Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
That’s not rhyming slang...
baler twine - does anyone know why it gets called Micheal?
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Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
That’s what my dad reckons too
organicguy
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- North East of the south west
primmiemoo
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- Location
- Devon
I used to think the sweet smelling cord was called Cecil, but then understood about it being made from Sisal - a grass being used to bind up grass!
Never heard Michael as a name for binder cord, though.
Is anyone selling sisal these days? I've been wondering about how to address micro-plastics, and feel that the plastic cord ought to be phased out.
Same with the plastic woven woolpacks and the plastic thread that goes with them. The factory that once made paper cord for woolpacks closed down, but bet the machinery is in a museum somewhere.
Never heard Michael as a name for binder cord, though.
Is anyone selling sisal these days? I've been wondering about how to address micro-plastics, and feel that the plastic cord ought to be phased out.
Same with the plastic woven woolpacks and the plastic thread that goes with them. The factory that once made paper cord for woolpacks closed down, but bet the machinery is in a museum somewhere.
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- North Somerset.
Known as Farmers weld down at the lower end in tin and string circles.
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- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Yes I have heard of it called that in Cumberland many times with the older ones, whether its local dialect or not i dont know,
is someone taking the Mick here
is someone taking the Mick here
Weare Cham
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- N. Devon
Twice as long as it is from the middle, of course. [emoji12]
Grassman
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- Derbyshire
Perhaps something to do with a brand name?
I can remember" Red Star" being a well known make.
"Bluebell" was perhaps another but possibly plastic.
Any others ?
I can remember" Red Star" being a well known make.
"Bluebell" was perhaps another but possibly plastic.
Any others ?
err, as a planting contractor, the only name I have for baling twine ( when I drive over it, gets wrapped around presswheels, gauge whhels or opener discs, chews out bearing seals etc ) is unprintable & would probably get me banned from here for repeating it
awful awful bloody stuff, the work of the devil & his minions
Good job you don't do sh!t spreading , then you'd have something to complain about ..
It's looking like it's definitely limited to being a Lakeland/ Cumberland thing. Which makes sense, but still no real clues why it's called Micheal, although I will pass on that is known by other names like Charlie etc in other parts of the country and see if that helps him at all.
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- Kent
Red Star was what we always had thing we did have Bluebell a couple of times but always went with made in UK as we had less problems and that it as it was more uniform until they were brought out much prefer it than the plastic as it isn't so inclined to undo itself when tying a gate or hurdle shut and at the end of its life you could cut it up and stick it in the dungeon and by the time you spread it had rotted away.
Red Fred
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- Hants/Dorset border
From Wikipaedia: (and of no use but a bit of fun):"In the 1996 movie Michael, starring John Travolta as an angel on holiday on Earth, his character requests to stop and visit the biggest ball of twine that was supposedly located somewhere in Iowa."
Deerefarmer
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- Location
- USA
Can still buy Sisal twine here in the states
startinghandle
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there is a surname called Twine!!
GrannyAching
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- Mynyddoedd Preseli
We use sisal, just buy it from the local co-op. We're not the only ones either.
Tarw Coch
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- Bottom of Wats Dyke
Sounds like another farm has got a shed named "the dungeon"
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- 200 miles N,NW of New York
i know a few with it as a middle name
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
I may be wrong, but sure i read it somewhere that "Red Star" went belly up and was not bought out,
as I was looking for some on here a couple of years back, I did manage to find some, I just wanted it for display not to use,
the bag was to most wanted bit along with the heavy rope around it, and the ones i got was in poor condition,
they did make Red Star plastic string as well in the last couple of years in business, I have 1 pack of that, and the bag has lasted longer for that
if anyone has a Red Star pack or just the bag in good condition, I would still be interested