Tom D
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Please expand on your gun free land management theories, particularly how they relate to places like Scotland and New Zealand....
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He's in winter coat, I think they are darker up here than down south, I saw that Ray Mears program about Sailsbury Plain and noticed how light the roe there were, here they are a real foxy red in summer.
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ATec Maxim, not the quietest, but its light and doesn't add much length, its quiet enough to protect your ears which is what counts.
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Savage HMR and Walther barreled Sako 75 in 7mm08. I bought a side by side Baikal 12 bore the other day for £75 too..
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A friend told me of spending new year on lismore, a guy was showing off his whiskey knowledge, he handed a glass to one of the older islanders saying " this one is 25 years old" . "at 25 years old you'd think he'd be a little bigger" said the old man...
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Welcome, and don't for get to ring me up when I owe you money LOL. Might owe you some now actually but not sure...
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C.E.O. lol
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Result!
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I take it neat usually. However it is surprising how a few drops of water change the flavours. I mean a few drops though, its easy to drown it. Try adding just 4 or 5 drops to a glass, it will make a difference.
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A lot of people fall into the once bitten twice shy trap. Its worth persevering. Try Highland Park, which comes from orkney, its peaty but has a nice sweet note too from the sherry casks, a little like Jura which is more peaty, Lagavulin is very peaty, although the Lagavulin "quarter cask" is a bit more mellow if you can find it. all the above are reasonably priced....
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If its a copy its the best I've seen, why do you think its malaysian? It would be easy to tell in the flesh but from a picture it certainly fools me....
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I spent many happy hours shooting mice with one of those...
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Trust me on this: don't pay the tax man. Yet. All they do is send you letters and add a wee bit of interest, nothing scary, you could wait till the spring when work picks up...
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Jeez you guys are paying a lot, I can get a 60 tonner for £500 a day.
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For the reach that you will need it will be dear, better just rig it down and take a week over it.
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I have 25 ton of ash for sale just over the border...
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I'm probably getting one in the spring, I'll get a back like this: Landscapers Canopy on a Land Rover 110 D/cab | Aluminium Canopies|Hardtops | N & J Aluminium Linings Ltd I'm not sure about the 36"bar either.. My 110 hardtop, bought new in 2008 has been pretty much faultless, but its done 100k now and I am going to change it before the value really drops off.. I'd take one over a nissan any day..
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I'd buy some of the type 3 ones and some timber stack ones...
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Official Raffle Results 2012
Tom D replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Arbtalk Christmas Charity Raffle 2012
I have already organised the smock Steve, to save you the bother. Good effort BTW £7k is great! -
In Edinburgh the council respond saying that they would object to the proposed work, not that they are applying a TPO. So the real interesting thing would be what would happen if you then went ahead anyway. I know for a fact that councils find it expensive to apply TPO's and if a simple "no" letter will do they will not actually bother with the TPO.
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From HMRC, just fill out the Calculator posted earlier, if your 1 day a week groundie brings his own saws and vehicle to each job, and then you or your employees work under his direction, i.e. he calls the shots and tells everyone what to do then he is a subcontractor. If you tell him what to do and he uses your kit he is an employee. I use a guy for stump grinding, he brings everything he needs, and I just give him the address and the location of the stump. He is a subcontractor. I have another guy who comes in as a groundie, he invoices me for his labour, I supply everything else. He SHOULD be an employee, even though he isn't . Like the vast majority of tree firms I am not strictly towing the line.
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How much time you work is irrelevant, wether you are an employee is down to what, how, with who's tools, and under who's supervision. Use the calculator that someone posted earlier. In order to be truely self employed you really need to be working with your own kit and under your own direction for several different companies, if you make a mistake you will rectify it at your own or your insurers expense. Few "subbies" in the arb world fall into this category, only the serious and expert subby climbers who bring their own rigging kit for example. It is also worth noting that what the insurance industry classes as an employee is not necessarily the same as what HMRC does. You can hire a groundy only 1 day a week, if he uses your kit under your direction then he is still an employee.
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I do use a 6 wrap prussik on a spider when rigging occasionally... because it locks.
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I disagree. There are lots of much better hitches that do exactly the same thing, just better. Such as the one above. Same pull push climbing style, easier decending and branch walking, and no seizing.
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