Steven P

There were reports a while ago that targeted fertilising rather than blanket spreading or by date ("1st March, lets fertilise regardless") can reduce the amount used, have the same yields and save the farmers time and money.

See... a helpful discussion on a third runway, insightful. "Calm down. Lunacy. Mild insults"... I summed up your post in 5 words. What was the point in you posting a news story if you are unable to offer a single thought on it? I forget.. Yes, back to your 'Daily Starmer' reports of what the Labour party are doing. Bring something fresh to the discussion and people might... might, well, discuss.

... however instead of commenting on the actual news story you went off onto one of your 'daily politics' rants. How about we look at the benefits or otherwise of another runway at Heathrow... which was the 'making the news today' ? The "Everything labour do is shit" rhetoric you are pushing wasn't in the story at all (pick a story, any story, link it to the current government add in Milliband, or Reeves with "utter madness" and I can make up any one of your posts, almost like AI without the I) My thoughts are that the UK is too focussed on London, we should be looking to develop away from the capital. For example, 2 of our exports mentioned in the article (on the assumption they are flown to the US) being Scottish Salmon and Whisky.. so why fly them to London and then fly them to the US... why not bung them on a plane at Prestwick.. and bring jobs and money to the provinces. Hows that for a starter. I don't expect that you, JohnsonD will manage a paragraph without resorting to your usual rants and insults... but lets see.

Falling soot - did you notice anything on the grate afterwards, that would indicate falling soot Was just going to add to Spudulikes comment, our house is fairly standard 2 story and I recon on using 7 1.5m flexible rods to sweep it (I think, might be 😎

Might need to get your head in the stove for a good look but angled to go up above a bracket would be my guess - however for information and you have it in place again, how did you do it?

Ahhh, we're doing politics today, the never ending government bashing? (Edit: If only there was a thread for those who don't think Labour are doing a good job instead of.... every thread ever) A point of interest, it's 5 years since the UK left the EU... those new bright sunny heartlands... 350millions to the NHS, fishermen catching all our fish in our sovereign waters (and not just mackerel), seamless exports to the EU (but restrictions on their imports), massive profitable trade deals with the rest of the world (but none to the EU), UK citizens travel to Europe as before (but they are limited to travel here), immigration levels falling, home grown doctors falling over themselves to work, nurses coming out of our ears, leading the world in everything, the world being our oyster (as long as the oysters are taken from the River Severn, that sounds about right). All because we don't like the Belgians. 5 years of unrivalled growth (spell checker humour wanted this to be unravelled). This time next year we'll be millionaires. How is that playing out?

DIY Option: If this is the only tree you might cut up, then by the time you buy a saw and all the PPE, the cost will be nearly equal to paying someone to deal with it. Take a chance to sell the saw on afterwards and you might get do it cheaper... if you own a saw or want one anyway this is an option. Looks like the trunk is fairly settled on the ground so with care, appropriate safety kit and thought you should be able to clear away most of the branches with a smaller saw, cut them to size for firewood - looks like you have space to split them and let them dry? Trunk is going to be about 2m useful length above the fence line? Might get someone local to offer you something for that.... and the easier it is to remove the better.

That's right, whatever.

Is that what you say JohnsonD? Relentless attempts at political point scoring. Or it could be that your posts are a reflection of your astonishment of how the world works because you've been living 50+ years with your head firmly planted up your own hole. Not sure which it is. Businesses not obliged to use cash has always been a thing.. I am guessing the only reason you mention it is trying make a political point... but forgetting that ALL previous governments have similarly not enforced that as a law. A child like attempt at political point scoring, do be a good chap and try better

Likewise, still got the ZX81, learnt the basics of programming on that, ZX81 Magazine, type in the code and watch the program fail to run. "Syntax error: Line 479"

Back on topic.. derail it again after me.. We used to split garden bamboo canes when we were younger for kite spars, quite quick, just run a knife down them, if you like the bamboo idea but want it thinner. Might need to sand the edges after though. Think we split them 4 ways, some 8 ways but that's probably too thin.

That's the merkin he is asking for isn't it?

Woohoo!! I can do a simple screenshot... do you want to retract that? If I want to accept firewood and mushrooms only it is perfectly OK. As for someone who lives in Scotland, you will know as well as anyone else that you can spend your best Bank of Scotland note anywhere that accepts them... even if they are not legal tender. Legal tender of course refers only to what the banks have to live with. Not businesses. Here ends todays lesson. Editty!! That was from the BBC as well.

He's not a man I know much about, but there are 2 news stories about him... both inappropriate comments... I think your right.

Of course, forget the 'threat' of Chinese innovation, lets kill that part of the thread with an unrelated post. anyway, sorry to burst your bubble, but coffee shops, small businesses and leisure centres - in fact ANY business have never been obliged to accept cash. Many businesses accepting crypto only. For example If I want to trade and accept only firewood and mushrooms then that is my prerogative. A non article posted to further your political goals I am afraid to say... or a non article showing your basic awareness of the world is lacking.

That's a lot of words to read Mark, I wonder how many will? They certainly fit the public persona that I see of Musk... a good hatchet job.. or written with a fair bit of knowledge - I'll opt for the 2nd option. Suspect the naysayers will try to argue that it is a slight on the first-bestie of the US I suspect, or try to move the conversation on to something less awkward for themselves.

Smoke and fire with Evans I think.

20th wedding anniversary for DJT... China... only saying...

as they say, when the US sneezes, the world wipes their noses. Which is what is worrying, and can be seen above in this thread how idolising The Rapist is blinding people to repeat of history. I don't go down the Nazi / WW2 path often but on the anniversary of 80 years of Auschwitz it is a fitting lesson to look back at history and the rhetoric of the Nazi party.. to how it started.. divide and conquer... and how it ended. Preventing that is a fight worth fighting. To me this stems from a basic respect that a person is a person regardless of race, colour, religious, sexuality wealth or birthright. No one is born better or worse than any other. We're just born. Hatred is a thing we learn, and is a thing we pass on to our children. just a lesson to look to history to see our future.

Sneaky gits! But fascinating all the same. An update 8 years later that we had a bumper crop this year so whatever they were doing was OK. Can't do Honeypot ant - suspect the west coast here isn't arid enough

Did you notice the wind on Friday? If you are happy to cut, split and store them there are loads oh homeowners about just now... a walk will give you chainsaw noises and a polite request might get some logs. If you want dry logs our coal man does them in bulk bags, but there are loads of bulk suppliers out there - not everyone wants to cut and dry their own

As side story to add to Peds - noticed a few years ago that ants were all over my apple tree (Well, technically Mrs Ps), was about to nuke them, but a google suggested the ants were after aphids on the tree.... nuke the ants and the aphids are munching away all happy... moral there, nature has a cure if you look for it, lady birds in your case. Note - if you catch some lady birds put them on the tree safe at night else they just fly away. At night they wake up hungry and just start eating there and then

'Let it go'.. several times... only happens when JohnsonD knows he is wrong and wants to end the conversation. Why would it be that you want to end a conversation about your prejudices and intolerances? Why would that be?

Brianna Ghey ring any bells? Murdered because of intolerance. The same intolerance that Trump is spewing.

The crux of it is this last bit: The respect for the other person, if they are happy to dress how they dress, to behave how they behave then we, as a society, should respect that. There is no harm done to me, you or anyone whether Jodie wants to be called Jodie or James. End of really. I take it in the case of JohnsonDs daughters all the brain washing in school you are sooo afraid I am guessing that the school is full of transgender children... or is it just the one and the rest have had no adverse affect on their lives? However with Trumps rhetoric that there is no respect for other sexualities in the US this is going to cause hardship and suffering to those who are not straight. Noting also that intolerances have shown kids being murdered for trying to express who they feel that are. Do you want that on your collective consciences - 'our' view of the world causing enough anger and hate within an individual that they go out and kill another.... simply because they wear a dress or trousers when they are 'not meant to' ? really? It is a divisive policy, designed to create hatred within the US.. and that is what Trump thrives on. Anger, divide and conquer, he would not be where he is today with his negative view of the world politics. Editity... As for criminalising sex crimes... being gay is now one of them... Trump is on very thin ground if no one is up to speed on my views of the 'man'