Dean Lofthouse
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Everything posted by Dean Lofthouse
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I'll get one when the EA put it in simple terms as to whether or not we need one. If the EA reps say its a grey area how the hell do they expect us to understand it. Simplify !!!!
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For all those having a bad day fear not mine is worse
Dean Lofthouse replied to TREE-SURGEON-ESSEX's topic in General chat
Sounds like the dog needs putting down -
Police how many others have they got away with ? Not being funny but the more people shy away from reporting him the more confident he will become and more violent. He needs a few months behind bars with his wife behind bars in another nick. So what if he does threaten, he get more time if he does, he will be warned there is an injunction against him etc etc Get the fat walla locked up, if he just punched you it's ABH minimum and if he drew blood or broke skin GBH. I did 9 month for ABH, it taught me a valuable lesson
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Who is the oldest working climber on Arbtalk?
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in Climbers talk
It didn't get stuck Mark, it broke down before I got there -
Who is the oldest working climber on Arbtalk?
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in Climbers talk
Haha, I was only thinking about a thread like this today. I'm 46 and dont have any problems climbing and can keep my groundy busy, when I cant keep him busy then he can start climbing -
I must have done it wrong first time round Dooohhhhh !!! I'm now a 42.5
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Chris...I wouldn't expect a quick fix course, if there were a 1 or 2 year course that I could fit in with my work I would have done it. Every bat worker I have come across has been the same, guarded and secretive, if they guenuinely have a concern for bats they would be more open and willing to share info
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Thats easy to solve, if the customer thinks it's unskilled and easy as one did with me, I just told him I would hire him my gear if I could film him doing the job, because I'd probably earn another £200 sending the clip in
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I give them two prices, one if they want it doing quick ie £120 or I can do it for £60 if they wait till I'm passing with half a load Anyhow you should be paying them ta tek it down, yew's valuable wood dunt tha know and t'price a firewood now mi lad, it's gone thru t'roof
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Ladies ???
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Supposed to be a bit of fun Martyn, do you do fun
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Stevie, Rupe doesn't recruit moderators it's Steve Bullman that you need to be sweet talking mate
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Haha, I'm 4.3333333
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Its no good if you do the course then are stilled shunned by the local bat group. To be honest if it's just a basic bat awareness course it probably doesn't contain much more than you can learn yourself online, correct me if I'm wrong. I am left with a distrust of bat groups now, by being full of self importance they are doing themselves nor the bats any good
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I like to think I have a bit more knowledge about how a branch will behave with certain cuts and how to get a branch or tree to do what you want it to do or predict what it is going to do than your average tree cutter. But there are certainly many many people out there that can rig and climb much better than I I also probably take more calculated risks than many others or carry out unorthadox method shall we say, last week I looked at a monster Ash and thought yeh, that'll come over ok, bit balanced but a wedge will off balance it over. It ended up with a slight breeze holding the thing up, so I put a throw line in high up and pulled it over with the throw line, whilst everyone was shaking their heads at me in shame
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I like the last pic where the goundy is "I'm outa here!!" in the background
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Makes a change from the usual "Gay coming out" forums
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I'm getting a glut of calls asking for loads of unseasoned split wood for next year, I do it for £50 a cube as opposed to £70 a cube, so they get a lot more for their money and I keep selling logs year round instead of a mad rush come november Done four 2 cu/m loads this week
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Coooool Well done guy, nice stuff !!!! Mostly Lathe work ????
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I think it was, I had to borrow half of his kit for the climb
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I am a very average climber, but for 46 year old and 16st I reckon I can hold my own. If you want to put a measure on your abilities then enter a competition as I did at Leeds which Judge organised with the likes of Alistair (Alli) and the other lad which I can remember his name (used to work for Nod at the shows ?? with dreads )??, they flew round the tree !! All credit to Mr Bullman, he is a very fluid climber, very fast but keeps it safe and looking effortless ( and no I dont want to be a moderator Steve )
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cost ?
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You still want to be a moderator don't you Stevie
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I bet it was more "Hey, look at that old giffa climbing a tree mum"
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Decided to go with chain oil after all Put it all back together and I had taken upany play the was, so things were a bit tighter than I thought, so I mixed chain oil with drylube and it worked a treat Only thing I'm not happy with now is how when I put the four way adaptor on it blunts the single main knife. I had sharpened the main knife up like a razor, stuck the fourway on which slides over the main knife and it flattened the edge off after one stroke
