Jason James Gairn
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Has Paradise mentioned his age? Did I miss it?
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check this guys safety gear out!
Jason James Gairn replied to Czlowiek Drzewo's topic in General chat
Never mind love my friend, look at her blatent disregard for health and safety. What a moron. -
Very funny thanks for the giggle. Cornish?
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check this guys safety gear out!
Jason James Gairn replied to Czlowiek Drzewo's topic in General chat
Because I didn't know what a moron looked like I typed it into google images. This is the first image. Imagine my suprise.
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nice avatar by the way
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I was and still am responding to this very precise comment about Paradise starting his career from an office background. There's no such thing as ageist in an indusry as physical as ours. I don't notice many 57 year olds starting acareer in football or mountaineering. I'm super happy your own groundie meets your expectations. He may well be an exception to the gradual physical decline of the human body.
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Oh and if you haven't already, read lots of similar posts on this forum.
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indeed I agree. How old are you `Paradise'?
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It can be a monotonous tough job at times. Professional brush rats have a particular mindset shall we say. In all weathers too. If you know what your letting yourself in for, and you still want to do it, then good luck. Start by applying to local companies and if they knock you back ask em what you should do to increase your chances. They may give you a tryout. In which case if your up to it, you'll be on your way. I wish you the best of luck. I'm not sure why anyone would want to be groundie, but then I wouldn't want to be a tree officer either.
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My blaze is uncomfortably narrow and has glazed quite a bit after the first use. It does handle nicely. Never used Tachyon.
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This one goes round and round, the groudie v's climber. I don't agree with the division. If two guys are equal in skills and motivation, then either can climb the tree. Thus equal pay. If one is more adaptable,i.e. he can climb as well as run a job from the ground, then he is payed more. Both jobs are important, Climbing has and edge on skill set. I've never heard of agroundsman earning more than £100.
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completely off topic I know but fun all the same. films in china... CHINA The Full Monty: Six Naked Pigs The Blair Witch Project: Night In The Cramped Forest As Good As It Gets: Mr Cat Poop Boogie Nights: His Great Device Makes Him Famous (Genius. Just genius) Leon: This Hit Man Is Not as Cold as He Thought Fargo: Mysterious Murder in Snowy Cream Austin Powers: Trump Card Big Liar Deep Impact: Earth And Comet Collide Knocked Up: One Night, Big Belly Nixon: The Big Liar Risky Business: Just Send Him To University Unqualified Free Willy: A Very Powerful Whale Runs To Heaven If you want to see more... http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/149738/50_movie_titles_that_got_lost_in_translation.html
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I translated that online and its....Glad Christmas and all the best to the new year! Then i translated to russian, then french then spanish and back to english like chinese whispers. This is how it came out.. The Christmas satisfies and quite better about the new year! No wonder there are so many wars
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What you need is a drink. hic.
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We were removing quite al ot of roadside trees to make way for a bus lane into chelmsford. A pollution and congestion cracking scheme. A woman climbed a scrubby laburnum and chained herself to it. She had a massive banner saying "save the trees". After a few hours she came down to go for a wee back at her house. We felled the tree while she was gone. The local press said she was an environmental protester and she had been chained to an ash tree. A few days later her banner was found with all the other litter by the side of the road. The only way she was green was that she didn't know what she was doing. One woman started shouting `rape!' on another job. A crowd gathered. she changed her shout to `tree rape!'. The crowd dispersed.
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You sound like a decent chap to work for. I think £150 a day for 10 hours should be standard for an experienced and hard working climber. Obviously if your not getting climbing work in then it's differcult to justify the amount, as in Mr Ed's case, but if your mainly doing climber based work, then this should be the starting point.
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How/why did you get into treework?
Jason James Gairn replied to Andy Collins's topic in General chat
I was a rock climber from an early age I guess, I'd been riding motocross for a while. I wanted to be a stunt man in the movies. I was advised (incorrectly) by the careers office that this was an impossible dream. I said whats the next dangerous thing i could do other than the armed forces (trouble with authority and being told what to do). Tree surgery she said. That was in 1981. -
Couldn't agree more. Vanity will make you do foolish things. "Grow up and eat your greens". As I say to my nine year old son.
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I think the craftsmanship is amazing. There are a quite a few very talented carvers out there for sure. But I can't understand why the subjects are nearly the same style. Animals, Folk lore and magic seems to be the only aesthetic. I'd like to see some original shapes and ideas. despite my criticism, this is still an out standing piece of work. i couldn't do it.
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I've seen but not used radio controlled stop go boards. Anyone know anything about these too?
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I think backpack blowers are great fun. I've used one on ice, in a row boat for propulsion. Heres one I'd not seen before. Anyone else got any imaginative uses for these tools? [ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GzJqjhg8n5I[/ame]
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check this guys safety gear out!
Jason James Gairn replied to Czlowiek Drzewo's topic in General chat
Was his groundie called `crash'? Cool. The vid operator is called burn. Looks like they were having fun. For all we know the guy up the tree is deaf and his doctor gave him a week to live. He's just ticking off all the things he wants to do before he dies. I imagine he has on his list having a shower with two cheer leaders and smoking a blunt with Dr Dre. (actually that's my list, I was just projecting) -
Works like the hairspray I think. Graham, what's the story of your avatar?
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hairspray. or have it containerised and soften it off slowly by bringing it in to the house via a shed or consevatory with no heating. Same can be said for ones that are cut. or as I said Hairspray.
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Don't be disheartened, I'm sure you can revive this thread with something less random, sorry was that off topic it is hard to tell.
