Simon Mayo today.

[Scottie]

Listen to him on iPlayer around 19 mins. There is an Arboiculturist on and let me know what you think.

 

BBC iPlayer - Simon Mayo Drivetime: 12/05/2011

[Scottie]

So what is the difference between a tree surgeon and a arborist?

[RobArb]

not getting half of a 60ft lombardy pop dropped on you at the side of the road!

[HGBMX]

not getting half of a 60ft lombardy pop dropped on you at the side of the road!

 

i was just thinking that!!!! who is he, Wolverine?!

[Johny Walker]

[Paul Barton]

Ian's a very good chap who really knows his onions. I thought his comments were on the whole very good - the comments about his mishaps and the Poplar would probably have been better left unsaid as they appeared to undo the good comments.

[sean]

Ian's a very good chap who really knows his onions. I thought his comments were on the whole very good - the comments about his mishaps and the Poplar would probably have been better left unsaid as they appeared to undo the good comments.

 

Why should he have left his mishaps unsaid?.....he's being honest. Nowt wrong with that.

[Paul Barton]

Why should he have left his mishaps unsaid?.....he's being honest. Nowt wrong with that.

 

That's true. I guess it just seemed a bit funny talking about how non-arbs wielding chainsaws skew the statistics about H&S in our industry, but then saying that as a seasoned professional he had had multiple incidents.

 

You're right - no point in hiding the truth. Is arb inherently dangerous though? Are you really 'lucky' if you have a career without an incident?

 

Damn, I am on a track I didn't mean to be on now. As I previously said, I thought Ian's comments were very succinct and informative.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

he made a bit of a hash of it, it ended up contradicting himself, saying that untrained guys dont do a pucka job, and then admitting he himself has been in hospital a few times, even involved in a dual carriageway side disaster!

 

so wh\t the listening is now wondering is, so wether we pay a cheap noddy or an expensive pro, they all have **** hitting the proverbial fan.

[sean]

That's true.

 

You're right - no point in hiding the truth. Is arb inherently dangerous though? Are you really 'lucky' if you have a career without an incident?

 

 

I think you are lucky to go through your career without an incident......purely because however competent, careful, experienced you are, you can be 'unlucky' and through no fault of your own have a mishap..... a slip, a snapout.....just sheer bad luck......and it happens.