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How'd you pop the rib? Good story behind it?

I see, thats a bummer. Is the kevlar element required for employees who will be required to saw, or is it across the board, ie. brash draggers as well?

It may not be good practice but is it illegal? If the gear has only been used 6 weeks, a wash cycle should make it like new - who's going to know the difference? I'd be interested to know the ins and outs of this, as holding the PEE for the next lad was my first thought.

Don't mind me, Tom, I've just been listening to too much conservative talk radio lately... I see your angle. It's a tough one...the self employed already pay taxes. If they are low earners, they pay little or no taxes, but neither do the employed, if they are low earners, or part time. If we tax the self employed more, what will that achieve except to discourage people from working as much, increase the black economy, and reduce disposable income, further slowing the economy? More taxes doesn't necessarily mean less deficit- just more money for the government to squander. If we try and squeeze low earners for more, people will just opt to stay on the dole or work black, and as you said, there are 4.5 million of them, the cost/benefit of auditing that many low earners (I don't know what number would be classed as such, but I'm sure it's a lot) every few years would be a mugs game for the state. Why can't governments close their deficit gaps by just spending our money more wizely? That's why money, generally, is better spent by the people, and not the government.

Yes but only if you pay employees that way (it supposedly dis-incentivises them to take their holiday entitlements, more EU meddling) Its different for subbies, since they are responsible for setting their own holidays. Non?

Hypothetically, what would it take to modify gaffs to secrete a fungicidal/healing substance every time they are placed, or removed? A hollow spike, or a tube terminating near the base of the spike, drawing from a small reservoir?

Surely there are other ways to look after the "good of the country" instead of punishing those enterprising people who are pulling their own weight? The self employed are the backbone of western democracies - leave them alone - and cut the fat instead - and by that I mean freeloaders and government.

Thats beautiful!

[ame] [/ame] Bit of a lark, will try it next time a big stump comes along. With a metal pot stand or BBQ etc it would be great for parties. Some interesting stuff on Wranglerstar, he used to be better when he started, got a bit silly recently I think, but still produces watchable stuff sometimes.

Well, I'm happy for you guys who found that the bird returned to resume its parenting duties. I wasn't so lucky - twice last year nearly chopping through nests in dense hedge, one with chicks the other with eggs. I covered them, of course, but after a few weeks was clear that the chicks and eggs had died or been eaten by something. Very sad.... not doing nay more hedges until season's over - and tough titties to the clients...

The problem with encouraging the highly educated immigrants is it causes a brain-drain in their country of origin, giving rise to a low IQ population, low economy, high birth rate, poverty and extremism. Then the low IQ extremists are invited into our countries, make **** of the streets, thus discouraging the native population from having children because young couples see no future for their offspring. Let's all just stay on our own turf. Seriously. Ok, I know thats not going to happen. But when people complain about there not being enough doctors/whatevers so that we have to import them - well, why aren't there enough? Why are our western education systems not producing enough skilled people? Or is the demand for doctors too high? Are we actually a weak and lazy population who won't take our long term heath seriously? Maybe if the general population was more intelligent, we would self-treat more of our common ailments and not be rushing off to the doctor at the first sniffle, thus cutting down the need for more doctors. Maybe if we were more patriotic, less of us would feel entitled to abuse the NHS system. We might have more pride, and assume more social responsibility. Doesn't it all come down to the "quality" of the general population in the end? A population who are disciplined, intelligent, moral and physically fit, don't need the same level of state-guaranteed pensions, medical treatment, welfare and so on as a weaker population. Why aren't the schools producing quality graduates? Why aren't parents raising mentally tough people? We, in the west are in a malaise - Im asking where did it come from?

Leally - who's gonna know? Who's gonna care?...morally - you feel terrible when you hit a nest. Birds are sensitive creatures, even exposing a nest without damage will drive the mother bird off for good, never to return. If its nesting season, just don't work on dense hedges.

If you do build one, pick up an infrared thermometer - there's quite an art to placing the pizza in the right part of the oven relative to the coals, apparently.

If your Tirfor is the open case type, the one with the handle that sticks out the top - you just bash the pin out with a drift. If its the clamshell type, with the built in hooks and the handle on the side...well...its gonna be a bad day...best of luck. There are youtube tutorials that will walk you through it though.....

Call a Locksmith?

The 440/441, 460/461 and 660/661 all share the same oil pump if I am not mistaken, and the pump can be upgraded to the "high output model" for about £70 or the equivalent euros/dollars. I upgraded mine, it does pump more bar oil, empties the oil tank about the same time as the petrol tank, whereas before it was about half.

Would be easy enough to build something like that, with a manual 20 ton bottle jack or 2 for power.

(From the Wikipedia Leylandii page) The plant's rapid growth (up to a metre per year) and great potential height – often over 20 metres (66 ft) tall, sometimes as high as 35 metres (115 ft) – can become a serious problem. In 2005 in the United Kingdom, an estimated 17,000 people were at loggerheads over high hedges, which led to violence and in at least one case murder, when in 2001, retired Environment Agency officer Llandis Burdon, 57, was shot dead after an alleged dispute over a leylandii hedge in Talybont-on-Usk, Powys.[17] Part VIII of the United Kingdom's Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003, introduced in 2005, gave a way for people affected by high hedges (usually, but not necessarily, of leylandii) to ask their local authority to investigate complaints about the hedges, and gave the authorities in England and Wales power to have the hedges reduced in height.[22] In May 2008, UK resident Christine Wright won a 24-year legal battle to have her neighbour's leylandii trees cut down for blocking sunlight to her garden.[23] If your soil isn't clay based, and the house foundations are strong and good, maybe you could use the presence of the tree as leverage to bring down the price?

A bread maker machine for the lazy - produces consistent results.

The 2-part transparent epoxy resin is great stuff, can be sanded and polished to a glass finish and will fill massive holes without shrinkage issues - really amazing stuff. You could embed a small crab or seashell in the holes to add interest.

Is the British love-affair with rules and regulations regional or across the board? Just wondering, would one find the same level of preoccupation with H&S in very rural communities as in suburban sprawl areas? Really, I'm not judging, just keen to know.

Anyone on here ever read "The White Company" by Arthur Conan Doyle? (of Sherlock Holmes fame) - historical fiction set during the hundred years war, follows the exploits of a regiment of British archers. Excellent book, very highly researched in terms of historical accuracy. C Doyle thought it more significant in terms of literary achievement than the Sherlock Holmes stories, though it's relatively unknown.

Busted out the FS460 yesterday afternoon, first cut of the year. Grab the handles and let rip with the tap-and-go head in new growth montbretia, 47ccs of raw power to 3mm round string and no guard I feel like this guy It doesn't happen every time, but statistically speaking, one of these days one of my clients is going to overhear me yelling "YEEEEEEEHAAA!!!!" as I power though their bracken/tall grass/whatever. Happens with the MS461 as well in big timber. Maybe they already have and are too polite to mention it. I don't care, got to enjoy what you do or whats the point?

Its when they burn plastic rubbish I draw the line. Anything organic is fair enough....

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.