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We're not even in an area known for flooding although we have a couple of badly thought out retail parks nearby that tend to flood about once a year. Anyway, the river near us broke it's banks for the first time since before I can remember. Had some mates who's garden is up to their knees in water. Canal was so bad that a couple of foot bridges collapsed. Saw a Facebook video with a gas mains breaking and going up in flames like an action film. Some family have a stream in the back yard and the entire back of their house removed for renovation. They said that one more rainfall would put the stream in their living room. Not heard from them but they're more towards Yorkshire. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

It really does my head in when I see grown adults riding on the pavement. I'm sure there's something in the back of my mind telling me that you're not allowed to ride on the pavement past the age of around 13. Also people riding with no hands, riding while texting, and my favourite: riding while smoking. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

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I use wood database all the time. I have some Spanish almond wood that I bought and hate using. I only have a small carving axe and it took me hours to split it even though the thing was already cracked right through the heartwood. I have 3/4 of a log in the cupboard because the piece I managed to split fell out of it like a slice of cake rather than splitting right across to the other side like any respectable log. I don't know how much you need but I could send a chunk over in the new year. Edit: Sorry, didn't read closely enough. I'll get a new bandsaw blade from tuffsaws and cut a 4x4x1" chunk out at some point. I could do it tomorrow but my Axminster blade couldn't handle a piece of brown oak that's been giving me hassle and decided to snap. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

I'm 25, took redundancy after just short of 3 years in a teaching job that I fell sideways in to, was no good at and hated. I want to get in to tree surgery. I'm a woodworker, which doesn't pay the bills but has given me some knowledge of trees. I also spent a couple of summers a few years ago working as a 'groundsman' at a field maintenance company. The job mostly involved maintaining public areas such as playing fields, schools etc. I mainly cut back hedges and took down a few small trees. I know it's not much. I have experience with chainsaws but no formal certs. Because of my age I'm finding it hard to find apprenticeships as much as I'm assured that adult apprenticeships do exist somewhere so I've been looking in to paying for my own training. I'm in the North West at the top end of Greater Manchester and a short drive from Myerscough which seems to be one of the names that comes up regularly when I look for arb training. My biggest problem is that while my redundancy is keeping me going, I will need to start earning again relatively soon. One big issue us that I'm renting a house with the girlfriend that we could do with moving out of, and we can't get anywhere new unless I'm in work. That means either finding something paid straight away or finding a job to keep me earning while I train in my spare time. Does anyone have any advice? I'm aware a couple of similar threads have been started recently but I was hoping someone could help me with location and situation specific advice. Imagine I'm starting from scratch because essentially I am. Cheers, Sam. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk