Kev Stephenson

I did my certs there too, a few years ago now and they have expanded there classroom facilities since. Very good well recommended place.

£2k might not have been a bad offer then......

Get on autotrader or other car sales sites/magazines and print off a number of replacements that are the same age/milage/condition within reason and send these to your insurer. This is proof of what they are worth (ish) and should be honoured by the company.

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100... If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this... The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay £1. The sixth would pay £3. The seventh would pay £7.. The eighth would pay £12. The ninth would pay £18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay £59. So, that's what they decided to do.. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve ball. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by £20". Drinks for the ten men would now cost just £80. The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men? The paying customers? How could they divide the £20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share? They realized that £20 divided by six is £3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using, and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay. And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving). The sixth now paid £2 instead of £3 (33% saving). The seventh now paid £5 instead of £7 (28% saving). The eighth now paid £9 instead of £12 (25% saving). The ninth now paid £14 instead of £18 (22% saving). The tenth now paid £49 instead of £59 (16% saving). Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a pound out of the £20 saving," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, "but he got £10!" "Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a pound too. It's unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!" "That's true!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get £10 back, when I got only £2? The wealthy get all the breaks!" "Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison, "we didn't get anything at all. This new system exploits the poor!" The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill! And that, boys and girls, journalists and government ministers, is how our tax system works. The people who already pay the highest taxes will naturally get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

Like I said, you won't gag for air, your lungs don't have the signal to breath so just don't bother. The high will be adrenaline, your lungs shut down but your bum hole will be doing 5p, 50p, dustbin lid!!!

Dean, You are thinking of NO (nitrogen oxide) or laughing gas, it will put the animal to sleep before starving it's brain of oxygen. Drowning is the removal of breathable air, so putting an animal in a nitrogen atmosphere has the same effect as submerging in water. It is the same principle as the hosepipe through the car window only quicker. The brain works by telling the lungs to exhale when there is a set level of carbon dioxide in them, if you breath pure nitrogen there will be no CO2 so no natural reaction to breath out and you suffocate. I would agree the best option is to shoot it if you know what your doing but a poorly placed shot would wound the animal and could cause a lot of suffering while the gun is reloaded.

They suggest taking it to the vet for a humain injection. They seem to forget it is illegal to transport greys so I don't know how you get it to the vets. I think it would have suffered the same if the man in question blundered whacking it on the head or didn't know what to do with an air rifle for example. He knew he had to kill it by law so did what he thought was best.

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Send a PM to Yorkshireman, he will be able to tell you all you need to know Kevin

As in your other thread, where in Huddersfield? I have a yard in HD9 if thats any use

Thats like going to burger king and asking if there is a big mac and chips available.

Yes, had a few toys in my time 2wd cossie Turbo technics 205 which ran 11 second 1/4 miles. Did about 6mpg £200 track beast 200bhp and less than 900kg in this one

This is one of my past scoobies

Track days are fun. This was just an airstrip session, £20 for the full day do what you like. Used to go with 3 sets of wheels and drive it sideways until I had no more tyres left.

There are seatbelts in land rovers...you learn something new every day:sneaky2:

you don't need weights, you could lift logs and they have cost you nothing. I don't think you can get away with claiming lunch either, you can't do that if employed. I was told that you can claim for everything you buy that you would not have bought if employed by someone else doing the same job. You would be supplied with PPE, saws, fuel, a van full of fuel, etc. You would not be given your lunch, a set of weights for home or a gym membership so they can't be claimed for. Private medical is a difficult one, you need to prove that using the NHS isn't good enough as in most companies private medical insurance is a taxable benefit.

You might be better asking if you can use someones tipping site to dispose of waste you are being paid to dispose of rather then make out someone should be grateful to take the stuff. IMHO of course

Save the letters Dean, when you really feel like packing the whole show in then just have a read through the file, like you say it's the little things.

With the speed I climb I would miss her 4th birthday (next April !!)

You up with a stand this year or just visiting?

Would do Bob but I have a 3 year old to look after. Plus I only climb when paid to do so

I will be going on the wednesday, take my little one there as she loves all the tractors etc.

If you have the available time then £20 a time is OK, if it means passing up tree work which could earn you more then £20 isn't enough.

I would use it if the price made it worth while or even came close. Over there how does it compare price wise to pump unleaded?

occasionally a bit of this