Mark J
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When contracting I will usually be the climber, so I get that wage and also the profit from the job. When it comes to more technical stuff it makes far more sense to me to pay someone to do the climbing in half the time it would take me, if indeed I was skilled enough to do it in the first place.
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Think twice before being a good Samaritan and pushing a Nissan Leaf for anyone, the swines weigh close to 2ton.
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That sucks mate, I hope you get a new thing sorted soon.
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Podocarpus Gracilier yellowing
Mark J replied to TCampbell's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Chlorosis WWW.RHS.ORG.UK Chlorosis, or yellowing, of the leaves of plants can have many different causes. In some cases it is a harmless part of the... -
Alan Moore nails it: “The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.” Global warming is a real thing too. We're utterly shafted as a species if we continue to carry on the way we do. I'll be alright but I do worry for my siblings' kids.
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Ian Lavery MP Don’t be fooled about the rising energy prices – in France, energy supply company EDF has had energy price rises on standing charges capped at just 4%, whereas here in the UK they have been capped at a rise of 54%. This cost of living crisis is not inevitable, but the result of political decisions made by this government.
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Lately there's been ads on here with sensible wages: £35-40K for a lead climber, I think that's fair rates. Minimum wage is £71.25 a day based on a 37.5 hour week; £100 a day PAYE is indeed good going for someone bereft of skills.
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I think that Eggs makes valid points and is right to state that £100 a day is a piss take.
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Valid points. I'm considering getting a job, after twenty odd years of doing my own thing, purely to have some time off from having to put up with myself as a boss.
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Putin tied Boris Johnson up in his own trousers | Stewart Lee | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Britain allowed Russian oligarchs to pay their way into the upper echelons of society, and is internationally despised for it
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If a climber rocks up with a full suite of saws, a decent winch, rigging kit, and the skills to use them, I think that £50 an hour is fair and profitable.
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I think my prices are reasonable. They're for subbing people in. I wouldn't pay a climber less than £200 for a job.
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Brash draggers 10 - 15 an hour. Groundie 15 - 30 an hour. Climber 30 - 40 an hour. Good climber/good groundie 50 + an hour.
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I lived in Prague for a while, they are beautiful people. I know a Polish fella who's a sound engineer, I know a Czech one too, a Czech one too, a Czech one too.
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It's not a myth, it's just pretty rare.
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If you have a large tree that is desiccating the soil at 3m below ground, the odds are that it's not going to fully rehydrate each year, in fact it's likely that there will be a persistent soil moisture deficit, especially in times of drought. So now you have a soil, that would usually swell up to 100%, but because of the tree, it ranges from say, 70% of its potential in summer to 90% of its potential in winter each year. That shrink/swell ratio will stay broadly the same when someone builds a house on the land. Fast forward fifty years, you fell the tree, the soil can now expand another 10%, back to its original size.
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In a normal year clay soils will shrink in the summer and expand in winter. The problem with heave arises when a property was built on soil which had a soil moisture deficit, often due to the proximity of a large thirsty tree. When/if that tree is removed, the soil swells up to full field capacity.
