Not strictly speaking mathematically significant but anecdotally insightful for anyone who has the idea that gardening is a very romantic and easy career:* Dimensions & type of hedge cut: 60m length x 10' height - Hawthorn / Beech / Snowberry / Holly / Rose / Nettle* Weight of petrol hedge trimmers: 6kg* Time to cut hedge: 5 hours* Number of cigarettes smoked: 8* Estimated calorie usage: 2000* Calories consumed: 1000* Number of hawthorn splinters extracted from hands / arms / legs: 4* Number of species of biting or stinging insects: 4 (midges, horseflies, wasps, bees)* Number of wasp nests disturbed: 1* Distance covered after discovering wasp nest: 45m* Time taken: 2.8 seconds* Number of wasp stings: 2 (1 thumb, 1 knee)* Number of expletives used after wasp stings: 14* Sound level of foul language: 75dB* Time spent wingeing to wife about injuries: 2 1/2 hours* Estimated level of sympathy from wife: NilI think you'll all agree that these are quite significant figures...
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  • Hee Hee! Not sure of running records but 45m in 2.8 secs sounds quite fast, have you considered entering the 2012 Olympics?

    Impressed by only 2 1/2 hours of man wingeing, Cat got off lightly.
  • Well I might have exaggerated a couple of statistics for illustration purposes...
  • so you winged for longer. Thought you exaggerated.
  • Oi! I'm telling teacher!
  • very good,
    so £2.50 on fags £2.50 on oil &petrol...........maybe more transport £5.00 towards tools/car........
    £2.50 on food............or was this your own hedge ?? lol
  • As I delegated killing the wasp nest in our garden to Mrs B I cannot possible comment. Well ok truer to say that after I came running in whingeing about my 1 sting (it was excruciatingly painful - honest!) - she went to Tescos, bought the killing foam, came home & calmly dealt with it and without a single sting - typical! She stood there serenely as the wasps swarmed around her - apparently if you stand still they won't bother you.
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