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I can't tell you. Want his mobile number, you can ask him yourself?
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It's between them and their boss of course, but it's fairly standard for trades of that nature to travel a fair bit wherever the work takes them. The guy I have coming to do the roof is a similar drive as well, he's worked it into his quote I'm sure. We offered them an apartment for them free of charge during that big freeze back in December, didn't get their head office involved just offered it to them straight up. My beef is definitely with the office here, not the fitters. Might go and camp out on their lawn, see what turns up.
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Yep, the fitters are. The company base is 30 minutes up the road, but the fitters employed for this job are way up the other end of the country, a 2 hour drive away, both ways, every day. I'd be asking for petrol money for that one. Dunno but it sounds incredible, I'd love to get involved.
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Hey, I resent that. I'm not a vegan, I'm plant-based. I'll try and backdate a few updates though, cheers. That's not a bad idea actually, I will indeed stick it right back up in the attic, safe and sound in a quiet corner. It could be the spirit of the house. Well, here's a quick question for you all to consider, while I'm sat here watching no work being done... what happens when the two guys who have been putting your house together for the last month stop showing up because their employer hasn't paid them? Head office won't pay travel costs because the work is "local" to them... after a 150km drive...
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That looks like a great wee machine, for the price.
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SRT connecting two ropes for bigger trees
peds replied to Carteeni's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Quickest, easiest, and best way to join 2 ropes together for this application is a simple overhand knot. Make sure all 4 tails are well dressed and unable to roll. Far less likely to get snagged up a tree than any other multi-knot concoction or a 'biner. -
I would like to subscribe to future updates on this situation. Definitely be worth being a fly on the wall when the reality sets in.
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How to proceed with old apple trees?
peds replied to Christobel's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Neglected trees are brought back with a 3 or 4 year plan, it's absolutely something you can take care of yourself after the first (rather drastic) cuts the guy you got in made. There's different cuts to be made in winter and summer pruning sessions, as the tree reacts differently to damage done in each season. There's almost definitely a guy or an organic farm or something near to you offering fruit tree maintenance courses, either one day or weekend or whatever. You'd get a lot of benefit from one, and you wouldn't need to get the expensive tree surgeon in again. -
How to proceed with old apple trees?
peds replied to Christobel's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
You'll be taking off many of those new bits of vertical growth, which can be stuck onto rootstocks relatively easily to create new trees. All you need is a sharp knife and a little patience. If you enjoy the fruit this tree produces, it might be a good idea to get a few replacement trees waiting in the wings in case anything catastrophic should happen to this one, and baby apple trees from your own tree make great Christmas or birthday presents to the right kind of person. -
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Got to love the planning department, they are very good at what they do. Which isn't much. Hope things work out for you this year better than last.
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How's it working out for you? I'd love to see some pictures if you ever got round to it, or is it still in the early stages? If anyone else has some larch jobs to share, I'm all eyes! Thinking of sticking larch on the gable end of this.
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Probably the safest idea, if not the most fun. Fair enough.
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Shame that, the odds are pretty high.
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Now we're getting somewhere. Good idea for saving the lead. I'm a smelly hippy though, so I couldn't use the powder as fertiliser unless it's certified organic.
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I'm asking if, theoretically, you could - just as an example here, use your imagination - open up the contents, save the powder, and have an exciting little pyrotechnics display, like when you were in 5th form chemistry and you'd nick a bit of that magnesium strip that burns really brightly, or that 2p coin that you could wrap in a roll of paper caps that go in those little cap guns and lob it really hard at ground or the wall for the little explosion, you remember how you watched a young lad actually split a brick on the side of the sports hall changing rooms once when he wrapped a coin in three whole rolls? Something like that. Come on, use your imagination. I guess handing it in to the police is a pretty awesome suggestion too, though.
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You clearly know your onions, but I'm afraid you are mistaken, it isn't empty. If it wasn't illegal to own without the paperwork I could have taken out the contents and counted them, so let's, for argument's sake, pretend that there's... fifteen.
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I didn't bring it home, you understand. This is a purely theoretical question.
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Not worth a new thread, I'll use this one. Quick question for you fellas. Theoretically, what could someone that doesn't own a gun do with a handful of. 22 LR ammo that they, I don't know, found washed up on a beach somewhere? Indoor fireworks display? Exciting chemistry experiment? Unnecessarily dangerous practical joke? Novelty cufflinks? Launch a very small rocket into orbit? Daft question I know, but humour me.
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Jesus, this is taking some doing. Tell you what, the next house will be easier to build. Haven't updated much, I'll try to fix that.
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I got a cherry, plum, and apricot, all patio sized, from Lidl about three years ago. The apricot died, and so did its replacement, but the cherry went from five fruits to fifty to feck knows, very reliable. The plum did the same, five-ish fruits in year one, enough to make the tree worthwhile in year two, and it got bitten by a late frost this year, with one wrinkly little prune surviving. Definitely worth the money, all in all.
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If it's hollow, stick a platform in it and put a comfy chair up there. Lovely place to hide for a while when it all gets too much.
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I'll be making a good few diagonal offcuts to get the herringbone pattern, but my fireplace ash all gets rotated through the compost system for the garden. So no tar allowed, unfortunately. Might use the offcuts to make a mini parquet floor in the dog's kennel, I don't know.
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That's really interesting you said that, the old school for around 1500 kids I went to back in England is currently being replaced by a new build megaschool on the edge of town, there's whole buildings worth of science blocks with heavy desks and big sinks going to be demolished at some point in the future. Definitely worth keeping an eye on.
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Harsh but fair.
