Jason James Gairn

He would never go for a job in London of course as most large street trees are the accursed things. Nice to climb an all, but it's like being CS gassed when you work on them. Even in winter those balls are nasty.

Hey Andrew. I have down loaded two of Russel's papers and have read one of them so far. I think I have the thrust of his ideas and have heard them before in slightly different terms. Very interesting and I'm sure very seductive. All is well until he suggests that the self exists outside of oneself and by doing so is then able to shoe horn god into the theory. Why when confronted with questions of such importance or magnitude do people fall upon this poor explanation? what's wrong with not knowing? I am a Militant Atheist Andrew, I do not believe in the irrational or superstitious. But Iam a fan of meditation esoteric science eastern mysticism and science fiction. I am a firm believer in the ever changing scientific model of existence and eventually I know all this hocus pocus delusional religion will be answered with science. That said all such things are enormously entertaining and interesting, and for that i thank you for your book list and links to these papers. i will in time read them. but as you must appreciate, this forum does not operate on such atime scale. We must have a chat sometime about the mag and stuff. I used to write for the first incarnation. laters dude.

Any lack of professional bureaucracy in the industry is made up for in the paranoid boarder paperwork required to get into the country.

I'm not up to date with the nose obviously because th erecord was broken baqck in july for the speed up in a team...2hours 43 mins. Thats staggering!! I've spent longer walking a km back from the pub. or indeed on some 400 ft climbs at cheddar. Cant find dosage anywhere on the utube I'll have to try ebay or amazon. 2 hours 43 mins!!

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Brilliant insight. I can see your having a blast in your chosen career. Good attitude man. Personally height is irrelevant, as its the situation that dictates the risk. I've been bricking it 20 ft up because of the situation and quite happy sitting in nothing but my shorts at 100ft. on rock this is even more exaggerated. disco leg also called sewing machine leg. The fear..

Is it true you have to take a dump up those pylons if your caught short?

I used to use a Jappa firewood harvester, for long periods of time (seemed like years in siberia) and the dust would kick up in the wind and make me quite cross. I used profanity. Not much seasoned ash just loads of hornbeam and birch. Our lives are full of sawdust, it gets into everything. Thats what back pack blowers are for, straight after a long chog to the ground.

Did you have guidance from the ground on those oaks?

Oh sorry I took the trouble to do alittle reduction on your pic. Hope that's ok.

Did those conifers while you were there too I see.

The production on reefs tracks is always quite honest, not too many guitar overdubs, which in turn allows the instruments to breath. Its open and that track in particular is funky town! The English take on the American sound is also interesting. Pearl jam on the other hand couldn't write very well and had to dress it up in American macho posturing and a rhythm guitarist as well. Loads of over dubs and grunge aesthetics to market them. Sorry Mr Ed, not a fan. I liked Nirvana, Mudhoney and green river from the same period though. Oh and smashing pumpkins had some tunes.

Thanks man. Gonna put some reef on right now . What a great rock n roll band they were.

QUOTE] Here is a bit of science for you from............ Marian Stamp Dawkins [/b] My good friend Ruth is one of her assistants. Coincidence or divine egyptian pagan mythology time travel?

Hello Andrew. It is simply not true that the scientific community is aligning itself with religion. Quite the opposite is true. I'm on my second read of `The god Delusion' (sic) at the moment and have just tread the chapter concerning religion and scientists. The research shows that there is an inverse correlation between religious belief and intelligence. Quantum scientists are just that , scientists. Science and religion are opposites. there are a few who have been able to mix the two but not to any great degree and certainly not in a convincing way. 2012 is old hat Andrew. I spent some time in the Yucatan studying the 2012 Mayan cult. I have a cosmic butterfly in my mind too. If its Jose Aguilles or Carlos Castaneda you look to then come September 2012 we should have a party. (Personaly it's Carl Sagan and Douglas Adams) Esoteric science is still science. It's just horrendously difficult to understand. A shrug of the shoulders and saying oh that must be religious will not do. Either way, dogs do not love. I love; and I ill not have it's beauty, grace, gravity or depth sullied with such superstitious anthropomorphic ignorance. This has all got pretty heavy hasn't it? I kind of like it that way. Someone tell a joke or dare I say it a shaggy dog story. heh heh

Its the chipper out. got it. All a bit close up and personal in that photo isn't it. Or is it the long lens, compressing perspective?

I guess i dont use saw benches much. I do quite a bit of elm removals from the hedgerows of essex and the dust from chipping big lumps of elm is nuts. Sometimes we lose contact with the chipper in the brown cloud. Personally i run away swearing. never heard that about ash before.

Yes look at the armed forces (under orders) attacking people unprovoked in Afganistan and Iraq. thousands and thousands of children killed by allied ordinance. No poppies for them either. Golly the world is a mess. We need super heroes in capes.

Yes. `Boot' a bearded collie poodle cross. Had a Lurcher `Dredd' too when I used to hunt. I tak em as i find em, but never trust em.

What's making that huge amount of debris across the picture? Dead elm that's the one that gets me. Plane is bad too, but elm oooh

Twice!!!? NO. thats amazing. presumably that was solo?

It's not often that Dagmar and I see eye to eye on anything. Dogs do not feel love. That is not rational. If dogs are elevated by their owner to such a lofty position in the family unit and bestowed with the emotions of Humans, it follows that other complex animal species are also capable of such emotions. Now I don't want to start some crazy debate on animal rights here as this was a `should I get a dog' thread. But if dogs can feel and give love, then so can animals who are eaten by us, skinned by us and hunted by us. To say that dogs have the complex neurological capacity to feel love is to say so much more about the way we live our lives. Quite frankly and I don't mean this in a personal way or to insult anyone, but such things are ignorant of the most basic understanding of biology. If one dog is elevated above the standing of a human then we have to say that being vegan is the only logical conclusion. Unless we are callous uncaring and by in-action, vindictive and cruel. I do not on the whole like dogs, or the concept of pet ownership. There is no famous saying about not trusting anyone who hates dogs! I saw a family` never hurt a fly' dog rip into a 3 year olds face on a beach a few years back. It was an unprovoked attack. If it had been my child I would have killed the dog on the spot. Indeed if a dog ever did I would. I wonder how any of you dog fans would react to me killing your dog for attacking my child? I've asked this before and the reaction is usually quite shocking. With the right training and attitude I have no problem with working dogs, be it guard dogs or hunting etc. But sharing of dog saliva and faeces in the public open spaces is not fair. I'm not some kind of extremist. I've also been careful to not insult anyone here, even by implication, unlike others. please be respectful. This is a discussion. Peace.

It was only a matter of time wasn't it. Thought that it would have come up earlier when Christreeroot said he did a 24hr day. still funny after so many years.

where can I get a stein helmet?

Good points. Training is so important where dogs mix with people. My mate has quite alot of working dogs and all of them are very well trained. Respect due.