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Haironyourchest
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How bound this one? - When guys run their saws dry and think the lean out scream is their notifier that it's time to refuel.
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Getting back to Trump - early this morning he tweeted that he would like to strip flag-burners of their citizenship! Whether or not you agree with him, I for one am greatly enjoying the drama. He's the gift that keeps on giving, never know what's coming down the pike next!
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Ok I got another one: not un-reeling the whole extension cord. 1400 watt tool on a 50 meter cord, with like 45 meters still one the reel. Less of a big deal with 220V but very annoying....
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Working on an old stone cottage today, arrived before the lads and noticed someone had left a ladder standing from yesterday evening (to fix a down pipe). The ladder was upside down. This did not surprise me, and got me thinking of all the different sites and jobs I have works on where guys wilfully used ladders upside down. Is there something going on that I missed? Is there an advantage to upside down? Its not a case of accidentally deploying the tool the wrong way, I think there is really a belief out there that upside down is better... Anyway, who else gets peeved by this, and what other weird behaviours have you been annoyed by over the years?
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YouTubeⓇ - enabling your semi-conscious rambling and furious rants since 2005!
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Reading through the article, I couldn't find a reference to top handle anywhere. I may be wrong here but I think Mark was talking about people one-handing ground saws! I have seen experience guys buck logs with a big saw with one hand, other hand holding their fag or scratching their nether regions or whatever. Could it be thats all he meant, and maybe that was the target audience?
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Yeah I think Ive found a home for it - I know a couple of people who life off grid with generators, will offer it to them. Thanks for the feedback fellows!
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Great idea!
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Ok maybe I'll chance it, I was always told that if diesel successfully ignites in a petrol built cylinder it would generate more pressure than the engine could cope with being of a higher potential energy than petrol, and cause damage. Sure theres are loads of pre-fule injection petrol cars around, I have a feeling my neighbour will chance it.
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The scouts are getting in on everything these days!
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So, looks like vehicular use is not going to happen. What about adding it to a central heating kero tank?
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Just checked my gennie - its a honda GX200 :big grin: maybe I'll chance it. Don't use the gennie much though! Thanks for the input.
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So she put 35 odd liters of petrol in the diesel picasso. There was a quarter tank of desiel at the time, so I guess the ratio is around 1 part diesel to 3-4 parts petrol. I have to drain the tank tomorrow morning and so on, hopefully its not banjaxed. Any ideas for using 40 odd litters of contaminated petrol? Is there anything that will run on that mix without damage? Push-mower maybe? Would it be dangerous to add it to a heating oil tank? If it comes down to it will have to bring it to the recycling and I suppose ad it to the "used oil" skip, but seems a shame to waste it.
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Tell me about it, those disposable masks should be banned, they're complete rubbish. I have always used 3M half-masks because thats whats available near me, the filters are good but expensive. At one time Dad had a mask called a North Mask I think, it was excellent - a simple plastic armature with silicone seals, which opened to allow the insertion of the disposable paper masks then closed and clamped tight - excellent seal, very lightweight and cheap filters. Wish it was still around.
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Are you using a press drill or drilling by hand?
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The diesel I used was a relic, its true. Sure there are good ones around. I suppose its different strokes - Im a lightweight kind of operator, small van = lightweight gear, maybe less productivity and less money at the end of the day, buy lower overheads as well. All about finding the optimum....
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I gave half an hour googling quadcopter forums and "TommyK" - there is a rapper called TommyK in america, but not the same chap.
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Want to gain experience but not given the chance
Haironyourchest replied to Carl_s1991's topic in General chat
Welcome to the forum Carl. Catch your boss when he's in good form and just say that you'd like his thoughts on something and broach the subject humbly. Stress that you want to improve, don't imply you are "not being given the opportunity" - make it about you not them. -
The only diesel chipper I've used was a horrible stinking thing. Worse that you're exerting and breathing heavily, would find myself holding my breath around it, not nice. Had a go on a petrol one, was lovely to use, just needed a bit more hand processing of the brash. Great thing was that two guys could also manhandle it on flat ground.
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Hey, never let real work get in the way of a good meme!
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Suppose at the end of the day its about community involvement. If the community doesn't value its environment and assume castodianship of it, there's nothing you can do, except go Big Brother and put cameras everywhere, which nobody wants and doesn't work either.
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Which supplier did you use previously? I would like their contact details.
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Just out of interest, what is the usual method of poisoning a tree in NZ? Do they just sidle up to it and pour something on the ground next to it or do you have to inject something? Is the commonly used agent traceable to likely points of purchase?
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Maybe whats lacking is the sense of existential security people had in the past. Not financial security, but a kind of moral certainly, a faith in the fundamental stability of society and cultural norms and so on. That's gone, probably since the invention of the bomb, more so since the information age - where "culture" can change so radically from one year to the next. It's pretty stressful.
