Rupe
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Ford ??
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A quality carpentry saw would be better and cheaper than a silky. Just replace it often enough. You forget how sharp they should be after a while. Sugoi would not be easy to make a level cut with.
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My guess is its existing/previous customers, but I'm not sure. I have bought from them in the past but I don't remember giving my e mail address, that doesn't mean I didn't though.
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If I anybody recieved the group e mailing today from a company selling chipper blades, you will notice that your e mial has been exposed to everyone else who got the e mail. This is in breach of the data protection act and I suggest you threaten legal action!
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Andy, thats wrong understanding of the word risk!! Another confusion. "risk" in self employed terms means financial, not risk of damage to property which therefore needs insurance!! Your right about what the HRMC say about insurance and bona fide subcontractors, but like you say you don't have to have it. So you can be a BSC without insurance, and conversly having insurance does not make you genuinly self employed. It is perfectly plausable to define your self as self employed or BSC without giving money away to insurance companies!
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Not with that shiny nylon liner. Its much newer. The early ones had fabric liners. I got mine second hand in 93 ish, it was going to the bin, I paid £5.00 it did me for 3 years !!
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Thats correct and true in nearly every example of self employed climbers! But its that control over the climber that defines him as NOT being a sub contractor.
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Not aimed at you John, but this is a really good example of why "subbies" are not sub contractors!! If you can't advertise your business because you are "representing theirs" then you are an employee for the day. This ties in with what I have been sayign all along regards insurance etc. You are employees for the day, must be covered by EL. and therefore by PL. Sorry to derail!!
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You might find that one dealer is buying off the other anyway, so cannot match them on prices. What you need is a 5 star dealer, that distributes to the other dealers around. These are the ones that do the best discount. In the south west I believe its George carrs and sons in bristol. All other retailers around me buy from them and not directly from stihl. With the exception of lister wilder in cirencester who as a company buy enough products to get them directly form stihl. Same with Honey brothers etc.
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Yes, thats what I'm saying. The retailers decrease their mark up, lowerign the sale price and devalueign the product!
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Do you have any old catalogues?
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Yeah, I think thats a honey brothers special from mid to late nineties.
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Sure, yes, but to survive the price would come down, and this devalues the pruduct and the brand as a whole. Stihl are protecting that, as market leaders its an important thing to protect.
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In fact my aim is to get the job at mid price, not the lowest, and win it on service and attitude.
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Thats alway my aim! Lower price but higher profit. Its the profit that will squeeze out the competition because it allows more investment. Gross price is not relevant in business terms. Not that I'm making much profit at the moment though!!
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Yeah right!! Its so that the dealer franchise is worth something. Without that in place one dealer would sell to the whole country for 1% and the network becomes useless and the value of products downgraded. By banning postage sales they can keep the sale prices up and the percieved value of the product remains high.
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I can never remember the spelling. Hummouse even??
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Oh, I get plenty of tea. I take hot water in a flask, and have cookers ant tea bags etc in both vehicles, pick up some milk in the mornign and sorted!! Anyway I've been to the shop for some garlic...... This is what it should look like. Sometimes it goes a bit stodgy so add more tahini (not too much) or oil or maybe water until it goes creamy. This is seriously strong 4 cloves of garlic and a big red chilli in this one!
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I agree water is depressing in winter but we should all be drinking about 3 litres during the day! I get nowhere near that! Except in tea and that doesn't count!
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The only important ingredient is tahini Tahini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Its disgusting on its own, and varies dependign on where you get it from. Its vital to humus. I get it from my local co-op and it must be a good one cos the humous comes out ok. Then a bit of water, oil (olive) garlic, chillies and chick peas. I tin of chick peas, to 3-4 cloves of garlic, 1 chilli, 2 tbsp tahini, 2 tbsp of oil and upto 2 tbsp of water. Be careful not to overdo the water but you can overdo everything else without ruining it! Maybe add lemon or lime juice but its not essential. Blend the whole lot!
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Scratch that! I've run out of garlic!!! I'll go to the shop later!!
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I'm going to go and make some humus. Time now 5.39pm
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My humus is awesome! Secret ingredient is chillies! But thats my secret ingredient for everything!!
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In summer I make more effort. Usually along the lines of pitta bread and dips, all home made of course. Hummous is a speciality of mine, but I also do a mean salsa, Tzatziki, and of course sweet chilli !! All are fiery and hot. In winter maybe a fry up on site. Recently I've gone back to sandwiches though, I like the reassurance of a ready to go meal that I can eat while driving home in the rain!
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Love the production office Reg! Very impressed, it looks well thought out. I want to do more with spiderlegs with the grcs but we always end up just tieing one bit at a time and letting it swing into a stabe position. I'll get my head round it all one day!
