Haironyourchest

The issue I have with the flow chart, Mark, is that the "Yes" path leads to the conclusion: "Everybody dies - our nukes did not act as a deterrent!" But this is not logiall in my opinion. We simply don't know the outcome of a nuclear exchange because one has not happened yet, and to presume "everybody dies" just doesn't hold water. All nukes are not created equal, even if they were, their effectiveness is more about the delivery system than the warhead itself. When the US dropped the nukes on Japan, it was a last ditch attempt to end a bloody trench war where Japanese civilians were being forced to take up arms. Watch the documentary - the president wanted to surrender, but his officers mutinied, kidnapped him, and basically forced the nation to keep fighting. At that time the Japanese nation were in a simmilar psychological position to the Isis fighters - i.e. total commitment to a martial ideal that would ultimately end in their complete annihilation if they kept going. The bombs were destructive, but less destructive than a drawn out ground war. It took nukes to get it through their heads that they were beaten. We can never know if the two nukes were really necessary. But the idea that we can only uses nukes against an enemy that also has nukes is not logical. If a madman attacks with a knife, do you holster your gun and pull out your knife to keep it fair? In terms of total destructive power, what is the difference between one tactical nuke and 1000 tons of carpet bombs and bullets? War is war, killing is killing. Being killed by a nuke is no worse than any other violent death. Once the genie is out of the bottle, it cannot be put back in. I think the rouge nation blackmail idea needs to be looked at carefully, there may be something to it, maybe not now, but down the road. The cost of Trident is horrendous though..... I believe Britain would be better served by scrapping it and investing in a tactical nuke program.

Forget the filter, hack the intake to accept a flexible hose, the other end of which you then hang in a tree some distance away. Could put a sponge on the end of the hose if you wish. Thats what I'd do anyway. Or stick a large funnll into the intake and cover the wide end of the funnel with lady's tights.

Adhesives sure have come a long way from the auld pine resin mixed with bluebell bulb juice and wood ash....I read they have made a glue out of the tendrils that mussles use to attach themselves with, that's supposed to be the strongest known glue yet. They use it to glue heat resistant tiles onto the hulls of space shuttles apparently...there's such a wonderful range out there, all comes down to the right tool for the job....super glue can be combined with baking soda as a catalyst which causes it to cure instanatniously and also provides bulking aggrigate to enhance strength - tricky to apply it though, and watch out for the exothermic reaction - can start a fire!

Maybe a weak spark, could be the plug needs cleaning and setting, or just a different plug. Try a new one? Carb adjustment, lean the idle screw a bit? Check ignition coil gap. Not an expert, just my thoughts.

I wonder how many Arbtalkers have Mora knives? I just bought a Mora Companion MG in High Carbon, really thrilled with it. Have been using it to slice my onions, and literally the best slicer in the kitchen. Messed around in the woods with it a bit. Not the most heavy duty blade, but really in terms of achieving the optimum I think its outstanding. The one thing that I keep marvelling at is the sheath - its just so well designed. Plastic, but I like that. £11.00 Back in the 1800's a working man would pay a weeks wages for his knife. https://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/399-Morakniv-Companion-MG-Knife/

Funny thing about religions.....They always seem to start off with the intention of bringing people together, convincing everyone to adopt the same values and social norms. Which is nice, for a while. Until people realise that they can't have wars with each other anymore because they're all "on the same side" - which then necessitates a schism and sectarianism so wars can happen again - which is really what humanity is all about. Nothing like a good war to get the heart pumping. Deny it all you like, but our ancestors were open and honest about it. Genes is genes I say. Hell if it wasn't for me worrying mum, I'd strap on my army surplus vest and go help out the Kurds against Isis. Same with politics. There will always be haves-lots and have-lessers. Party politics is about keeping the other side in check. If the politics isn't about money, then its about "values" which is just watered down religion..... When it comes to middle eastern muslims killing each other because the other side are the "wrong" kind of muslim, thats really just ancient clan war in disguise. American Dems v Reps is simply the continuation of the civil war, but with more civility. Worlds a simple place...when you're Haironyourchest....

If you're going to flush the tank you might consider going the extra mile and removing and ckeaning the oil pump and surrounds as well. There are a few good YouTube vids - Donnyboy springs to mind. I would flush with white spirits and reuse for cleaning creasote brushes or whatever. Half fill the tank, close, slosh around, leave sit a while, slosh some more and empty - repeat a few times. Then retrieve the filter line with a hooked wire, change filter, fill with white spirits again and run the saw a while to flush the chanells and pump.

Grinder sharpener. Gave an hour faffing about with a work hardened chain yesterday, trying to file off the hard metal with a diamond hone to get the file to bite. Ruined two files, then remembered I have a Lidl grinder system. Two minutes - problem solved. That, and a stump vice. And the Stihl file holder system that does the rakers at the same time. Combi can with push spouts. Air compressor for cleaning.

The old way was to mash up a fly agaric mushroom with some milk in a bowl, sprinkle with sugar and leave on the windowsill. I have often wished windows came with a slight camber outward and upward, with a small hole at the top to allow the flies and wasps to escape, as they always seem to be trying to.

Diesel. And if anyone with a clipboard and yellow vest shows up, you're the homeowner.......Not really. Strong roundup will kill brambles forever. Saplings should be pulled up or lopped right tot he ground or they'll bother the strimmer for years to some before the rot.

The 10 Ton capacity must refer to the Gross Maximum Ve-hical Weight - ie. it presupposes the driver and passenger each weigh 500kg. Plus the fuel - another 500kg. Plus lunch and soda pop - 250kg per person. So the payload is only really 8 tonnes. Would they be short tonnes or long tonnes? I heard the USA tonne is a bit lighter....Easyliftguy?

Speaking for myself, I found that going from a smaller saw to a much larger (55cc to 95cc) I become more methodical and steady in the work. The vibes and noise and raw power demands respect and I treat the saw like a live hand granade. That is until I become desensitised to the machine and start using it with confidence. I think there are two forces at play. 1) A smaller saw gives the user a feeling of more control and therefore more confidence - confidence is good, but too much can lead to slack-arsedness. A very small saw can allow us to slip into bad working positions, overreaching, one handing, and so on. 2) A big saw can make us feel more vulnerable - this is good because it makes us more carful, but too much of this feeling can make us afraid and fear reduces our confidence and control as well. - so really, there is a balance there somewhere where the most efficiency and safety is to be had. A small saw may not cause as much damage as a big saw, but does it make any difference when either is easily enough to kill and maim?

Was just up on a hired micro digger for a day last week, 0.8 toner JCB. Gas craic altogether, but just not enough power and so slow to track. Felt very unsafe on and ground that wasn't perfectly level, but then realised at day's end the tracks had "retracted". A feller wouldn't out-dig it though....did a day on a 1.5 toner and it was vastly superior, but for narrow in between trees jobs, the micro was a gift. Id rather a micro skid steer though - they can take a backhoe attachment as well and more versatile.

I have a Maruyama long reach hedge cutter - 25cc or thereabouts. Bought used from a tool hire place after one season, blades where trashed but they sent for a new set of blades, was a good deal. They fixed jet carb so no adjustment possible and some elements of the set up feel a bit cheap, like the choke lever, but in all fairness, it has been absolutely reliable. I run mine on aspen, it sips gas. The gearbox is pretty beefy, two separate grease nipples for the pinion gear and the reciprocating element. One thing to bear in mind is the tightening wheel that tightens the head at your chosen angle can vibrate loose and sone slop can develop in the head. If the slop is too much the pinion gear will not mesh properly and start slipping - this happened once to me, and when I examined the gear I noticed that there was some wear on it - the sulution is just to firmly (not brutally, just firmly) tighten the knob each and every time you adjust the angle, and keep checking it. The wear on the gears haven't affected the performance of my model as far as I can tell - I presume one of the previous blokes who hired the machine let is run with slop and wore the gear.

Eggs, thats the example all your countrymen should be setting, as GB heads into independence. Resist the temptation of filthy lucre, whatever the source - and stand up for good old fashioned principles. Trust will be the crucial ingredient in the success of the new "retro" Britannia. We can stick it to the Man, but lets working Men treat each other right.

I would have thought they were pretty low grade. Often think I should turn one of my old handsaws into a briar slasher though, thin but springy steel.

Isn't the SF55 classed as a pure "brush saw" for felling small trees rather a brush cutter, hence the short shaft? It may be possible to buy a longer shaft for it. I use a FS460 and its fantastic - I think the 460 is offered in three different shaft lengths, the middle one being the default.

Dont paint, wast of time, the rust will keep on rusting and the paint will blister, there'll be rust stains - nightmare. Sand blast, then take them to the galvanisers. Then paint, if you still want to.

I read that in the middle ages the demand for yew by the English and Welsh for bows was such that the yew stocks of Europe ran dangerously low, till kings were issuing decrees forbidding the felling of any more yew trees. To this day the european yew has not fully recovered! And now they've discovered a cancer treatment chemical in yew leaves.

Never used them; maybe I should start...essential for anyone with a desk. The safety pin just came to mind, followed by the paraffin candle (not really modern but still very good). And tweezers. And the disposable Stanley knife blade...

They're part of that great family of modern marvels, a rawhide thong for the twenty first century. Sublimely simple, eminently effective and so cheap they might as well grow on trees. The Biro pen, plastic razor, panty liner, toothbrush, lighter, rubber band, PET bottle, bog roll, AA battery, Chapstick, condom, bandaid, plastic bag,...should be a memorial to them and their inventors.

Handy for restraining bad guys as well...my man-bag is never without: gorilla tape, cable ties, epoxy putty, super glue, baking soda (catalyst for super glue), lighter (to apply heat to various materials) SAK with pliers, flashlight...

I always give them my number with instructions to get the courier to phone me when he's in the area as I may be out and about and like to check stuff before I sign for it. The guys always phone me and I meet them where it's convenient for them.

Sitting in the van after a few hours strimming, I go guardless for the efficiency so I have to ware goggles under the face shield. My Oregon goggles fog up badly in this heat, from sweat and it's a real pain, so today I poured a teaspoon of sillica gel dessicant granuled into the gogs, theres a lip all around that holds them so they not touching the face. I was curious to see if they would absorb the moisture building up, and it worked!!! Not once did they get in my eyes, even if I look up - the lip of the face seal keeps them away. There was some fogging at times, simply removed by looking down and swishing the granules around the lens, mopping up the condensation. Before this invention, I would have been removing the goggles every few minutes to whipe out.... Might be of interest to some. Use the white food grade granules, not the coloured ones as they contain cadmium apparently.

Pass the popcorn please.