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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 ... "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 |
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