employer are too onerous, one is free to downsize and be a one-man-band. That is, unless ones lifestyle has grown beyond the means on a single income - but that's a choice too. All comes down to personal responsibility no? If it's worth it it's worth it, if it's not it's not....

The back handle Ms201 m-tronic is a fabulous saw. The front handle is kind of 3/4 wrap, so you can use the saw in any orientation without straining the wrists, really very well banned and ergonomic, great with a 12 inch bar for getting into thick hedges and congested undergrowth.

I would be inclined to look at that the opposite way, from my own experience. All skills, muscle memory etc are semi-transferrable to a certain degree. Your man might find he has more of the necessary skills and experience than he thinks, it just takes a little re-adjustemt. I hope, for his sake anyway. The speed will definitely be slow though, both climbing and chipping. Its a matter of what kind of work he thinks he's going to be doing - do you want to go small is beautiful, or go high power industrial? What are your finical needs and commitment/energy levels? For some guys, messing with a little chipper would just drive them nuts, but others may be happy to spend longer on the job for the same money, earn a lower hourly wage but have less overheads and debt/liability. All depends on your lifestyle really. Big chipper, needs a bigger truck - and bigger trailer. More expense, can charge more but may make small jobs unfeasible, which would have been worth doing with a cheaper setup. If you end up getting loads of garden clearance jobs, hedging, etc, its going to be crazy hauling a 2 tonne chipper to site, can't get it in the garden, fire it up and arising are done in five minutes. Whats appropriate? Just don't know until your clientele starts taking shape. If the little chipper doesn't work out though, it will be easier to re-sell, maybe?

Signpost on the trees: "Warning, Due To Dog Damage, These Trees Have Been Sprayed With A Chemical Poisonous To Dogs" Don't actually poison the trees, obviously, just stick a sign up. Who'd risk it?

Don't take me seriously, Chuck - I was just having the craic with you, the large size font made me laugh is all. Large type to your heart's content, dude - it' coukd be like your forum trademark - like the guy who used to sign off ever single post with "Thanks Jon!" Haha... Please don't kill me with your beard.

I have the honour of being the first to welcome you to the forum, Chuck. Just to let you know, we tend to use our "indoor voice" - not criticising! - just saying... But seriously. Surely you could have dispensed with the Chinese rubbish and just roundhouse-kicked those trees into firewood? No seriously, thanks for the review. I'm sure you'll have fun here...after the hazing.

Well...I just watched a whole episode of Curious George for the first time in my life. The places Arbtalk leads us *sigh*... I get the Obama analogy. George is a well-meaning and affable monkey who lives with his owner in a palatial house (they have a doorman) similar to Trump Tower...George blocks the bathtub drain with his non-bathtub toys, causing a back up which requires calling the plumber. The plumber shuts off the main valve, while George watches curiously - locates the blockage and leaves. Later, George shoves leftover food into the dishwasher drain hole and blockes it, while his master is away. As the dishwasher starts to flood the kitchen, he tries to repeat the plumbers previous fix by messing with the main valve, and manages to flood the house.... It could be seen as a critique of the progressive political ideology - as seen from a conservative point of view: "Liberal policies create a problem - the attempted cure is more of the same policies that caused the problem" Sorry about the sidetrack.

You could buy a silky katanaboy, some wedges and a small tirfor or a lever hoist, and get the trees on the ground and cut them by hand into lengths. Or even axe them, thats how it used to be done after all. A good axe man used to fell a ten inch spruce, de-branch and section into twenty foot lengths in about half an hour. Then borrow the estate's quad or tractor, and build a log-cart to drag them back to your place without wrecking the ground.

A Silky Big-Boy. Friend had left it among the brash of a big storm blown chestnut in leaf we were clearing. Luckily I hit "down the tooth" so to say - so the chain just glanced off without wrecking the teeth. Only minimal damage...