Jason James Gairn

Your in luck as the stopper and the buster are one in the same. Many paths lead to his hovel but only one eye sees all. Left is good but down is better, take the maiden to Valhalla and back.

Yes. Holy gloop! I'd forgotten about that. Give me 20 pines any day over that. What kind of person would retain that kind of thing? I think I probably wouldn't have even bothered on the basis of mental stability. 0% for Mr. Gairn that week.

Addresses are for the blue meanies. As everyone knows. Toot Toot!!

A while back Ron Asheton died. The name is probably unfamiliar to all but the most observant music fans, but Ron's guitar noise was inspiration for so many guitarists it would take far too long to name, he invented punk rock guitar back in 1967. A guitar noise that makes the heaviest rock band seem like the Nolan sisters. He was the instrument of power in the Stooges, who were and are by far, my most favorite band. It would be wrong for me to not mention his passing at every opportunity, including this one. heres a bit. [ame] [/ame]

Your one of the worse spellers on here Kev. Apart from me that is. Spell chek does it every time eh? Even though it's in American Inglish. Color, tires etc. Oh and what was that Ficus reference Tony?

This thread gives me shivers. Taking me back to jam jars of twigs in cold lecture rooms. You should try the turf ID! 20 different grass species. College is nuts!

I was aghast when i saw one of my heroes demeaning himself for money and butter. But then i thought about his contrarian ways and thought Anarchy Johnny! The boy just does what ever he likes, and butter is fairly harmless in the right hands (Not Marlon Brando's obviously). Then i saw my absolute hero do this and realised we need to buy More back catalogue units to keep them from the bread line. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYnydYrZPp8[/ame] What ever next? Ian Brady doing pampers? Amy Whine house for Stella?

I'm only here for the free grub and beer.

Don't we owe it to our selves to use the most advanced systems we can afford? To resist the hitch climber etc is a foolish defiance for defiance sake. Hemp rope on closed system? Now were talking. I saw an older guy challenging Chris Cooper-abs at the AA show a few years back, " you dont need all that rubbish". The retort from Chris was superb and the old chap went away to rethink his life.

thought I was the peanut gallery?

Typical pile of religious puke! A time to kill, a time to hate, a time for war? he has made it beautiful in it's time? What utter rubbish. A time to refrain from embracing? This is classical mentalist claptrap. I find it offensive on every possible level. I am offended. That doesn't happen often I can tell you.

The only one from the roses to have maintained any integrity or credibility. The simian monkey god.

Robert Smith is a great song writer, brilliant guitarist. The cure like all artists have their highs and lows, thats art for you. As far as fame and Led Zeppelin, Fred west is more famous than my wife but my wife doesn't dream of being a serial killer. Theres very little value in fame per say, and only people outside the business would ever attach so much importance to that or the vast fortune pop starts can amass, I like to think both bands had More integrity. The Cure are a great band with a very respectable back catalogue. The Zep also a fine band, but without the lyrical variety.

All depends on the focal length of the lens used consequently, guesses based on photographs will always have greater amount of pot luck involved. I can guess the height of a tree to within 2 feet in a real situation, but I've been 3 to 4 feet out on the photographs. A 50mm lens on 35mm, will give a tru representation of the subject, but lower focal lengths will expand the observed perspective, eg. POV cameras make the tree look very tall, but longer telephoto lenses compress the perspective creating shorter distances. I've been away.

Magners make strongbow I think anyway. No just checked, it's bulmers

1080! Ils and pils snakebite the cornerstone of any fight between skinheads in a west country pub in the 80's. Used to like merrydown silver.

Encyclopedia surely? Either way it would have to be 27 miles thick to compete with the wik.

It seems that there are as many definitions of "tree surgeon" as there are posters. I think anyone taking part in tree surgery is a tree surgeon. There is of course bad tree surgery done by bad tree surgeons, good tree surgery carried out by good tree surgeons. NPTC qualified tree surgeons, experienced tree surgeons, fat ones thin ones and ones who cant spell. The argument about NPTC units is ridiculous, as anyone over 35 will tell you. I was a tree surgeon for 15 years before I took my first one. Previous to this I wasn't a cowboy, I wasn't incompetent. Are countries outside of the remit of NPTC devoid of tree surgeons? No. Considering how easy NPTC units are, I think they serve little purpose in defining anything other than NPTC qualified. A good tree surgeon is someone who has an understanding of why, shed loads of how and is mindful of the ifs. Their attitude to their work and the quality of the work itself is all that really matters. An arborist? kettle, fish. another.

All strength to you and your bones mate. What are you going to do with your time as ironside? [ame] [/ame]

A house that's round. A round house. What does it all mean?

Indeed. I made a Documentory with these guys last year. They do this in trees as well as on the side of buildings. [ame] [/ame]

So it's more of a placement than a Job? I hope he can find a job after the training has come to an end. Maybe you'll be doing that yourself? I obviously got the wrong end of the stick.

There's no need for minimum wage for the self employed as I am. Not earnt anything since November!. We are self employed and as such the potential earnings can be massive. Plus all the other reasons we do it. The minimum wage is very low and it's there to protect people from unscrupulous employers. If a business has to employ the cheapest labour it can find, then it's not a viable business and should fold. I have know Idea what BBB's motives are for employing someone for so little money. I like to think our boy only works 5 hours a day, or gets a ton of logs each week or can take the firms quad home on the weekend etc etc. The moment has passed for me to set up as an employer, but i am confident that I would pay the top going rate to anyone who worked for me, they'd have been the best around at what they do and they'd have a good idea of their worth. Italian workers are cheaper!!!!

That was a Father teaching his son important lessons about the value of hard graft. I'd expect that from all Dad's. I'm just concerned that this chap is not being taken advantage of. He's working below minimum wage by the sounds of it. He's either not that valuable an employee, thus £30 is a fair wage, or he's Average or great, in which case why is he not getting average or great money? You pay peanuts you get monkeys? Plus he's paid for his own PPE. Last time this happened they were Polish workers and everyone complained they were taking jobs away from UK workers. maybe and it's very possible I've missed something here. I'm sure I'll be put right by one and all, but this smells fishy.