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  1. Steven P
    I heard a tale once that propeller airplanes were getting past a modern aircraft carriers defences easily, they anti-aircraft defences were built around attacks at twice the speed and couldn't cope with a slow moving plane... maybe something the same here that Ukraine defences are not quite expecting 75 year old technology? However... suspect using up old stuff first
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    Market rates and expenses... a yard in London, congestion charges, ULEZ... and expensive logs, cheaper land in the highlands, lower cost of living and wages makes logs cheaper there.
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    Travelling tree cutters with a mobile number only on the side of their white van? Those cuts look a bit butchered and not done with much pride in their work. Still..... Infection depends I think if there is any local to you. Probably OK to have pruned it just now - better minds might correct me in due course
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    Is the house a fairly new build - looking at the photos I am guessing that but might be wrong. Occasionally the builders - usually being conscientious and all that - by mistake scrape off all the top top soil to leave a nice flat garden - scrapped right back to the clay underneath and next to no drainage? Just a thought you might want to consider some organic matter around them to improve that a touch. If you decide to replace the tree then perhaps spend some time improving the soil organically and drainage if my guess is right. Having said that, as above those top 3 or 4 branches might be on the way out? leaving you with just the 2 limbs lower down? It probably isn't going to be a pretty tree... but if you want a tree that is purely for looks than get a plastic one... Looks an OK distance away from the other tree - mine in the front are about 5m apart and both fruit well.
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    Politically if it was a 'western' nation (European then) 600k of losses would be the end of it unless you'd been invaded... however if you control the media and operate in a democracy where one-man-one-vote and the president is that one-man it comes down to resources I think... and to that I am not sure... suspect Russia will stop 'invading' as much and consolidating while they rearm over the winter with a spring offensive next year at least.
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    Got that... somewhere... Job 0.5 though is a decent 'blacksmiths' vice. I think mounting this is definitely one for the pottering thread though!
  7. Steven P
    I went for it at the weekend and got one, not used it yet though.... have to make some space n the work bench (job 563 on the list)
  8. Steven P
    Taking dog to work... remember to ask the land owner if it is OK to have the dog there too... (similarly if working in an office - and some take their dogs in, check with your colleagues too... allergies and so on)
  9. Steven P
    They're social animals, I reckon penned up all day and they are not socialised. If you choose the right breed maybe not so bad... but the types featured on ArbDogs... they need to be out and about. Dog walker is 1 hour out of 8 or 9.... Also consider effective recall training else walk them on the leads everywhere there are things they might want to chase (rabbits, birds, horses and sheep, toddlers, children on bikes, runners, cyclists, postmen... some dogs are better than others). I know a few guys desperate for another dog but with both of the couple working the well being of the dog takes precedence
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    might be worth keeping an eye on the employment section of this forum too - give a small indication on the state of the job market... but of course only a few out of all the jobs are on there
  11. Steven P
    So this week Lidl have a parkside chain sharpener in at £20... is it worth a looking at? My thoughts are that the discount supermarkets have a 50-50 hit rate of decent tool / throw it out, all this is a motor on an axis really so the electrics should land it in the decent side of life, but will the angles and bearings might be a bit rubbish? I've found that their motors tend to be decent enough, it is the housings that let them down generally or a specific size leading to a lack of consumables. Second thought is that it might be fine for domestic use - which is me - but maybe not pro use Last thought is the chains they are designed for - assuming it biased towards the domestic market, the cut will be biased towards the smaller chains (again which is me) - the oregon chains that are on everything 'Big shop' night tomorrow so will make my mind up by then
  12. Steven P
    We used them at the museum, Motorola ones and pretty bombproof, dry them out and good to go again after they went swimming. The ones I had had a call button - a ring tone - that was good for getting attention at the other radio - if you go free to air radios then a call button is good but the range is only a couple of km
  13. Steven P
    More photos: Depends when the camera car went past you might be able to get them off a streetview website
  14. Steven P
    Nice house. Garage in an extension? If so you can add another 3m from the tree to the main part of the house? Not a lot I know. If it has been there a while then I'd guess that as it currently is it won't affect much. Good idea about insurance quotes. Leaves... a leaf blower is a small cost if you like the house as is a ladder to clear the gutters (or gutter guards + a ladder)
  15. Steven P
    I'm just outside Glasgow but seem to have apples in cycles - last year not so many, this year back to considering an apple press and cider (canned that idea last year)
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    Rescues are more impressive than the excuses the Holywood ladies are making for what goes on their faces. Knowing your limits on the hills is a definite bonus, weather conditions can change to push the hills out of your abilities while you are there... then what is in your head is the best tool - ask for help, seek shelter, go another way....or plop onto the rocks below
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    anyway, if I can totally lower the tone? Probably lower than not safe or work? People are getting salmon sperm injected into their faces. Why? UK.YAHOO.COM Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Aniston have had the treatment done, and like Aniston, I have a few questions Apparently any sperm will work, Salmon being more harvestable in quantities, and it doesn't have to be injected, just a facial will work. Try that suggestion tonight?
  18. Steven P
    went to get petrol today, 129.9, remember the last petrol protests about 5 years ago, when they were protesting about 135.9 a litre (it was that here).. so with Jo, Vlad, Benji and Yahya s best efforts the petrol prices are lower then they were before these wars started.....
  19. Steven P
    Catching up on this, I get my trees from the link above - had about 10 off him and no failures yet. Mum wants an 'orchard' (well 3 trees) so will go back to him again. For fruit, had a lot this year, apple crumble every other day plus 5 to 10 bug eaten windfalls for the cows every other day for the last 6 weeks.. and I still have a lot left on the tree (10 year old trees, eaters are in full afternoon sun, cookers are in partial shade)
  20. Steven P
    If it was me I'd make the summer house as if you didn't have one installed - so all the standards you'd expect. Basis of this is that you are realistically only likely to have the log burner going once at the weekend in the winter (despite good intentions), and not at all in the summer... so 90% of the week it is sat doing nothing.. and so no effect on damp in the summer house
  21. Steven P
    Would be obvious you are there to work if you are taking your climbing kit, can't hide that, but also check that it is clean according to their bio security rules.... likewise too much late night TV!
  22. Steven P
    Kind of hope he doesn't get elected but keeps up with his social media posts just for the comedy value as his marbles decline with age. Also kind of hope that one of the American broadcasters keeps humouring and triggering him. Cruel perhaps, shouldn't mock.
  23. Steven P
    Likewise get someone to inspect the tree, might be someone on here in your area who could do that - let us know where you are perhaps. As for the council, regardless it would be handy to know which trees you have (if any) have a TPO so might be useful to talk to them anyway.
  24. Steven P
    Couple of days later and this looks like it is fizzling out a bit to just nasty and not all out war, Iran I think saving face that assassinations took place on their soil.
  25. Steven P
    tried rotatech chains on my saws this year - usually (homeowner use) went OEM and they have done me OK, not as cheap but cheaper

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