Steven P

Looking at the charts of the last 2 years, 5 quarters of negative growth, 1 flatlining, and 2 of actual growth (coming off the back of 5 negative growth, perhaps a bounce back). Since this spans 2 different administrations perhaps there is something more fundamentally wrong than whoever the current chancellor is. I wonder if the UK had any major political upheavals in say, the last 5 years that is affecting its growth.

Going on what I do - sounds similar to you, use the battery saw in the garage on firewood. Guessing the hedge trimmings arn't going to be 2' diameter, more 6"? I went battery for the same reason - didn't want to trip on cables and is handy to have that saw out and about. Matching bar and chain is a small consideration when talking multiple batteries though it is handy. Based on you mostly cutting smaller stuff with it, and the 261 for anything meaty, I'd go 220. (As far as I understand it, till you get to a certain diameter the chain speeds will be pretty much the same, same cutting ability, unless you reach that point with the hedge trimmings the performance will be the same... happy to be corrected on that part though)

No stubby had it. Grrr for all the others out there as pedantic as me!

Whatever. (think whatever is said about your personal life is said by you, not by any one else) Anyway, anyone fancy going back to Biden or the Trump-Musk marriage?

Ooooh, tetchy this morning arn't you... perhaps you should have had a lie in. Tended to do that with the little ones when they were grumpy, put them down for a nap and they get up in a far better mood. However, if I was to give advice that would be listened to... what did your post last night actually bring to the discussion? Any insights into the POTUS thread... the way I read it it was just cheap digs... perhaps there is a place where you say it best, when you say nothing at all. When you do say, it is generally nothing to do with the thread at all, just cheap trying to get a verbal one up-manship over -anyone- really. And when that doesn't work, we all become (checking the latast insults) "sad deluded clowns" So as I might have mentioned before, bring something worthwhile to the discussion. Very few (errr.... none) other embers to the forum spend anywhere like your 90% of posts trying to spew forth insults and verbals. Try a different tact and you might find people will engage positively with you.

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Maybe you should get an early night one day. Or get me out of your head.

You'll have to post the link to that one (not the screen shot you mde up on MS Paint), none of the news channels I read say anything about any previous crimes. Also post the link to the news report where he rejoined the Islamic faith.

Always a good thing. I remember first driving and after 100 miles the car would be splattered with flies, 5 years ago could do the same thing every day and nothing. Last year was the first one for quiet a few after a couple of hundred mile round trip where I thought car could do with a fly clean... and if this helps improve wildlife numbers this is another good thing.

Yes, he likes to dabble! The first article I read was more on security clearances rather then specifics but I looked a bit further the other night, a nice selection on offer at the Musk Mansion.

[Apparently I was making a big funny above, will try not to do that again] Yup, will be spectacular if they do, I don't think Musk will suffer for the friendship and end of it when I comes. I'll shout the pop corn for when it does go wrong.

Apparently he renounced Islam. Not sure if this is true but given that they are notoriously 'relaxed' about people leaving the religion I suspect that part might be true.

Your current stock posts on here are either anger that the labour party are doing politics stuff and actually running the country, or are a love in for the right wing politics.. but no emotions in between. Anger or love. So Mandlesons post.... if not anger, must be love then?

Just catching up on foreign politics. Seams to be glossing over Musk not approving the democratically elected US representatives and their spending plans... and all but 2 republicans bowing to his twatterings, from approval in principle to no approval. Bickering is much more fun. 2nd Musk story that came to my attention this week was his drug use has banned him from knowing what satellites his company sends into space. Earlier this thread all for hanging Hunter Biden for his drug use... but when Musk has done the same... nothing said. As far as I can tell Hunter Biden wasn't influencing the US president but the druggie, Musk, is set to influence biggly stylee the future president. Or is it just me concerned that US politics has been so blatantly bought at the end of this year

He is reported to be affiliated with Germanys AFP..... didn't Trumps bestie have something to say about them, a bit of a US love-in...

In fact reading back a bit, a lot of posts about his appointment, you are going to be a bundle of Christmas fun with that much anger!

Double posts!! Didn't you post that in the POTUS thread, or are you double angry today that Starmer is making decisions and doing stuff? Fck all to do with Trump, he will be in charge of the US (so long as what he does is agreeable to Musk), he is not running the world - made it perfectly clear he wants to put up barriers to the rest of the world. Noting also that Brexit and Biden said Britain would be back of the queue, but somehow the world hasn't fallen apart there either

You know you could always, as I often say exercise a degree of self control and ignore stuff. I do that all the time 🤷‍♂️it’s not difficult just walk on by. Inevitable edit!!! Wahoo!! Only saying, rather than inane comments ignore?

Dasher, Dancer, Comet and Cupid, the brown nosed raindeers... just as fast as the others but they can't stop as quickly.

Excellent! The world is a safer place with her on the case. (Quote "Trump declined to say whether he was receiving intelligence", cut the sentance short to amuse me)

There is a fine line I think, turn up in a rust bucket and you'll get suspicions about the quality of your work. Turn up with 2 brand new trucks, a brand new pick-up and again, questions thought. I wouldn't worry about age - would be a petty customer who runs out to check the reg plate to see if it was this years or last years truck - but would worry more about if it is tidy and presentable. 20 year old Transit that is in good nick or a battered 1 year old, the 20 year old would give me more confidence. Would help if it was all logo'd up rather than a white van with only a mobile number on the side.

You're just proving a point here. What exactly are you bringing to the discussion?

As above, Peds wants us to disagree and fight with him, another EU incentive that we are forced to follow (being the smaller market), a good idea but EU.... what did they ever do for us.... (same as all small device charges in EU will be USB C to reduce waste... means frustratingly I'll only need 1 charging cable in the house and not 17 different ones)

That's right, continued a with a discussion when a pertinent point was made.... and your next discussion point... pure pointless drivel of pictures.

Seriously what is the point of you being in the discussion this evening, bringing nothing to it. Bring something fresh to the floor, credibility might be something you'd consider?