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    Nice to see the seasonal stuff comeing straight from NZ ropey and taupotm and some very nice pics too. Is that a Phoenix Palm Treemeup, thats a hell of a bonce on it, the crane was probably the only way to deal with it. Did you get a few painful poison barbs doin that one? And did the big gum miss the shed Taupotreeman?
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    Contact the NZ chapter of the ISA,(directly by email) they'll hook you up with something.
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    Me quoting - James Lovelock - Quoting Edna St Vincent Millay - My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah my foes, and,oh, my friends- It gives a lovely light
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    I dunno mate, were tree cutters, I found it all quite funny, actually did laugh out loud a bit. Mike's from a culture where hunting is normal, you can walk out your back yard and shoot a deer if you want where he comes from, no licences no nothing.
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    You have indeed unleashed a behemoth:thumbup1:
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    Whales were endangered everywhere weren't they? Including Norwegian waters. The fact that Norway, along with Japan manage to get around international agreements on whale hunting, does not somehow make them less endangered in Norway. A consumer boycott in, probably the late 70's early 80's really hurt Ajungilack sleeping bag manufacturers and other Norwegian companies for a while. Me in 5 years, don't know, maybe back in NZ. Do you think you'll ever go back Mike? (above comments not personal, just what I think, also against whaling, a very fine beastie)
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    Its a cool thing about NZ that lots of retired people travel around in converted buses etc, so its the norm, and there is no persecution, like the new age traveller thing in europe, this one belonged to a 95 year old granny
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    Me up a tree in Nelson, think was a radiata pine. The wee isuzu had a hydraulic opening top thingy, just in case you have thunderbird 3 in the back.
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    Thats fantastic advice and info treequip thanks very much. I hope its not a derail to ask monkeyd how he overcame the colour resolution/ blueing on the new Cannon G11. And if he's still happy with it. I was thinking of going for one of these as it has more zoom than the lumix, and also how he's finding it on close up fungi photos - hence hopeing to stay on thread as this is useful stuff. You may find that saying - 'dead wood' instead of 'cheese' improves results:001_smile:
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    Arriving to look at a job up the whanganui river, by cable car. All arisings left on site!
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    Thanks for the overnight contributions from the kiwi arbtalkers. Found this leaf while out walking somewhere, even the insects have a sense of humour over there:biggrin:
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    The big kauris
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    Courtesy of wicki / monkeyd Marcescence is the retention of dead plant organs that normally are shed. It is most obvious in deciduous trees that retain leaves through the winter. Several trees normally have marcescent leaves such as oak (Quercus)[1], beech (Fagus) and hornbeam (Carpinus). Marcescent leaves of pin oak (Quercus palustris) complete development of their abscission layer in the spring.[2] The base of the petiole remains alive over the winter. Many other trees may have marcescent leaves in seasons where an early freeze kills the leaves before the abscission layer develops or completes development. Diseases or pests can also kill leaves before they can develop an abscission layer. Its ability to form abscission layer, that my vague memory is about:thumbup1:
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    I vaguely remember from some ancient reading years ago that its to do with, young beech trees not having the ability to heal the little wound left by the fallen leaf. This would be the lack of maturity to be able to have a wee chemical reaction to do this. Always wondered about hedges as they can be old, and assumed they were tricked into thinking they were young by heavy pruning to hedge form.
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    Yeah I have a ongoing deadwooding of the customers process. I told one guy once I wasn't gonna work for him because I could see we wouldn't get on. I'd come across him from jobs for his neighbours. Yesterday I put a silly price on a job in order not to get it, as the guy was being difficult. The ones I don't spot in advance, I make a note in my job book if they are good or bad for repeat work. Notes in green box for good ones, notes in red box for bad ones. When someone phones I look them up and see if they are green or red from last time, and what I charged etc. Is this a bit OCD:blushing:
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    I'm still digging them out
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    You saying this made me think steve. If your customers find you thru referals and such like, then you'd have a lot of this because youv'e been established a long time in your area. Just a point of interest for others in terms of setting up a business. I'm just starting my third year starting from scratch. The last few months say, 60 or 70 % of my work has been referals. Its great when this happens, you can relax a bit. So for me it was 2 years before this referal/ repeat business became significant.
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    He decided against this one and got the MEWP in, live lines
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    These have wood in them:001_smile: Do carry on chatting about NZ, its all good:001_smile:
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    Heres the truck treemeup. I don't know what sort it is and was gonna post this for the big kit boys:001_smile: Edit .Sorry you don't have your pics treeson (little sorry face thingy)
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    A leaning Macro near power lines. Putting up cable choker thingies and pulling over with wee kiwi winch truck. There was someone in there doin the fellin:001_smile:
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    Thanks for the ID's treemeup. Whats the nice red one in your pics?
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    This one in Coromandel Peninsula. I think I knew what it was but have forgot:confused1:
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    This one at Russel, Bay of Islands, no idea what sort of tree it was. It wasn't labelled?
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    This one looks a bit sad as too close to volcanic sulphurous stuff in Rotorua

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