What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[richardmorris]

  On 12/08/2024 at 19:04, GeorgeB said:

I don't want sycamores growing anywhere!

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Gap.

[somewhatfoolish]

Meh, not a fan of them as they seed everywhere and grow quickly, smothering nicer trees but a sycamore is better than no tree at all. Getting into the minutiae they aren't native so are much poorer for flora and fauna, especially insects and funghi. Ideally 320 should be planting native species but ideally I'd be dating Scarlett Johansson.

[Aston Martin]

[myglaren]

  On 12/08/2024 at 19:29, somewhatfoolish said:

Meh, not a fan of them as they seed everywhere and grow quickly but a sycamore is better than no tree at all.

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There's one 30' from my front door, fills the gutters with leaves and the magpies shit bricks on cars parked under it.  A cherry right outside the door that drops cherries on the path that tramp into the house.

We have lots and lots of trees here, unfortunately too close to the houses and the roots undermine the foundations and cause havoc.

The council are apparently coming to turn them all onto firewood soon.

[Remspoor]

  On 11/08/2024 at 19:16, GeorgeB said:

Please don't plant sycamore anywhere. It's a weed.

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  On 11/08/2024 at 19:24, reb said:

Two things:

First, there is no such thing as a weed, that is just a term for plants growing unintentionally, thus if you plant it on purpose it is not a weed.

Second, sycamore has been growing in the UK for over 500 years, I doubt planting a few extra will cause any issues.

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  On 12/08/2024 at 19:29, somewhatfoolish said:

Meh, not a fan of them as they seed everywhere and grow quickly, smothering nicer trees but a sycamore is better than no tree at all. Getting into the minutiae they aren't native so are much poorer for flora and fauna, especially insects and funghi. Ideally 320 should be planting native species but ideally I'd be dating Scarlett Johansson.

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  On 12/08/2024 at 19:49, myglaren said:

There's one 30' from my front door, fills the gutters with leaves and the magpies shit bricks on cars parked under it.  A cherry right outside the door that drops cherries on the path that tramp into the house.

We have lots and lots of trees here, unfortunately too close to the houses and the roots undermine the foundations and cause havoc.

The council are apparently coming to turn them all onto firewood soon.

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No to Sycamores:

Sycamores,  have a ridiculously high germination rate. Seeding is prolific.

Will grow ,in a short time, into a large tree (20m tall).

Root spread covers a large area. these trees are very thirsty. the ground around will be very dry and may cause shrinkage.

Then there is the issue of aphid shit.

This says that the tree being native to the UK is questionable.

https://tree2mydoor.com/pages/information-trees-tree-directory-sycamore-trees

 

[320touring]

Thanks for the info folks.

 

There are a fair few sycamore round here already (that's where the seeds came from) so I'm not going to be introducing them into a virgin area etc.

Likely a couple of years before they'll be ready for anything anyway.. so will research options in the meantime.

[hairnet]

not seen nuns on the run for years

ROFL at the beginning where they rob the van and robbie has a mk1 sierra but its got GLF in the number plate

ALL SCTSCH ARE QUIK KEN

@320touring

[IronStar]

Re: Sycamores

Aren’t they intentionally planted in urban settings for the quick growth? I know they’re common here, as they can replace a tree that’s been cut down faster than just about anything else. 
Maybe not in a forest or a densely packed park (like we have any of those left), but in urban settings where they’re planted on the sidewalks? 

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[myglaren]

 

[myglaren]

 

[Barry Cade]

Somebody's had enough 😆

[EyesWeldedShut]

[IronStar]

Found a reasonably priced complete 1.3 EFI engine for a Yugo today. Guy wants 150E for everything, computer, harness, intake, the lot of it, all attached to an engine so you can transplant it over to yours. 

Getting rid of dastardly carb is always a step in the right direction, especially if I manage to do it before it causes a headache as the car is still in bits. Now if I could find another reasonably priced one to put into Florida to get rid of carb there as well....

[iainrcz]

Sat in Spoons watching the bids trying to use the coffee machines.

[IronStar]

  On 13/08/2024 at 11:00, IronStar said:

Found a reasonably priced complete 1.3 EFI engine for a Yugo today. Guy wants 150E for everything, computer, harness, intake, the lot of it, all attached to an engine so you can transplant it over to yours. 

Getting rid of dastardly carb is always a step in the right direction, especially if I manage to do it before it causes a headache as the car is still in bits. Now if I could find another reasonably priced one to put into Florida to get rid of carb there as well....

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Actually, scratch that, the guy has two, one still attached to the rest of the car. Getting rid of not one but two carburetors inbound! 

I can sell the carbs I have and scrap the leftovers to recoup some money as well. Good riddance. 

[omegod]

I've just had a conversation with a younger female colleague and have found that she believed that the white fluffy dandelion things floating about are actually insects , more to the point she thought that was what a "daddy long legs" was. 

She is fuming that I'm finding this funny 

 

 

[Barry Cade]

The manual says check for 50 Rial in the handbrake.

[richardmorris]

[808 Estate]

[reb]

  On 13/08/2024 at 21:35, 808 Estate said:

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I think this is a Thing now, since I saw someone in a barried Focus with exactly the same thing today

[somewhatfoolish]

Saves going home to change for the white supremacist brick-throwing meeting.

[Rustybullethole]

A whole fucked up set of circumstances means I hit the road late at ten to head west. The fuckery didn't cease. 25 shut, a3 shut, 303 shut. Why the grin? Have made it to my overnight spot. Tent pitched and sleeping shit thrown inside just in time for it to start drizzling. Love a bit of rain in the canvas. Might cover the snoring a bit for my fellow roadside hippies too.

[Rustybullethole]

Edited August 14, 2024 by Rustybullethole

[Saabnut]

  On 13/08/2024 at 09:57, Barry Cade said:

Somebody's had enough 😆

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Been there a few weeks now,

[hairnet]

does scotland run in slow motion??

ffs @320touring

@Petrolize

or at least above the M8

 

[richardmorris]

My parent's 58th wedding anniversary yesterday.  They went out for lunch at cote in chester, and I offered to pay for champagne but they got a free glass.

[hairnet]

  On 14/08/2024 at 19:05, richardmorris said:

My parent's 58th wedding anniversary yesterday.  They went out for lunch at cote in chester, and I offered to pay for champagne but they got a free glass.

 

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have yzzz got anny more ???

[richardmorris]

  On 14/08/2024 at 19:05, richardmorris said:

My parent's 58th wedding anniversary yesterday.  They went out for lunch at cote in chester, and I offered to pay for champagne but they got a free glass.

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Oh, and their first date for the wedding was two weeks earlier, but one of the bridesmaids had a birthday so they chose august. Nothing else was happening in 1966 on 30th July was it?

[richardmorris]

  On 14/08/2024 at 19:27, hairnet said:

have yzzz got anny more ???

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I think they had quite enough for a Tuesday lunchtime . Luckily they can get the bus for free from 50m away and the return stop is 5m from their house.