Steven P

a bit of a slow burner but worth it.

Heretic!! Are you suggesting that there is some sort of common ground between some religions? Not sure if you are quite mad or just plain off the wall.

I'd go the other way, bring them out and if they cause a disturbance back into a solitary cell..... for as long as it takes, and if they miss a meal time, bed time, wake up call then so be it. Reading court reports Judges have a way of telling the guilty what and why, where the solicitor, paid by the guilty, might not put it quite so blunt.

If I popped over to your house to celebrate your birthday, that would not make me your brother.

That's what I think.. which is what the question is about isn't it.....

Might be if you met her face to face you'd say she's not the type to be a mass murderer either.

Yes, they should be there to be told face to face what the punishment is. From above, they can rant, rave, shout all they like, the viewing gallery can do the same, but if they do clear the court, take the guilty back to the holding cell till all is calm, bring them back and then tell them. Clear and concise, the punishment and why they are getting that punishment. Capital punishment? No. If their crimes are so bad, let them sit out their days in jail, in the knowledge that they will eventually die alone.

Feed a troll and they get hungry for more. Ban him and we loose any pearls of wisdom, react and he will write more rubbish. So just don't react,

Maybe a Sunday afternoon thing, too far from Friday and not close enough to Monday to get wound up. The thread worked but like a lot of attention seekers, trolls, or whatever you want to call them, keep feeding them attention and they will keep coming back for more. Valid posts and comments for sure, but those that are written just to be controversial and to feed a need perhaps don't need a reply?

Sometimes saying nothing at all is a good option..... Only words, not worth it perhaps?

So if he doesn't care, who will? Tree will be gone. Sometimes worth taking note of things away from your own front door.

So the members with 1000+ posts are saying leave them be, those with under 20 are saying take them out - I reckon that's your answer then, leave them be, tidy and let them mature

Reading the reports here and there, psychopath and not necessarily set out to murder: The first baby dies by accident, the doctor she likes gives her attention, link made in her head. Then more babies die, she gets more attention from the doctor... Psychopath traits.

If you speak to the owner of the mast they will no doubt say that outside of a fenced boundary they are safe. I used to climb them and from what I remember standing behind the transmitter - phone masts anyway - was OK, but if we had to go around the front they would be turned off. We were up each one for maybe half hour at a time. Where are you working on the trees? From ground level or climbing them? Might have a small effect. Each one has different kinds of transmitters too and different power levels, though the higher powers tend to be taller. Each enclosure should have the owner and operators details - it might be worth giving them a call if you have a concern, quoting the transmitter number which should also be there - and their office should be able to confirm However outside the enclosure and at ground level you should be OK (remembering years ago when mobiles first became a thing, we were all due to be dead by brain cancer by now)

Ahhh, the Hitler argument.......

I reckon if you asked the same question regarding adult you will probably get the same answer that the Covid lockdowns also had an effect on adults too, not something we disagree about. To my original point about the resilience of Children, I'll stand by what I think that they are more robust than you give them credit for. Unfortunately for the sake of this part of this discussion we won't know exactly how much so until they become parents and raise their own children in accordance with their own childhood experiences (other half is a child psychologist, explains these things to me in too much detail). For r the rest of the world, their scientists were giving the same advice and despite all the other pressures (finances, mental health, society changing) all but about 10 countries in the world did the same thing - so there must have been something in it. government often has details that we don't. In other countries a lot of their leaders followed the rules that were set, we had a leader who has never followed rules. As you say though, this has been gone through many times before here and on other forums and it is a polarising subject, very little middle ground, and as I suggest above the real long term effects won't be known for many years.

It is probably something we aren't going to agree fully on, and like a lot of stuff isn't clear cut, black and white "Keep the kids at home" (or any of us), but the other choice might have been to watch a load of their parents die (OK I am being extreme here). Within the rules of the time there was still plenty of scope to get out and about as a family and explore - just not with their friends. Can't deny that the mental stuff was tough.... but equally tough for all ages. One last thought I have on world wide issues is "What did the Russians do", a big country with perhaps being the least influenced by US money, and a complete nutter in charge, who also had lockdowns.... so whatever hindsight tells us, the scientists worldwide were saying the same thing. But... not sure we will agree on this one

Likewise the adults... point is that I don't think we can single out children as particularly vulnerable, all of society was affected about equally. As for how effective the lockdowns were, that can be subjective, Comparing like for like is tricky, for example Sweden over the summer is traditional for them to go to the countryside houses - the population spreads out more than other European countries, Japan are health conscious anyway and will wear masks out and about by routine - comparing like for like is tricky but the point of them worked to slow down us all getting it, allowing more space in hospitals for the seriously ill and allowing time for a vaccine to be developed. Very much a different thing whether you liked it or not or liked being told to restrict what you do by the government (almost all the governments f the world did the same... so a uniform scientific thought that that was the way to fo)

My saw horse legs are 1 log length apart, hang a bit over the end, cut in the middle of each gap, job done. 3 legs, 4 logs and about 1.2m length does most logs. Also used as a quick measure, battery saw used in the garage, next to the dry log pile, if I think a log is too long I can see if it falls through a leg gap As above, it doesn't have to be pretty, few folks will come to my house to admire a uniform log pile... but the do like the fire going. Commercially I guess in kindling bags a uniform length is good but then commercially to make a living you'd want as much automation as possible and not hand cutting.

You misunderstand how robust children are i think It was a tricky time, without the restrictions that were imposed 60 million of us would have had the disease within about a month, any that needed hospital treatment would have been first come first served else at the back of a queue of 1000, similarly with all other conditions - heart attacks, strokes, cancers, industrial accidents (or normal accidents), back of the queue. Restrictions meant we all got it anyway but that queue of 1000 was reduced to a queue of 1 or 2 perhaps. Not sure any age group were affected more than others, personal experience but it was the grown ups I talk to who struggled more with mental health issues.

Without the eye witness to confirm the details the photo just shows a big cat sitting in long grass. Apparently on -a March 17th. Printed photo, not digital suggests not in the last 10 years I would guess. Could be a photo taken in a safari park... anywhere in Europe and much of the world too. If the photographer can be contacted they can perhaps suggest a year and a location, location can be sort of confirmed that is looks -similar- to the photo. They might even have more than 1 shot of the big cat in their archives to give better details. A clear photo but like a lot of sightings of stuff, needs a little more detail to confirm a wild big cat roaming about the UK countryside.

Got one of each for domestic use, battery all the way for me, same with the guys who drop stuff off at mine, if the purchase prices were comparable (like with 2 batteries) then they'd do the same

I am not an installer but. a couple of things to consider, if the chimney is close to the ridge then it has to be 600mm above it and there is a 2.3m rule - draw a circle around your chimney 2.3m larger than then the exterior of the chimney and nothing should be in that area. Height then I think in this position 600mm above the ridge regardless. I don't think there is a rule for the length of a 45 degree section however the longer you make it the more support you will need and the more disruption to your roof I guess. I would guess that the chimney will have to sit off the tiles to stop anything building up underneath - combustible materials such as leaves and you'd probably need to get up there annually to check and clean anything away as necessary (at the end of autumn?). Not sure on this point but a chimney has to be a distance away from combustible materials - such as the wooden roof joists..... better check that too, not sure how tiles will affect that though. Wouldn't be my ideal placement in the middle of the bifold doors, doors open and you have the stove sat in the middle of an open area when they are open - probably in the summer when the stove is out but any kid running around will love to bum into it and if they are anything like mine were, to use it as a pivot when running around - not sure how often you'd need to get the stove fitter to replace chimney parts. Can you locate the stove to the right of the building - can't tell if there is anything on that side of the building - but then you can have the chimney going straight up to the ridge up the outside wall and use that as a support for any corners you want to use

Always been cautions about mushrooms - finding them takes more energy than you get from them but are a nice thing to add to a meal. Then there are the special ones in the field opposite that love to grow out the cow poo.

There is that Australian (?) lady going through the courts just now who learnt her mushrooms well. Kids didn't get any but the ex-in-laws did