Christmas 2021

[sidcow]

24 minutes ago, villabromsgrove said:

I've just found a cracking present for one of my son's, and I think I'll get exactly the same present for my daughter in law.

It's two trailers full of 10 inch seasoned and dried logs .... Don't tell anyone, I don't want to spoil the surprise.

You're gonna burn. 

[villabromsgrove]

Just now, sidcow said:

You're gonna burn. 

As long as I get that warm and toasty feeling that only a roaring log burner can give.

I'm in to practical presents this year which leads me to ask .... Has anyone tried a Guinness nitrogen surge head attachment? What could be more practical than a really creamy pint of Guinness .... but .... is the head attachment any good?

[sidcow]

1 minute ago, villabromsgrove said:

As long as I get that warm and toasty feeling that only a roaring log burner can give.

I'm in to practical presents this year which leads me to ask .... Has anyone tried a Guinness nitrogen surge head attachment? What could be more practical than a really creamy pint of Guinness .... but .... is the head attachment any good?

Frankly I'd rather use the Guinness to chuck on the fire to put it out. 

[villabromsgrove]

41 minutes ago, sidcow said:

Frankly I'd rather use the Guinness to chuck on the fire to put it out. 

As a half Irish family, two of my sons hop over to Dublin on a regular basis just to get a few pints of the real black gold, while jigging to the fantastic music in the bars. I share your view sidcow (I just hope they don't read this)

[TheAuthority]

My outside lights and inflatable Santa went up a week ago.

Today, in my feeble attempt to go full Griswold, I drove my wife and son over an hour into the mountains to a national forest. I had a bought a permit which allowed us to cut down a tree from the forest as long as you followed the corrected protocol (more than 200 feet from a stream or hiking trail, less than 15 feet tall, in a dense wooded area allowing younger trees to grow etc.)

So we drove up, hiked into the forest and looked at the wonderful vistas and examined which trees might be suitable to chop down and bring home with us for the festive season. We found this cute little fir about 7 feet tall just begging to be our man, and so I fired up my chain saw.

It was at this point that the piece of shit decided to come untethered from the drive shaft and did I have any tools with me to open it up and fix it? Did I f*ck.

My mate had even offered me a tree saw the night before which I had said I didn't need as I had 3 battery packs charged ready for my chain saw. So I'll be going to local supermarket tomorrow morning and buying a generic tree for about $50. I'm a lumberjack and bollocks to it all.

[il_serpente]

I'm impressed you've got your own chainsaw already.  They turned you into a Westerner pretty quickly.  How many guns have you got?   Do you drive a pickup?  I'm a little disappointed that your chainsaw is electric, though.  A true 'Murican  feels the need to go through the ritual of mixing oil and gas for and yearns for the noise of the 2-stroke engine.

[Rds1983]

2 hours ago, il_serpente said:

I'm impressed you've got your own chainsaw already.  They turned you into a Westerner pretty quickly.  How many guns have you got?   Do you drive a pickup?  I'm a little disappointed that your chainsaw is electric, though.  A true 'Murican  feels the need to go through the ritual of mixing oil and gas for and yearns for the noise of the 2-stroke engine.

Chainsaw's are a US thing? I'm English, I own two chainsaw's (a proper one and an electric backup), I know loads of people people that own them too (admittedly some are tree surgeons). 

[Xela]

@TheAuthority was dismayed at his chainsaw

[rjw63]

1 minute ago, Xela said:

@TheAuthority was dismayed at his chainsaw

Good, but wrong thread

[il_serpente]

5 hours ago, Rds1983 said:

Chainsaw's are a US thing? I'm English, I own two chainsaw's (a proper one and an electric backup), I know loads of people people that own them too (admittedly some are tree surgeons). 

Not so much a US thing, but more a big state or rural thing within the US.  Pioneers clearing the land for  their homestead and all.  @TheAuthority was a big city boy until fairly recently, so he’s assimilated well.

With that said, chainsaws a UK thing?  Doesn’t fit that well with my mental image- not that I wouldn’t expect there to be any.  So maybe he was raised by lumberjacks in the midlands before discovering his first trombone, and this is just a return to his roots.

[Rds1983]

2 minutes ago, il_serpente said:

Not so much a US thing, but more a big state or rural thing within the US.  Pioneers clearing the land for  their homestead and all.  @TheAuthority was a big city boy until fairly recently, so he’s assimilated well.

With that said, chainsaws a UK thing?  Doesn’t fit that well with my mental image- not that I wouldn’t expect there to be any.  So maybe he was raised by lumberjacks in the midlands before discovering his first trombone, and this is just a return to his roots.

I don't think they're an anywhere thing. It's s a tool, slightly more niche maybe but still just a tool. Guess it depends who you hang around with. A lot of my friends/family have log burners so have things like that. We had a log burner and had 4 massive leylandii trees taken down in our old house so that's why I have them. 

[sidcow]

10 hours ago, il_serpente said:

A true 'Murican  feels the need to go through the ritual of mixing oil and yearns for the noise of the 2-stroke

 

Edited December 4, 2021 by sidcow

[sidcow]

You can buy chainsaws in Aldi at certain times of year. 

I've got a pretty big garden by most UK metrics.  There are a number of trees in the garden.  I wouldn't think of owning a chainsaw though.  That said I'm having 2 conifers taken down in January and an apple tree properly pruned and a couple of other trees have dead wood taken out. 

Even with a chainsaw I wouldn't consider doing it myself though, these are big trees / a lot of work / expertise needed and will involve a lot of clearing up afterwards.  I'm paying a tree surgeon to do it, yeah it's a lot more than the cost of a chainsaw but I'm happy to save the time and work and I'm happy with the price. 

My brother in law has a really big garden. He has a chainsaw and has dozens of leylandii trees he's happily taken the tops off himself and taken a couple completely down. 

You really do need to know what you are doing though.  I provide insurance for chainsaw training courses and down the years I've seen some pretty nasty claims even though these people are under the instruction of a professional trainer. They are not things to **** about with. 

Edited December 4, 2021 by sidcow

[foreveryoung]

I own a chainsaw. When we bought our latest house the back garden was like a forest. My pal who is a bit of a farmer boy cut down he big stuff, while I have tackled the smaller stuff with my chain saw. Problem I find with chainsaws is the chains don't last too long before they need sharpening and that's a tedious job.

 

[Xela]

1 hour ago, sidcow said:

I provide insurance for chainsaw training courses 

Sounds a real buzz. 

[TheAuthority]

12 hours ago, il_serpente said:

I'm impressed you've got your own chainsaw already.  They turned you into a Westerner pretty quickly.  How many guns have you got?   Do you drive a pickup?  I'm a little disappointed that your chainsaw is electric, though.  A true 'Murican  feels the need to go through the ritual of mixing oil and gas for and yearns for the noise of the 2-stroke engine.

No guns, no pickup - but I do love a stroke or two.

[foreveryoung]

43 minutes ago, TheAuthority said:

No guns, no pickup - but I do love a stroke or two.

[il_serpente]

38 minutes ago, foreveryoung said:

Served up on a platter for you!

 

[Genie]

Has anyone else started to increase their calorie intake ahead of the holiday period?

[Xann]