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    In the Daily Mail today.... further to the already haphazard approach to dealing with Covid we are being told that the Nightingale hospitals (note that's plural, not just one) are being "quietly dismantled" due to staff shortages. So, we have ovverun general hospitals apparently but despite considerable investment setting the aforementioned up, we now take them down. I no longer believe one word of the crackpot rhetoric that the government spins out on a daily basis, as none of it makes any sense
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    Its not been too good in Kent
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    Ditto, all of you have a great one
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    I will enquire about 25 litre drums. Masks aren't exactly comfortable when working but more and more the idea of the type that at least block the particles from wood fires is food for thought
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    Benzene is what I was thinking of other than ethanol, not great stuff to be breathing in all day admittedly. That said, I have met plenty of wood cutters who have made old age in reasonable nick so I guess genetics play a part
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    Can we just clarify something here. I've used Aspen to a degree in forestry saws over the past few months and I'd love to say it has made my lungs and cough better, but frankly with brash fires constantly going (green wood smoke proven to be carcinogenic), there isn't any noticeable difference. I do care about my health by the way, but can't justify the extra daily cost on top of all other consumables - the margins in chestnut cutting are just too low. I also can't store pallets of the stuff where I am, so slighly stuffed in that respect. Is it primarily supposed to be the ethanol that is the most damaging in the emissions, or other chemicals; I'm wondering to what degree the higher octane / ethanol free pump fuel may at least be some improvement on what is inhaled? Maybe I just need a job shift before I keel over.
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    No I can see that for chestnut post and rail you could only use it for the vertical slots (or use a very narrow tip bar for horizontals), so fair comment Dave. What you have there is probably a lot more suitable
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    I've recently seen this bit of kit online and it does appear to look quite effective and safe. Has anyone used one, or had a go at constructing something similar (otherwise order from Australia)
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    In Kent we are tier 3, I think (I don't give it a lot of thought). I'm slightly baffled as to why this seems to be a built-up area issue, only. Our village is about 7 miles south of Maidstone and despite being fairly rural is still heavily populated, more like a small town, but cases out here are unheard of. So why is this? People are still mixing, working, and driving all over the place, doing whatever. It simply doesn't stack up that the vast majority of illness is in towns
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    I have not heard of Dan Franklin, looks like that will be the go-to vids for tonight
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    Yep that's the fella. I actually really like the lack of background noise / music, too a lot of the time there is little sound
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    I can see why in some places they will try to produce plantations as a firewood crop. Fast growing and according to a log client of mine whom I supplied some to a year or so back, virtually took the log stove temp off the scale. Lovely stuff, truly
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    A full scribe cabin is a thing of beauty - there is a bloke whom I am trying to recall the nationality of (Slovakian / Estonian?) on youtube, if you search for log cabin build you will find him...who builds his in the wilds of Eastern Europe, from scratch and largely on his own until it gets to the roof, I think. Check it out, fantastic to watch. He has an uncanny ability to flick an axe backwards, landing it smack in the middle of the stump he has just left from one of the poles, a skilled character
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    I've been sent a video today with both Bill and Mel Gates (along with a Yank TV newsreader) clearly stating that microchips will most likely be in every dose of "Covid vaccine". The theory here is that it will rule out risk of conterfeiting...and "create the world that we want" according to Mrs Gates. Not in my ideal world thanks...opinions invited on this, it sounds to me like we are getting closer by the hour to a plotline akin to Nineteen Eighty Four. Will try and attach the vid, but I'm not too good at this sort of thing
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    Bearskin by James McLaughlin, brilliant debut
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    I've not read the other replies (getting a bit lazy like that), but honestly would recommend the following...do something akin to a a sprint triathlon, even a very toned down version where the run is actually a fast walk to begin with etc, you get my drift, and make sure you swim even if the cycle or run gets you to a public pool (f they are open). Excercise just can't be stressed enough in combating the blues, and cold water immersion is so effective I believe with outdoor swimmers that depressive illness is virtually unheard of. Ideally do the aformentioned whilst listening to Ian Dury singing "Reasons to be cheerful" on a loop, on your Ipod. That little lot should do it, good luck...
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    I don't always agree with policy regarding intruders in other countries, but this is one respect in which I reckon the Yanks are correct "So, the accused was shot whilst attempting to steal goods, at night, from the defendant's outbuilding. whilst armed with a crowbar? Case closed, this court is adjourned" Quite right too
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    I couldn't agree more. Thankfully more and more ordinary people (thankfully of the free-thinking fraternity) are starting to question why a "vaccine" for something that actually kills so few people is having to be rushed through, conveniently bypassing all the usual lengthy processes that assure us that it won't actually do more harm than good (ie, making you seriously ill, with no recourse for suing the greedy idiots who made it)....but then, anyone who questions the wisdom of the experts is a conspiracy theorist, right?
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    Uh, which??
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    The Oregon ones are not good, design looks promising but do not tend to dig in well - that was the odd thing with the Woodchuck, it didn't look particularly like it would penetrate well but actually was really good. I think the Fiskars
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    Thanks for all replies, a toss up between the Bison and the Fiskars I think
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    Christ, that was a fair haul. Sorry to hear this
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    Until recently i had a Woodchuck pickaroon, i'd customised with a longer handle - perfect for dragging chestnut stems around without doing my back in; unfortunately is now mislaid somewhere and no idea if I'll see it again. Has anyone bought any of the longer handled commercial pickaroons, or did anyonme buy one of Rob D's (s I had)that they no longer use? Happy to pay retail for another one, not so keen on paying nearly the same money again on carriage and import from the States. Some of the sappies are rubbish, I found that the woodchuck version dug in to timber really well despite having no weight to it. Has anyone tried the Fiskars type?
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    I'm actually starting to feel that anyone who can't see this gradual, insiduous increase of control measures is maybe not seeing the wood for the trees here. All the time, this ramped - up melodrama about the "huge increase in postitive cases", when as it's plain to see, people are not dropping dead (or even getting notably sick)left, right and centre. Nor are the hospitals full. Yes, this is for the best part complete ballbags
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    I'm not supposed to be posting any more on this thread but what the hell I always was full of the proverbial...I can understand why saying "of a lot us" might upset some people but that's not literally what I meant- having 2 kids generally is of course not excessive, having 8 is. And in a lot of countries old habits / religious compunction die hard. They are not going to be educated overnight

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