Steven P

Going back on topic, We got it at the weekends - Dad had it on in the van (Radio 4? He always had Radio 4 or later Classic FM because they had the best coverage over Northumberland)

I'd also add believe nothing from Linked in, Facebook or Twatter. Be sceptical about anything from a politician, and always ask where the money is coming from and going to who.

I saw the wages ages ago and was tempted - no specific qualifications needed, it was £30k when I was looking (but before 2012) - which would have been a handy 1/3 extra at the time... but the obvious competition for the jobs, like thousands of applicants for each interview spot. Think the wages were equal to train drivers so I guess about 80k now?

The one bloke to 3 - they had a 2 bloke step (this was on QI) till one of the blokes died early in the shift - storm season, other bloke was freaked out after a couple of days of dead bloke on the kitchen table, put dead bloke outside - tied down - winter storms broke the lashings and dead bloke vanished.... "yeah right" said the police a week or so later when they changed shift... so now 3 blokes.

How easy is it to hide a tracker? Can they go in the bowels of the machine or do you just need to take the plastic covers off to see it? Different in a large machine like a chipper or a van where there are 100s of hiding places but a small machine? Take the cover off, rip out the tracker, and away you go I think

Or... empty, drained and well vented.. which is a PITA - easier to keep full

DIYNot are usually more argumentative than Arbtalk! But the last post in that thread is quite good - working it in my head to heat insulation, heat travels by conduction (touching things), convection (hot air rising) and radiation.... so sound proofing - stop stuff touching the outside walls (conduction), and fill a layer with something solid (convection) is how I read it?

A producer friend of mine did her loft space - perhaps too much for you, professional specs to the extents that even the air intakes went through sound insulated boxes. Think she also used Kingspan or similar behind plaster board. Wood is quite hard so sound bounces off it - good to sound proof a room but for recording not so good - Kingspan absorbs the sound. If you're not recording in there and happy for a few echo's it mighty be OK - not an expert I just remember from her photos she used fibre insulation

Also try the local tree surgeons if you haven't. Do you have any particular woods or just "wood". Should be able to source them easy enough - and probably delivered if you can cover the fuel and time. 12" Oak might be harder to get than 12" leylandii for example (guess which I spent the afternoon splitting... but up in Scotland)

Winter there is serious stuff!! Never been in the arctic night, but could do the midnight sun any time (a few really good trips to Tromso, kind of fell in love with the eternal day, never been for the polar night though (family hit the finances before I could), would need a real strong mind I think).

I'm sure his absence will be missed greatly!

Sorry, Gareth, holiday blues or whatever and my mind is slow, that one is too cryptic for me.

Ahhh, if it isn't your news feed filtering the stories then you are choosing to only highlight the bad news stories of Muslims and not the others then? Am actual thought process from JohnsonD and not an algorithm from The Daily Mail. Why would that be then?

Yup, I reckon I could live in Greenland for a bit.

If replanting, adding to my comment above, consider the height the tree will reach - if acceptable go for that but if not go for something that is shorter

"Your so vain, I bet you think this thread is about you......" Just to reiterate for the hard of understanding. JohnsonDs 'making the news' today was highlighting his views that only Muslims can commit crimes, I merely highlighted 2 similar crimes showing that all races, religions and nationalities can commit very similar crimes. The comparison was lost in translation I think. I am willing to accept though that JohnsonDs news fed doesn't show others, but have to ask, why is it his news feed defaults to crimes and bad news about Muslims and immigration rather than a balanced news feed, wonder why? Oh, and Morning!! Last day of the holidays!

See you need to clear out your cookies - you are only get bad news stories concerning non-whites and Muslims - clear your cookies and you'll see the same news stories happening but also perpetrated by white people. As highlighted above. Why is it that your news feed only gives you bad stories my Muslims and non-whites and not the whole population by the way? What are you searching for that I am not?

Well look at that, a US veteran, green beret, top of his class: Who was Matthew Livelsberger, the US Army veteran named as a suspect in the Cybertruck explosion? UK.YAHOO.COM Local media identified the 37-year-old Special Forces veteran as the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day

I've always reckoned though that to move countries or as it would be states, you need a 'pull' to decide where to go to, so California for the hot weather, more liberal outlook, surfing, and so on sounds great but you also need a push to make you move - could be jobs, no opportunities, discrimination, politics (though US state to state, it isn't a factor), and then there is an anchor holding you back - family, having a job, knowing the rules, and customs, age and so on (sorry, granny sucking eggs!). Not sure if there is enough to move Greenalnd to another state... and if it was I think that Greenland to the US is fairly easy, would be done already (a bit like Canada to US).. but I get your point, there could be benefits to be sold to them. Would they be enough though? For my my preferred move would be NZ, though other half would say Canada.. we can't agree so a happy middle spot of UK (not quite, 1/3 of distance West to East)

and yet, the gang in Glasgow that were jailed last week... suspiciously quiet about them weren't you.... or was it just that they were Scottish and white that the -exact same crimes- made you go "M'eh" compared to the Oldham gang? Why so quiet on the Glasgow gang then? What's the difference between the 2 that makes you angry enough to comment on one and not the other?

Change for the sake of it but I feel that they are more aligned to the Scandinavian way of life rather than the US. I'd guess that the impression of the US is what they see on film - same as mine often - which is a complete contrast... I'd say they'd say stick.

Hawthorn has a nasty bite in it's thorns but I'd take it any day. I think all thorns are the same. Made a great spatula with some last year - the colours of the wood once oiled up were stunning (small spatula for camping, last seen heading up the West Highland way to Fort William)

One thing that has intrigued me to make - but not yet done - is a stick fence if you want or need to segment areas - like a hazel fence, a few strong uprights and in filled horizontally with brash, small logs and so on, as it rots it needs topped up, some of the logs might sprout into a hedge and is a fairly space efficient wildlife reserve. Roys comment about brash piles made me think of that again. My wood isn't near that but the few paths I've mown in (bramble city) are well used by the deer, badger and fox (and maybe a theoretical wild cat but yet to catch that one) - a handy and safe cut through from field to field for them now. This year going to build them a bridge, I'll use it once a month, deer will use it all the time. Some management like that can be beneficial. As for firewood, 3 acres / hectares (?) should give you enough firewood as above without cutting too much down. Not sure if you have looked - are there many self seeded saplings growing for regeneration or will planting on the wood be something to consider once you have worked out your management?

adding to this, young silver birch grow fairly quickly (slows as they get older), if you want to replant with the same you won't have a gap in the garden for too long

and we're back in the game... Pleasant while it lasted