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1 hour ago, Doug Tait said:

Diesel the donkey not only identifies as an elk, he's successfully transitioned.

 

Clearly the pet life wasn't for him and he answered the call of the wild, good luck to him.

 

Pet donkey found 'living best life' with elk, five years after escape

WWW.BBC.COM

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A man hiking in the California wilderness has stumbled upon a pet donkey that has been missing for five years.

 

There you go again? Jumping to conclusions, thinking the minority want to be different? Why do you not think that it might be possible that all the elk now identify as a donkey? And they’re just hoping and waiting to be excepted as donkeys so they can get on with the rest of their life’s🤔

A positive result at last, wankers will probably get off with it. It would of past thought a few thieving hands first.

On 17/06/2024 at 16:04, eggsarascal said:

I’ve been around 11 n half stone since I was a teenager, my mate said today, you need to put some weight on, I’m sure I don’t, I eat well. Would you think 11 n half stone at 5’8” is far out?

No dear, you look lovely? 

20 minutes ago, Ty Korrigan said:

Perhaps, tell him to carry a pouch around his neck or on his person with some Celox in it?

My elderly neighbour fell over in his hallway, whacked his nose.

It looked as though a murder had taken place and when he showed me his bruises a day or so later...

I feel for you guys on the rat poison.

Some older people bruise easily and it can look horrendous but aren’t always on blood thinners? If your a cutter up a tree or on the ground carry a personnel first aid kit anyway?

If you don’t like or agree with what Johnsond posts don’t keep “poking the snake with a stick”? I actually agree with a lot he says and some I don’t. Not everything requires a response. I sure there’s a few on here that aren’t on this forum to read threads that develop into bickering and chest puffing?

On 20/06/2024 at 07:58, trigger_andy said:

The wife decided not to have a letterbox in the new door so I was tasked with making a letterbox for the end of the drive. 

Nice use of timber but Concrete or post Crete is the worst thing for timber posts, traps the moisture and speeds decay?

23 hours ago, Steven P said:

For your peace of mind you might get him to get a doctors note confirming he is fit to work for you. Shouldn't be a problem, if he cuts himself might need bigger plasters or bandages and anything that is an ambulance job is an ambulance job regardless.

He’s not working for him, he works with him. It’s the bosses call. If he doesn’t work with you what’s options? Bet there’s not a queue of potential candidates at the yard gate? There’s lots of manual workers out there on blood thinners, angina, cholesterol, diabetes medication etc that are putting a days work in, probably a better option than some of the younger generation? Same with people over pension age showing up a lot of the young ones. At least they’re not looking for an excuse to stay in bed and watch daytime TV or happy to be wrapped up in cotton wool. Good on them all for cracking on with life and work. I might add I’m not on anything myself, just feel people less fortunate in health that want to work deserve a break.

Donald Sutherland, another brilliant actor gone. Oddball “why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves”

He’ll be fine, everyone should have quick clot or similar these days anyway. Also don’t let him shave or play with scissors? I’d be more concerned if he was on coke on the weekend or weed🤔

I’ve made notes throughout the game to enable me to make some constructive comment- shit!

You might be better sticking this in the Forestry section🤔

Did you get your own dog after Eggs?

On 10/06/2024 at 13:26, carsmarco252 said:

I pay mine 100-120 a day for general labouring with a bit a hedgecutting etc.

But this year cant find anyone 

What do you consider as general labouring? Arb groundy,  breaking  down  branches with a chainsaw, cross-cutting, dragging brash, feeding chipper, raking up. Stacking/ loading wood etc? 

Why 25 or over? Is that an insurance requirement.

Just like a mild winters day here. Wood burners on for the evenings.

Being paid for the hours on site and not starting and finishing in yard is complete row locks. If your travelling from home straight to site because it’s closer and easier for you then it’s site hours. Same for subbies, if they travel to yard and travel with the rest they’re paid as well as far as I’m concerned. Thought there was a shortage of decent workers - vote with your feet. 

Russian warships including nuclear submarine and frigate capable of carrying hypersonic missiles arrives in Cuba. Cancel your Florida hols. Is that good enough Mike🤔

2 hours ago, Steven P said:, take a 16 year old army cadet, freshly signed up (with parents approval of course) - very different political outlook to a General but the same jobs and career path.

Very very unlikely to be the same job or career path?

Why not? Won’t it go to his email account if still the same?

5 minutes ago, GarethM said:

They stopped at the borders of Gibraltar, they did occupy the channel islands tho.

 

Russia was always slowed partly because of it being winter but also the difference in railway gauge, which still exists today I think.

Spain was neutral. There were no German offensive forces in Spain, only intelligence and covert operations such as U boat refuelling etc. they could not of invaded Gibraltar from a so- called Neutral country without dragging Spain into the conflict.

On 08/06/2024 at 08:39, GarethM said:

@peds it's not a shaky grasp of history, history is never binary and is down to interpretation, that's why we have historians.

 

Just because Germany went on a little corporate expansion didn't make it WW2, most of Europe was taken quickly until it came to the borders of the UK and Russia and it became apparent what was happening to dissenters and cleansing in the years following.

 

As I've said we live in a different world, it'll never happen again with social media.

 

Imagine Pinochet, Pol Pot, Franco, Mussolini today.

The German advance didn’t stop at the British border, it stopped at the moat called The English Channel. If there was no channel and a land border they would have rolled up the UK pretty fast. The German advance also didn’t stop at the Russian border - it got  to within 6 miles of Leningrad and 20 odd miles of Moscow. If the front line hadn’t moved faster and further from being re supplied they probably would have defeated the Russians. If they hadn’t of attacked Russia and concentrated on the UK we’d probably be reading this in German?

Does that include food and accommodation? The going rate for both seems to be about £500. As others have said try further south Edinburgh/ Glasgow?

Spurside Sawworks Ross on Wye do an excellent job on circular and bandsaw blades if your in that region🤔

2 hours ago, Mark J said:

How come people are legally allowed to breed at 16, but aren't deemed mature enough to to vote at that age? 

 

Yes you could. And then go on to be the deputy leader of the Labour Party🤔

22 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

An old boy who I used to beat with told me a lab is born half trained, a spaniel dies half trained. He wasn’t far off the mark. Just too big for what space I have.

He was right. Jack Russel, loyal, smart, small?