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skyhuck

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  1. This is the voice of someone who will never be wealthy, its not about what you can afford, its about avoiding needless expense.
  2. The idea that right and wrong can be taught is utter cobblers, IMO, sure as a child this guidance is help full, but its not long term. We learn from experience, we know how it feels to be treated badly and if we are any kind of decent person we endeavour to treat others as we would wish to be treated. Not to avoid punishment or achieve some reward. As others have said, most of us know people from good homes who turned out bad and vies versa.
  3. The invention of god is one of the highlights of mans nastiness, IMO. The idea that an all powerful creator would make a wasp thats whole life cycle relies on the use of a child's eyes, leaving it blind, yeah right The fact that the evils of nature are simply happenstance are it redeeming feature, IMO.
  4. Yes it is. You cannot transfer a plate from ANY vehicle without MOT.
  5. I don't understand why you would even want to run a business through two accounts? When I had two personal accounts I payed all my business income into one account and made all business payments from that account. I transferred my "drawings" into the other account and ran my personal finances from this account. So one account for business and one for personal.
  6. Running a business through two bank accounts sounds pretty dodgy
  7. I ran my business from a personal account for years, I only opened a business account when I went Ltd.
  8. Same here, but new customers are now charged:thumbdown:
  9. skyhuck

    Sharpening

    I have never worked with a pro who does this.
  10. skyhuck

    Sharpening

    How you supposed to do all that with a blunt saw???
  11. There will be some small element of this, but IMO wear to the underside of the chain and the bar are by far the biggest cause of slack.
  12. You should not tighten a chain because of expansion, this as above this will cause damage once it cools. When people talk about chain stretch they are talking about a permanent thing, not the transient state of expansion. The term "stretch" is used because that how it appears, just as we think an apple falls from a tree, when in actual fact the apple remains still and the ground rushes up to meet it. Obviously people are free to use what ever term makes them happy I simply find it irritating.
  13. Metal expands when hot and contracts when cold, do you have much experience with chain saws?
  14. Are you saying I'm wrong? Have you ever cut dirty timber and found that suddenly your chain is real slack? Is it not the abrasion that speeds up the "wear"? If chains stretched how do they still locate in the sprocket?
  15. Its important not to over tighten a hot chain, as it cools it can bend the crankshaft or destroy the nose of the bar. I really hate people saying chains "stretch" they don't, the underside of the chain wears, as does bar, this causes slack.
  16. Blair wanted us to join the Euro, yeah right that would have been smart:001_rolleyes: He is hated by a huge portion of the population I think if anything he will do the remoaners more harm than good. He and Alistair Campbell were a disgrace, their war on the press that did not toe the line, was very much like Trump and Co today, they were much slicker, but very much the same, mind they much less real cause to complain.
  17. How are you defining this? Do you mean the trees no long look the way you like? no longer look natural? Some of, if not all of the oldest trees we have in this country were "topped" at some point in the distant past, if this has prolonged their lives how can it be deemed as "not good for trees"?
  18. Yes, we have already had the Uber case. The thing these case don't take into account is the fact that they being paid more as self-employed. The same muppets that bring these cases will be the first to moan when as an employee they have less in their pockets
  19. https://www.ft.com/content/259618fe-ef87-11e6-ba01-119a44939bb6
  20. Recent court case is making this a bit of a bum twitcher now
  21. I disagree! Any one running any business without insurance is a moron!! IMO and far from professional. You are leaving yourself and your customers open to loosing out on a scale thats difficult to even contemplate.
  22. I have heard this from all 4 of my children over the years, my answer has aways been the same " life ain't fair, the sooner you accept that the happier you will be"
  23. They say your first heart attack is a warning, if you follow your doctors advice you should have many, many years ahead of you. Wishing you all the very best
  24. Yes, reading a thread became like trying to wade through treacle, IMHO.

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