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So it looks like you've got juuust enough space to knock it over, shouldn't be a big job for anyone to take it down for you. Depending on what specific cultivar it was it might coppice just fine, if it's only dead from the waist up, and not below the belt... but it could be a goner altogether. Either way, you need to get it removed, it'll become more of a hazard every day that passes. If you're at all interested in having it grow back, just mention to whoever gets rid of it for you that you'd like it coppiced and they'll leave the stump in the right condition for it. I actually removed one in my own garden to let a digger through 2 years ago, it's come back just fine. I'll get a picture later. It was winter, I assumed it was just another sycamore. Edit to add photo: some coulorful mini maple, anyway.

Sure go ahead, you can't do the tree any harm at this stage by the looks of it. What was it? Sycamore possibly? Snip it at ground level, wait and see if it'll coppice.

Yeah, far from ideal. Speaking as an immigrant myself, I absolutely agree that you should try and look after the Irish before worrying about refugees, but I've found that the only people shouting about it aren't really the sort to help other Irish people either.

It's an interesting situation all right. I've had a few fraught conversations on the subject lately. Definitely some nasty ideas being pushed around more than they need to be.

Some of the tadpoles in the pond we dug last summer are almost thinking about growing legs. Edit to add: I've just counted, there's bloody loads of them.

It varies an awful lot, especially depending on where you are from, but some people call the bottom of the hind legs hocks and the front legs hands. Some people call them both hocks. Noone calls the back legs hands. Some people call the front hock the knuckle instead, particularly when it is cut smaller. The hand as a roasting joint often contains a bit more meat from further up the shoulder, but not necessarily. It could be called the hand and spring, if cut to include even more from higher up the shoulder. Just the same as the question "is it a shrimp or a prawn?", the answer is more based on geography than the animal.

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“I don’t know about you, but at about this time of night, I like to place a small orange thing on the back of a heron.” – Vic Reeves

I'd never heard of the Free Speech Union, so I thought I'd Google them quickly. All for free speech as long as you are saying the Right thing, obviously. Toby Young proves my conviction that cocaine does nothing but amplify one's preponderance to being a raging bellend. Say what you want about Toby Young – no, really, he’ll defend your right to say it | Joel Golby | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM The grifter who keeps on giving has turned his attention to defending free speech on Twitter. What a... Free Speech Union - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Toby Young - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG A few quick links there in case anyone was as uniformed about the organisation and its founder as I was and wants to gauge the quality of the opinion piece JD has listed before dirtying their eyes with it. Nothing surprising, obviously. Carry on!

I mean fair play to you for trying to give it another chance, I'm 100% in favour of keeping trees alive if at all possible, so fingers crossed. Was the cost of moving it less than a fairly established tree bought new? Best thing you can now do is to sheet mulch it, in this order, with a big pile of high-tide-line rotting seaweed, then a decent handful of chicken pellets or half a bag of manure, then 3 layers of brown cardboard, and bark or woodchip. Fingers crossed it'll bounce back, and hopefully some of those pruning wounds will develop into nice rot pockets for creepy crawlies to live in and Robins to nest in. Keep it watered, and keep us updated 👍

You don't know that yet. It could take years to die.

We've got a pair of them that were used on 11mm static rope. Doesn't need a wire core at all. Switched to prusiks now for the application they were used for though, I found them awfully fiddly.

Sorry for my part in it everyone. Best if we take it back to the covid thread, it did help to keep the rest of the place nice and tidy.

It's delicious, but I've never cooked with it, only ordered it in dishes when out or takeaway. I prefer it on its own, as the star of its own little show. I keep meaning to buy some and try using it. I'll pick up some ajwain too whilst I'm in the right shop.

Just free-ranging roosters, living life as they please and eating well. Boilers, not roasters. Pheasant would be great in it.

Yeah, it's more than one step all right. Worth it though, especially if you make a big enough batch of it.

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Fenugreek is very easy to overdose on, you are absolutely right. Best added towards the end I think, and carefully. Edit Let me see... this is the recipe I loosely follow, but I essentially slow-cook the bone-in rooster pieces in the sauce then flake the meat off the bone. A few more peppers added in mine, too. Edit 2 I guess I'll add the link, shall I... Pathia - Sweet, sour & hot Indian curry recipe from 'Ome Made WWW.OMEMADE.COM Pathia recipe from 'Ome Made. A tasty Persian inspired curry ideal for special occaisions... Edit 3 Reading it again, I actually leave out the paneer and dial it down a bit on the sugar.

Sorry JD, my wife's boyfriend doesn't want me talking to you any more. He says the swearing and name calling is a bad influence.

A well-made chicken pathia is a decent way to pass the time, if you are receptive to any curry recommendations. I like to fill takeaway containers with a nice spicy and tangy rooster pathia when I get the chance to process a spare bird and keep them in the freezer for an emergency treat dinner when I'm home alone. Couple of na'an from the freezer, few tins of IPA, quick spliff. Heaven.

Best print that out and stick it on your fridge. Fold a few up and keep them in your wallet too, you can hand them out to any argumentative strangers you stumble upon.

They look very similar to a bunch of trees I grafted and planted along my laneway that were then pruned by a few horses the neighbouring farmer had wandering around when he was moving them, before I added a bit more protection. It's not ideal, but they seem to be coping well enough. As MattyF suggests, I'm going to ignore them for a couple of years and take it from there.

I'm sorry to hear that. Big blue again here, for now.

Yo, mediocre part time tree climber here, life-long mountain and rock climber. It takes time for muscle memory to build up, and to forge the right pathways in the brain to use newly learned skills effectively. Passing an assessment doesn't mean you are a capable operator in any discipline, it just shows you are technically capable of becoming one. Your assessor probably clocked that you were just having a brain fart, but that you'd be well and able to perform decently given enough practice. Don't lose any sleep over it, channel that frustration into a motivation to get out and use the skills you've learned until you can do it reliably, 100% of the time, even when you are cold, wet, hungry, and in the pouring rain. Get out there and get good. (I'm sure some of the better tree guys will have something to say too, but there's really no difference between a tree and a mountain when ropes are involved: ****************ing up will still kill you or the people around you.)

Sounds like brilliant fun. I'd jump at it if it was near me.