Quiet today...
 

....the sun must be keeping you all in the garden.
I have been busy giving the lawns their first cut and servicing
the machines. Very pleased with my Hayter ride on grass cutter, I
have had it for 4 years now and only sharpened the blade for the
first time after this mornings first cut of the season, even then
it didn't really need it, but having removed the deck to get to
it I thought I might as well sharpen it a little.

I filled a couple of big dips in the front lawn with soil last
autumn and spread them with grass seed a few weeks ago. I had
begun to think the pigeons had eaten all the seed but the warmer
weather of the last week has started it all sprouting.

The Hayter is now parked behind the snow blower so winter is now
officially over here in Leyburn!

Oh well, tea drunk, back to the garden.

Mike

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Muddymike
wibbled on Saturday 10 April 2010 15:14

...the sun must be keeping you all in the garden.
I have been busy giving the lawns their first cut and servicing
the machines. Very pleased with my Hayter ride on grass cutter, I
have had it for 4 years now and only sharpened the blade for the
first time after this mornings first cut of the season, even then
it didn't really need it, but having removed the deck to get to
it I thought I might as well sharpen it a little.

I filled a couple of big dips in the front lawn with soil last
autumn and spread them with grass seed a few weeks ago. I had
begun to think the pigeons had eaten all the seed but the warmer
weather of the last week has started it all sprouting.

The Hayter is now parked behind the snow blower so winter is now
officially over here in Leyburn!

Oh well, tea drunk, back to the garden.

Mike

Sadly for my neighbours, I've been running this for 3 days:

http://www.mowwithus.com/pro4.html

It's on hire before you think Oi'm considerably richer than yow...

Neighbour helped me chop 10' of hawthorn "hedge" down to 3' with his
chainsaw (new house, moved in, garden overgrown...). He got lots of beer and
wine an a new pair of chainsaw trousers for his trouble - well worth it from
my POV :)

150' of bloody hawthorn hedge ;- ******* stuff. It's nearly destroyed a
pair of heavy duty leather welding gauntlets and I have to wear a heavy
jacket on such a nice day!

I plan to put new hedging plants (maybe beech or yew or box) between the
stumps and when that looks sufficiently alive I'll have the remainder of
this evil plant out!

But, for anyone who needs a shredder, the Eliet is pretty good for its class
- (make sure to get one with hydraulic power feed - gravity fed would be a
non starter with tangly twisty stuff like mine). Jammed it once which says a
lot. 3 gallons of petrol so far.


--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.

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"Muddymike" wrote in message
...
...the sun must be keeping you all in the garden.
I have been busy giving the lawns their first cut and servicing the
machines. Very pleased with my Hayter ride on grass cutter, I have had it
for 4 years now and only sharpened the blade for the first time after this
mornings first cut of the season, even then it didn't really need it, but
having removed the deck to get to it I thought I might as well sharpen it
a little.

I filled a couple of big dips in the front lawn with soil last autumn and
spread them with grass seed a few weeks ago. I had begun to think the
pigeons had eaten all the seed but the warmer weather of the last week has
started it all sprouting.

The Hayter is now parked behind the snow blower so winter is now
officially over here in Leyburn!

Oh well, tea drunk, back to the garden.


I sprayed white stuff on the greenhouse, since it was 38degC[1] in there and
the seedlings fried.

Steve
[1] How do I make the keyboard do that tiny circle that means degrees? I
know it can be done.

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"shazzbat" wrote in message
...

"Muddymike" wrote in message
...
...the sun must be keeping you all in the garden.
I have been busy giving the lawns their first cut and servicing the
machines. Very pleased with my Hayter ride on grass cutter, I have had it
for 4 years now and only sharpened the blade for the first time after
this mornings first cut of the season, even then it didn't really need
it, but having removed the deck to get to it I thought I might as well
sharpen it a little.

I filled a couple of big dips in the front lawn with soil last autumn and
spread them with grass seed a few weeks ago. I had begun to think the
pigeons had eaten all the seed but the warmer weather of the last week
has started it all sprouting.

The Hayter is now parked behind the snow blower so winter is now
officially over here in Leyburn!

Oh well, tea drunk, back to the garden.


I sprayed white stuff on the greenhouse, since it was 38degC[1] in there
and the seedlings fried.

Steve
[1] How do I make the keyboard do that tiny circle that means degrees? I
know it can be done.
Alt 0176 (at least on my PC).
Or Accessories-System Tools-Character Map
Graham

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Tim Watts wrote:

Sadly for my neighbours, I've been running this for 3 days:

http://www.mowwithus.com/pro4.html

150' of bloody hawthorn hedge ;- ******* stuff.

I don't envy you fighting so much hawthorn, but a shredder like
that looks like it could be fun.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

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Chris J Dixon
wibbled on Sunday 11 April 2010 10:23

Tim Watts wrote:

Sadly for my neighbours, I've been running this for 3 days:

http://www.mowwithus.com/pro4.html

150' of bloody hawthorn hedge ;- ******* stuff.

I don't envy you fighting so much hawthorn, but a shredder like
that looks like it could be fun.

Chris

Yes - it's a good excuse to prune everything else, and mop up the tree
pruning pile from last year[1]

Downside is it is *very* noisy - OK for me with ear defenders, but sooner or
later there's going to be a mob with pitchforks outside. At the moment the
"mob" are all commenting that they are glad they no longer get hawthorn and
brambles in their faces walking past the house, so I'm on +1 supportive for
now ;-

[1] It did occur to me that chopping up year old wood might throw some
interesting pathogens into the air, particularly random fungi, but I still
seem to be alive ;-

One thing *that* shredder has taught me is that it is the minimum size of
unit that I consider to be of any use whatsoever, which kind of puts the
kaibosh on anything B&Q sell. The latter are OK if you like shredding nice
straight twigs one by one, or the material is already small enough to throw
on the compost pile!

--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.

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"Martin" wrote
or download a copy of Allchars which gives you the full character set of
special
characters. http://sourceforge.net/projects/allchars/

Can't get that to work in Windows 7. 64bit. It saved the download to "My
Documents" automatically instead of "Programs" and now it refuses to open or
let me delete it. Doesn't show in Programs but says it's running.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

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"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:01:45 -0600, "graham" wrote:


"shazzbat" wrote in message
...

"Muddymike" wrote in message
...
...the sun must be keeping you all in the garden.
I have been busy giving the lawns their first cut and servicing the
machines. Very pleased with my Hayter ride on grass cutter, I have had
it
for 4 years now and only sharpened the blade for the first time after
this mornings first cut of the season, even then it didn't really need
it, but having removed the deck to get to it I thought I might as well
sharpen it a little.

I filled a couple of big dips in the front lawn with soil last autumn
and
spread them with grass seed a few weeks ago. I had begun to think the
pigeons had eaten all the seed but the warmer weather of the last week
has started it all sprouting.

The Hayter is now parked behind the snow blower so winter is now
officially over here in Leyburn!

Oh well, tea drunk, back to the garden.


I sprayed white stuff on the greenhouse, since it was 38degC[1] in there
and the seedlings fried.

Steve
[1] How do I make the keyboard do that tiny circle that means degrees? I
know it can be done.
Alt 0176 (at least on my PC).
Or Accessories-System Tools-Character Map
Graham

On mine it's Alt 248. Turn Num Lock on if it's not already on (on the
numeric keypad), hold down the Alt key, type 248 on the numeric
keypad, release the Alt key.

There's a whole range of useful symbols available from Alt 1 to Alt
254, such as Alt 130 é, Alt 148 ö, Alt 171 ½, Alt 172 ¼, Alt 241 ±,
Alt 253 ², as well as a limited range of Greek letters , 224 - 235.

I believe it's a hangover from the age of the Dinosaur Operating
System and some modern computers, or maybe their operating systems,
don't speak dinosaur any more, so other people may not see what you
intended them to see, but I've always used it (read into that what you
will!).

I have that list taped to desk as I have to use many of the accents in my
reports. I have no idea why 0176 and not 248 ended up on it.
Graham

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"graham" wrote in message
...

"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:01:45 -0600, "graham" wrote:


"shazzbat" wrote in message
...

"Muddymike" wrote in message
...
...the sun must be keeping you all in the garden.
I have been busy giving the lawns their first cut and servicing the
machines. Very pleased with my Hayter ride on grass cutter, I have had
it
for 4 years now and only sharpened the blade for the first time after
this mornings first cut of the season, even then it didn't really need
it, but having removed the deck to get to it I thought I might as well
sharpen it a little.

I filled a couple of big dips in the front lawn with soil last autumn
and
spread them with grass seed a few weeks ago. I had begun to think the
pigeons had eaten all the seed but the warmer weather of the last week
has started it all sprouting.

The Hayter is now parked behind the snow blower so winter is now
officially over here in Leyburn!

Oh well, tea drunk, back to the garden.


I sprayed white stuff on the greenhouse, since it was 38degC[1] in
there
and the seedlings fried.

Steve
[1] How do I make the keyboard do that tiny circle that means degrees?
I
know it can be done.
Alt 0176 (at least on my PC).
Or Accessories-System Tools-Character Map
Graham

On mine it's Alt 248. Turn Num Lock on if it's not already on (on the
numeric keypad), hold down the Alt key, type 248 on the numeric
keypad, release the Alt key.

There's a whole range of useful symbols available from Alt 1 to Alt
254, such as Alt 130 é, Alt 148 ö, Alt 171 ½, Alt 172 ¼, Alt 241 ±,
Alt 253 ², as well as a limited range of Greek letters , 224 - 235.

I believe it's a hangover from the age of the Dinosaur Operating
System and some modern computers, or maybe their operating systems,
don't speak dinosaur any more, so other people may not see what you
intended them to see, but I've always used it (read into that what you
will!).

I have that list taped to desk as I have to use many of the accents in my
reports. I have no idea why 0176 and not 248 ended up on it.
Graham


That's worked° Thanks for that°

Steve

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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...


"Martin" wrote
or download a copy of Allchars which gives you the full character set of
special
characters. http://sourceforge.net/projects/allchars/

Can't get that to work in Windows 7. 64bit. It saved the download to "My
Documents" automatically instead of "Programs" and now it refuses to open
or let me delete it. Doesn't show in Programs but says it's running.

I downloaded it too, but where it is is a mystery.
All I can say is that it is now "somewhere on my computer"
Tina

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"shazzbat" wrote in message
...

"graham" wrote in message
...

"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:01:45 -0600, "graham" wrote:


"shazzbat" wrote in message
...

"Muddymike" wrote in message
...
...the sun must be keeping you all in the garden.
I have been busy giving the lawns their first cut and servicing the
machines. Very pleased with my Hayter ride on grass cutter, I have
had it
for 4 years now and only sharpened the blade for the first time after
this mornings first cut of the season, even then it didn't really
need
it, but having removed the deck to get to it I thought I might as
well
sharpen it a little.

I filled a couple of big dips in the front lawn with soil last autumn
and
spread them with grass seed a few weeks ago. I had begun to think the
pigeons had eaten all the seed but the warmer weather of the last
week
has started it all sprouting.

The Hayter is now parked behind the snow blower so winter is now
officially over here in Leyburn!

Oh well, tea drunk, back to the garden.


I sprayed white stuff on the greenhouse, since it was 38degC[1] in
there
and the seedlings fried.

Steve
[1] How do I make the keyboard do that tiny circle that means degrees?
I
know it can be done.
Alt 0176 (at least on my PC).
Or Accessories-System Tools-Character Map
Graham

On mine it's Alt 248. Turn Num Lock on if it's not already on (on the
numeric keypad), hold down the Alt key, type 248 on the numeric
keypad, release the Alt key.

There's a whole range of useful symbols available from Alt 1 to Alt
254, such as Alt 130 é, Alt 148 ö, Alt 171 ½, Alt 172 ¼, Alt 241 ±,
Alt 253 ², as well as a limited range of Greek letters , 224 - 235.

I believe it's a hangover from the age of the Dinosaur Operating
System and some modern computers, or maybe their operating systems,
don't speak dinosaur any more, so other people may not see what you
intended them to see, but I've always used it (read into that what you
will!).

I have that list taped to desk as I have to use many of the accents in my
reports. I have no idea why 0176 and not 248 ended up on it.
Graham


That's worked° Thanks for that°

Steve
Yôû àrë møst wælcöme{;-)
Graham

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On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:19:32 -0600, "graham" wrote:

[1] How do I make the keyboard do that tiny circle that means degrees? I
know it can be done.
Alt 0176 (at least on my PC).
Or Accessories-System Tools-Character Map
Graham

On mine it's Alt 248. Turn Num Lock on if it's not already on (on the
numeric keypad), hold down the Alt key, type 248 on the numeric
keypad, release the Alt key.

There's a whole range of useful symbols available from Alt 1 to Alt
254, such as Alt 130 é, Alt 148 ö, Alt 171 ½, Alt 172 ¼, Alt 241 ±,
Alt 253 ², as well as a limited range of Greek letters , 224 - 235.

I believe it's a hangover from the age of the Dinosaur Operating
System and some modern computers, or maybe their operating systems,
don't speak dinosaur any more, so other people may not see what you
intended them to see, but I've always used it (read into that what you
will!).

I have that list taped to desk as I have to use many of the accents in my
reports. I have no idea why 0176 and not 248 ended up on it.
Graham

Because they both work?


--
(¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯)

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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...


"Martin" wrote
or download a copy of Allchars which gives you the full character set of
special
characters. http://sourceforge.net/projects/allchars/

Can't get that to work in Windows 7. 64bit. It saved the download to "My
Documents" automatically instead of "Programs" and now it refuses to open
or let me delete it. Doesn't show in Programs but says it's running.

I downloaded it too, but where it is is a mystery.
All I can say is that it is now "somewhere on my computer"
Tina

Go to:
My computer-C drive-Documents and settings-Christina (or Owner)- My
Documents-Downloads

At least, that's how I find mine. However, I still can't get it to work!
Graham

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:33:50 -0600, "graham" wrote:


"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...


"Martin" wrote
or download a copy of Allchars which gives you the full character set
of
special
characters. http://sourceforge.net/projects/allchars/

Can't get that to work in Windows 7. 64bit. It saved the download to
"My
Documents" automatically instead of "Programs" and now it refuses to
open
or let me delete it. Doesn't show in Programs but says it's running.

I downloaded it too, but where it is is a mystery.
All I can say is that it is now "somewhere on my computer"
Tina

Go to:
My computer-C drive-Documents and settings-Christina (or Owner)- My
Documents-Downloads

At least, that's how I find mine. However, I still can't get it to work!
Graham


Is Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 the reason?
--
Who knows? One can blame MS for everything that goes wrong.
I tried deleting it without success.
Graham

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:33:50 -0600, "graham" wrote:


"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...


"Martin" wrote
or download a copy of Allchars which gives you the full character set
of
special
characters. http://sourceforge.net/projects/allchars/

Can't get that to work in Windows 7. 64bit. It saved the download to
"My
Documents" automatically instead of "Programs" and now it refuses to
open
or let me delete it. Doesn't show in Programs but says it's running.

I downloaded it too, but where it is is a mystery.
All I can say is that it is now "somewhere on my computer"
Tina

Go to:
My computer-C drive-Documents and settings-Christina (or Owner)- My
Documents-Downloads

At least, that's how I find mine. However, I still can't get it to work!
Graham


Is Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 the reason?
--
Who knows? One can blame MS for everything that goes wrong.
I tried deleting it without success.
Graham