coppice cutter
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I don't think she's an idiot. She is however cowardly, untrustworthy, spineless, devious, dishonest, unprincipled, etc, etc, throw in as many similarly veined terms as you wish. Indeed she possess all the qualities which will get you to the top of the tree politically, yet conversely, we want and expect the person running the country to be the opposite.
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And some people thought we couldn't have a worse pm than Boris! Never a good idea wanting rid of something just because you think that that what'll replace it just has to be better. If Labour weren't such a complete political sh!t show themselves, the tories wouldn't be getting away with being this dreadful.
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But the point is, the Labour party are every bit as disjointed and dysfunctional as the tories, indeed possibly even more so, with him as leader epitomising that situation. If they had a sniff of power they'd rip themselves to shreds due to infighting and disagreement about policy and political direction just the same as the tories are doing.
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Starmer is a better tory than most of the tories. I can't see that ultimately working out any better either if they were in power.
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Definately. I got gifted a very old but hardly used laptop a couple of years ago which I eventually got going and then upgraded to Win 10, only to find out that the operating system itself placed such a demand on it that it was scarcely useable. So with nothing to loose, and not really sure what I was doing anyway, I formatted the hard drive and replaced it with Linux Mint. It has given the computer a whole new lease of life, and apart from that, despite having a newer laptop still running 10, and a Macbook, I much prefer using the Linux. I intend to change the newer laptop to Linux this winter during a quieter time as well and consider the Macbook was wasted money as I bought it to get me away from Windows but didn't realise there was a better and cheaper way to achieve that.
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I wasn't having a go. Just indicating that being a buy-to-let landlord isn't only for the mega-rich elite, so they can't be solely blamed for any problems which may or may not be attributable to it.
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Ironically, a lot of 9-5ers are now also buy to let landlords, ............and they have a vote!
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Mrs CC was in our local "Home Bargains" or some such similar emporium yesterday and one of the shelf stackers was telling her that all their combustible type products were going out the door as quick as they could get it set out in the shop. The thing is, people will be buying up all those ridiculously over-priced "easy carry" type products, frequently putting them in an open fire, and the majority of the heat will be going up the chimney without even heating the house. In such cases it's doubtful if they'll be saving anything.
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The rain that weekend also gave us one of the most remarkable opening laps in F1 history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pktF3wJKfxo
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Prefer to remember him for his "planes, trains, and automobiles" series. Fantastic series of shows.
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Personally I was going to suggest giving Anarchy a go. But then I realised that it's crept in by the back door and is effectively here already.
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Another good point. With things that shallow there's no scope whatsoever for sagging or bowing.
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Also need to seal at the 'top' of the roof. As shallow as that water could easily blow back up the roof and leak at the high end.
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Rant about 'climate activists' and Insulate Britain
coppice cutter replied to Rob D's topic in The Lounge
Noticed recently that some companies are now using a brown paper sort of packing material in boxes rather than some sort of air filled plastic. Has the added advantage of being a good firelighter! But there still needs to be so much more of this sort of thing done and if the squeeze on the cost of oil based products is speeding things up in that direction well that would be one positive at least. -
Rant about 'climate activists' and Insulate Britain
coppice cutter replied to Rob D's topic in The Lounge
But no doubt their private security people would probably either beat the crap out of them or run over them. Possibly both! -
A friend has the Honda 4 stroke strimmer and swears by it, but they're getting very pricey. I've a 52cc 2-stroke Ryobi strimmer, well over 20yrs old but still going like the day it came out of the box. When it expires I'll probably replace it with either battery or 4 stroke.
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Makita have made no bones about seeing the future as electrically driven rather than petrol, so that would be a concern for long term usage of anything so powered.
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Screwfix had them on offer a few weeks ago. Seemed a real good price and I was tempted but ended up going battery instead.
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Not really, a proper woodburner needs a wee while to get in to it's stride properly. I always start off with smaller stuff, not just to get it lit, but it'll also burn away quicker and form a good bed of embers which seems to be crucial to them going well Throwing a big chunk or two of hardwood on at an early stage isn't going to get you good heat in a hurry in my experience. If you want heat quickly you need to split a few bits down smaller, or get a consignment of softwood as well to use first and then the hardwood after it's going well.
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I find that the harder the wood, the slower it is to get going. Is it possible that you're simply comparing the different burning characteristics of two completely different types of wood?
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Too late, the BBC beat them to it.
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hello looking for free wood please
coppice cutter replied to Clivenovice's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
If I had stuff as well organised as that I'd build a load of it in to the saw horse and run the chainsaw through it. Unfortunately what I got wasn't that structured, seems like it's just been a dumping ground for anything wooden for a few years. Old doors, some d-rail in it, roof timbers, the odd bit of thin ply, broken pallets, etc, all nasty stuff to work with. But, it's heating water and saving the good stuff for the wood burners. -
Seems entirely possible. Typical GO/NGO way of operating, conjure up loads of stuff with zero thought and no background planning as to how it'll be implemented. Probably be a good idea to get your ordering done as soon as possible because if there is a problem you can be sure it'll be the ordinary guy that looses out. It always is.
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hello looking for free wood please
coppice cutter replied to Clivenovice's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
It's pretty time consuming work, and fairly poor quality fuel. It's certainly not something you'd go out of your way to look for, I permitted tipping of it in my old silo as a favour to someone who needed rid of it pronto. I squirrel a consignment of it away under cover during a dry spell and then cut through it whenever suits, usually when it's p!ssing it down. At least with energy prices where they are, it's not as crazy a waste of time and effort as a year ago. It heats water OK. But cutting your own home produced firing is a pleasure, this is unquestionably a chore. -
hello looking for free wood please
coppice cutter replied to Clivenovice's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
I was given four tractor trailer loads of waste wood (old pallets, doors, decking, etc) initially to pick through, take out any big stuff, and have a big bonfire with the rest. Given how things have gone this year, it's all going in the solid fuel cooker, every last naily, horrible piece of it.
