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I can't see the pictures either, but in my opinion a stump carries on below the ground until you reach soil again, with the chunkiest bit of the roots included. Not as much as grubbing it out with a bucket of course, but a goodly portion. What's a .heic file? It wants me to download another program to view it, which won't be happening.
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Flying it, good stuff.
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Cheers dude, we appreciate that. He was pleasantly surprised at the lack of pain when he woke up, but I did warn him that the fresh surgical cuts aren't the thing that gets you... it's when the nerves start repairing themselves and the healing process begins that thr real fun starts! Anyway, it's only fair that he gets a little bit of pain, because he's been nothing but a pain in the backside to my mother for the last decade! How's your knee getting on?
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Absolutely, I'll see if anyone does want it before we push it into the lake, but it's definitely a sold-as-seen kind of car by now. And really, if it isn't worth enough to be worth the hassle, either as banger or scrap, I'll probably give it to the fire service to practice on. Same as I'd like to be chopped up by medical students when I'm not using my own earthly vessel anymore, I think our beloved old Passat would enjoy being set on fire and ripped apart for the benefit of others.
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Ahh, kind of at the other end of the scale, the Passat... it's a 2008, and I don't think I paid much more than the year for it, cash... Funny story, the guy was selling it because he said the seat was too low for his wife... I agreed, it was awfully low. First thing we did after driving around the corner was pump the handle a dozen times to lift it up a bit higher... Anyway, it's dealt with a lot since we got it 5 years ago, I've asked her to do things any reasonable Passat would shudder at, and she's starting to show a good bit of wear and tear! So the advert will read more along the lines of "Half-crippled VW Passat seeks quiet lay-by to disintegrate in. Not recommended for spares or repairs, everything is already f*cked. Disingenuous reason for sale."
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So, err, back to the original topic. Like I mentioned, I'm hoping up upgrade from our battered old Passat to a pickup. Did we reach a consensus in the end that, yes, there will be a surge in available second hand pickups after Christmas? I'm already looking for a few options over the border, are those options going to start looking more appealing?
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Co dom pine, sound union-ish options please
peds replied to Twentyeight Trees's topic in Tree health care
That said... is there anything living in that hole, 2m up the right-hand stem? The Y union looks grand, but I'd want to stick my hand as far into that hole as possible before recommending anything, one way or another. If it's surface or superficial, grand, leave it; but if it's deep and growing... maybe an alternative route is needed. If it's filled with something exciting like bats or owls or squirrels... one route could be to take the top off it a bit above the hole and leave a coronet cut, preserving the existing habitat and creating a new one at the same time, and leave the other stem to take over. That's what I'd be chatting about to the owner instead of reductions and bracing, but then again, it isn't my shed underneath the tree... -
Co dom pine, sound union-ish options please
peds replied to Twentyeight Trees's topic in Tree health care
Fell it, take the Y in a decent chunk and turn it into a catapult for launching watermelons into hippo/gorilla/etc enclosures at a zoo. As others have said, I would recommend to the owner to either keep it or don't. I wouldn't offer to dick around with it. -
My dad had tib-fib surgery on Friday morning, no external metalwork thank god, but lots of metal inside. 79, definitely not climbing trees up to his surgery date. Not going to be easy! (Conversely, I was skiing the day before my ACL surgery, on June 26th 2018... that probably helped with the rehab!) Simple job for me today, garden tidy up for someone. Thank God, I could do with the rest.
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It's about bloody time.
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I've heard the Milwaukee m12 tophandle (is it really, though? A tophandle?) is the best out of all the tool brand saws, I looked into the Dewalt options because that's what batteries I have, and they just don't seem as good. Pity. As for the Stihl, I still rave about my MSA 200 to anyone who will listen, and it'll probably fit the bill just perfectly for you. Great saw.
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I do not disagree with a single thing you've said. But for now... I've got a free hook for tugging down hung-up branches.
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Oh my lord! My poor heartstrings...
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I am 100% certain that the years of research and development Reg and Notch have put in has come up with a better design that I did, in 10 minutes, for free, using the assorted shite I have scattered around my shed. I'd be shocked and surprised if that wasn't the case. Is it 200 euros better? That would be a question worth investigating, and if anyone wants to send me a Notch Grapple, I'd be happy to do some side-by-side empirical testing to find out.
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I just threw this together quickly. I remembered I had an old fall protection lanyard tucked away, so I cut off the screamer strop and sproingy metalwork from the hook. Tried it with the black eyelet at the barrel knot, but I didn't like the shape of it, so tried it nude. Much better. Might give it a go with a maillon as well, but nude is probably best. Threw it around at ground level, hooks well on skinny bits obviously, and I could swing it around and hook the rope instead for bigger bits. 70mm opening, which is just fine for yanking hung up limbs around. Retrieval was grand, flick it about enough and you could wobble it off whatever it had grabbed. I'll lob in around in a tree at some point and see if I can move around on it.
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Holy God.
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Is there a genuine reason for sale?
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Two potential outcomes: Tyson beats Paul, and he loses to a 58 year old retiree. Paul beats Tyson, and he wins against a 58 year old retiree. There are no winners at all in this situation, except for the people who are 7 or 8 figures richer. So, everyone? Man, what am I doing with my life getting scratched to f*ck in a hedgerow hunting for ivy-covered logs for pennies. I should have been a shitheel youtuber millionaire.
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Provenance would be a question for me. If they were imported nursery stock they should be gotten rid of, if they were proper natives I'd keep any that look like they've got a bit of fight in them.
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Great, innit. I've not got any on my arb kit, but we use maillons on our ground anchors for rope rescue. Definitely adding this to all 12 of them.
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Elegant. Thanks for sharing.
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Closing down sale at an outdoor shop.
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Dry November. Longest f*cking month of my life so far, I swear!
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Yeah, I've seen that, they can just keel over in any direction, any time they want. Scary stuff.
