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11 hours ago, sime42 said:

That's why I avoid going to Turdish Barbers

I've put an advert on ebay for all my dogging gear.

No offers - but 12 watching.

I found out recently I'm dyslexic - I went to a toga party dressed as a goat!

Putin must be enjoying this.

May I make a couple of observations.

You mention not appreciating the cost of chainsaws - have you factored in the cost of protective clothing?

You will certainly need it if looking at the likes of the Chinese 10in, 26cc saws which are top handled and not suitable for ground work.

Totally agree with Muddy42.

Also blades don't do much for your arms and shoulders when you hit something.

As he came to the end of his inspection tour of the hospital's supplies department, the over zealous, box ticking jobsworth doing the audit was becoming increasingly desperate to find something, anything, to be scathing about in his report.
"What happens to the small cardboard tubes in the centre of toilet rolls when the roll is finished"?
"We collect them all, send them back to the manufacturer and every 6 months they send us a free box of toilet rolls".
"And what about the cardboard tubes in the centre of rolls of bandages"?
"Same. We collect them up and return them to the manufacturer and every 9 months they send us a free box of bandages".
Suddenly the auditor had a brilliant inspiration.
"When you perform a circumcision what happens to the bits you remove"?
"Same. We collect them all and return them to the local health authority and once a year they send us a complete dick".

I cut grass in a grave yard on a voluntary basis in between council contractor's cuts which are only 2 or 3 times a year.

The ground is uneven and the contractors have given up mowers and strim everything. I tried a petrol hover mower but it's no good on uneven ground as it fails to lift.

Strimming works best but is tiring and makes a mess if the grass gets long.

I imagine getting tipped out of bed as in Wallace & Grommit

Norlett?

Since I was going past the drop off shop I stupidly used Evri to send a parcel.

On 23rd August it was being transferred to local courier for delivery. Two hours later, tracking said 24hr delay.

Since then nothing and there's more chance of speaking to the captain of the Marie Celeste than reaching a human at Evri. Fobbed off by automated responses repeatedly.

Since you appear to have no interest in attending the course, can't you give the "free" place to someone who would appreciate it.

Living in an area of heavy clay I can understand your situation.

Surely the first step is to involve your building insurers and get their advice/opinion. Otherwise, in the event of a claim, they could say any action you take has made the situation worse.

When you took out building insurance did you have to give details of any trees near the property?

Good luck with the outcome.

I don't know where any water would have come from in an air cooled engine but quite easy to fill the carb/air filter with oil if you turn the mower over with the carb downwards.

I've got a little used Makita EA3501/14in which is now sitting doing nothing. Not the usual clamshell rubbish but well built and parts available should you ever need them. You'll find all the details on F R Jones website among others. Only ever been run on Aspen - yours for £100.

14 minutes ago, Canal Navvy said:

Out of interest was that when red was gas oil or more recently when it was low sulphur diesel dyed red ?

 

Good point. This was was gas oil but I believe the non taxed low sulphur diesel is unlikely to have a full compliment of additives due to cost.

I visited an independent suppliers tank farm recently and the forecourt customer  specified additive package is put into the road tanker with the fuel prior to final delivery.

I used to carry out emission tests on plant for some customers. The emissions from red diesel were much higher than the same engines running "white" derv because red lacks the additives and burns less cleanly.