westphalian
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He was only trying to help[emoji8]
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I don’t think that is true. I’ve been pissing down my leg for years and it is silky smooth
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I've lopped them down and going to chip them when I get some decent gloves delivered. also, next time I will where a helmet and visor!
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Going for riper 2 as welders a bit bulky for scratching my arse. Want a refund if no good mind
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I would imagine welder's gloves would do the job with thorny bushes such as pyracantha? the PPE thorn/needlestick gloves are five times the price
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in danger of answering my own question here. didn't get anywhere with google for "pyracantha thorns" but when I added "toxin" a result came up with some American farmer saying it causes a hyper allergy, especially severe in people with autoimmune arthritis. feck, I have Palindromic Rheumatism in remission. let's see if it is just my finger that swells up
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does any bright spark know how the said plant produces it's skin reaction? i'm not talking infection or thorn arthritis, but the fast acting swelling and pain when the thorn penetrates the skin. must be a toxin but Wikipedia doesn't mention it
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repaired. i can now add fencing to the long list of skills i have aquired. the wood from B&Q has gone down hill a bit
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yep, the last year i went in 75 my older brother decided to duck me in the sea til i choked and ingested some "sea water". next two days in bed shitting and puking
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well in 76 there was patches of crude oil on the sand like the viz poster but more jellyfish
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talking about Skeggy. we would go there every year but in 76 we discovered Newquay. i thought i was in the Caribbean. Just seen Jaws and was worried each time i heard a splash. i remember the grass being damaged more in 76 than this year. i had zero midges in my wood this year and fewer mozzies. Earth is not in danger, we are. water shortages, migrating populations failed crops etc. feel sorry for the kids. global warming is going to happen, me turning turning the central heating down isn't going to cut much v the 3 billion of china and india wanting a developed world life style. is skeggy still shit?
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Bovril in flask
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Chalara fraxinea - Generic thread
westphalian replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
They need to be desiccated to survive long periods. I’m no expert though, my PhD was in lichen reproduction. Hardly touched on mycological DNA sequencing -
Get counselling
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Chalara fraxinea - Generic thread
westphalian replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
Yes but the spores need to be desiccated, kept dry and then find favourable conditions. Even with global warming no chance of that in Blighty -
Or being resigned to having a dry night and suddenly finding 4 cans in the fridge your son left when visiting at the weekend
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Chalara fraxinea - Generic thread
westphalian replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
I would imagine fungal spores last for a few decades. Looked for evidence for this and not able to find much. Around 25 years?? -
is it a joke? please say it is, please
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if that is a joke it is sick.
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Any good? I bloody hope so cos I just bought one off eBay Germany for £270 compared to £435 uk stores. 7 left if anyone interested
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Wife saying she will just be 30 minutes at the shop and the laptop ready and waiting
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I read a good book on ww1 wanting to know how it started. No real answer, everyone just drifted into it but basically it was the Kaiser
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A bit like disagreeing with Eggs. George Cross stuff
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What is it?? 10% of wood in a wood should be dead and left to rot. Sure I heard/read somewhere. The wood I’m thinning I chip/burn the conifer foliage, plank the stems, log the remaining stem from about 8-4 inches and leave the rest. Oh, I leave the stumps high to piss off pedants and give squirrels a viewing spot [emoji6]
