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  1. shaggystu

    Do we coddle the kids too much these days?

    I spend a hell of a lot of my time around primary school age children, and their various adults, I have never seen anyone put sanitiser on a "kid's scrape". This whole thread is really quite "daily mail" in tone. "do we coddle kids too much", not the ones in...
  2. shaggystu

    Titanium Hatchet?

    like superglue and post-it notes :)
  3. shaggystu

    Titanium Hatchet?

    I'll take your word for it, we're way past my poor understanding of physics already. However, as long as there's enough energy/momentum to get the thing stuck then you can spin it around and use the weight of whatever you're splitting to do the work for you. Once you get big logs moving they've...
  4. shaggystu

    Titanium Hatchet?

    This has made everything so much clearer, I'm not talking about momentum, but I am using the wrong formula. I'm talking about kinetic energy, so it turns out that the weight is even less important than I thought. I think it looks like an interesting tool that might be really well suited to...
  5. shaggystu

    Titanium Hatchet?

    The only time that I've used the words mass and acceleration are when I said "force = mass x acceleration", I don't think there's anything at all strange about that. I haven't used the term "speed". I'm not sure why you've taken objection to my comments, maybe I've expressed myself poorly, my...
  6. shaggystu

    Titanium Hatchet?

    True, but not necessarily relevant. It was certainly relevant to my comment, I was trying to illustrate the fact that the weight of the axe isn't the only factor involved in the force generated by that axe. I don't understand what you mean by this, sorry. There was an explanation, I provided...
  7. shaggystu

    Titanium Hatchet?

    Only been back five minutes and already being controversial..... I like it. Titanium hammers are slowly becoming standard on building sites, even though they're often quite literally 10X the price of traditional steel hammers. force = mass x acceleration, so if a thing weighs half as much, but...
  8. shaggystu

    First things first

    That's a beautifully elegant way to illustrate STOP. Not everything has to include "break contact" does it. Plonk your bottom down, Leave your worries behind, 'Ave a Nap.
  9. shaggystu

    First things first

    It depends on the weather/time of day; if it's fine and there's light then I'll get my sit mat out and chill for a bit. If it's inclement/late then I'll put up my shelter first, and then I'll get my sit mat out and chill for a bit.
  10. shaggystu

    Bushcraft Word Association Game

    cheddar
  11. shaggystu

    Bushcraft Word Association Game

    Whet
  12. shaggystu

    Not exactly new as such, but still.....

    Tony, hello! Yeah it's been a while, life's been varied and I'm doing ok. Nice to see some of the old faces are still here.
  13. shaggystu

    Not exactly new as such, but still.....

    Likewise, other things on my mind clearly. Glad you're managing to get on the bike still mate, a little bit fit is better than not at all.
  14. shaggystu

    Not exactly new as such, but still.....

    Thanks Steve, how's things with you?
  15. shaggystu

    Not exactly new as such, but still.....

    Probably Britton Wood I think, and yes, it's been far too long, how's life treating you?
  16. shaggystu

    Not exactly new as such, but still.....

    awww thanks Toddy, are they hobnobs?
  17. shaggystu

    Not exactly new as such, but still.....

    Thank John, how's it going?
  18. shaggystu

    Not exactly new as such, but still.....

    Thought I'd say Hi, see if there's still anyone that I know here. it's been a while.....
  19. shaggystu

    Home Office announces plans for Offensive Weapons Bill

    So do I. All the people that I knew to own pistols are still shooting though, they're just doing it slightly differently. But I get your point.
  20. shaggystu

    Home Office announces plans for Offensive Weapons Bill

    The way I'm reading is slightly different, I'm reading Blade, Handle, and Mechanism as individual parts. I agree with kepis, we don't actually know what the legislation's going to say yet, we need to wait and see.