Doug Tait
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Mate showed me an article at work today about it, had a mugshot from prison and it does appear like he's getting a decent daily beating. It'll never happen but I hope they throw away the key.
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A smart kettle surely
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
Doug Tait replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
It's great for you the kids are at the right age Steve. If I openly took pics of the hairy fairy on her knees like that they'd call me creepy, kick me out and the law would probably come. But have kids of the right age with you and suddenly you're the 'nice dad, awww'. -
Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
Doug Tait replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
Could it have sprouted on top of something like a stump, the roots grown down to shroud it and the stump long since disappeared. I've seen a young Beech in the process of doing that quite recently. -
No so sure. She'd need to have a basic grasp of maths to achieve the accuracy a chippy requires and there's no evidence she has.
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Our local engineers AB Wight have lost a lot of kit from their new yard. They've been good at keeping us fabricated and repaired for a while now. Must have been a job to actually move all that stuff. Vehicles and tools valued at £35,000 stolen from engineering business in Borders WWW.BORDERTELEGRAPH.COM AB Wight Engineering posted on social media that its new site, was targeted by thieves overnight last night (Tuesday May...
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I don't particularly know much about it but the rhs website has some info that might help you narrow it down. https://www.rhs.org.uk/problems/chlorosis
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When we were late teens I went with my mate to an army surplus store in Edinburgh, big event but had to be done because no internet shopping or shops like that locally. He got a pair of urban combats and was well chuffed with them. Next night we were mucking about and he ended up with a broken ankle. I couldn't believe when I saw him after he was on crutches with a cast on his foot and shin on top of the combats. He wouldn't let them cut the trousers so ended up cast still wearing them. Going to Edinburgh was a big thing back then!
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Cutting timber for the splitting table and after this cut a stoat popped out the larger hole. Closer inspection and there's a dead mouse at the entrance to a deep cavity leading to a nest with young in it. The cut was maybe 4m down the log already. Relocated the section over the track a few metres away and the mouse was gone later so we think mum has found them again. They'll be left in peace now, only regret is not writing "Leave Stoatally Alone"
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What tree would you be? Was asked this very question this morning by a customer. It didn't take long to come to the conclusion I'd be a Birch. I like to get somewhere before the masses arrive but don't stay long once they have, I'm really happiest when it's just me and a few of my kind. I'm not especially big or dramatic, but then I'm rarely offensive. The oh disagrees, she thinks I'm a bit scruffy, can get very prickly and as I grow older I get more dense. She says I'm a Holly. So I'm definitely Birch, but what tree would you be?
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When I've bought rope from reel ends before the supplier has always included rope details printed on their businesses headed paper for ID purposes.
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Sorry mate, meant bigger in stature, definitely wasn't calling you fat!
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Nice one J, love it. Could swear you're still getting bigger!
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Start a new topic of your own if you've a few mate, or stick them up in "today's job" or "at work today" threads.
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Dumper's right J, post your vids and pics on arbtalk too, worth watching and folk here would like to see them!
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But not vanilla scented because I feel compelled to sniff them and I'm told it looks really bad
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I remember suggesting your ducting solution in a previous question by JDon about getting the heat from his present stove to travel throughout the house but it wasn't very practical as his house is upside down. Putting a small stove downstairs sounds the most economical way to go and it wouldn't do any harm having some heat passed up through the garage. Anyway @JDon enough muttering about stoves and logs, how about posting some of the stuff Logan shows me off your Facebook! We love seeing big tree felling here too you know! Anything with the full wrap handle in action would be acceptable...
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Warm today but the rain, thunder and lightning has arrived again and it's biblical. Didn't see a forecast but did get an inkling it was coming when a few minutes beforehand the human barometer that is my neighbor was prowling the garden shouting her cats in!
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Clearly you kept your mouth shut, unlike me!
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Ah, 'fond' memories of half a week spent camped out in the bathroom after getting splattered with slurry whilst cleaning out a cattle shed, wasn't worth leaving the bathroom as I only had a few minutes between either upward or downward bodily evacuations! Mucking out horses is definitely a nicer experience.
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Looks like the groom had a year off!
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Scottish lad has had a trip down to the Cotswolds on his BMX with Red Bull.
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That looks nice and dry at least, hope she heals well. She'll need to get used to the lampshade though, suppose a couple of weeks for the stitches?
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Envious here too, 8c and raining with a weather warning for thunderstorms and flooding later today.
