Tommy_B

Original Mary Poppins is class as well

Two favourites are Gattaca and Vanilla Sky. I have a whole load of films that I genuinely never get tired of watching as well and would probably all tie for 3rd place. Predators, Casino Royale, Its a Wonderful life or if the kiddies are watching, Moana or Coco. I love films

Rachet strapping the trousers to the log isn't going to give a fair outcome as the likelihood of the material working the way it should is almost non-existent. Added to the fact that the trousers aren't new, the saw is being used in a way in which never going to happen in industry and I'd say that this is pretty much a waste of 9 minutes. I'd say that its great and definately valuable video about the dangers of old chainsaw trousers from a guy who sells new chainsaw trousers.

What was he expecting to happen?

That's what I did

After being kindly sent a pair of each style of gloves to trial by Landmark Trading, I can safely say that they have held up as well as could be expected from the level of use that they saw. How many things can you say about a pair of gloves? 1000 words is probably going to be optimistic for something that a lot of us probably take for granted but in reality, the biggest problem that I normally have is losing them rather than wearing them out. With both pairs, I have kept them and tried to use them for a range of tasks to give a fair enough review. Both pairs now have holes in them but on the whole the rubber grip has lasted longer that the normal builders merchant type gloves which always seemed to get caught in friction hitches when you didn't want it to! The good parts are the Maxiflex gloves actually fitted properly and, with dotted/raised contact area give a really good level of grip. Half the time you didn't notice that they were on. Used them for most climbing jobs and had no problems, they were easy enough to use in the tree and you could feel and open hardware which was handy. They would not hold up to any form of running ropes but I found them to be great to use when climbing. The MaxiTherm gloves were considerably thicker and also seemed to be a lot bigger which gave a poorer fit despite them both being a size 10. They were brilliantly warm though and could happily use them on the ground in the cold conditions that we had last Winter. There was pretty much no chance of doing anything too refined in them though (putting pins back in the RopeRunner) as the movement was sacrificed for the warmth. Gave a surprising level of protection when chipping but when using them on spiky branches like Hawthorn there would still be the odd one the crept through. Both gloves have decent elastic on the cuff which has held up well and stops slipping which although a minor point, is worth noting. I'd definitely not recommend a single pair over the other but would say that having both pairs should cover most eventualities and for the price, you do get a level of quality that makes it worth the purchase. View full review

Same construction as Tachyon

Hedge is gone now, not much point going on about it anymore. Serious question, I'm making the assumptionthat you think a lot of your wife?

Let's resurrect this one! Cardigan and slippers this year. Not sure if that's bad or not but it's even worse that I'm happy with it! Best present was watching the girls open al of their presents though. Have a lovely day Arbtalk, Merry Christmas!!

You can download the assessment scheme from NPTC website. I did the same when I did mine. Make sure you know the equation for calculating loads.

Twice? You nutter

There isn't a single one of them that I couldn't disappoint

Point 1. Why would you work at all of not for a living? Point 2. 100% I'd do that for a million. I'm pretty sure I could fly Reg and Graeme McMahon over for 10k each and have a lovely couple of days. I'll give you a shout to come and put the grass right when we're done. (Only if you're in the right price band though)

Haha. You price jobs by the square metre! Let's not throw insults eh?

Wrong. The lowest I'm willing to work for and what the job is worth are two totally different things. I'm capable to raking up leaves perfectly but you wouldn't pay me to do it. I wouldn't expect Rich Rule to work for 20 quid because it's only a little Apple tree. Everyone has their price, if the customer accepts one of a grand, it doesn't matter what you think about price bands really does it?

It's not ripping someone off if they agree. Pricing things you don't want to get is more polite than saying you don't want to do the job.

I'd put a grand on that job if I didn't want to get it then chuck everything through the chipper in a sulk. Home via the Bakers for a sausage roll and a coffee and asleep on the sofa by 3.

Nail. Head.

I don't know what the situation was or anything else but looking at the video, I can't see why he didn't climb higher and just take it apart and take 30 minutes more.

This was posted on a Facebook thread. Deserving of reposting here VID-20181212-WA0000.mp4

Shakin Stevens, "Merry Christmas Everyone" from the old stock. Don't know why, just always makes me think of being a kid and listening to the same Christmas CD in my Dad's car every year. Good times. Also like Sia's "Santas coming for us". My little girls love it so makes me think of Christmas with them

Just not a vertical speedline!

It's the way social media will go imo. Less writing and more pictures and videos. I really like it. Search hashtags and you can follow words and phrases as well. I use mine for tree photos, splicing, tattoos and barbecue food!

What do you mean 'was'?