Johnsond

There is a huge huge difference between having a few quid in your pocket and losing your job and possibly home . Many old people are well fed up of being treat like fools and are just as ready to get in with things as the young are. The truth will come out ref this virus then we can all judge. But for now the economic crash which I presume has not affected you too bad by the Comments you make will be a disaster. As for Boris any sane person knows you have to get things moving it’s just impossible to stay like this !! Mi d you I do think a good proportion of people in safe jobs are happy to keep things as they are until it’s safe safe safe

Lockdown up here is still in place Mark whilst the actual numbers ref death due to the virus are at zero or single figures, hospitals are virtually empty. Boris in your eyes may be the devil but at least he’s trying to get things moving Sturgeon on the other hand is hanging onto the power this gives her and resisting at all costs the pleas from businesses, parents and the soon to be redundant etc etc. All in this misguided bullshit quest to save the NHS etc. To be honest it’s becoming quite embarrassing to watch her still telling people to stick with it and how she sympathises and understands !!! No Kids, No fear of redundancy, No fear of losing a business or home !!’ She understand bugger all.

Come back up to Scotland J and you will see what the other end of the spectrum is causing. The financial, economic, mental health and subsequent social crash that’s going to happen up here is gonna be horrendous long term. Hospitals are empty, treatments for all other illnesses are on hold but hey nothing else matters than follow the guidelines stuck with it blah blah blah. I truly get the feeling we are starting to see a level of control over the population that politicians especially those of Sturgeons character would like to maintain long rather than short term. The balance had long since gone out of this process.

The one with the big but not fat Coronavirus susceptible non gender specific person in it.

Ferguson’s track record in grossly overestimating potential casualties is beyond shocking Mark in many cases, Has the government done everything right ! Of course not. But if people can’t see that the end result of this shutdown is going to be as bad if not worse than the virus then they are deluding themselves. The worthy but now misguided desire to protect the nhs and save lives is achieving very little right now. The NHS is totally in control of Covid. Hospitals and icu wards are running at way way below capacity. New studies are appearing every day with data showing why people were susceptible including obesity ?‍♂️?‍♂️ Come on you don’t need to be a genius to realise that being obese and unhealthy is going to make you susceptible to illness. We need a massive reboot of society and less outcry and political correctness when people state the truth. What we should be directing our angst at is the Chinese for bringing this shit to the table, but no what do we do instead we throw billions of business their way ie they are currently being awarded contracts to build the next batches of jackets and turbine bases for many of the new Scottish wind farms !!!! And who pays for that in the end ??. The British taxpayer ??. Imagine the skills and benefit of building those here, apprenticeships and real genuine jobs. Like I say the changes required are massive and unfortunately I think profit and short term gain counts for more than anything else.

Lol can you even say that now.

J that wouldn’t be Ferguson by any chance would it ???. Quite frankly there will be so many people wise with the benefit of hindsight that it’s not worth talking about. His track record is not great to say the least. Regarding the management of the so called media hype driven Covid crisis ?‍♂️. Governments are under microscopic scrutiny for every single move they make. Unfortunately they are not gonna please all the people all the time. The destruction of the economy will soon be a far worse threat than Covid ever was. Anyway the media have now moved on to driving the BLM hysteria, streets to be renamed, statues removed and history rewritten.

There is not a country on this planet that is free all forms of discrimination or racism. you should try a trip to the rougher areas of Lagos or Luanda and see how you get on. But it is not prevalent at the levels that many including yourself seem to want us all to believe. Indeed I know little or in reality care what you have done etc. I’ve mixed and worked with many nationalities and can say I judge a man on what he is not his colour. There are plenty of white and black peoples who are equal when it comes to being total arseholes just as there are plenty of really good guys of all colours. What’s annoying is the sanctimonious and quite frankly not welcome sermons from the likes of you whom seem to think you occupy the moral high ground. As for living in the countryside, yeah I do now but was born and raised in a small mining village that was devastated by the mine closures. My choices at 16 were the Dole or the Army ?‍♂️?‍♂️.

What racism and discrimination??? From where I see things the joe average white working class male has just as hard a time of things than anyone else. Plus you know nothing of what I think do or have done in my life. Seriously bud the rubbish you are spouting sounds like something from a student union Marxist, socialist, gay , lesbian, trans, non gender this week,BLM,BAME rights for everyone but the racist ruling elite white meeting. Jokes aside I took a very attractive coloured girl to a social function at Wellington barracks in 1986 whilst serving in the Coldstream Guards, you could have heard a pin drop ?. You may be a bit young and naive to get that one but I guess some of the older ex squaddies on here will figure it out.

What do you want me to do like ??? Throw myself at the feet of every coloured person or descendant of a former British colony ??? Get a grip for Christ sake.

Citizen smith I take it you won’t promote the building of a new royal yacht then.

Right Mark I’ll try and keep this simple ok. For thousands of years one Race or tribe or whatever you can cope with me calling them has attacked or exploited another right back to the beginning of recorded history, hopefully you are following so far. I don’t think he even the most ardent apologist is gonna question that. You have heard of Hadrian’s wall I presume ??, I tell you what at this rate we will be getting the Italians to apologise for ruining the view over the unspoilt Northumberland countryside due to those nuisance builders the Romans leaving all those bloody ruins everywhere. Let me know when you have your socialist worker and white apologist stand set up down the sea front and I’ll get a few mates to come down and cheer you on.

That’s been going on for thousands of years Mark, and even longer in nature. Like I say get yourself down the sea front and start apologising.

Well Mark feel free to apologise for the actions of our predecessors. you crack on mate go and stand on the prom and preach about how bad we are. Get a grip man

Most of this is utter rubbish quite frankly. One thing I will say is I will not ever be apologising for what has happened in the past. That is no different to the pathetic collective guilt that was heaped upon the generations of Germans that came after WW2. Im pretty sure quite a few feeble pc politicians have already been driven to apologising for the actions of previous generations . Presuming to school people on what teams are acceptable is the same utter stupidity that has resulted in the renaming of black boards or man hole covers etc etc. Do you really genuinely think this country is that bad it justifies the behaviour we have witnessed over the past weeks. yes the cops involved were wrong and the justice system will deal with them accordingly. You are totally and utterly wrong in as much as you deride the All lives matter comment. There are segments of the working class white communities all over this country that suffer just as much deprivation as the Coloured ( Sorry if this is a non PC term) youth in any particular area but do not resort to rioting or the behaviour you saw in the media. Not sure what race you are but if you are white and want to apologise for something that you as an individual had no responsibility for feel free.

I don’t think people were at all arse to elbow. Most I wouldn’t class as retards. The beach at Banf where I took my kids was virtually deserted, that’s first time in 2 months my 11 year old twins have left the bloody house. The cause as you put it is being hijacked by people for whom enough is never enough. Screaming right up in a police officers face with no mask or ****************s given about the consequences is totally different to sitting on a beach. Destroying property and physically attacking people is totally unacceptable. As for the quote ref Black or Asians being more likely to die !!! How on earth can the propensity for an illness to attack different ethnic groups be deemed as racism. I’ve seen the signs quoting this as racism in the nhs, absolute utter stupidity. Does that mean sickle cell anemia is racist ????. I work within a team of guys from all over the world of all colours. Much of this shit is media driven hype. I’m proud of my culture and have no time for this hand wringing privileged white man apologist bullshit. The most racist societies out there are undoubtedly coloured on coloured ones. There are many examples of this in Africa and Asia ie the Indian caste system. Once you have been around this globe a bit you soon realise that this country so many are so keen to whinge about ain’t in reality that bad. Not perfect by any means but a lot better than many realise.

The thing is in reality there is no off the shelf item that will tick all the boxes for all the people. Hence I’d be going the fabrication route. Even if it was as minimal a set up as a couple of Ali beams to run parallel and the corresponding sections to go across the ends, ie pretty much the logosol item. But keep it ultra simple hdpe sliders etc will run fine. Go the for the standard Chinese option and get as much info as you can about the logosol item then copy and simplify to suit your own needs. Save a chunk of money and as Bill says invest in and run twin a headed set up. I know some times it’s hard when you are busy to fab this and that and then ending up getting bugger all done. Be interested you see what Les has come up with !! Alternatively just run a big twin head panther set up from Rob ?‍♂️ “Simples”

I’d be seriously looking at fabricating something along the lines of the Logosol item which Andy put the link up to. The kit is probs well made but start putting the price of a saw etc etc ?. The set up is not rocket science and the amount of different profiles and bearings/carriers out there in the marketplace makes most things viable nowadays. Would you be working alone or with help??. The double header set up would be a asset id say if it’s constantly gonna be pulling through big logs.

Well judging by the crowds around the country protesting about the widely publicised event in America I’d say the lockdown is indeed selectively applied.

Sky news coverage of the protests in London today. Protestors totally taking the piss out of social distancing. Screaming into police officers faces with neither 1 wearing ppe ?‍♂️ Police were showing a level of self restraint I know I’m not capable of.

There are two on my place Andy both 70mm kit type affairs built long before I had the mill. If I was to do it again I’d defo go timber frame route with self milled beams and cladding etc. I’m pretty sure as long as you are not beyond the house frontage and a few other restrictions ie height etc you are gonna be totally fine. More so as historically there has been a structure on the site anyway. I’ve power to mine but not water, I’ve had one set up for my sons to stay in when they visited, no toilet but an en suite stream right next to it ?. Bollocks to the neighbour would be my attitude ?‍♂️. A nice little cabin in the woodland surrounding your place would be a cracking project.

Of course he can be stopped. They have a strong constitution and enough good sensible people to make sure democracy is safe, you are seeing this with the public statements already given by sensible government officials. The liberal left or extreme right won’t see it like that nor will Mark.

LOL ? You think so ?? Forget the original questions eh ?

?? What you on about ?? I’m sat here calm bud. Thought the questions were pretty simple but if you want me to dumb them down a bit let me know. Please don’t make people from Northumberland look too fucking stupid though eh ?‍♂️