I would just like to say
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That's a very kind thought. I will see if I can hire one locally.
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Oh dear!Hmmmm... 100 blows with the big maul onto the hatchet as a wedge and the wedge just got stuck.
Another 100 blows with the maul onto a Log-Grenade splitter and the hatchet was freed but the grenade was stuck.
50 more blows onto the grenade and the round of eucalyptus finally shattered into 2 pieces, both too big for the fire.
This will not end well i fear. It isn't doing my back any good at all. The Eucalyptus was 30-40 foot tall and it is now cut into 10-12" slices all of which needs splitting.
Time to get out the chainsaw maybe.
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Just make sure the boss allows you out at weekends, this timing belt change has turned into a mini restorationWell I decided to go back to work......
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I could, I suppose but sawing makes a lot of mess. If I can't find a splitter to hire then I will drag the chainsaw into service.Oh dear!
Time to get out the chainsaw maybe.
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You are right about the mess. I have to use a chainsaw on all the wood we buy to get it to convenient lengths for our log burner. I am fortunate enough to be able to do it outside where the chips and dust just soak back into the ground.
Maybe you could build a thing like a spray shop out of plastic sheeting, inside your shed where the mess could be contained, swept up and disposed of?
You really have proved how hard eucalyptus is.
And watch those grenade splitters, they have been known to explode rather dramatically. According to my mate who does all the stuff with wood.
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Machine mart ?That's a very kind thought. I will see if I can hire one locally.
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A breakthrough has been made in the treatment of prostate cancer - a condition that affects almost 50,000 men a year in the UK.
The new 'game-changing' technique, called Nanoknife, uses electrical currents to destroy difficult-to-reach tumours.
Doctors hope this means thousands of men could be cured with a 45-minute-long operation, rather than the current choice of removal of the prostrate or radiotherapy.
Surgeons at University College London Hospital (UCLH) have already used it to treat prostate cancer patients.
https://www.kentlive.news/news/uk-w...0MBZrnrYZod_W92A0m3ubmE5EenjuL9UNryv2C_uZaA==
The new 'game-changing' technique, called Nanoknife, uses electrical currents to destroy difficult-to-reach tumours.
Doctors hope this means thousands of men could be cured with a 45-minute-long operation, rather than the current choice of removal of the prostrate or radiotherapy.
Surgeons at University College London Hospital (UCLH) have already used it to treat prostate cancer patients.
https://www.kentlive.news/news/uk-w...0MBZrnrYZod_W92A0m3ubmE5EenjuL9UNryv2C_uZaA==
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Fantastic news! now men need a screening programme for Prostate Cancer in the same was Women are screened for Breast & Cervical cancers.
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Fantastic news! now men need a screening programme for Prostate Cancer in the same was Women are screened for Breast & Cervical cancers.
There is no screening yet, as it has not been proved that the benefits would outweigh the risks... but this could change that, the prostate-specific antigen tests are unreliable and can suggest prostate cancer when no cancer exists (a false-positive result)...
So you get offered a MRI before any invasive biopsy to help avoid unnecessary tests ..
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Can't say I am bothered by having been screened for prostate cancer while being tested for other stuff.
Wish my sis in law had got herself screened in time to prevent her eventual death - cervical C.
Wish my sis in law had got herself screened in time to prevent her eventual death - cervical C.
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Can't say I am bothered by having been screened for prostate cancer while being tested for other stuff.
Wish my sis in law had got herself screened in time to prevent her eventual death - cervical C.
Sadly even now many tests are designed by men, they think we're built the same and we aren't, we don't even have heart attacks the same, although I have had that argument before on here ...
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Wots the difference? Eye assume the result is the same.
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Some tests are being redesigned, some aren't ... I'm not qualified to say whether it's a good or bad thing, but currently getting a specialist to see you is nigh on impossible, as getting a referral is as bad as getting a face to face, still some areas are doing better than others, dunno if that down to individual GPs or health trusts ...
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