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Post by perrykneeham on Apr 24, 2022 17:36:48 GMT
The good news is that I have mastered the strimmer coil mechanism and we have made friends. Rejoice.
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Post by happyhammerhead on Apr 24, 2022 17:45:01 GMT
more gay slang...
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Post by mids on Apr 24, 2022 19:48:32 GMT
I met my new great niece, followed by a stroll across the fields of Lincolnshire then a pint in the local. Glorious spring weather.
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Post by voice on Apr 24, 2022 21:49:11 GMT
Just got back from Vancouver moving the boy back home for summer, went to Costco on the way home so now feel extremely homicidal
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Post by mids on Apr 24, 2022 22:40:04 GMT
And your son?
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Post by voice on Apr 24, 2022 23:22:09 GMT
He's a teenager, homicidal is the default.
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Post by flatandy on Apr 25, 2022 0:04:37 GMT
Monsoon? Pfft! That's a very wanky American appropriation, isn't it? No. The southwest US monsoon is a classic monsoonal system. Warm water in a bay. Super hot inland weather drawing the moist air inland. It’s smaller scale than Indian monsoon but it’s basically the same geographic/meteorological thing |
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Post by perrykneeham on Apr 25, 2022 7:04:53 GMT
But not really a monsoon. That's very gay. It's another example of silly Yank "fire in the hole!" hype.
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Post by ootlg on Apr 25, 2022 7:13:06 GMT
The good news is that I have mastered the strimmer coil mechanism and we have made friends. Rejoice. You mean the mechanism that releases more cutting cord? Thermic or electric? |
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Post by perrykneeham on Apr 25, 2022 7:37:58 GMT
Yeah, the spool thing in the middle. It's a little wanky flymo electric job that I only use fit tidying around the shrubs and bays at the front. I found the lightweight strimmer line too flimsy as there's a sheep fence which just snaps the line every two seconds. I bought to heavy gauge stuff but it needed a new technique to keep in on the reel.
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Post by ootlg on Apr 25, 2022 7:42:54 GMT
You can taper the end of the thicker cord with a sharp knife to get it in the hole of the spool. Alternatively Stihl cord's pretty robust. Seems like I spend half my life strimming and mowing, just to hold it all back from enveloping us.
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Post by perrykneeham on Apr 25, 2022 7:46:06 GMT
That's a good idea to use Stihl kit which is usually very good quality. I think I'll re-equip with Stihl battery-powered tools at some point as they're bloody handy.
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Post by perrykneeham on Apr 25, 2022 7:47:46 GMT
I have very little lawn really, it's trees and hedges that take my time. If not mine, my parents'. I don't really enjoy gardening. I wish I did, but I just don't.
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Post by ootlg on Apr 25, 2022 7:55:50 GMT
Stihl tools are about the best. As for gardening, down here as I say it's about keeping it under control and right now until the heat arrives in July it's non-stop, a pain in the butt. But the potager's another thing - growing your own food's uniquely rewarding.
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Post by perrykneeham on Apr 25, 2022 7:57:51 GMT
Yeah, I sometimes think a veggie patch would be enjoyable. Maybe in Spain one day.
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Post by perrykneeham on Apr 25, 2022 7:59:59 GMT
I will be growing chilis this year - nothing fancy - just those nice green Indian jobs which are often hard to find fresh in the countryside.
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Post by ootlg on Apr 25, 2022 8:03:54 GMT
Start them in your orangerie or they may come to nothing. They need warmth. Poivrons are the same. We're not quite far enough south to get the Med climate.
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Post by mids on Apr 25, 2022 9:00:13 GMT
This is all gay slang, isn't it?
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Post by perrykneeham on Apr 25, 2022 9:06:55 GMT
It's uphill gardening tips.
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Post by moggyonspeed on Apr 25, 2022 9:09:32 GMT
Agreed. It's all rather Julian & Sandy. Very Polari.
Yes, I know I'm aging myself.
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