Steven P

Just a general comment on this forum, on the whole a friendly bunch with very little malice, but very easily distracted from the original question - being defensive and argumentative with them isn't going to get your original reply, but they will dig in till you answer what they asked if you do. They arn't there wanting to judge but are curious what the situation was why you opened the saw. To me either the saw was well underpowered, perhaps compared to another brand new saw of the same model so curiously you took a look (but not after a few months), badly tuned doesn't sound right since you'd go to the carb for that and the last option is a repair - you have bought the parts you thought you need and they don't fit. Fair to say I would go with user error, damaged cylinder or piston. Most of us have damaged something or other by mistake. Curious when you said the saw was assembled for you - I haven't bought many new and assumed all you'd ever need to do is put the bar and chain on, nothing suspicious about that, my dealer sells them 'ready assembled' too - something in the back of my mind that the Stihl dealers are required to demonstrate the saw working to you? Something like that.

Thanks - I think I looked last winter when they were similar, gas prices have dropped a lot then!

Seasoned wood doesn't mean too much sorry to say unless they have specified that the wood will be at or below a set moisture content. You might also find shopping around that there is no specific quantity for a 'load', 'builders bag' 'ton bag' 'm3' either.. so if you find a supplier that you are happy with at a price you like I'd stick with them. Logs can't be sold by weight else you will always get them at the higher level of moisture when they way more. For the dehumidifier.... every kg lighter that your logs become is a litre of water evaporated. However a dehumidifier according to the internets uses between 0.5 to 1kwh to remove 1 litre of water... removing 7% moisture could be 30 litres in 1m3, plus whatever household moisture it removes... so say 50kwh per m3.. which isn't insignificant and perhaps explains the advice above to dry outside (numbers from my head, might be off a bit). If you just throw the logs in the coal store as they are then long term (more than this winter) you will be making problems. Last point here is that you will get creepy crawly things coming out to play too.... So for your problem, drying the logs, if you can stack them outside then that is good. Try to find a spot where the wind will blow along them. I tend to stack mine maybe 1 1/2m high (or more) for however long I have logs... and the key point for the winter - 2 or 3 logs deep with the inner logs against the house wall. No cover on the top. So the winter wind will blow through all the gaps between the logs taking the drier winter air with it (winter air has less humidity than summer). The outside layer will get wet, the top 2 or 3 layers will get wet but the others will shed any water that trickles in the stack and will dry more than getting damper. Half way through winter (February sort of) I restock my dry logs with the inner bottom corner of the log pile and that seams to work OK - and restack the damper ones outside, some years some of these also dry enough.... if that makes sense. 20% moisture content....in all serious 22% isn't going to do much different apart from being a bit more fuel hungry as it dries that 2% off in the fire and not the atmosphere (I am never sure about putting logs near the fire to finish drying.... the energy is still being used). If needs must then you can even burn them at 27% but.. you will use more (and it will cost more then). The manufacturers specify 20% or whatever because to sell the stoves they have to demonstrate the stove efficiency and emissions which is easier to do at a lower moisture... so that is specified to keep them right. For your seller, you could give them a call and tell them that they are not up to scratch as firewood. I suspect the answer will be similar to "we never specified them as 20%" or "we test our logs and everyone we have tested have been at 20%, though it might be the ones you got didn't dry as well as these, sorry!".. but for a refund.... good luck! All said and done, kiln dried logs are a bit cheaper than gas but that equals out with the extra hassles, split and unseasoned will be cheaper again but an added hassle and straight off the back off the back of an arb truck an extra hassle (cutting, splitting, drying) probably the cheapest but most work. Collecting logs yourself, 5 car loads to the m3? still be paying out maybe £10 in petrol to get 'free' logs depends how far you travel - have you put yourself on the tip site (link above), you might get some logs dropped that way and perhaps that £10 a m3 petrol money could find its way to whoever is dropping them off - £5 notes or a nice bottle of wine and couple of beers appear to be the going rates

I think cost will be put down as 'profitable' and 'cheaper per MWH than lifetime nuclear', which brings it to a commercial and the prices paid will be a commercial agreement, whether the various parties make a profit or loss is also a commercial decision.

Don't they just move them along only if they are asked to, with the landowners permission they can stay (so long as the landowner has the relevant permissions and facilities in place for a longer term stop - water, refuse, toilets and so on)

Doesn't appear to be stalling the investments though: (The wind turbines that the article above is talking about are only 1/3 of the cost in an offshore windfarm (see below), say a 10% increase in costs to make the manufacturers profitable would only add about 4% to the total project cost (if you account for financing and so on, it will be more than just 10% of 1/3 increase). World’s largest offshore wind farm generates power for first time off UK coast | Politics | News | Express.co.uk WWW.EXPRESS.CO.UK The new project will be able to power around six million homes when it is finally finished in 2026.

Consistency helps your arguments. Either it be beyond religion or it is all due to the "religion of peace" or whatever you call it. In this case religion is just the excuse, rather than the cause.

i was recommended boron by the pest controller - said I could do it myself with no special requirements (the manufacturer said the same though I did put on goggles and a mask when crawling upside down under the suspended floor) It is also fire retardant (I checked this - well, you would wouldn't you) the supplier looks like they are going for more lignum based treatments now. Not sure what surface treatments you could use, apparently varnish will prevent some things, not sure what other things you could use (and of course, if it gets scratched there is a weak spot)

One thing about changing prices, there is a sweet spot before renewal date for the best price, too early and it is high, too late it is high. I think it is a couple of weeks early. Might be that getting closer to the insurance start date is making the difference, change the date by a week might make a difference - do day insure to get the car home and park on the drive maybe

<insert and forum member name here> PeteB wants to call you.....

I guess my next comment might be is how big was the bag of white powder - a comment about electrolytes above (apart from that perhaps better to belong with his lunch), they are quite large bags, drugs, quite small bags and easy to tell apart? Large bags of illegal drugs brings a whole new world of pain for you of course.

This is true, but there is a lot of work in those sectors too

Most of the UK infrastructure companies have contracts that specify a no drink or drugs policy (whether this is to all and for small contracts such as arb work I don't know) - that is highways and railways, as do companies such as national grid, water companies and so on... which if you know you have employees or contractors who are users this would limit the work you can go after. As I said though, I don't know if they will go this far for small contracts to small firms... but worth reading the small print.. and if any of their contract managers were reading his thread the thought might be going through their minds now that they know "50%" are on drugs!

Unfortunate geography as to where Jerusalem is - the whole thing is muddied with religion, politics, war mongers and all, all wanting to have a say

However in almost every other industry where there are machines in use that can kill or maim there is a zero tolerance approach to drug taking, you wouldn't be going against things to do that

Could have a nice chat with him in the car park then... suggest that he suddenly has another contract to work on and that he should ask to be released from this one - that way you don't need to termnate it. If others phone to ask about him you can honestly say he gave notice and left. If you terminate the contract then you have to say so I think? Suggest perhaps he ends the contract by the time you get back to site..... if you like the guy then perhaps leave the oor open to take him on again... but... he'd have to show that he is clean before you do so. Perhaps have that added to all contracts - staff and contractors - that you are able to randomly drug test, before or during employment

Have you spoken to any local firms? It is getting more common as far as I can tell customers are asking for the logs to be left - either to sell on or to use themselves. So talk to the local firms and they might be able to sell your services onwards if there is a local demand

Pretty much all industries would be the same... gone as Doobin succinctly puts it. If it is drugs and on site the inference is that the climber will use them sometime and do you want any of the rest of your team to suffer the consequences, injuries or near misses. Next worst option is do you want any of your team to rescue to go on a rescue? Then of course how will it affect your business, insurances, you, your responsibilities as an employer.... Same as if an employee wanted to use machinery or drive when drunk, would you let that go? You could have a chat with them first to confirm what it was however....

Suspect she was expecting a few more cheers but sounds like the audience were just politely listening

I'm not sure exactly how it works, but yes, it probably would do that. There is something where you can hold the criminals box of tricks near the house and if the keys are in range it can grab the keyless signal. Maybe they record the signal from the car first or it could be like those RFID security tag chips. (note... don't leave your car keys on the table in the hall by the front door!)

The key fob one only sends out the signal when you press the button, but with the keyless one it sends the signal regardless doesn't it (near a window or door for example)? So you can put your relay device near a house a capture the keyless signal but the only way to do that with a fob is if the fob button is also pressed

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I would be great if it was consistent!

One thing I found was adding me as a named driver dropped Mrs Ps quote, could be a worth a try if you haven't. Apparently if someone else could use the vehicle you are more careful of it.

I suspect "We want money" has a lot to do with that. 50 years ago the trees planted 100 years ago were still quite young, no panic, spend the estates money on other things. No new trees planted for 50 years.