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I happened to see a few comments on American arb Facebook the other day about the benefits of going 32/1 of even 25/1 2-stroke mix, to help prevent overheating. Not sure if related.

15" on my 550, 18" on a 357. If I didn't have the 357 I'd stick an 18" on a 550 for a few hours, but I wouldn't run it all day. This isn't America.

I am certain I've seen some far-gone casualties make a recovery by this stage, which does make the mass culling of recent years seem a tad drastic, but we all know how brittle and unstable the affected timber is... which is the sort of damage I don't think the trees are able to fix, which does justify removal in a lot of cases, such as roadside and town trees, that sort of thing. It would have been very interesting to have left the problem completely unaddressed, and see what would happen to let nature take its course.

Vanity with a hint of sadism.

Funny stuff.

What is this divvy on about now... Edit: Oh. Oohhhh. Now it makes sense. His handlers put on The Rock for him to watch last night. Just a moment... APNEWS.COM NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years. In a post on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, “For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That’s the way it’s supposed to be.” “That is why, today,” he said, “I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.”

Yep, I agree. A lovely 3 foot stump, rippled and gnarly, riddled with holes, crawling with life... perfect.

Goat willows are a lovely tree, and you can easily keep them whatever size you want. Cut it down to the ground and let it coppice, and just do that every 3/4/5 years if you want. Great early season forage for pollinators and habitat for all sorts of beasties. If you have nothing else lined up to replace it, I'd keep it personally... but, as I say, coppiced occasionally. I'm lucky though, I've got 40-odd goat willows of various sizes.

Reform on the rise...

Seen for sale in Australia.

Ahh yes. It can be used as a cleaning rag for all sorts of things too. Great little plant.

He lied to us! Lied!

Well I'm invested now, so you better look harder or there'll be consequences. The silica from horsetail is used to minimise blight on potatoes, which I'm sure in the sort of thing you'd already know. I'm just making conversation. Harvest the horsetail in late summer, dry thoroughly, and ferment in water to tea. Use as a foliar treatment in times of high blight threat. Edit: While we are on the subject. The silica, I believe, is a defence mechanism, designed to slowly erode the teeth of any organism habitually feeding on it, leading to their eventual demise. Playing the long game. The young shoots, before siliconisation, are technically edible... but are they worth it? There's recipes out there...

Yes please!

Mares tail prefers acidic soil, if you can increase alkalinity it helps. Drainage, as mentioned. They like poor soil... so a nitrogen surplus would hinder them... but might not fit in with the wishes for a meadow. You might as well spray the weedkiller up your left nostril for the good it'll do for the mares tail. Waste of time. I am, of course, a smelly hippy. But have you considered just ignoring it? Are you harvesting the area, does it's presence prevent that?

Are you suggesting that newspapers tend to print more stories about people who are famous? Or something else? I'm not sure many of the more obscure cases would make the front page, to be honest.

Edit: have to be honest, it isn't my favourite of Randall's comics yet. Further edits: This is in reference to the kidnapping of Rümeysa Öztürk

Outstanding, thank you Stuck. I'll follow those leads and see what develops.

You're just jealous because Harry didn't ask to marry you.