Andy Collins

Is there something wrong with being blonde and from Essex?

Not in my book!!

Bollux .......... just eaten a bowl of corn flakes

didnt you want to see them again????

Yeah what steve said, its just about having the confidence once you get moving, and being a groundie, I lack that confidence too, thats y I let others do the serious climbing,

anyone got an idea for making a telescopic pole/hook for hangers? i need one and dont want to buy one for silly money. there must be a cheap alternative?

use a throw-line?

he knows I'll only take on the job if it goes thru the correct channels, I made that clear!! I know what you're saying mate. I know several cantakerous farmers too! One threatened to shoot me once for fornicating in the corn

I'm thinking he may be confused. I checked this out today, and he is definitely wrong.

Good to see a good turn out for the lads from the Vikings (Royal Anglians) in the local towns, on their return from Afghanistan, restores your faith in humanity!!

My thoughts exactly!! But there is just a chance, remote as it may seem, that he is correct, hence the thread.

I was approached by a farmer, who has an oak that he wants to remove within a conservation area. I told him of the conservation area regulations, but he says that as a farmer, he has the right to remove any tree up to 1foot dbh. I havent heard of this before, and recommended that he still contacts the council for approval, prior to its removal. All I want to know, for future reference, is whether he is right?

I know in the old days farmers de-nuded the landscape of anything that got in the way of their machinery, in the quest for bigger yields.

The way I see it, gradually spiralled downhill, married a wrong 'un, spent money they hadnt got, and certainly couldnt hope to earn. Now they cant pay the bills, the kids are suffering, upset. its so sad to see this happen to someone who was so full of life and ambition, now to lose everything. I feel bad cos I have what I need and wish I could help them, but at the end of the day I didnt make their "luck", they did. But the kids will be the real losers in all of this.

How far would you go to help out one of your best friends. One of mine is in deep doo-doo, financially, emotionally, and is about to lose their home. I am in no position to bail them out, I dont have the space for them to move in, and on the emotional front, well lets just say I'm no psychologist. But I do want to give them the support they need, I just feel totally powerless to help.

women can be sooooo touchy!!

Can't we have an Arbtalk Lounge at the shows next year with nice big sofa's and maybe a big Plasma screen????

And a Bar!!

Welcome everybody!!

oops not that little one, but they do a range of 4 sizes, tho the 760 isnt listed, there is a 960

here ya go treebogan http://www.duecker.de/index.php?id=95 think this may be the one you're looking for.

Looks like it would be even more drafty than a Land Rover too!

I wouldnt go that far mate!! and why are the cabs so cramped up!! i hardly fit in them!

But Miss Dagmar, its Pig Ugly!!!

This isn't something that all of you do???

Not really MB, it is a bit of a separate skill, tho if the market were there I may consider learning how to do it.

Nice one kev, gonna post the before and after pics???

I should be getting another 70 15-20footers to plant beginning of Dec.

Arrrrrgggghhhh G-wagen!! Horrendously over-priced spares on those, just cos they carry the Merc badge!! Best avoided unless you have plenty £££ to throw away!!

Wow quickthorn, they look good. How much does it cost to do, do you price it by the metre, and how far will you travel??? I may have just the client for a nice bit o'laying!!

Hi BigA, Stowmarket just off the a14..5 mins from Stevebullman we found out yesterday.Seems to be a few of us in Suffolk.

Welcome anyway cerne, more the merrier!! close enough for a beer too!!

mmm maybe but i would still feel a bit of a nob when having a pint after work in my new red shoes!

Does beg the question as to how many nobs you normally feel when having a pint after work in normal shoes!!

Well stop it. You're a married man!

But of course, what makes you think I didnt mean my wife???