Hi All,
What can you say except:- :applause::applause::applause::cool:

Geoff.

Hi All,
Agree with Wokka Bob , I would add that ask yourself are you likely to use it often once purchased ? Myself I was taught by our local council on a coarse while on a government work scheme that involved land management so a chainsaw was needed. (It may be worth checking out your local council for a similar coarse) All the kit is there for a reason and despite what some say and do you’d be daft not to wear it, you never know it may be that one in a million accident happens when you use the saw so better safe than sorry on that score.

As for which brand I would go for Stihl pretty much well known for reliability,durability and ease of maintenance. Again don’t forget it depends on what you intend for its use as they come with many bar lengths and engine sizes, also another idea would be to weigh up how much to employ a professional (if it’s a one time job) against the cost of the chainsaw and all the tackle needed for a safe work environment ?

One last bit of advice do not buy an electric chainsaw they are just not up to snuff on most jobs…..;)

Geoff.

Hi All,
Bradburger – Thanks for posting the video have to agree with every comment already made. 😎 My only concern was for those watching and the traffic as I heard someone sound they’re horn at the beginning, either that or the pilot was telling some daft bird to get out the way……:D

Geoff.

Hi All.
No! I’m not coming out until that nasty F-16 has gone.

Geoff.

Hi All,
This Is The End 2013 (Via Sky Cinema) A very funny comedy that everyone should see….:D

Starring:-Jay Baruchel,Seth Rogen,Craig Robinson,Danny McBride,James Franco,Jonah Hill,Emma Watson,Kevin Hart,Paul Rudd,Rihanna,Christopher Mintz-Plasse,Mindy Kaling,David Krumholtz,Michael Cera,Martin Starr,Aziz Ansari,Channing Tatum,Backstreet Boys, and Jason Segel.

In Hollywood, actor James Franco is throwing a party with a slew of celebrity pals. Among those in attendance are his buddies Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson. Suddenly, an apocalypse of biblical proportions erupts, causing untold carnage among Tinseltown’s elite and trapping Franco’s party in his home. As the world they knew disintegrates outside, cabin fever and dwindling supplies threaten to tear the six friends apart.

Geoff.

Post by 1batfastard on Aug 31, 2018 at 7:19pm
Hi All,
While the forum was being facelfited 😀 I read The Shackleton Boat Journey by F.A.Worsley. This is an account of the Shackleton boat journey. The journey began in August 1914 in London and the next the world knew of Shackleton was in May 1916, when three ragged men staggered into the whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. On August 1, 1914, on the eve of World War I, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his hand-picked crew embarked in HMS “Endurance” from London’s West India Dock, for an expedition to the Antarctic.

It was to turn into one of the most breathtaking survival stories of all time. Even as they coasted down the channel, Shackleton wired back to London to offer his ship to the war effort. The reply came from the First Lord of the Admiralty, one Winston Churchill: “Proceed.” And proceed they did. When the “Endurance” was trapped and finally crushed to splinters by pack ice in late 1915, they drifted on an ice floe for five months, before getting to open sea and launching three tiny boats as far as the inhospitable, storm-lashed Elephant Island. They drank seal oil and ate baby albatross (delicious, apparently).

From there Shackelton himself and seven others the author among them went on, in a 22-foot open boat, for an unbelievable 800 miles, through the Antarctic seas in winter, to South Georgia and rescue. It is an extraordinary story of courage and even good-humor among men who must have felt certain, secretly, that they were going to die. Worsley’s account, first published in 1940, captures that bulldog spirit exactly: uncomplaining, tough, competent, modest and deeply loyal. It’s gripping, and strangely moving.”

I have just started reading The History OF Scotland by George Buchananwhich he wrote in the last two years of his life.( I assume as there is no volume number it is Vol.1. so just another nineteen to buy then 😀 ) but the picture above is exactly what I have in my edition of 1831, I picked it up at a car boot for 50p about 20years ago and has just sat waiting to be read, hard to think the book is 187 years old.:eek:

Below courtesy of :-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Buchanan#Works .

The second of his larger works is the History of Scotland, Rerum Scoticarum Historia, completed shortly before his death, and published in 1582. It is remarkable for the power and richness of its style, and of great value for the period personally known to the author, which occupies the greater portion of the book. The earlier part is based, to a considerable extent, on the legendary history of Boece. Buchanan’s purpose was to “purge” the national history “of sum Inglis lyis and Scottis vanite” (Letter to Randolph). He said that it would “content few and displease many”; in fact, its matter gave so much offence that a proclamation was issued calling in all copies of it, as well as of the De Jure Regni, that they might be purged of the “offensive and extraordinary matters” which they contained.

Geoff.

Hi All,
I feel saddened by comments (I do understand why though) that could have waited for a week or two after he was laid to rest, then would have been more appropriate to light the blue touch paper of Mr McCains whatever life surely ? I dare say that many of our aviation hero’s all had another side to
them that we will never know or have come to light until such times as it is deemed ok to release whatever…:apologetic:

Geoff.

Hi All,
I was Monty’s Double 1958 (Via BBCi). Another classic flag waving B/W war film with the usual suspects in starring roles, if you like the classics you should enjoy
this one….;)

Starring:-M. E. Clifton James,John Mills,Cecil Parker,Patrick Allen,Patrick Holt,Leslie Phillips,Michael Hordern,Marius Goring,Barbara Hicks,Duncan Lamont,
Anthony Sagar,John Gale,Kenneth J. Warren,James Hayter,Sid James,Patrick Connor also near the end of the film, the scriptwriter Bryan Forbes has a bit part as a young Lieutenant who assists Harvey in the beach rescue of M. E. Clifton James.

As D-Day approaches during World War II, British officers Major Harvey (John Mills) and Colonel E.F. Logan (Cecil Parker) plot to give the Germans misinformation
about their military strategy. When Harvey spots an actor (M. E. Clifton-James, playing himself in this true story) who looks just like British military leader General Montgomery, he uses him to impersonate the general in North Africa. James thus draws German troops away from Normandy, becoming both a hero and a major military target.

Geoff.