English Newbie

[athelstan]

Good morning, or is it good evening to all you kind folks. This is my first post on your superb forum and by way of introduction here's a little about myself. I live in Kent, England and own a very small woodland which comprises about 5 acres of ancient woodland (pre 1600 AD) consisting mainly of old English Oak with an understory of Sweet Chestnut and Hazel and about 5 acres of Larch and Spruce with pockets of Oak and Beech. I am currently thinning the Spruce and Larch with the idea of eventually making the deciduous trees predominate - this is encouraged by our forestry commission.
I must confess that I have been "lurking" in the background on your site before I registered mainly because there were so many interesting postings and so much archive material to read that I didn't have the time to post. I have already followed some advice on The Chainsaw Forum and bought myself a Stihl Farm Boss to go with my old Husky 65.
I count myself very fortunate to have found such a forum as there is nothing approaching this over the pond.
I look forward to posting as soon as I pick up the language (what is "bucking" for instance?)  

Meanwhile my very best wishes to you all

John

[Ianab]

Hi Athelstan and welcome to the forum

Not all Americans here ;)

Ohh.. and Bucking is the process of cutting the tree sized log up into useable lengths for sawing. You guys may call it something different?

Ian

[Tom]

Welcome to the Forum, Athelstan.

Ian's right. Most of us are from the USA but if you go to the members Map, in the heading above, and click on Europe, you will find a bunch of members from your woods too.  Our food conversations, centering lately on grits, are taken over by Marmite, Vegemite and Scottish dishes wrapped up in the bowels of cow and Pasties from up North.  It's a good place to become confused if nothing else. :D

[OneWithWood]

Welcome to the party, Athelstan  8) 8) 8)

[iain]

welcome ohh ancient king
tom what are you talking about?
its sheeps bowely bits and pasties are mostly (trad) from the south and mid west

[athelstan]

Thanks for the welcome folks. Tom, where I come from and men are men and sheep are frightened Vegemite is only for big girl's blouses and hairdressers - real men eat Marmite.
Iain, I'll stick to a lovely bowl of jellied eels mate.


John

[iain]

your disgusting  
you'll fit right in here :D

[Tom]

Ah yes!  Haggis, I'm reminded, is basically sheeps intrals, beef suet and oatmeal cooked in natural containers devised from the carcass.  Might be good but I've not partaken.  

We have chitterlings, hog's head chees, jowls, pickled pigs feet, ears and snouts that we don't let get away with the squeel.

I've got Vegemite and Marmite both here in the cupboard and haven't developed an acute enough pallet to differentiate between the two without them being side by side. :D  Having the labels handy helps too. :P

Charlie and I would top some of our favorites off with some Cadenhead's.....or......perhaps delve into some Haggis once we were lubricated enough with our family elixir. ;D :D :D