5thelement
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Had to do the same with the last of my Border Terriers a couple of months back, he was two days short of 15 years, the hardest choice but you owe it to them to do the right thing. The house still seems pretty empty, even with the kids, so we are picking up this little rascal from a rescue centre in a couple of weeks. I’ll introduce her to the pack in due course.
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I didn’t vote for Labour, they did get a majority though, and unfortunately that is Democracy in action. Maybe it’s about time that UK Farmers grew a pair, they may actually get some results, like the French. I don’t think it is helping their cause by having a celebrity TV show farmer, who bought a farm for a TV prop/tax avoiding scheme as a spokesperson either.
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Looks about as angry as an Asprin fizzing in a glass of water at the minute.
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If you’re interested, they also have some Canary Yellow paint going cheep.
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I tried to loan a book out of the local Library, its title was, “A thousand ways to commit suicide”. The librarian wouldn’t let me take it out of the building in case I didn’t return it.
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Had wasps in the ground earlier this year, right where we sit down at the BBQ, they had to go. Thought about petrol and fire, but memories of a previous experience in my youth, where things didn’t end well, persuaded me to back off. I put a large bucket of kiln dry sand over the entrance at night, leaving the bucket on top. I could see the wasps trying to excavate an exit but only gaining access to the clear plastic bucket for nearly a week later. They died off in the end whilst I managed to cut my grass and ate on the patio without being stung.
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‘Military age’ is the new racist slang for ‘Working Age’ you ignorant foreigner, and you only emigrated from a country that was formed in 1830, disgusting 🤮.
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So on 50 acres and single you may pay something, married probably not. It all just looks like another sound bite bollocks headline do distract from more pressing issues, the IHT will probably disappear when the next shower come in, there will be a few unfortunate people who inherit in the next 5 years and lose out. That’s for the future, In the meantime, farmers can look forward to being poor right now.
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Below 50 acres is still more than a million in value? What if the farm has debt including equipment on the drip, surely this lowers the value also?
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20% rather than 40%, wouldn’t you take it? So it’s a sweet deal. I would expect all the farm debt to be involved in the valuing, so highly likely it would bring the farm under the IHT threshold for a married couple. Farms have been struggling for decades and currently are now, this has nothing to do with IHT that may or may not be applied at some point in the future. Supermarket record profits and cheap imports, (30% of UK food is grown in Spain) is what is keeping farmers poor right now.
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How much is this farm worth exactly? From what I understand, a farm has to be worth more than a million to qualify, a married couple would be 2 million/up to 3 million to pay IHT that everyone else in the country has to pay, which is a tiny amount of family farms in the UK. Farmers will be taxed at 20% rather than the 40% we would have to pay. Sounds like they are still getting a sweet deal compared with the rest of us. The way I see it, It’s not the government that is screwing the farmers, it’s the supermarkets with their record profits.
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So why don’t you do us all a favour and simply ignore all his posts, everyone else does. 👍
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When I was a kid I had a whippet that would bite and simply crush hedgehogs in spite of the spines and the pain it would cause, I had to walk him in his racing muzzle on his nighty walk in the end. He had some serious wounds/scars on his chest over the years from chasing rabbit and hares through barbed wire fences.
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Loads of the old mills and factories in Manchester where repurposed by the universities as lecture buildings or halls of residence/student digs, I’ve been inside some of them, decent places to live rather than the usual rental hovel. Im currently in Kent, staying in Deal and travelling up to Whitstable each day. The amount of new house developments currently underway is astonishing, all on farming land. These are 4-5 bedroom homes in an expensive part of the country, only one out of about a dozen developments have solar panels on the roofs.
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It does have a look of Sweet chestnut, and the minimal sapwood is a good indicator. Did you notice any smell whilst milling it, I usually get a hint of vinegar and it smells nothing like Elm, nice boards. 👍
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Foook that!!
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A mixed bag to end week before heading over to Kent to do some training. Two reasonable sized Blue Atlas Cedars and a Small Leaved Lime to remove, a large lapsed Lime pollard to knock back to restart the cycle. Two small Ornamental Cherry Trees shading out the solar panel. All material suitable for firewood was cut and stacked in-situ, all branches chipped and left for future use as wood mulch. The property is going through extensive renovations, including a complete refurb of the patio and pool area. Final tree, just a stunning old Sweetchestnut I drive by a few times a week. IMG_5622.mov
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What a trio. I lost my last Border a few months back, one day short of his 15th Birthday, a bit reluctant to dive in and get another dog just yet. You don’t see them around these parts but there are loads of other scruffy haired terrier types that need rescuing. Got a weekend away in Paris watching Nick Cave coming up, then I think I will get one when I return.
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Go to the LANTRA website and you will find a massive list of providers, ring them up and see who has spaces, I am sure someone will have a slot, good luck. 👍
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Have you got an EU passport?
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Nice one Stuart, a new Arborist 150 was around €27,000 here last time I looked, f**king ridiculous.
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Did you buy the new machine in France or the UK Stuart? Wouldn’t mind trading my Arb 150 in against a 165D.
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
5thelement replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Looks like Paxillus involutus , Brown roll rim, highly toxic/lethal, usually found in nutrient poor soil. -
AJ can’t handle fast hands/heavy hitters, forcing the action and dictating the pace, his recovery time after being wobbled is too slow, he got bounced all over the ring last night. I can’t see where he can go now or what he thinks he has left to prove. If he can’t get an immediate date set on a return fight with Dubois, and win it, his days are over and I think he will retire.
