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  1. trigger_andy
    It’s all a very Eggy hyperbole. To be taken with a scoop of salt. We’re constantly hearing about a skilled labour shortage due the Brexit (🙄) yet you’ve an anecdotal tail of a few retirees gassing about how on earth they could possibly be replaced. 🤷‍♂️ Same as it ever was.
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    I am so glad my State and my main private pension will come from Norway. The U.K. state pension will be worth beer tokens and nothing more.
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    I think this is an entirely empirical observation. Certainly not one I’m seeing up here where Trade Jobs have literally dozens of not hundreds of Applicants. But of what you’re saying is true, (and I’m not sure I believe it is) then the answer lies in the wages. Up the wages til earning them and putting the time into getting a trade is worth it. We’re out of the EU. Employers have to lose the mentality that they can pay a fraction above minimum wage for skilled labour. Why work when the benefits pay more? End result? Wages simply have to reflect the skill and shortage of a skilled workforce. Supply and demand. Hence why Arb pays less than minimum wage.
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    I slumber all hardwoods and just make sure to have 30 minutes to an hour hard fire in the morning with softwood. Never had an issue and Ive recently swept my liner after 12 months and it was clean as a whistle. Maybe a couple of pint glasses worth of soot. In fact we're heading out now for the afternoon and the kitchen Stove is banked right up with Oak and Beech and slumbered down. Will be cosy when we get home in a few hours.
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    How do you get on with the Logosol drying Kiln? I really should buy one as well.
  6. trigger_andy
    Gave me a chuckle. Gave me a bloody double take to be honest 🤣🤣🤣
  7. trigger_andy
    Another euphemism for your nightly Gay Cruising?
  8. trigger_andy
    Well all righty then.
  9. trigger_andy
    What wood fired oven do you have? Ive got the Esse Ironheart and love it. Since I do all the cooking when Im home its not really an issue for the missus til Im away but she's more than happy to use it. We do have an induction Hob for when the Oven is not up to temp but its barely used.
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    Thats my thinking as well. I'm not putting anything in that Im not prepared to lose. I dont go to the pubs much these days so whatever I used to piss up against the wall I'll happily drop into Crypto and piss it up the wall in a virtual environment.
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    Im still dabbling and have been buying CRO on its nose dive to oblivion. I still think the best store of wealth is metals. I'll go back to buying Gold Coins I think.
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    How on earth do you spend so much on Electricity? I'm also on Oil but only use that this time of year first thing in the morning then its over to logs. Our Old Farmhouse is 200 square meters of living space and we use £150 a month and it seems like the Dishwasher, Washing machine and Tumble Dryer are never off.
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    Had your arse handed to you so you quickly change tack. 🤣🙄
  14. trigger_andy
    Even after he's measured the MC at 17%?
  15. trigger_andy
    Do you have an issue with the smoke filling the room?
  16. trigger_andy
    Will most likely warp. Nice and chunky, maybe 1/2” thick? Just a rectangle plate covering 70-90% of the grate area will be enough. Nothing fancy or expensive.
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    Or steel plate. I don’t have an issue though.
  18. trigger_andy
    Don’t clean the ash out from underneath then. Let it fall through and build up til it can’t fall through anymore. Both my Stoves are multi-fuel and I can’t say I have an issue with the ash falling through even when fully cleaned out.
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    I’ve found the exact opposite with oak. Pops open like a dream when wet and going like iron when dry. I’ve found this for both splitting for firewood and milling.
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    Oak is a slow burner and not the best hardwood to burn on its own. You generally have to mix with softwood or Birch etc and even then not add it til you have a good bed of embers going. Oak is not the king of firewood, far from it. I burn it but it does not get priority. You’ll get a few tall tales here of folk stating they get their oak going with a flint and their bellybutton fluff but I think it’s BS. Norway has a very high percentage of Stove Burners per capita and even in central Oslo where I am tonight I can smell the sweet smell of burning Birch. It’s by far the wood of choice here and they import huge quantities of it. Skip the Oak next time, get a mix of hardwood including Ash, Birch and Beech. But til you’ve burned through what you have your best introducing it later rather than at kindling time. Oh, and save yourself some cash and forget the kiln dried gimmick.
  21. trigger_andy
    One step closer to Nuke-o-clock.
  22. trigger_andy
    Damn, he really hit a nerve with that one, huh? 🤣🤣
  23. trigger_andy
    Odd, you seem to be under the impression others care about yours.
  24. trigger_andy
    Pathetic response.
  25. trigger_andy
    Cut benefits to the point that working is the only viable option?

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