i could definitely use one for my weekly trip to town and back- 50km. cost is the issue. my ice vehicle uses 4 litres per 100km, and cost under $1000 2nd hand. it's 1986 vintage and i can work on it myself when needed. completely analog, it was the 1st production engine assembled by robots.
i believe there is a complete machine in geraldine, perhaps there is the place for it to go
i critized him in the past when was an mp. i voted for him as mayor. he was the best person for the job and with rohan as deputy they made a great team. he's also got zero tolerance for cookers and knows how to deal to them effectively. he's not idle and has a wide range of contacts.
i have the complete workshop manual, free to good home
like a swiss roll! there was on on the farm in the waikato where we lived. great for hilly country- cut the strings and give it kick and away it goes
it's mish mash of several eastern european ideas i took off u tube, mostly russian. those ppl live in very cold places and go thru mountains of wood.
yes i kinda hate to burn it:)
allis chalmers roto baler, to be precise I like the aerodynamic shape- really gives it some class:)
the frame of the firewood saw is also off the same baler.
it's very relaxing to operate- mine is even quieter than this one.
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a mate built one out of 1300cc car engine. bloody unpleasant to use.
there is a knack to using this, it's a tad underpowered but knife redesign and another v belt will do for now. 4kw would be ideal, 6 pole.
thank you! ( also beautifully quiet- no earmuffs needed, no neighbours annoyed )
a years firewood cut over 2 weekends. used a battery chainsaw to fell and cut the wood, the splitter is also electric. no hydrocarbons used. feeling very virtuous.
absolutely.
100y/o worm drive otis elevator winch now driving a log splitter ram made out of an tractor top link. 18rpm
end view of log splitter, roof off an old allis chalmers hay baler, trailer axle and wheels sourced via freecycle. a firewood saw and cradle is on the left of picture, firewood rounds waiting to be split in the background
split firewood stacked between verandah posts, some washing drying on a line strung between posts on a sunny day
side view of splitter showing the long beam ( it will be double acting) , the splitting ram and knife on right above the on off switch, firewood saw in background. the roof is braced with bamboo poles.
with a ruptured pec you can't chop firewood. so i built a log splitter out of shit lying around the yard.
gearbox= otis elevator lift winch out of griffins biscuit factory, circa 1930, steel= Crewenna pottery kiln bogie rails, old haybaler parts, motor= 1950's White drum sander ( 3hp)
i'm as dismissive of pronouns as i am of astrological star signs, however i can understand why they are so important to some people. human identity is such a fickle thing, we are essentially just stories we make up about ourselves, with some script provided. some ppl struggle with that notion.
i'm not sure, i don't follow the logic myself actually, possibly for reasons divulged earlier, possibly english wasn't my first language, possibly both, and highly likely prejudice ie= (assailant is male, therefore he )
if there is an ambiguity somewhere- in instructions on how to assemble something, or directions to a destination, or a sentence ' on monday he said he'd bring it' i will home in on the wrong take. it's an adhd thing apparently:)
yes, that's a clanger to me also, not as profound as a eg a story which gives a person's name and refers to they, or a photo of a (1) person described as they.
the disjunction that occurs when i encounter the non binary pronoun 'they' lies in what i perceive as an ambiguity, as i've tried to explain. i struggle to process that ambiguity. that's an issue with me, not you. it's not that i don't understand pronoun use, i'm just not interested is all.
including the manufacture and distribution of ev's
i should clarify i guess: the practice of publicly identifying oneself with a chosen pronoun is a relatively recent trend, largely confined to the liberal west.
the difficulty i have is when i read eg an article, i see one person, and then i read they and think wait did i miss something/someone and then go back, re read and see the singular person is referring to themself as they. it's a relatively recent phenomenon.
my brain struggles to process the they pronoun.
also, if you are they, why do refer to yourself as i, and not we?
there. pleased i've got that off my chest
everybody has a plan 'till despair hits them in the face
i'm not against him getting a knighthood. generally speaking they're a rough and ready guide to identifying ppl of low moral character
guy at the chainsaw shop tried to sell me a battery saw with a plug in port for a smartph. srsly m8, did you not see me drive in in that 40y/o analog truck just now
We stood together against anti-Palestinian racism and they cancelled our festival. So we organised our own.
Very tired now, but very proud of Constellations!
Great in depth coverage from Hannah Story here
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
harry tam doesn't care what chris luxon thinks of his internal polling
