Steven P

You could do but none of them are the US president and none of them have about-turned on MMR vaccines this week after years of denouncing them, so I reckon the relevance would be even less talking about Starmer and co here, cross threading.

mRNA was discussed at length in the Covid thread, they aren't a new method, been around for years (if memory serves me, might be wrong, 1960s 1970s?) however have been more expensive to produce than others, the preference was cheaper methods. For speed of production though they are quicker which is where they came to the front in the Covid vaccines where speed was the primary factor. For anything 'new' the conspiracy theorists come out the wardrobe, in this respect RFK has never been shy to show his proper mental side. RFK has had a vocal anti-vaccine stance, indeed blaming the MMR jab to cause autism and learning difficulties (most recently google thinks in 2023)(it doesn't). His comments a few weeks ago was this outbreak is 'nothing unusual' (despite wide press coverage) to 'serious' yesterday. He has been very critical about vaccines, not 'pretty open' about them. I think for him to about turn publicly, alienate his fan base, I think the measles outbreak should be uprated to 'very serious'

Garlic: Mine all started with 1 bulb from the supermarket, nothing fancy, got about 60 overcrowded plants growing now (Mrs P doesn't like garlic so all it does is grow). Leave it to dry it keeps OK, but best fresh. Likewise for the horseradish but that needs to be contained, Asdas best. Never managed to get their ginger to grow well though

US Hawthorn? I forget the name, not the wrinkly bark UK version

All the educated money is on the next 35 years it will be running down seriously. Edity: You'll probably refute the combined wisdom and editing practices if Wikkipedia, so here is some good old right win press, the Daily Express, on the rare occasion they stopped mourning: 'Exact day the world will finally run out of oil' revealed | World | News | Express.co.uk WWW.EXPRESS.CO.UK Alarmingly the predicted 'end date' is much sooner than many of us may have expected with the estimate likely to fall within many of our lifetimes.

... assembled in Wales by Sony, chips in recent years have been produced overseas. There are many countries in Africa that are not corrupt of course, Rwanda for one. All it takes is a bit of a push, cheap wages, plentiful solar energy are the requirement to surpass China - given that The West send out the designs their education (universities and colleges) can wait till the orders are rolling in - like China did. Like I suggest, when the oil runs out, electrical power will be king. Africa will be there. US, and the west, with high wages and the US dependence on oil, will struggle to compete with manufacturing. They will however keep Trumps tariff inflated prices.

No, I can see his goal, he has stated it, but I don't think he is the man who can deliver it. He doesn't have the attention span to see it through, as soon as the protests get a bit louder he'll jump on the popularity bandwagon that he craves. 3 1/2 years is too short a span to turn things his way and in that time he is going to hurt the US consumer, his voters. He won't want to end his tenure to be seen as the President that tanked the Republican vote. As for manufacturing in the Asia, for the next 20 years this is true, and then I see Africa getting a bite at it, will be the manufacturing hub for the world. Green energy you see in Africa, solar, as oil runs down and out those with a lot of power resources will rise to the surface... which is not good news for the US and 'drill baby drill' - those cancer causing windmills will be a necessity. Till then though wages are the key to manufacturing and nothing we can do in the west without a massive upheaval and lower wages.

other thread Gareth?

So what is The Rapist going to fail to do next week? Last week, Tariffs and failed to lower US consumer prices. Reports (not many) out there that prices are starting to rise to account for the additional taxes. Landrover Jaguar temporarily pulled out of US market. Didn't lower prices.... except the stock market but don't think he meant that. Week before Trumpy is flogging Musks Teslas, Tesla sales wordwide are a fraction what they were, are dropping in the US, billions of the Tesla share price. Didn't increase sales. Week before, Ukraine ceasefire. Hasn't happened, Russia, in his inner circle of besties, are not bowing to his demands. Trump says he's beginning to get angry. Ceasefire didn't happened. Week before, release all hostages in Gaza else all hell will break loose. Hostages still there, hell has been contained. Ceasefire looks dubious. So what isn't he going to do next week?

Hoping the answer is 'Sarcasm'

Not sure how much treatment you need - I have some boards from a concrete pour, been in the ground for about 10 years now, untreated, and I think I'll get this season and maybe next out of them. They were about 35mm thick though so plenty of capacity in there to rot away. Next plan is some recycled plastic jobbies - recycled is kind of OK if they last for a good long time

'Wild Sling'. Only saying.

'Wild Sling'. Only saying.

I've got one of the long handled puller things which knocks them back for about a season. If you don't kill off all the roots they come back. A proprietary spray should work but I always worry that I am also killing off the good stuff - soil is full of handy bugs and bacteria and of course, the biggies like worms - I prefer the harder method of digging up what I don't like. Speaking of roots - for the hippies - can make a nice tea like drink, don't expect a strong taste. Need organic gardening with that. Also just now round my way are Hawthorn leaves (better taste than nettles) and wild garlic leaves

I thought all that was sorted out, hostages returned weeks ago, I know they have cause Trumpy promised all hell breaking loose if they weren't and no hell has broken loose yet.

I had some Boron from these people, I had a powder to mix up but haven't seen that there for a while. Go 10% strength (can go stronger with the powder!). Info on their website matches my pest controllers thoughts, As far as I was told these treatments are surface treatments, the worms will only get killed when they chew their way out, but also on the way in, so they won't get out to breed (and if they do, won't get in again). The lava are the worms of the wood worm beetle! Small black beetle, 1mm diameter (depends on the breed, the size if the exit hole). Freezing should also kill them off, about -5 deg for a few days (obviously all the wood has to cool to that and not just surface temperature), not sure about heat treatment, never looked at that, just shoving stuff outside in winter, would that work kind of thinking. They don't like to chew through varnish and paint, so if they are out and about are likely to find other wood - your varnished dining table will be OK but they will go for the floorboards. Last thing for now is they have a 4 or 5 year lifecycle, quietly eating away for 5 years before they come out to breed, a bad infestation might be a few generations old. I'd be tempted to cut it up, and put on a few liberal coats on a surface, let it run into all the holes and dry - more penetration is good, then turn it over and do the same to the other side. Make what you want and then treat the new cuts the same. Not sure if soaking the wood overnight would be a problem or not. Pest controller killing things was his special interest. 'Organic Guy'.. not sure if all the treatments on offer are organic though Woodworm Treatment Shop WWW.WOODWORM-INFO.CO.UK Woodworm Shop for Boron based Woodworm Treatments - safe, no smell, no solvents

Cheers for finding this one out YourNameHere - taken a couple of smaller trees out the river this winter so handy to know I was mostly on the right track. Learning points for The Boys will pulleys and more knots.

FYI the link checked out factually, the poster is not known for posting politically biased or misleading links. No need to comment further.

Put your details into the tip sites above, you might get some success there,. Enquired with a couple of arborists, might be worth following up with a phone call or looking to see who is the most local to you. Remembering in both cases that local firms might have arrangements in place for their 'waste', so might not be successful, also note that everyone wants logs at the moment, you could be on the list to contact but be near the bottom of the list. Might be that you keep an ear open for the sound of chainsaws - a friendly face enquiring has get me the best results generally rather than an anonymous e-mail. Obviously pick your time to ask, not when they are half way up a tree for example. Don't be picky what you ask for. Oak logs are never going to happen, everyone wants oak, but if you are happy with softwoods that no one wants you might get lucky too. So for me I had a word with some local land owners, local tree surgeons and the odd email and that does me OK.

Linkedin and The Telegraph. Must be well considered and true!

Ahh, I was meaning UK supermarkets, not US supermarkets, sorry. No I don't think that US meat matches UK or European standards in hygiene or production. Like you I would prefer UK (and Irish) meat.

Likewise, if the hygiene standards are up to scratch then no problem, however in many countries I would be making sure the food is properly cooked. Noting that a lot of UK supermarket meat meets Halal and kosher standard. They also meet UK hygiene standards. Surprised you missed that, it was a big thing in The Daily Mail a while ago

My take on chlorinated chicken is that it masks poor hygiene practices in the food chain. There was a report I read ages ago, so no linkm that often the chlorine reduces harmful bacteria but doesn't eliminate them, those with a reduced immune system could still be at risk from food poisoning. I don't think the UK should go down that route, far better to keep the hygiene standards high

Was just looking at that - it isn't 100% but pretty good TOW Feature Min Height Min Area Max Area Lone Tree 3m 5m² 350m² Group of Trees 3m 5m² 1000m² Small Woodland 3m 1000m² NA

Fairly confident that in the next 3 3/4 years (or 3 1/2 till the next US election) that consumer prices in the US will be higher than they are today... even with the usual "accounting for inflation".. that might have to be another one I come back to and say "I told you so". The US business model is make as much money as possible. I think it is fair to say that if an importing direct competitor puts their prices up and without their cheaper price to moderate the market you'd put the prices up to capitalise. Could you in all seriousness - and you are not an idiot Gareth so I usually assume your thought is considered - in all serious could you stand up and be counted to say that after a short period of price increases brought on by tariffs, once US manufacturing and production kicks in US goods will drop again to their starting price (plus inflation). ** Inflation... of course I am assuming normal about 3% inflation and not inflation brought in by price increases caused by tariffs