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    I didn't know anything. I tried and had a will to learn, I think it's rude to be in a foreign country and not even try some basics. I wasn't scared of making a tit out of myself trying, persisting even when who I spoke to switched to English, I did take evening courses at the public university (not SFI) which helped with the grammar. where you moving too and why?
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    It’d be ironic if it was due to its multiculturalism!
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    Should the locals hold their hand and tickle their balls too? IME some EU countries love to meet and speak english, socialising here was far easier than in an unknown city in the uk. In France for example, they were incredibly hostile if you didn't make the effort. (quite right too imo) Make the tiniest effort though and again, socialising was incredibly easy.
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    The ability to speak English gives you opportunities across the world. Not just a small overcrowded island. We who grow up with it as a first language are incredibly fortunate. When i was at school, we were taught French, i couldn't see the point as everyone speaks English! Now i look back and think how incredible arrogant and ignorant i was
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    Right or wrong, It's already harder for brits to gain the right to reside or residency here. but this kind of immigration is the "good kind" that's never been a problem, and wasn't the focus for many during brexit
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    I speak fluent Swedish my partners sister studied sociology, there simply isn't course material available in Swedish so it's English material only a criteria of being in the eu is that English is taught as a second language again, I just hope the same opportunities are available to future generations after brexit
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    Lots of higher education at degree level for example is taught in English here... a friend has just achieved a bachelor of engineering with honors here, course was in English and job will be primarily English. Speaking basic Swedish might help him win the job though
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    That comes across as selfish and bitter tbh Because perhaps the uks education system isn't actually the best and you shouldn't have to pay to be educated imo Example, Your son lives in England and wants an education from the best possible university of its kind that happens to be in Germany? Then return home to England with the best education possible...I don't know about you but I want the best possibilities for my children Many seem to to think the U.K. Only gives? Right or wrong, I just hope that these possibilities still exist in the years to come.
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    IMO the U.K. Holds an overinflated view of itself, a view shared by many overseas. I just hope Brexit doesn't screw things up for the younger generations with regard to ease of movement, work and study in other European countries - being able to study in another e.u country and your home country pick up the tab is huge. It's things like this I truly hope aren't lost.
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    Good post Mathew but 40mph on a motorway for example is unsafe imo. the vehicle should be rated to tow a laden trailer in whatever traffic/road conditions/speed limit safety and comfortably
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    I'll like or follow a company on Facebook, but if they don't have a half decent, established website theres no way I'm going to be contacting them to do some work.
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    Not everyone can suddenly accommodate an extra 3.5" like you can Joe If machine feeding it'll be worth it not to smash the först up!
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    I thought that about a cabstar tipper (super rare here) for sale for nearly a year until the day before I decided that yes it would be a good buy and to go get it!
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    Looks like its on a turntable too? Just unbolt it and bolt it onto a french registered flatbed/plant trailer. Might even be able to make it so its not too much hassle to unbolt it from its new trailer and lift on/off with your multione if you need the trailer freed up. No experience of the chipper, sorry. But if that was here thats exactly what id do at that price! I think I've used the slightly smaller one, even that was a beast to hand feed!
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    That's a pretty poor argument, most people have not fought or died to make Britain Britain, its like your parents or grand parents worked really hard, destroyed themselves doing so but became millionaires and you inherited it without lifting a finger, just born into it. Then being a selfish little brat not wanting to share "your" (not yours, but your ancestors) wealth and freedom, you then sit on your backside squandering away your parents hard work watching others make something of themselves and kick up a fuss i guess it was and has always been 100% British people fighting for the British isles too right?
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    Sounds sensible. I'd suggest a small van and (e.g.) 8x4 cage trailer to start with, it's supprising how much you can get on if you mash up the brash with a saw, or hedge cuttings probably wouldn't be chipped anyway. then a greenmech cs100 when funds allow. Any bigger jobs sub in help with larger vehicles/chippers.
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    Good review and I'm a little bit tempted to get one now the 150t is worn out, but I worry about battery life both long and short term being exposed to temperatures of minus 30 if left in the truck overnight! how does it compare to a 150?
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    Nice finish Stefan!
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    What is the cost?
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    That says to me that the local British brits you would perhaps like to see here lack the aspiration to hold any symbol of status, are perhaps "content" with what they've been born into. (Lazy) looks like there's actually a good diversity there tbh, I count possibly 9 different country's!
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    Good review here: https://www.4x4australia.com.au/reviews/road-tests/1703/mercedes-benz-g300-vs-toyota-land-cruiser-79-comparison-review Id love a diesel v8 cruiser, well, i think i would! Or one of the Swedish military 6x6 mercs
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    Out again yesterday felling a pine stem, no room for swinging an axe because of the hedge it was growing in, and this morning on an oak stem fell. my colleague summed it up nicely, it’s civilised. He didn’t break his back pulling on a pull rope and I didn’t spend an age twatting wedges in!
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    I think they're knocking on £500+vat now. Have a word with the guys at Treadlight-Forestry though
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    Thats exactly the sort of boring job i hadn't thought about, I've a 500meter gravel/stone/road-planings track to my house which needs re-grading a couple of times a year, another job a loader could do!
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    Definitely! Most of the time only one hand is needed to work the ratchet, sometimes when colleagues are watching, ill use 2 fingers to work the ratchet as a bit of a joke (Especially with one colleague who backed out ordering one at the same time as he was being tight, and now really regrets it!)

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