coppice cutter

Oh sorry, I thought you meant the fiver was only worth £2:50.

I thought that was all Putin's fault for invading the Ukraine.

Not much reason to flee Albania though it would seem. /assets/static/govuk-opengraph-image-dade2dad5775023b0568381c4c074b86318194edb36d3d68df721eea7deeac4b.png Safety and security - Albania travel advice - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK Latest FCDO travel advice for Albania including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and...

I've a 13 tooth blade for the Gomtaro which I keep for trimming/grafting fruit trees. Actually, since I posted the thread I've been looking at a few youtube videos of it and it isn't actually that small. Seems like if you wanted something to carry in your pocket, it would be (not surprisingly I suppose!) the 130mm "Pocketboy", but it's a pricey little bugger and probably couldn't cut anything more than you could nip off with a brush hook anyway. The 170 Pocketboy looks a good bit more useful and isn't much dearer than the 130 but then you might as well have the F180 which originally caught my eye. Might just stay with the fixed blade stuff, seems simpler!

I don't think it's just a UK issue to be honest. The capitalists want a homogenous global society so they can take whatever they want from wherever they want to take it, and sell whatever they want to wherever they want to sell it. Think that's ridiculous, well increasingly it isn't. Anywhere there's precious metals or any resource of any value, they're there already. Destroying, pillaging, exploiting, lining the pockets of either a few sadistic 'politicians', or warlords, to keep the natives subdued and working to serve them. National identity or any sense of loyalty to your home nation is the greatest threat there is to their ambitions, therefore they are gradually eroding it away any way they can, aided and abetted ironically by the representatives who these same people vote for when given the chance. Or was that a dream/nightmare I had last night? Getting old is a bugger!

Ordering up a few bits and pieces in preparation for my cutting season to start and the above saw has caught my eye, not because of the price but because it looks thin and handy. It wouldn't be cutting an awful lot, I've the fixed blade ones for that, but I'd want it to cut like any other Silky when I was using it. I'd hope the cost saving is made simply by the handle and all not being as fancy, but if it's just silky branded tat then I wouldn't bother. Any feedback on them gratefully received.

Truth be told you won't go far wrong with whatever Silky you use. I prefer the Natanoko as when I was an apprentice I spent an entire week at a bench vice with little blocks of metal doing nothing other than learning how to use a hacksaw properly, i.e perfectly straight level strokes, no rocking permitted! Therefore the straight blade just feels more precise and I keep the Zubat for higher up stuff, but that's just me. One word of warning though, and it's already been said but worth repeating, show the blade a huge amount of respect. You'll probably nick yourself at some point anyway, but if you're being careful you'll keep the consequences to a piece of gauze and a band aid, if not it'll be steri strip or even stitches very easily. Enjoy your harvesting.

Well to be serious again. One of the most inconvenient and uncomfortable truths for those against taking more robust action, is that by doing nothing the government itself and all the 'aid' agencies involved are actively supporting the growth of one of the most vile, grotesque, and despicable activities in existence, namely people trafficking. This fact should be thrown back much more often in the faces of the bleeding heart types who whinge and moan every time there's a suggestion of clamping down on what is going on.

Little point in teaching them to swim when they've already made it across the channel!

Luxury hotels don't come cheap.

It's also asylum "applicants" and takes no account of those who have not yet entered the system, or more worryingly, those who have no intention of entering the system. Actually just another lame attempt to deflect from the problem. You can also be pretty sure that those responsible for such a transparent attempt to portray the problem in a different light don't think that they'll ever be negatively impacted by what's happening, a bit like those at the BBC. Dishonest and stupid!

Not much incentive for the horticulture industry when the produce has to be dumped. Farmer gives away blueberries worth millions of pounds WWW.BBC.CO.UK A Perthshire farmer says it no longer makes economic sense to harvest the fruit, which will now go to charity. Something like this shouldn't be happening. Given that it's the BBC there's no proper explanation for why it's happening, and I'd be wary of taking what they say at face value anyway, but plainly there is a big problem here.

I just despair that anyone watches that shite, no matter who's on it. I'd rather have a tooth pulled with no anaesthetic, at least it's over quickly.

So here we have another example, look at the headline. Minister warns on language after Suella Braverman 'invasion' comment WWW.BBC.CO.UK Robert Jenrick's comments come after the home secretary described the situation as an "invasion". So firstly, he didn't "warn" on anything, and the (very brief) comment he did make on the word "invasion" was only made after repeated hassling and frequent interruptions by the interviewer along that specific line. When you actually listen to the interview, Mr Jenrick was 100% in support of the Home Secretary and the rest of the interview was spent reaffirming that it is a huge problem, any measures taken so far have been entirely inadequate, and it's time for more robust action. This is plainly yet another attempt by the state broadcaster* to influence peoples thinking and perception in a particular way rather than simply report "news". It should bother any right minded person for that reason alone. * - edited for clarity

Electricity sub-station anywhere nearby, or even a step-down transformer?

Might add that even though my ground is arable I also farm with permanent pasture and no chemical fertilisers. Actually putting out FYM today which is going on ground for next years hay crop. Once the last load is on today the gate will be shut and that will be it until sometime next June when the mower goes in. I do this in rotation which keeps down the worm burden for the sheep and helps reduce the amount of dosing stuff required. Also means we get away with using more basic dosing products when we do have to do it which in turn is a big benefit regarding anthelmintic resistance.

Yes, along with other things. I've had several attempts made to rope me in to carbon credit schemes, but on account of the woodland on the farm rather than the grassland. I've refused them all and will continue to do so as I think it's a mockery. Firstly, the environmental damage being done to our planet goes way beyond that which may or may not be related to the climate alone. And secondly, even if there is a climatic aspect to it, and even if is is being unduly influence by carbon, there's no way I'm going to contribute in any way to a system which is solely designed to deflect the blame away from the largest culprits.

Hmmmm, not sure I'd go along with that. The vast majority still get any info on such things from mainstream, with it skewed in a particular direction as a result.

I imagine the one fly in the ointment is Braverman. And low and behold, which one of the new cabinet is getting the roughest time of it in the media. Co-incidence?????

I think the two words of the tweet say it all!

Must be pretty bad when even the BBC are flagging it up. How phantom forests are used for greenwashing WWW.BBC.CO.UK Governments that make forest restoration promises they don't keep are accused of greenwashing.

Even more so I would suggest, and primarily due to the increased generousness of the social welfare system, "come easy, go easy". Although to be fair, we also have an increasingly merciless capitalist system which thrives preying on easy targets.

A man before his time it would seem.

We hear lame-assed "sorrys" from them all the time, a few more will do no more good than all the previous ones. It's what they're going to do about it now and in the coming weeks that interests me. 17th November will be the date for some answers it seems. Hope it's worth the wait!

People in a majority will seldom admit they were wrong because being in a majority they never have to. Mrs CC now regrets getting the jabs and won't be taking any more despite being expected to. But she won't admit she was wrong nor should she as I fully get why she took them when she did. What's done is done, and no amount of hand-wringing or remorse from politicians, false or genuine, can undo it anyway.