Mark Bolam
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Yes, I dealt with Will, smashing bloke to deal with.
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I bought this bucket today Tim, thank you very much for putting me on to it. 👍
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There’s only one thing worse than picking up dog shit, and that’s not picking up dog shit. My Mam was weeding her front border next to the lawn Dad had just mown in Reading, late ‘60’s. Roadside strip. A woman came along with her dog and a shopping bag. The dog curled a huge beefer out on Dad’s freshly mown roadside strip. Mam challenged her and asked if she was going to sort it out. ’No. It’s not my problem’ said the woman. Mam picked up the whole steaming mess in her trowel and dumped it in the woman’s bag. ’It is now!’ Mam said. The woman just scuttled off with her bag full of shopping/shit. If you can’t handle picking up dog shit then don’t ever get a dog, it’s very simple.
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Dog shit bags should be fully biodegradable, all mine are. No excuse for them not to be.
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I have no doubt that this years very competitive quote will disappear in a puff of smoke next year with a renewal of £2.5k or something, with another years no claims and the truck worth a bit less, so I will move again. As Gareth said, if they just pumped it up a few quid I’d be happy to stay with them just to avoid the hassle. They have a very strange business model.
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Insurance quotes never seem to make much sense. I sure they get them by reading chicken entrails or something.
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No pang of regret that you didn’t have to ring and handball it?
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Nice work fellas. Isn’t it lovely to see a bit of sunshine?
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Yes, Paris is a busy place.
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My ‘Go Compare’ quotes this year were ridiculous, like £8k ridiculous. Insured with Direct Line for a few hundred. (Transit tipper).
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You mean you’ll get gardening and landscaping companies, and gyppos, (who aren’t insured for real tree work) offering this rate for a gun climber ‘with his own insurance’ when they get the chance of a lucrative tree job.
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There’s a few thoughts initially mate. If you’re a freelance climber you don’t need your own insurance, so fuck that off as soon as you read this. You don’t need it, and they will never pay out. Ever. But will happily take your money. Rigging kit? No. Any decent outfit will have their own. Who’s running the ropes? A gyppo kid or £80/day jobseeker? You must be in London with the prices you mention, and if you’re good you’re worth every penny of £300-350, but sack off all the other shit and make Glendales pay. I’m in SE Kent, gun climbers on £220. And I mean gun, Danny Mac gun.
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With all the will in the World mate, stay out of it. Who knows what happened? Dan is probably right, but you do not want to get dragged into a court battle as an expert witness if you’re not suitably qualified to be an expert witness. That’s not a dig, I doubt any of us are. Jules @daltontrees and & chris@eden could possibly help. Chris won’t tag, someone techie help? @Jon Heuch?
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Owners need shooting.
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Can you imagine the area round Balmoral etc. getting the interest it does without the Monarchy? Fast forward 20 years. It wouldn’t be the same mate. That’s jobs lost. I’m not saying it’s right, but as Jackalope says, it’s the way it is. Hope you’re well mate.
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Good point, but I don’t think gaining £90m to potentially lose £1.7bn is worth the risk.
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https://www.investmentmonitor.ai/features/how-much-money-does-the-monarchy-bring-to-the-uk/
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Henchman are pretty good mate.
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What width is that bucket mate? My WQ is 900 wide with the larger tyres, so was thinking it made sense to keep the bucket the same, or slightly less than the overall width of the machine.
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Thanks Tim, that price seems on point.
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As Tim says, there’s a great thread in large equipment ‘Opico Skidster and Sherpa mini loaders’. I got a Worky Quad last year as well. On the right job it’s a game changer. Like Tim, I wish it came out more often, but if it comes out once a month it pays for itself.
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I need a bucket for my Worky Quad. Avant buckets seem a fair bit cheaper and much more readily available. The headstocks are meant to be compatible, but if I get an Avant bucket will it fit straight on?
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I don’t mind paying tax, I’ve paid quite a lot over the years. It’s more what it’s spent, or not spent, on. And the blatant theft that is inheritance tax.
