Steven P

Only 400kg...

Taper - widest at the rake end, thinner at the hay end so dragging it pulls the teeth in?

Not jealous - looks a great run but I can live without the bear hiding behind the rocks.

Thanks Sime, I'd commented as well - early onset of being senile? Full senile by 2026 maybe?

Whoops - missed that thread. Anecdotes would be good, and a lack of anecdotes probably caused by a lack of big cats?

Likewise, you can't just leave that hanging there!

That was kind of my view of the big cats, some dumped in the wild when the various laws came into place, sets up an urban myth 60 years later. Was some suggestions that they bred with Scottish wild cats, personally I think they'd see them more as dinner than a mate; Loads of phone footage of big foots... from a distance, behind a tree, in the night, a recording of a call, but the recorders never go close (especially in the winter) to get any footage of tracks...

Relevance? Or can you just not hack a discussion not involving you? How about back off and let others have a voice? or just keep being an arrogant arse and monopolise every thread? Right, back to cats and big foots....

That's always been my thoughts but the blokes the other week made me think, plus over the years one or 2 others. However some of the members here spend days out in the forests, on the big estates, working or shooting, might know something more concrete than rumours. (for big foots, to get a big foot carcase would be worth millions "I thought it was a bear so shot it", live even more, if there was anything out there big money would be in it rather than 2 blokes with a dodgy phone camera. UK wild cats not so much money to find one "So what, you have a European Lynx carcase" type of thing, rumours being rumours that farmers shooting them just bury them else they get all sorts walking over the fields, dogs in with livestock, crops trampled)

and the cats? See why this thread is kind of dying and frustrating... you should create your own thread the JohnsonD Spamming Thread. So to catch up before he went off on one (again) - news story Today... couple of US 'big foot hunters' froze to death.... is Big Foot a thing or just a handy myth to let (mostly) US blokes have a good excuse for a weekend out in the forests (not shooting) and what about more home grown things in the woods, are there UK wild cats out there? (edit: The big cat thing.... had a couple of conversations over the last couple of months, a couple of serious blokes (by their profession anyway) have been convinced, one by a 'dog walker how knows his stuff' and another by the local council tree man contractor with scratch marks on trees that were 'claws' (not deer horns). Always been sceptical but I don't spend all my work time out in the woods.)

How very true.... And now onto a fresh news story? Big cats and Big Foots... far more interesting.

See... trying to change the subject, a fresh perspective on making the news today and yet, paragraphs of the same thing you said last week, the week before, July, 2023, 2022, 2021.... How about Big Foot and UK wild cats... far more interesting to most I think?

But to change the subject... saw this last night and set me thinking, 2 men in the US froze to death searching for Big Foot. For all the high tech equipment trying to find a mystical being is done by crashing through the trees on foot (how about a plane with police style thermal imaging... could cover miles and miles an hour, pick up all unusual heat sources). What do you reckon, big foot or no big foot? (I am going probably not)... and then for those who spend their working time in UK woods and forests.. what is out there in the UK that shouldn't be (thinking more big cats rather than Albanians of course!). Rumour is we have a European Lynx round this way, got the trail cam out to see what there is. Two Oregon men found dead while searching for Bigfoot WWW.BBC.CO.UK Officials started searching for the pair on Christmas after a relative reported them missing.

That was from memory, and I can't remember the numbers - granted there aren't many, from what I remember they were for opposing the Rwandan government - speaking out against them and 'disappearances'. Personal opinion is that it is a very flawed policy, but if it appeases Farage then so be it. More concerning if your thing is immigration are the million flying in every year (economic migrants - the ones Government sanctioned to steal our jobs). However photos and videos of them leaving the airports looking like any British holiday maker doesn't make good news coverage for Farage, no money in that. Asylum seeker - often fleeing for their lives - are much easier targets. And before you all go shouty (well, not all), standing on your little hill shouting "you shouldn't be here" is going to do nothing, if you want the system to change then you have to engage with the system. 500 posts here saying "there are migrants" has so far reduced that number by, errr 0.

Very much for that idea else we get to morning coffee time, everything opened, sat thinking "now what do we do", the stocking gifts are discarded in favour of the bigger tree gifts.

Thesaurus for Christmas no doubt.

Nice - I'll take note next time I am up that way!

Many high end jewellers have them, so must be acceptable to use. Likewise, tempting as it may be to do booby traps they'll be done for the burglary and you'll be done for the injuries (they'll get slap on the wrist you'll get worse). Make it uncomfortable - smoke or mist, loud noise, bright and flashing lights, obvious cameras in tricky locations, and secluded, stronger enclosures and so on but make your yard look too secure it will then become a target (Why is it so secure). Of course false alarms - you'll need a timer on any noise boxes to keep the neighbours happy in the case of false alarms Wondering, many go equipped with battery angle grinders to get into sheds... would an inner wall of sleepers work - thicker than angle grinder blade, hidden, can be used on the other side as a back for shelving, can't be knocked through like bricks, the week spots will always be the locks though.

No, just trying to find your motivation for the continuous "making the news today" links that was making the news yesterday, the day before, all 2024, 2023, 2022.... and continuously documented and highlighted by you. I am wondering if you think that we can actually change that with the work of an Arborist (which is the forums over riding aim). Wonder if you honestly believe that a tree will scare an immigrant - I know that the Belgians are weird, but scared of a tree? Surely not. Second to that the question, outside of this forum what are you actually doing to change things? That might be beneficial to those who feel the same but are lost as to what to do - you are setting yourself up as an expert here (deluded in my view but...).. so what are you doing outside of all these hundreds of posts that might actually make a difference. You are doing something apart from spamming 'making the news today' with the same news story every day? Even butting in other stories that are actually being talked about to shout "Hey look, immigrants happening"... so second point... to highlight what else you are doing so others can follow? You are doing other things aren't you and not hoping that a pile of nicely milled boards will be enough for an immigrant to say "Look, JohnsonDs got it covered, lets try Japan instead" (however my suspicion is you are all keyboard warrior with no balls to do much else)

Saw the word Crusade used earlier. It is a good word and I think applies well to you JohnsonD, the incessant, never varying posts about your 3 or 4 favourite subjects. I assume the constant posts on here are you trying to change our minds? Never going to happen - as a whole the forum is not made up of impressionable 12 year olds, but actual adults who have formed an opinion that probably won't change (apart from you and your posting style, the childish insults and name calling, you can tell the others are adults from their writing styles. Most writing styles also hint at intelligence as well! I digress). Anyway, crusades.... I am not sure what your goal is here, are you hoping that one of your imagined disciples (they don't exist) are going to be sat on a tree one day thinking "you know what, this tree will scare the immigrants, must remember to take it off to Heathrow, scare them as they land" or perhaps "I've got massive piles, I wonder if woodchip on the white cliffs of Dover will be quite worrying". Thought not, so perhaps your posts are wasted here... try something new, something fresh and different that people will engage with positively rather than slating you at every turn. How about scrolling to the bottom of the news feed, the 'Also' section, the little news stories we might have missed rather than the BBC 1.. which to also be honest the adults will have seen anyway, or heard about driving about. You could then reserve your energies talking to the 'fools' - the politicians, to put over your strong views and energies, and perhaps to suggest sensible solutions rather than "Bung an odd tee near Heathrow to scare the immigrants" (which is about all we can do as a forum). I am assuming here of course that you are doing more than incessant posts here and perhaps engaging with the local and national politicians and other relevant agencies... or are you all mouth and no action, shout shout shout about something all so very important to you but not actually doing anything.... a very shallow type of action. Anyway, that is a lot of words, probably my full weeks worth or interaction with you, I know you struggle to read past the first name check and the last line before the red mists descend. I am probably going to be called a cuck for this (not had that insult for a while, time to dust it off and use it again?). But for the new year, change up the 'making the news today' posts perhaps, something fresh, something interesting, something for the forum to talk about? Very much doubt you will be we can hope.

Rwanda.... so we accept asylum seekers from there as genuine claimants that the country is unsafe and on the other hand send them back saying "no, it is a safe country" or... paraphrase.... cheapest option.

No not the wall... that idea isn't figuring too much these days.. every few days though there is a new headline that makes me think the US taxpayer will be suffering to pay for it. Just reading back at what we were saying earlier - think we were both saying that there needs to be a limit to the cheque book, spend spend spend isn't a great idea if the money isn't coming in in the first place. Can talk about whether buying Greenland is a good idea tomorrow maybe (later, have a run up the West Highland Way first thing) - though that might turn into thoughts about NATO membership too and how far the US wants a buffer zone of protection... or at least how much it is willing to pay for a buffer zone.

Greenland wasn't a comment on the politics of it - more that Trump has some big spending plans that would take generations to pay back without some sort of checks.

Musk is a business man, special interest making more money. If he bungs Farage 100 million (or whatever it turns out to be), you can be fairly sure he isn't doing it because he likes Farage. I cannot imagine Farage and Musk (and indeed Trump as a third partner) all being friends - their relationships are based what each can get. So worst case, Musk bungs 100 million to Farage, Farage gets into power, musk starts taking contracts for UK tech stuff - NHS databases (information to be sold off to the highest bidder), Police, Fire, Ambulance comms services, non-critical armed forces data.... all flowing from the UK to a US based data centre... out of UK control. It would be quite a pay day.

I am kind of glad of our tax system... employee so someone else worries about it all... but the ones who do worry about don't need to be masters in astrophysics! Debt ceiling - never been a fan of borrowing now in the hope that my Children and their children pay it all back - except in exceptional circumstances - which through history were generally big wars and defending ourselves. On the flip side, UK debt was nicely falling till the last government when it was steadily climbing and that excludes Covid - never sure if it is left / right wing policies as much as a "bribe the people to stay in power longer" policy. Generally think it is a good thing - this is all you can spend type of thing and not just keep lumping todays problems in children / grand children / great grand children to pay back, they will have their own problems. However my favourite ex-president has bigly plans including buying Greenland (?!), Musk and the other tech billionaires who funded his campaign to 100's of millions are also going to want their $$+ back (and it was Musk who started calling for the debt ceiling to be scrapped... wonder why....), perhaps having some scrutiny is a good thing