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Doug Tait

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  1. Doug Tait
    They look so peaceful after their Sunday morning beasting!
  2. Doug Tait
    That look says it all. Do I have to visit la boucherie myself then? Hope he got une sausisse in the end!
  3. Doug Tait
    Was in a tree being removed from against a tall hedge (busy with nests). Had a male blackbird spend a lot of time in the hedge next to me watching, just making sure I wasn't a threat to his clutch of eggs, assured him I wouldn't cause any trouble. He seemed quite proud.
  4. Doug Tait
    Glad it's not just me! Told someone I was 44 recently, had to retract that a few days later when a friend pointed out I'm actually 46
  5. Doug Tait
    Have driven a hilux with the air bags on and it was impressive, had some big loads and never looked or felt overloaded
  6. Doug Tait

    Jokes???

    Doug Tait replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

    That's how my dog looks when he farts, he then cautiously sniffs his tail before looking at me suspiciously
  7. Doug Tait
    Have known guys that thought they couldn't function through a day without being wasted, joint before breakfast to start the day and a few in the pocket to get through it. Not for me, I'd never get out the house if I did that
  8. Doug Tait

    How are things Sam? You've been quiet, made any progress with the treework 

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      Doug Tait

      I'm not too bad thanks, would rather be working a bit more just now but I'm well.

       

      I know it's difficult but try to keep positive, if you don't keep trying you have zero chance of success!

       

      As for not fitting in here I think you're wrong, you bring a "sunny" feeling with your input and I get the impression that other members think the same. You've got interesting stuff to say, be nice to have you around more again 

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      Awwww I have missed you crazy lot 😂 I am just catching up with the jokes and laughing away like a nut 😁 has work declined in your area then Doug ? Maybe you could get a second job as a stripper or something 😂 x Thankyou for your positivity x I approached my rich brother in law with an investment idea to start my own business but has decided to buy a hotel instead on the Island called (The Wellington) he offered me a job there so I could escape the council but I prefer being outdoors 🙂 I will keep studying and hopefully find a little place with a team eventually x Thankyou for your kindness 

    4. Doug Tait

      Doug Tait

      Stripping! 😂

      Thanks for the suggestion but I'd have to pay people to watch!

       

      Best of luck to you, it'll work out.

  9. Doug Tait
    In my experience it's the other way round. The older people I know are completely aware of what seasoned wood is, and many could ID it from looking at a log. The younger people are less knowledgeable. One of my neighbours (40's) asked me if I knew what was wrong with their log burner as it wouldn't light, I said it was probably the softwood logs that weren't seasoned (I felled and rung up the tree for them 6wks earlier). The response was "but it's firewood in a wood burner! We'll need to get someone to look at the stove". And a friend in his 30's bought a house, I did some tree work in the garden and he was left a decent pile of rounds, with instructions how to split and stack for seasoning from me and his elderly neighbour. The pile got swamped in grass and nettles til you couldn't see it and a few months later he asked if it was ready to burn. His elderly neighbour and I raised an eyebrow.
  10. Doug Tait
    Well worth watching, what a remarkable man.
  11. Doug Tait
    Was a lovely day here earlier, proper snowing now and minus temperature
  12. Doug Tait
    Is Khriss H? Mother of God
  13. Doug Tait
    I just can't believe Buckles is the 4th man
  14. Doug Tait
    Late night visitor enjoying peanuts, had a fox beside it briefly but I wasn't quick enough with the camera
  15. Doug Tait

    Jokes???

    Doug Tait replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

  16. Doug Tait
    Have a close look around the hole. I might be wrong but I've a feeling that field voles habit is to nibble at things round the entrance which can form a little clearing, but mice don't like to hang about the entrance to their holes so they're overgrown and hidden. I can usually tell if it's a rat hole by the old dog's reaction. He'll dig, bark and pull clumps of nettles with his mouth, but doesn't bother about mice or vole holes. The other dog will hunt those mice and vole motorways for hours but not interested in rats.
  17. Doug Tait
    May be vole or mouse, but I think rat holes are more obvious by the material they've dug out left lying at the entrance in a kind of fan shape.
  18. Doug Tait
    I've done a little test that may help Steve. Piece of Terram over a trug and ran the hose Drains through in seconds, no water pooling on the material. 2 inches depth of water in the trug, essentially straight through the Terram.
  19. Doug Tait
    I think Vole holes are generally recognised as being roughly the size of a golf ball, no larger than 1.5-2 inches across depending on the ground they are dug in. Can you see any tracks or runs on the grass in your paddock? In the rougher grass on the Moor here they stand out like little motorways. I'd agree with Stubby about the holes in pics posted by lux, look like they belong to a Vole.
  20. Doug Tait
    Did a small job near a wildlife reserve so had lunch sitting in the hide there. Tried David Cropper's tactic of phoning Vermeer in the hope of something appearing, said they couldn't help make birds pop up on demand. Suppose you need to be a customer for that service
  21. Doug Tait
    I got a Bluetongue rope a while back and noticed the same, flattens out at the cambium rings. Was quite strange at first, especially when close to the anchor it's really noticeable in your hand. Didn't think of it being faulty, assumed it was just different from what I'm used to. Use it with the newer version ZZ and it works well.
  22. Doug Tait
    Now you mention it! And no point editing it now you've kindly quoted me
  23. Doug Tait
    Enjoyed that, took me back a bit. You haven't built a shed really, it's a film studio!
  24. Doug Tait
    Mother of God. Been watching it but with little idea what's going on, there's too many acronyms to remember. Enjoying it though, last one was good too.
  25. Doug Tait
    Very interesting. I can remember them talking about the hearse carriage that carried the deceased being attached to the engine, they'd then add enough carriages for the expected mourners. Often there was only the hearse carriage, sad.

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