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there are some strange folk about
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Have you never invested in a fairly specialised tool of some sort for a once-off job then thought that was fun, I'd like to do more of that? :-)
I once ended up cutting more wood than I would ever need when a mate lent me a bench saw!! So satisfying!! :-)
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>>Have you never invested in a fairly specialised tool of some sort for a once-off job then thought that was fun, I'd like to do more of that?
Oh yes. And not even just when I first buy it, quite often into the future.
I pick up a pressure washer, chainsaw, paintsprayer etc. and the children, cats and neighbours all leave.
When all you've got in your hand is a hammer then everything looks like a nail holds true for most tools.
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A couple of weeks ago I bought 6 cans of expanding foam and a gun to fill various voids in the new house. Surprised how addictive it was.
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Weed burners are like that. Useless for getting rid of weeds, but the thrill of scorching or setting fire to stuff with that hissing blue flame is so satisfying.
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Some years ago my neighbour got so addicted to burning weeds, he set fire to our beech hedge. I was busy under a car pretending I knew what I was doing when I became aware of a smell of burning vegetation. Neighbour was trying to put out the fire on his side with a watering can and a bucket and losing ground, mainly because the weed burner was lying on its side, still alight. A section of my side was burning merrily. My hose pipe (and utter heroism) saved the day!
Tool addiction can be dangerous.
;)
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>> A couple of weeks ago I bought 6 cans of expanding foam and a gun
>> to fill various voids in the new house. Surprised how addictive it was.
And very effective at disabling a car of anyone who annoys you (squirt it up the tailpipe).
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>> And very effective at disabling a car of anyone who annoys you (squirt it up the tailpipe).
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In days of yore a small spud was a much cheaper alternative.
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>> And very effective at disabling a car of anyone who annoys you (squirt it up
>> the tailpipe).
Hell yes that hadn't occurred to me...that would be devastatingly effective, impossible to deal with if you can't get at it. It's actually quite hard to control the stuff anyway, obviously it expands as you dispense it and you think that's it - then you come back the following day to find it's expanded quite a lot more and you've actually used far too much.
I've still got two cans left so nobody had better upset me.
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If you do have too much, you can hacksaw it to shape fairly easily and with less mess than you might think.
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>> If you do have too much, you can hacksaw it to shape fairly easily and
>> with less mess than you might think.
Yes, it's easy enough to cut away when you can get at it!
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Obviously tracked down by the Special Branch.
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>> Obviously tracked down by the Special Branch.
Blamimg it on the IRA, they are looking for tree fellers
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I'll bough to your superior knowledge.
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>> Obviously tracked down by the Special Branch.
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I wonder how they twigged?
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>> there are some strange folk about
I bet he wasn't very poplar.
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>> I bet he wasn't very poplar.
Yew'd knot know.
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>> >> I bet he wasn't very poplar.
Pining for more friends, I guess.
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They were probably just filming. A sequel perhaps to Nightmare on Elm St ?
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I think we've sapped that one dry.
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His ashen face gave the game away.
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Possibly, but he'll need to spruce up a bit before he's questioned.
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I expect there's an apple app to explain it.
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Nah that went pear shaped
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At least the police logged the incident.
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This must be getting on the OPs pip.
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...I think someone's taking the pith.....
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>> This must be getting on the OPs pip.
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You wooden know it.
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>> You wooden know it.
Indeed, the OP is remarkably chipper. I’m a bit board myself...
Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 27 Apr 21 at 13:29
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>> At least the police logged the incident.
I heard they went on to nail it.
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>> I heard they went on to nail it.
Made all the easier as the perpetrator turned out to be a bit of a plank.
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>> Made all the easier as the perpetrator turned out to be a bit of a plank.
He only did it because he was board.
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Maybe we should parquet it there?
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Fir he's a jolly good feller...
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>> Fir he's a jolly good feller...
These puns are treemendous.
Maybe we ought to start logging them.
Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 27 Apr 21 at 13:31
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>> Made all the easier as the perpetrator turned out to be a bit of a plank.
These things are never as plane sailing as you’d hope...doesn’t auger well really
Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 27 Apr 21 at 13:29
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The last time I saw him, he was on the beech with Hazel.
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Have they got to the root of it yet?
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OK I apologise wholheartedly for starting this
8o)
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>> Have they got to the root of it yet?
It's been difficult, the evidence has been disappearing at a rate of knots. But if it does go to court, at least there should be something to put before the bench. If it leads to a custodial sentence, he may have to be wary of the screws.
I should really stop now I suppose?
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...although I suppose at one time, if he'd done this, he might have got the birch.
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Oh dear God, make it stop.
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Yes, I think it's time to leaf it.
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Mark the elder has spoken. He seems to be not oak A with it.
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>> Mark the elder has spoken. He seems to be not oak A with it.
He's akternating between pining for more and getting needled.
Yew were asked to stop and of gorse you will......
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We've definitely made his sap rise.
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FFS!!! AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH The pain, make it end....
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Oh dear, it does seem to be a bit of a saw point for some. Not that there have been any particularly cutting remarks.
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Did someone kick him in the balsa?
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There was no intention to kindle any animosity. If I could be the first to offer an olive branch...
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>> Not that old chestnut...
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...it's obvious that the culprit was a Julius Caesar impersonator "Veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I sawed the conkers)....
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It'd be kind to stop, for his sake, wooden tit?
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Poor chap, we've driven him conkers.
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He was barking anyway, the poor sap.
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At least plod have finally caught him. They were stumped until a few days ago.
Last edited by: Kevin on Tue 27 Apr 21 at 23:40
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>> They were stumped until a few days ago.
All the evidence they had on him finally dovetailed together.
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>> All the evidence they had on him finally dovetailed together.
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...and they're now building a case....
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C'mon chips, enough's as good as a forest...
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Do you think we've given Mark enough stick yet?
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Asking us to stop goes against the grain.
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