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HA ha, the VOSA guy said they had to take 2 tons off the transit to bring it legal, I got the last ten bags and three of those were split.

I have been using this for a couple of weeks now, on a long drop it hocked up a bit when it was new (hitchclimber) but its behaving itself now Satisfactory but not exceptional Yale Hedera 11mm climbing rope | F R Jones and Son

I once managed to win a dozen bags of builders sand that someone had to unload to get down to weight, two weeks on the owner hadn't collected and the VOSA man was glad to see the back of them

Incredible, the consensus from the vocal minority here is that the VOSA man is a semi trained halfwit

I pass a checkpoint regularly and while a stop can be a PITA if you are on the way to meet a customer I don't mind in the least.

You will find that it is mandatory there is a Strumpfpflicht for you and just wait till she finds out she has to stop shaving the armpits:laugh1:

Loving it.......

You need to speak to Mike about that

Is there a theme to the pictures, like best injury I inflicted by a silky?

Its clearly the pointy end up because this proprietary gadget wont fit the fat end:laugh1:

Is the answer Hornbeam? and eggs should be scrambled to disguise that awful slimy white bit

If you rock up to work and he tells you what to do the law regards you as his employee so his ELCI will cover you and his PL will cover what you do. Anything else is sub contract and you would be wise to have your own insurances

Sounds like you are green, do it for the experience and don't forget to bring your own lunch:laugh1::laugh1:

I don't think you have to good a grip on this, its employers liability (compulsory) insurance (ELCI), and that will provide cover to any employee that is injured in the course of work. ELCI wont cover damage done to a third part property, for that you need public liability insurance

This thread is about the insurance perspective and from that point of view there is a huge difference between freelance and sub contract. A sub contractor takes a job or a portion of a job and is free to execute that work in a time frame and method agreed with the main contractor, he will usually be paid fixed price lump sum for his works, he brings his own equipment and materials. A freelancer is a man employed by the day or week who works under the direction of his employer, the law regards him as an employee. HMRC takes a dim view of companies using freelance workers on a permanent or semi permanent basis and I have first hand experience of HMRC checking up on companies.

Can you expand on that please.......

What sort of insurance???? For work there is Employers Liability (EL) and Public liability (PL) The only relevant insurance you can be "named " on is liability cover for driving so him telling you that you are named smells a bit hinkey to me. If he employs you he needs to have employers liability insurance, this is a compulsory insurance and there are some chunky penalties for not having it. If your relationship with the client is as a contractor you PL insurance would be a good idea but it is not mandatory, if you don't have it and duck it up you could be sued for everything you own. From what you describe he engages your services, you receive your instruction from him and the only relationship you have with the client is payment. IMO English law would regard you as a freelance employee, and his "unusual" practices on payment are little more than an attempt to avoid tax. If you were instructed by the client and organised the job with the other workers doing your bidding you would definitely be wise to get a PL and EL policy, anyone who works under your instruction (paid or not) is regarded in law as an employee.

That cant be the case because BS standards documents are copyright protected and cant be reproduced, there are a couple of presentation documents on their website but hardly "everything in it" why don't you let him have a peek at your copy, you do have one don't you?

At last, a bit of sense in this piss poor conspiracy theory ridden thread. Bolam you are a breath of fresh air, help yourself to a Stella on my tab:thumbup1:

fixed that for ya

If you know its history shouldn't you bin it??????

Well it might take you a day to fab that up but that's you. I cant see more that a couple of hours in that as a one off and for a production run you would do it in twenty minutes with a jig. Painting, well I hope you don't sit there watching paint dry, undercoat it and go home, then colour coat the next day, half an hour per coat tops and you could do it with a rattle can. If you do decide to make one I will gladly supply you that much steel for a hundred quid.

You are a confused individual, if I had even a fraction of that talent I wouldn't need to climb trees for a living

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You should have bought the one on ebay last week only a bit less than retail.........