Robert_S

nice work ben you back across the pond to work with Rob ? excellent, enjoy. Hey Rob is he bringing snacks:biggrin:

hahah i know but i will get a nice long lie in soon in the sun i see Renzo gracie is fighting Matt Hughs thats a good fight as Renzo was a great mma fighter in the day it will be interesting to see how he does.

I watched it live then went to work at 7am i got back at 5pm......im well tired:thumbdown: Was a good show, carwin is a monster has real natural power he was nearly lifting mir in the air with the uppercuts and mir thinks his stand up is better than it is so played into carwins hands, Hardy done well not to tap to the armbar and kimora but is asking for some damage with a statement of "i never tap" wtf someone is gonna take that statement and tear his arms off, i thought gsp just looked like he was just going through the motions almost like it was a heavy spar!! fight of the night for me was Kurt Pellegrino he looked awesome like an energizer bunny on speed he must be due to be put further up the food chain, Gomi was good a few year back in pride but had a bad fight with nick diaz and never really done anything after that, kenflow to win via a horrible cut with elbows. Bring on the next one

Great set of pictures Rupe:thumbup:

Its the same old story anyone that's any good are either working for themselves or someone else, these young-uns dont know they are born i got £25 a week as a YTS and gave £20 to my mam for digs, a fiver i had a week so i soon had a second then third job. those that want to work find work and work, the rest sit about the house watching day time TV in there house coat..... like me now

ohh you would have like this one then liam. arrived and got a roll n sausage and tea, lunch- cheese and onion toasties and home made soup, about 2-30 more tea and a plate of cakes and biscuits.

yep it was a cracking day mozza and the client fed us well

You are right mate i could have felled the four of them but the neighbours were a bit strange as that's a shared private road they did not want any branches on the road in case the world came to an end . they were curtain twitching all day so we just cut and chucked the lot.

Tuesdays job 3 pine and a maple. The client kept all the chips and wood i am finding that i hardly take timber off site now!!

its the playstation generation Mick we are doomed, doomed i tell thee.

Rob that looks like fun, there will be a bit of tension in that pile 14 hour days its a good job you got energized with them snacks stay safe.

Take a disc of timber in as well as the kids will like to count the rings

A guy Deni on here is in Livingstone mate he is looking for work. hope you find someone.

Faced with a hall full of 6-7 year olds mate that sounds fun, i would think mention the machinery for the wee boys they love trucks at that age. And mention how you dont hurt any small animals or birds and that will please the girls. And the environmental aspect of your work (recycle all waste) as the schools and kids in general have a better grasp of the environment now than when i was a kid. Good luck with it very commendable

As stevie says Josh phone the tax office, i dont know if its changed now but you use to have to pay class 2 NI contributions and your employer may want you to have personal injury cover in case you get injured whilst working for your self, they may not want to pay you sick pay ( that is if they pay it the now!!).

Nice one rich, was that a half lunge i see in one of the pictures?

Really interesting thread and posts Whats the main reason for company's giving up there AAAC status as i know edinburgh council was one a few year ago but not anymore, What is the percentage of drop outs from the scheme as i am sure like us you want to keep all your existing clients and also attract new ones. The reason i ask is i thought Frontier forestry and west lothian council were AA approved contractors in Scotland along with the other three have they opted out of the scheme?. What code of conduct do the contractors have to adhere to? i.e i would imagine BS3998 BUT what if the client wants the tree half and wont take no for an answer as a AAAC do you have to walk away? When times get hard this may be a financial handicap for the mostly domestic contractor, this is of course is hypothetical situation i am just interested in the answer. Paul i would also like to add, i think you have done more to bridge the gap from the AA to the tree surgeon/arborist/tree cutter etc in the last month on this forum than the AA have done in years. top job mate. Robert

Hey Deni, its a good job you never said something you would regret thinking that was a pm. i hope your mobile number does not find its way onto some chat 'n' chug phone line good luck

:lol: what is exactly going on there matt?? and eagle eye shreck does it again...

:lol: who have you been talking too mark?????

Ha- method in your madness:001_rolleyes: Theres a queue

you should have done that job in a spate Tom less tidy up

Cheers for the replies guy:thumbup1: Thanks Ben that will do i will be right in there with a hand full of cash as i know where that shop is:thumbup:

Rich i am sure Paul put a post on another thread that the AA were successful in a court case and the culprit was to pay £35k, but the repayments from the court were £5 a week!!!