At work today

[Mick Dempsey]

I will never not love ferrets.

Those two look well cared for.

[Doug Tait]

16 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

 

But I would have done that with my 8" bar Makita saw from the start, bugger using a great big petrol topper for that type of job.

 

You're right. Up until recently I'd have used a Stihl 150 but I left the company, currently it's just whatever small jobs come along done with my own collection of equipment. Saw wise I'm a weekend warrior with a topper (not running) and a mid range groundsaw.

[Peter 1955]

48 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

 

 

But I would have done that with my 8" bar Makita saw from the start, bugger using a great big petrol topper for that type of job.

My son hired a MEWP for a topping job for a customer. It threw a wobbler, ( if you exceed the rotation limits, it cuts out, and strands you! ) so I got called in to assist. He asked to borrow my 12" battery Makita. I think he liked it. A lot. 😉 

[Stubby]

14 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I will never not love ferrets.

Those two look well cared for.

I had a polecat/ferret jill just like those two . Tremendous characters . 

Edited April 14, 2024 by Stubby

[Mick Dempsey]

I kept ferrets as a teenager, for rabbiting. 
A polecat called Conan and an albino called Danny (both cobs obvs)

Edited April 14, 2024 by Mick Dempsey

[roboted]

49 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I kept ferrets as a teenager, for rabbiting. 
A polecat called Conan and an albino called Danny (both cobs obvs)

My three, all Jill's, two polecat crosses and a pure white. Nib, Nob and Widdle.

Tremendous little characters and very good for getting  rid of my Ex's dinner guests before they could savage my Brandy

 

[peds]

3 minutes ago, roboted said:

Tremendous little characters and very good for getting  rid of my Ex's dinner guests before they could savage my Brandy

 

 

Were the guests rabbits?

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I kept ferrets as a teenager, for rabbiting. 
A polecat called Conan and an albino called Danny (both cobs obvs)

What sort of trousers did you keep them in Mick?

[sime42]

 

[Mick Dempsey]

They were kept in large and luxurious hutches in a stable. They often had the run of the stable floor with drainpipes and the like for their pleasure. 
Occasionally when I caught a live mouse I’d put it on the floor and watch as they got scent of it and hunted it in a type of early 70s ‘Hunger Games’ 

Sometimes the mouse got under the stable door and escaped, sometimes he didn’t …

I now regret this and feel sure I will in some way be replacing the mouse in some future karmic scenario.