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I've tried everything -especially this time of year where I'll be flat out cutting hedges week after week till Nov- and a angle grinder with a 1mm blade is fine for a good sort out if you've whacked fence wire a few times, and pretty much all I've used for years. Until recently. Sat there looking at them I thought I'd give a Dremel a go. Game changer. One of those tube grinding bits about 3mm wide, so much easier to control, smoother finish, gets into the curve in the corner without makeing the pinch point and a lot faster. Thing is to remember to look at the rear of the blade, both sides wear so if you've not removed enough material to take the rear back to flat, it will feel sharp but won't be super sharp and last. You want it like a shear. A flat file is great for getting a even edge. As for over heating, after working for the council and seeing the way they butchered their blades and still cut I wouldn't worry one bit. Also I find eBay helpful for blades, often you can find a set secondhand for a quarter of the price which are nearly new. Chatting to one guy, he didn't sharpen his at all, he just carried on until he'd burn the motors out and then sell the machine, which suited me as I bought 2 units for £70, fixed one which is worth about £250 now and had a free set of blades which admittedly were very very 'blunt' but a emery cloth, alcohol spray to get the sap off and a good file are sharp, balanced and as good as new. Oh that's the other thing, probably as important as the sharpen. Get the sap off. If that's building up, those blades will never shear with that in-between them. Stihl spray is alright, but it's expensive, I use a trend circular saw sap remover and a spray and hard brush will get them up like new. Ignore the teeth, not a great example of even cutting but one side was newer

Use this stuff, not the red. Buy via 1ltr or 5ltr.

Beef. Nuff said

Mine was nothing as I refused to pay the £25 at the time. Still got my tickets. Wouldn't recommend my way though, ill see what happens in a few years when I need to reapply.

A friend had one. 2k for rear brakes. 21mpg at a push. Hundreds just to service it. Ate rear tyres. And he didn't have labour costs as he owns/runs a garage. Personally I didn't find it that fast for 500bhp, pretty much the same bland interior as all other mercs of that age, very quiet for a 6.3 (unless it's a cold start and that wakes the neighbours) and it felt heavy. Many, many reasons not too, but why not, you don't live for ever and they have only gone up in price. He did say tho that he liked the c350cdi (and I did, mainly for the fact it done 44mpg and was 240bhp) and it's what I'll be getting next for pretty much the same looks, interior and usability.

Haven't people had the pics of a certain Welsh news reporter?

I asked for a variation and it's process at the moment and I had no reply. Don't hold your breath. They used to be good

Too much sex

Hell of a saw Join arb talk and at that price it would sell in minutes I reckon

Tattoo some stubble and keep it short

I always tip at the table. That's the thing with tips, when I worked in a kitchen they all got shared from the kitty. Sounds great until the it came to share time which was crimbo, all the seasonal staff didn't get any as they weren't about. They were shared once a year. Honestly I was on carp money in the kitchen, but the girls serving were on worse and had to deal with the old perverts and their abuse so I was happy for them to have it.

Mines the opposite with getting up, 7yo and up at 6 ready to roll.

I like the way they put the service charge on without asking

After living half my life in Newcastle Emlyn, Henllan, Lampeter, Cardigan, Llanrhystud, Fishguard and Wolfscastle I miss the area immensely though some of them are a few miles away from where you stated. Mwnt is amazing, think it's 112 steps mind, always used to see the dolphins and seals there (even if they used to nick the mackerel off your line) off the cliffs. Flat rock bistro near gwbert for a bite and pint and soak up the views on the way back, don't do the hotel, it's not as good. Presili mountains have stunning views, have a look at Pentre ifan burial, and not far away where they cut and dragged the stone for Stonehenge, I have a piece in my garden staring at me 😁 also check out Llys-yr-fran reservoir for a nice walk or cheap fishing. Cenarth is a nice quick walk, watch the salmon fishing, look at the coracle museum, the Three horseshoes pub is definitely the better of the 2 (I'm biased as I worked in the other for 5 years). Newcastle emlyn has a nice walk around the castle following the river, only a ten min walk but worth a visit if your passing. Llandysul, not really a lot going for it tbh, unless you like kayaking. Never really went there unless I was seeing mates. New quay is a tourist hotspot, should be alright now but I'd avoid it like the plague in August. Cardigan is alright, definitely has the most shops of any place mentioned, also the castle (of sorts) opened a decade ago, also Cilgerran castle and river walk (a few miles away) is good too. Often pop down there and have dinner by the water (side road by the shop in the middle, it's tight and you'd better be good at reversing uphill if you meet anything 😆worth it though. I'm back that way in a fortnight myself, bit of work, bit of shooting, bit of fishing and plenty of drinking 👍 Oh forgot to add, Lampeter has the best curry house Ive ever been too. It's a hell of a diversion, and been a few years since I've been but never tasted anything like it since. Amazing.

I brought this up years ago as we'd often get asked on the street about it. Was told to say "i don't know but I'll ask higher up" and hope you never meet them again. But after a bit of grumbling about this, the office will have a map -not available to the public-, which will indicate which hedges, verges and trees are council responsibility. Tho very doubtful you'd be told the truth as they really don't want the hassel or cost of these 'extras'. Another few cases is overhanging branches from trees which were completely blocking the footpaths on the main stretch to the point a wheelchair had no chance. We weren't allowed to cut them, as it wasn't our responsibility it was highways and they couldn't touch them as it was in a conservation zone and they needed to apply to do it. A year later it was done.

I've got one of those double bag, front and rear set ups of eBay. Less than £15. I filled it with -bird seed- as that's what I had to hand at the time in the garage before I went out, and never bothered changing it for rice or what ever since. 7 years later, still no sprouts. 😆 Also use bipods and rifle rests (mtm I think) clamped down.

And then block up the a303 in their ****ty VW vans, slamming back Costas because their all hungover. I left 10mins early and still was 30 mins late. I despise glasto almost as much as the aug bank holiday. And I'm not even that close (but close enough to hear it if the wind is right)

Work fine on crows still

I'm going to stock up on the 36bore, as for 12bore, i used a few no5 32g steel on the crows and they worked. Pity tho as the 7.5 and 9s worked just fine for half the price.

Tannerite. Just don't put it in a mower 😆

Boiling aluminium 👍😆

Should have a few slow worms kicking about

As a recently ex council groundsman, who used to cut verges I can say some comments are spot on. 1 in particular. What I will say is that the money isn't what you think. I'll give a example. All verges or streets are sectioned off and a certain amount of money allocated for grass cutting. So 1 particular section would be granted £3 a year to cut. £3. I know you might think if you have 1000 of those in one area it would add up, it doesn't. Machinery costs, wages (1 machine driver, 1 strimmer, 1 blower/banksman) fuels, PPE (hi Vis) and training for staff to be on the road makes it a dead loss. But the other way where you see other company's do it, they tendered for it (which I don't understand as they wouldn't usually be local and making a loss, so they must be getting a subsidy from higher up). And they give up usually after the contract is up then the council have to take back as no one will tender for it again, but when the council take it back they won't get paid a penny towards it. As for the long grass, it's to do with field mice around here, I worked those grounds for years and didnt see 1 ******* mouse, or shrew. Couple of slow worms and a few snakes, plenty of dog **** (because if the grass is long enough you don't have to pick it up don't you know) and about 10 tonne of plastic rubbish as the long grass collects and hides that brilliantly. I could rant for hours, but the council really are a bunch of *****, and nearly all decisions made locally are by office ***** who've never been outside, but it ticks those green flag boxes.

Think hes the ***** that lives up the road from me. Released a load of wild boar to rewild his place I think, marvelous for the ground nesters. Pretty sure my mate mentioned he's dealt with a few of them

Cz Used/owned them in 22, 22wmr, 17hmr, 222 and a Brno mod 2 Was seriously impressed with the 17, thumbnail groups at 100yards