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I cut a bunch of Larch Cladding and left it in a stack without tickers and it went like this. No surprise there. Ive no real experiance with cladding out in the open air doing this but if he's not planning on putting any preservative on it maybe scrub it down with borax?

Not that daft? You've bumbled around from one failed enterprise after another and now find yourself at the bottom rung and think that anyone would be remotely interested in reading about it. You seem to be confused as to who has had this bump on the head.

Remember to use spell check when you write this best seller of yours.....

There's a lot to get there there and Im short on time as Im doing some electrical testing on Deck. The gist of it seems to be; Yes Teachers are left of center and yes they hate the Tories but no they'd not put politic above the welfare of the children. Which is entirely at odd with the Unions that represent them. I assume you're familiar, or at least aware of who Chris McGovern is? He was previously a Head Teacher yet has real concerns about the militant Teachers Union and how they are weaponising Covid for political aims. I think you're intentionally downplaying the role and reach the unions have with teachers and playing on what you seem to agree on a bunch of Tory hating lefties willing to do whatever it takes to embarrass the Tories and using the Children as collateral. I think the vast majority in the private sector have seen their real life wages diminish over the last 10 years. I know of no one who's had a pay rise of any substance. Im not sure the same can be said for the public sector. I also think there is a number of reasons mature teachers left, particularly male teachers and I dont think the blame can be placed at either Parties feet although I'm sure there is a great number who'd point their finger at Blair. The Oil and Gas Unions in the UK are entirely toothless thee days. Why anyone would continue to pay their dues to them I have no idea. Norway on the other hand is much more unionised, very efficient and have a powerful voice. The members all seem to look after each other regardless of employer and will strike if the Oil Companies are not playing ball. Its meant that we've kept our working conditions during a number of down turns, maintained schedules that our employers would dearly love to remove and kept things like seniority in place, meaning that the Oil Companies cant just lay off the better paid employee in favour of the cheaper and up and coming new hands. With 12 years on a Norwegian Contract I have a fairly sizable cushion if there is lay-offs as anyone with less time in the company that me (with a few exceptions) has to be let go first. But I know where you're going with this. If I have such a strong union behind me, fighting my corner why should the Teachers not have the same thing? Well, for one I tend to find that in the public sector you're far better looked after than in the private sector. Wages, pensions, hours and expectations are all generally lower in the private sector. But the main reason for me is the almost Hamas way in which they are using Children as human shields to further not so much better conditions for the Teachers but for purely political reasons. And what a golden opportunity Covid has proved to be for them.

I dont think he's kept to the same story two posts in a row yet. Its one lie after another.

I think you're over generalising here and also ignoring the fact that the vast majority of Teachers are Left Wing and dare I say it detest everything Tory? The Teachers Union certainly do and you seem to be heavily downplaying the power and leverage the Union has over Teachers as a whole and to think that the Union is not using Covid as a political weapon at the sacrifice of children's education is naïve. Only last night -militant Union members where gloating at the plans they have have in place to keep Schools closed. Chris McGovern, chairman of the Campaign For Real Education is quoted as saying; ‘The union bosses are holding children to ransom,’ he said. ‘We are in the middle of a major power struggle about who runs education and the children are in the middle of it.’ I also hope the Teachers are offered the vaccine early as well. For two reasons, the genuine teachers like you indicate your wife is so they can get back to educating the children and to end the Unions political interference. It will be interesting to see if the unionized teachers find an excuse not to take the vaccine and continue their power games.

Such a ridiculous statement.

It it leaning back or is it just the photo making it look like that?

I made it halfway though.

His operation is very different than yours. Handles on the opposite side of the machines. Far simpler to just remove a bolt.

Just wait for the well known apologists here scrambling to come up with a reason why this is a great idea. 🧐🙄

I’m thinking of running my Whites Lab metal detector over some logs to see if it picks up metal. Maybe a bit unwieldy but worth a shot? I think Garrett make good “wands” that would be better suited.

Please don’t.

I’ve repeatedly answered your questions but it seems nothing will give you what you consider a satisfactory answer. My thoughts align with that in the link and there is simply nothing further I can nor wish to add to that. Another member here is obsessed with the word dogmatic yet you seem to fit the bill rather well here. I’m sorry I can’t give you the answers that would leave you howling in faux-rage that you so clearly and desperately crave. This will be my final response to you on this matter.

Surprisingly Electrical goods generally are. And also come with a standard 5 year warranty. Electricity is virtually free. About the only thing you really pay for is the line rental. But that’s due to the abundance of hydroelectricity. Sushi grade Salmon. 🤣 Electric Cars whilst maybe not cheaper than the U.K. have such a low tax on them that it’s cheaper to have a top of the range Tesla over something that guzzles fuel. Think that’s about it.

Wealthy ancestors. Millionaire father. Claims that you’re also well off are all completely contradictory to your other posts about how you’re now having to work 7 days a week cleaning windows because your supposedly amazing state pension only covers the mortgage which if you’re that well off, at retirement age and still have a mortgage makes not one jot of sense. So much for the “money gene” when you’re retired and still having to scratch a living doing manual Labour. You really are full of it.

Thanks though.

You’d have to use the Scottish Governments website. But it was updated to say the same thing last night anyway. I’m not downstream though. And if you read the bit at the bottom it’s for workers coming to the U.K. to keep our oil and gas infrastructure running. Not returning from another country where we have kept theirs running.

Believe me I am. 😁 It seems Scotland is making crossing the border and not going into mandatory hotel quarantine illegal. So whilst it would be legal to cross the border I’d have to have already checked into the hotel in my chosen Scottish, or even English city. As things stand it looks like I’ll be finding a as nice a hotel in England as possible within budget to wait out my 10 days. Anything’s better than putting money into that evil bitches grasp.

Like 99% of his other posts then?

See? That proves my point. I went to a state school so it explains why I’m thick as mince and not an millionaire. 😁

Ah the good old false equivalence fallacy. Id also be genuinely interested in said study and not relying on your dubious anecdote. I'll suspect whatever study you now quickly google search for will conveniently miss out the likes of Eaton, Harrow and Winchester, you know, the very Public Schools that Million and Billionaires send their children and Eaton where about 20 Prime ministers and a huge number of senior cabinet ministers attended.

As much as I detest his general POV to the point it makes me deeply frustrated, I find his line of reasoning the epitome of everything that is wrong with the UK today and no doubt the feelings mutual. But he does avoid the ad hominem though and that's something the vast majority of people here fall back to, including you and I. I tend to ignore the vast majority of his replies to me as there is simply no point in engaging someone who's views are as deeply entrenched as my own. But on this subject due to us both being parents I felt there would be at least a slither of common ground. And a slither it was.

Well, its no surprises that we hold polar opposite opinions on this subject as we do on every other. But you do make some compelling arguments and there is points I had not fully considered. I do feel you've intentionally avoided my points regarding the Teachers Unions though and of course both our POV are entirely empirical and we're at completely different ends of our island and in two different countries. I know full well the efforts involved in getting a state school educated child the same chances as privately educated ones. But this further exasperates and compounds what I feel is unduly harsh restrictions. I guess its another small example of how the rich will continue to get richer and the poor poorer in this pandemic and jo public lap it up whilst the rich laugh their arses off at us fighting one another.

I dont think you're taking the mental anguish of being cooped up in a house 24/7 into account. Nor the seriously flawed home schooling system either. Have you seen or heard what this schooling actually consists of now? Its abysmal and fluctuates wildly from teacher to teacher. Combining these two and the mental pressures they are under trying to achieve the grades needed amongst this mess is almost unbearable for a lot of kids. They've children that have had a jail sentence thrust upon them and expected to just make do and carry on. Exams have been a tried and tested method up till now. The whole education system has been geared to polishing the pupils so they can perform at these end of year tests. And no, if you mess up badly on the day its not the end of the world. Its why Prelims are a thing and can and are taken into account if a pupil fails spectacularly on the day. But thats gone, we're told to rely on a teachers judgement instead. Im not sure if you've been following how many teachers have been acting during the crisis, perhaps I dont want to even know your views on it but from my perspective many have been extremely quick to drag their heels at doing anything to help the kids. The unions seem hell bent on politicizinging what instructions they give their members and seem to be thwarting any attempt the government makes at getting this generation of children the missing education they need. Teachers are only human, some will be overly sympathetic to some kids and others may be overly harsh to the the ones they dislike. They'll be made Judge Jury and executioner based on how well they deliver home schooling. And from what Ive seen so far its atrocious. Then we have the children of 'front line' parents who can still attend school in person and get an almost private education off of the teachers in a class that might have had 20-30 pupils before. From what I gather Boarding Schools remain open. In reality for the most part these are the kids my Daughter is up against when it comes to placements. To even get an interview for medical school is near on impossible. And for the three Universities my Daughter applied for there was 600 students getting interviewed for 80-130 places. Yes, the next 7 years will be very tough for the kids that do manage to get a placement. A baptism in fire so to speak. My older Daughter is in the only class thats allowed back to Dundee University just now. Supposedly cadaver disection is not something that can be done from home. Who knew?