Rich Rule

Steve, fair enough. BUT, I am not too keen on assumptions being made about me from someone who has never met me (to my knowledge) from someone who is reluctant to even tell us who he is or his experience. Someone, who also doesn’t recognise a tongue in cheek comment and then when asked politely to explain he comes back with snarky comments, on more than one occasion. I tried politely to ask but it must have fallen on deaf ears, or for some reason refuses to respond. Simple as that, as you know, I am a pretty straight forward, no nonsense kind of guy who like a laugh. Unfortunately, it is lost on some people as it doesn’t transcend high enough to get to them on their high horse.

@adw Well, please fill in the gaps. It would be great to know. Are you in the training side or the practical side or Arb? Genuinely interested. I am not hiding anything, the name I post under is my real name. Not hard to look up. I personally believe that better training will make someone a better user. Combined with experience and a heavy dose of awareness. A sticker is a compliance issue. Things get scratched loading into and out of the truck, just because it has partly been torn doesn’t mean the user suddenly becomes a useless operator and dangerous. Yet, if a chain break is so clogged with crap due to lack of maintenance and it doesn’t engage easily, that is and could be obviously seen as a dangerous situation. Slightly different to a damaged sticker.

Oh. I see. To Assume makes and Ass of U and Me. No, my point was having a sticker or not, doesn’t make you a better handler of the saw. It was a tongue in cheek comment, but I guess that was lost on you. Having had a HSE inspector turn up on site on more than one occasion. The only thing that they have found fault with was half of the sticker (on a well used, but perfectly functional MS 441 ) had been scratched off. Basically, a jobsworth who didn’t have anything else to do but moan about half a missing sticker. Is that how you would describe yourself? As that is what is coming over from your reply. I could be wrong as I don’t know you, likewise you don’t know me, so again, don’t assume you do from a tongue in cheek comment.

Duplicate post.

How do you come to the conclusion from that comment and relate it to lack of maintenance? Please explain or expand on what you mean. Thanks.

Because stickers make you so much more a better user of the saw.

Really sorry to hear this. Unfortunately Insurance companies are there for 2 reasons. Legal Requirements Making their share holders happy. It seems to be the first thing an insurance company will do is find a way to get out of the payment.

IMG_3854.MP4

Nice bit of wood there. Did you get a bit excited over one of the pieces? 😂

Give Aaron a shout mate. He has done shit loads of COBRA Bracing. Pretty easy to do.

About 5c here so put the fire on. Nice bit of spruce to get embers quick and then a lump of Ash and a lump of Oak. Seasoned for a year, nearly two. Bloody hot now though. I think I need to open a door or two. IMG_3846.MOV

Both could work. Maybe just try and keep your body more upright using your core. Use the legs more and less on the arms. Keep your legs under your butt and imagine you are pedalling a bike backwards.

@Rhyanna96 In 12 years as a freelance contract climber in the Uk, I never had a written contract with any company. Sure, we discussed what was expected and how I would be recompensed but it was never written down. Only had one guy in all that time knock me for 3 days work. Usually I would be paid by the next week. Some on the day, a few took longer to pay, that is where a good dialogue come in: some small companies have cash flow issues. Talk to them, if they are a good firm they should be open and you can discuss alternate payment terms. Also, I would consider not using the term Subby. This has been done to death on here and can lead to issues later on. Are you really a Bonafide Sub contractor? Or a freelance employee? I think you fall into the latter. Government SE websites can help you determine the exact status of your employment. I realise some companies have more kit than others. Smaller companies might be well equipped or not. It is up to you to find a good group of companies to fill your working week. Once you do and have a decent working relationship then go the extra mile for them, hopefully they will reciprocate. Might take a few years but eventually you will work out who to avoid and who to put their names in your diary. Don’t mean this to come across as rude but one of your previous comments irked me a bit. Speaking of humility, no one likes a smart arse. Telling someone far more experienced that they are doing stuff wrong isn’t really going to win friends and influence people. At the end of the day it is their company and you can make suggestions but really it is their choice how the job is done. Good luck with everything, it is all experience and even if someone is crap at their job, look at it as though at least you have learnt and seen how NOT to do a job. Again it is all experience. Edit: never burn your bridges, however much you disagree with someone or a company.

I think most manufactures here in Norway offer a 4WD version. I am seeing more and more electric and hybrid versions as well.

I would just be aware of main dealers. I used to have an Impreza back in the day, UK spec. A few mates had the Jap imports, main dealers wouldn’t touch them. They had a few troubles getting parts, but this was in the early 2000’s. eBay and the internet in general are a lot better these days for choice. One of the main problem, again 21 years ago. The Octane rating in Japan was 98 whereas the Uk was 97. It could have been the other way round, I forget. This caused lots of problems with injectors and engine faults, which again the main dealers wouldn’t touch. Especially with some of the highly tuned Scoobies. This may have changed now but worth looking into. It looks a nice car.

What was that trend a few years ago, Lion shit from the zoo to spread on the areas where the cats cack. Cat won’t crap there as a bigger cat has already been. Or did I dream it?

How do you make a prostitutes toes curl? Bang her with her tights on!

Depends how you definite the martial arts I guess: Taekwondo has some great kicking moves but as a fighting art it pales in comparison to others. Taekwondo is a sports. No punches to the head and mostly scored with kicks. Boxing is one of the oldest forms of pugilism. It definetly works as a form of self defence. As does Taekwondo, if the person is very good. Yes, it is more of a spectacle than boxing but I would argue far less effective. Plus it is stop start, stop start, stop start. Whereas, other forms of Martial Arts including boxing don’t stop as soon as contact is made. Neither does a street fight. The same comparison can be made from Judo and BJJ/JJ. Judo is a sport JJ is a fighting art. There are other forms of Martial Arts that were developed as a fighting warriors art that are also sports. Examples of this would be Muay Thai and Lethwei. The sports version hasn’t differed that much from the Art. Boxing gloves were introduced in stead of hemp rope in Muay Thai but Lethwei only has the introduction of the ring. They still fight bare knuckle and with head butts. Boxing is known as the sweet science. The art of hitting and not getting hit. Tyson fury is a master of that. Others may look more athletic but Tyson Fury is 6’9”, 277lb and just fought 11 rounds against one of the most dangerous punchers in recent times. He got out down twice, dropped his opponent 3 times and retained the HW belts. Then he busted out a Song whilst in the ring and serenaded the Vegas crowd. Far from one dimensional IMO.

I think it was just a figure of speech. There’s no need to shit kittens about it.

Everyone is entitled an opinion. BUT that right there, is proof that you know zero about boxing. Yes, you are missing a lot. 😁

I often wondered why. I do know that if I have a couple of shots, I will have a pounding headache and be as mobile as a dog with one paw the next day.

I visited many a distillery when I was a kid. My old man would take us fly fishing on the Scottish rivers. As it was a family holiday my dad and uncle would take the family out for a couple of days. Usually on the whiskey trail. There are a few bottles back at my old mans place. I have always had a kind of nostalgic, romance with single malts from the above mentioned trips. In reality, I get the worst hangover from even the smallest amounts. Which is strange as other spirits don’t have the same effect.