Mrblue5000

Has anyone got a bit of inbreeding in their family tree? I know of a few cases of first cousins getting married and the kids seem to have turned out ok, well the ones that survived did anyway. I haven't done a DNA test yet.

I bought Lidl’s parkside battery saw just to try out one before spending big bucks on a main brand battery saw. I have to confess I absolutely love it. No smell of petrol in the back of the jeep. Great job up a tree or beside the chipper. Batteries can be used in other tools like an angle grinder or drill. Quiet to use. If it fcuks up it’s under warranty for I think 3 years. By then it will have paid for itself in petrol savings alone vs charging batteries at night rate. Ok if I was using a chainsaw all day petrol is the way to go, I am not an arborist so those days would be 10 or less a year, but if I’m cutting 12 foot by 6 inches thick ash logs for fire wood beside the house the battery saw is what I use.

Congratulations to you both, great start to the new year.

Forgive me but I hadn't seen this one before; I had a tree that I wanted removed ,because it was too close to the house. I called a tree guy and he came out and did a nice job cutting down the tree. He asked me what I thought and I said it was nice but what about the stump ?....He informed me that he was just a tree guy who cut down trees, If I wanted the stump removed, I would need to call a stump guy. I found a highly recommend "stump" guy and he came and got the stump out......He says there you go...I ask him about the hole.....He says I'm a stump guy I just remove stumps, I don't fill in the hole......Long story short , He told me I would need to call a Landscaper...... I get a hold of a landscaper and I tell him I'm planning to leave town on a trip and I don't care what he does, Just fix the hole and make it look nice. I get back today and find out that he planted a friggin tree...

Following this one, not voting, just curious.

From the other side of the big pond; A sixteen-year-old boy came home with a new Chevrolet Avalanche A sixteen-year-old boy came home with a new Chevrolet Avalanche and his parents began to yell and scream, "Where did you get that truck?!" He calmly told them, "I bought it today." "With what money?" demanded his parents. They knew what a Chevrolet Avalanche cost. "Well," said the boy, "this one cost me just fifteen dollars." So the parents began to yell even louder. "Who would sell a truck like that for fifteen dollars?" they said. "It was the lady up the street," said the boy. I don"t know her name - they just moved in. She saw me ride past on my bike and asked me if I wanted to buy a Chevrolet Avalanche for fifteen dollars." "Oh my Goodness!," moaned the mother, "she must be a child abuser. Who knows what she will do next? John, you go right up there and see what"s going on." So the boy"s father walked up the street to the house where the lady lived and found her out in the yard calmly planting petunias! He introduced himself as the father of the boy to whom she had sold a new Chevrolet Avalanche for fifteen dollars and demanded to know why she did it. "Well," she said, "this morning I got a phone call from my husband. "I thought he was on a business trip, but learned from a friend he had run off to Hawaii with his mistress and really doesn’t intend to come back." "He claimed he was stranded and needed cash, and asked me to sell his new Chevrolet Avalanche and send him the money. So I did." Happy Christmas all.

I reckon she could be very open minded 🤔have you discussed it yet? What’s sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose. Seriously though there’s not many people these days who can saw logs into rings and chop the rings into useable firewood. They all want it handed to them in a bag.

We need pictures 🤓

One day a bus driver went to the bus garage started his bus and drove off along the route. No problem for the first few stops, a few people got on, a few got off and things went generally well. At the next stop, however,a big hulk of a guy got on. Six feet height, built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground. He glared at the driver and said, “ Big John doesn't have to pay! The driver was five feet three,thin, and basically meek. Naturally,he didn't argue with Big John, but he wasn't happy about it. The next day the same thing happened. Big John got on again, made a show of refusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and the one after that.. This went on and the driver started losing sleep over the way Big John was taking advantage of him. Finally he could stand it no longer. He signed up for body building course, karate, judo and all that stuff. By the end of the summer,he had become quite strong and the big thing is that he felt really good about himself. So on the next Monday when Big John once again got on the bus and said, “Big John doesn't pay!” The driver stood up, glared back at the passenger and screamed, “And why not?” With a surprised look on his face Big John replied, “ Big John has a bus pass."

Friend of mine used it in his house as a central pillar. Before that I thought it was rubbish timber. Bit sparky in an open fire, I remember it being used for fire wood as a kid. I reckon it’s the most underrated timber we have due to being planted as hedges in suburban gardens. How is it reproduced if it’s sterile?

There’s an eBay seller in Finland that sells hydraulic stuff. I got a pump for a tractor about half the local stealer price. I will try find a link for you. Arsnei Jepifanov [email protected] let me know if you have trouble getting through to him, it’s been a few years since I dealt with him.

Just asking for a friend, where exactly is the County?

Is the white one a parts donor? I like the way you’re thinking 🤔

I’m missing a leatherman wave, any suggestions as to where to look for it?

Yes, planted a few oaks in uni, but I think the knapsack sprayer man got them later.

What is the price of a Christmas tree these days? I swopped a NS yesterday for 2kg of pasture fed pork. He’s happy and I am happy. City prices are a bit mad over here in the green isle, Cork city €80 or approx £70. So any ideas on what is a fair price for a tree? I will have to drag them at least 100m to get them out to a road, so bear that in mind too. Just to clarify these are the tops of first thinnings they are not manicured nordman or Corsican pines.

Farmer here, wouldn’t be using a chainsaw every day of the week but when I do the helmet is on and safety boots. Have the trousers ordered but I don’t think I will wear them every time I use a chainsaw. I bought a battery powered chainsaw and it just doesn’t feel like I am using a chainsaw at all. I think that’s a bigger danger, it is quiet so I don’t need ear protection so the helmet isn’t worn as much as it should be. As more of our gear is becoming battery powered we need to watch out for our safety and not become complacent. A bit like pedestrians and electric cars I suppose.

Carton, sorry predictive text and no reading glasses not a good combination. Carbon was on my mind though, all that fuel being burned by a ship moving rubbish from one side of the planet to the other so we can feel good about recycling our plastic. Rant over.

Has the person used one before? Reason I ask is that the small one might be easier to use, if they have experience get the longer one.

3 litre plastic milk carbon. It saves the recyclers shipping them to Japan where they use it as fuel.

First saw was a jonsered 630 super II that I still use, first gf became a granny at 36, think I dodged a bullet there, we still keep in touch on fb though 😎other shelf queen is a jonsered 625 bought as a fixer upper but hasn’t been fixed up yet. Realistically it will probably be a parts donor for the 630.

Early days yet, but I think the mitsu is harder on diesel too. Mine is a swb, will have to wait until next summer to get underneath it and get busy with the paint.

Got 23 years out of a land cruiser before the chassis rusted out. Everything else is mechanically perfect. While painting it last year I noticed rust bubbles on the sills, started probing a bit, they’re rotten as well. So I bought a 2010 pajero as a replacement, plan is to weld the chassis and replace the sills on the land cruiser as it’s only 4 years away from vintage. Doing it myself in my spare time.

That’s a bit of a shout cut🤢

Johnny does it have a blue decompression button? Does that make any difference?