Taupotreeman

Completely stupid I know. As I said before; you should be able to defend your own. Not sure as I'd go as far as the Seps and say that you can have guns etc as there are far to many trigger happy people who would be taking pot shots at all and sundry but for sure, if someone is doing over your house a swift crack between the legs with an axe handle or something should be fine and dandy. I hear people say that you shouldn't try and interact with offenders as you could make the situation worse but it seems the level of violence is increasing these days anyway so in my view, what have you got to lose? Chances are you're going to get a beating either way.

I'll stick with the dogs as weaponry. If they're either brave enough or stupid enough to take on my two French Mastiffs then go ahead. Once they are past them they'll have to deal with me and I'm never too impressed with being disturbed from my hard earned slumber. Not sure about the rules in the UK but there's been a couple of test cases here recently where burglers and armed robbers in particular have been injured by the property owner during the attempted theft. One was a couple of guys who tried to rob a gun shop and one of them was shot in the stomach by the owner during the attempt. police thought about pressing charges against the property owner but the judge threw out the charges before it got to court. I don't condone shooting people etc but I do believe in the right to defend your own.

Old bill found it most amusing, his wife and mine a little embarressing but kudos to the guy, it was a freezing night so we were all spared somewhat. i hoped I'd get to him before some of the locals thought there was a nutter loose.

Had the same thing here at the weekend. 2am Sunday and the dogs do their nana. Wake up to see my neighbour, stark bollock naked, chasing some low life down the street. Of course I took off in the car after him. Reckon it was some opportunists trying to find easy pickings and the neighbour had left his car open at the end of the day. Dogs woke him too but he didn't bother dressing. He is now known as the white elephant Unfortunately we didn't get them but reckon if they caught sight of him they'd be mentally scarred for life.

Me too. I still use the skylotec for my own business but have bought a treemotion for the council job (cos they paid for it ) but haven't actually gotten to use it yet so I'll be watching this thread with interest. I can say though that it is damn comfy.

Sat outside one night for about 20 minutes watching two red glows in the distance slowly rising into the night sky before disappearing. Convinced we were watching UFO's and even took photos until we put 2 and 2 together and finally came up with 4.

Whatever is hanging from between your legs in your avatar looks decidedly dodgy. Just helping keep this at the top.

Did my one and half guide bar length in poplar wood along with badger watching. Did wind blow stuff up above the old hort unit where they grew the carnations and stuff. I still remember the day the big old Beech blew down in a gale in front of the main hall.

were Steve Fox and Steve Vanstone still there in 1990? We also had Rob Widdicombe for some of our courses. Top blokes. There was also mad Angus the Scot. He used to do his nut at nearly everything.

Bit earlier than you I'm afraid. Was there in 88 - 90 on the forestry and then conservation courses.

Just from another point of view but isn't it great that enough people are now joining arbtalk that we actually need two new mods to help out? Excellent work to all involved don't you think?

Fly's eyes. Fine if you don't mind looking a complete plonker

We have the same stuff here called Rainex I think. I also tried some fancy military goggles I ordered off fleabay. They don't steam up because you can crack the eye peace open a little but I had the same issues once I started to sweat and the goggles filled up. Felt like a scuba mask.

Drives me up the wall George. Dunno how some people can spend all day supping from the beer can awaiting the day the dole cheque comes round again. Nice to see old school ethics still about in some though.

2am Sunday morning and my dogs start doing their nut. I get up and look out the window to see some guy legging it down the street at full pelt. I'm just about to go back to bed when a second guy comes hooning from the same direction rapidly followed by my neighbour yelling at the top of his voice.............and stark bollock naked. He'd been woken by my dogs to find one of these guys going through the contents of his work truck. Now, not sure what summary justice would have been handed out if he'd of caught the guys (reckon they were teenagers looking for easy pickings) but the sight of a six foot stark naked guy running, swinging and swishing his way down the street might have been more than enough to serve as justice for some given the long lasting mental effects it might have had. Fortunately he managed to get back and covered up before the police arrived otherwise he might have been done for indecent exposure.

Same here. Had noticed you hadn't posted for a while so nice to see you're still alive and well. Looks like you've been spending most of your time practising running up poles.

George, unfortunately any mesh visor will let some particles through which is why in NZ several companies insist you wear safety glasses underneath. Some helmets do have a clear screen instead of a visor but from the info I have gleaned these tend to fog up or scratch. The same with the glasses that are worn underneath a normal visor. Most of the complaints this side of the world are that it is almost as dangerous to not be able to see what and where you are cutting as not having sufficient eye protection. It seems most companies here now do insist you wear secondary and primary eye protection and tough titty if they fog up, you just have to remove them and clean them before carrying on with your work. It may well pay to invest in a decent pair of safety glasses that allow some air circulation to help prevent some of the fogging but as soon as you start to sweat you'll probably find your vision blinded by rivulets of the stuff.

Was that for the pole climb? If so it's a pretty crash hot time.

Just love the base line to this.

So I'm presuming everything and anything goes now then?

I've got a few trees that need topping? Sorry, couldn't resist Hope you find something.

Haha Brilliant and so so true.

Had a corker of a sunrise this morning, first good one with the ash but didn't get time to take any photos. Gutted.

Well done on keeping it in one piece.

Mate, don't reckon our H&S is anything like yours. Up until recently it was a case of "she'll be right". We have ditched the towball on the chipper in favour of a pintle hitch. I had to many of the balls fracture at the last place I worked due to jack knifing and the constant vibration and braking. It's difficult to see when a towball fractures and it doesn't take long for the whole thing to snap clean off.