"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

Hello Dave

Ear protection 'probably' isn't required with the smaller
ones, but I wear it for comfort levels.
DL My Roybi is fing noisy, I wouldn't like to use it for long
DL without decent ear muffs. Note muffs not plugs.

Yep, agree. After working amongst long-time strimmer and chainsaw
operators you really notice the long term affects.

"What? Stop mumbling boy!"

Buy cheap boilersuit to wear over your clothes.
DL I find a padded shirt quite good at stopping painful impacts
DL from flying stuff. Decent length wellies are also useful,
DL your feet and lower foot or so of leg will get plastered
DL with minced vegitation and get hit by even more hard things.

Yeah, well, it's not the impact that bothers me. Jeans are pretty good
at stopping most of it, and you learn to angle the head away when
going near gravel. It's the "OH MY GOD!" looks from the wife when she
discovers my clothes at the bottom of the laundry basket. The "I had
to clean the filter on the washing machine THREE TIMES" moments at the
weekend.

I've seen her standing in the kitchen, my shirt in hand with a puzzled
look as she tries to figure out what the bits are.

"Nettle, dear."
"Dog shit."
"Wild garlic, can't you smell it?"
"A slug."
"That looks like a bit of dock."
"A very surprised frog."

"These are a few of my favourite strims..."

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Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK Ý http://www.digdilem.org/