skyhuck
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Even if he cheated ??
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You work the best hours of the day, the best days of the week and the best years of your life, having uncomfortable feet for all that time would not suit me.
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I had no idea it was so useful!!! I need to look into this new fangled stuff
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Why????????????????
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Personally I love my Hiax Protector Pro's, they keep my feet warm, dry and reasonably safe. They take no breaking in, they are like slippers straight from the box. I get 12 months from a pair, so although I think they are expensive I begrudgingly pay the price.
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Yes but its till a loaded question, it would not be acceptable as a referendum question, as it is suggesting the correct answer and asking your audience to agree with you, rather than decide for themselves.
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Well I apear to have managed to shed a little over half a stone, I have been trying to follow the reducing calories to 500/600 for 2 days a week that was in the vid on the Ramadan thread, I don't think I managed it completely, but have reduced my intake considerably. I am also in training for a 3 day 78 mile sponsored walk, so am walking 10 to 20 miles each weekend. I'm currently a little over 13stone, my target is 12.5 stone.
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:congrats:
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Fair does Thats obviously why all those trees I have topped have done so well There was me feeling bad about it, when in reality I was doing the tree a favour
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The tour has always been known for bullying and taking gear, I have heard that Lance was one of the worst bullies and I think most think he was defiantly not "O natural":sneaky2:
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You could say that about most safety tests, but it shows what a saw can do to a steel core, which is pretty much the whole point of the video.
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They will not have taken the full load, just a little more than the rope. A bit like you and your mate being chased by a lion, you don't need to out run the lion.......just your mate
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Very true, but its difficult to know how successful that will be, you are also reducing the trees ability to feed with the reduction, so adding to its problems. I think we have all gone to failed Beech that had been reduced in an effort to save them. As you say its not black and white and the consequences of making the wrong call can be huge.
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The problem is that these roots may not be "functioning" in the feeding of the tree, but are important for holding the tree upright, which is why a Beech that appears healthy with a full crown will fail in only light wind.
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I think thats just US saws.
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I agree Tom, I was loaned one and really liked it!!!! Back to Marks original question, the stihl spout will fit in the fuel tank, but its a pretty tight fit, which can lead to it getting stuck and some spillage IME.
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I just ask people to move their cars, never had a problem.
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Do you believe in Destiny? was we born with an agenda?
skyhuck replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
I got into tree work because we were cold and poor. I started felling dead Elms for fire wood, we could not afford gas. -
No fire???
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This is where I really don't get about "tree care" people, 99.09% of trees need no help from us, they would be far happier left alone. They are tough and cope remarkably well with our hacking, but I feel sure if they were in the position to top us working on them they would!!, but they can't. Your kidding yourselves if pretend your helping the tree At least I'm honest, I am a service provider, I cut trees to help my client, I do my very best to keep the damage to the tree to a minimum, but I don't kid myself I'm "helping the tree" I like trees, but I don't feel great love for each one, they are plants, if I felt the way about trees that many of you claim to feel I would find another job, I would be very depressed spending my days cutting lumps off and felling things I loved
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My grandfather used mix coal dust with cement to make bricks and burn them. But I'm not sure that its particularly environmentally friendly to burn cement?
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This is the thing, I'm not, never have been, I run a "tree services" company. I'm not a doctor who has taken the "Hippocratic oath" to do no harm. The thing that gets me is you "tree care" guys will happily decide which trees are fit to be killed and which you won't, I really don't think "health care" professionals look at there patients and decide who are fit to live and who are not. I think young trees are more of a loss than old knacker ones, but thats just me. As for the "collective" business, how many of you guys who feel this "collective responsibility" offer your services free when working on trees in your local environment???
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Beat me too.
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Well my lad has just started for me as an apprentice and the paper work clearly states that MW from 16 to 24 is £2.50 ish, going up to £2.65 in October I think.
