Mark Bolam
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I was on for Alfred McAlpines in the early ‘90’s Spudd, and you’re spot on. I loved every minute. Still good mates with some of those lads. Your sites sound the same as ours, the piss-taking and banter is the only thing that gets us through some of the rougher jobs. High-fiving each other while dragging dead hawthorns out of a stagnant pond shouting ‘Number one job in the world!’ As the old Paddys used to say ‘The craic is worth £20k a year!’ We’re serious when it matters, but having fun is vitally important to the way we like to operate.
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Of course they would mate, but the Chinese don’t give a toss about emissions. Alec’s post is correct, but Johnsond is also spot on about our lack of appetite for change. We seem happy just to move the emissions problem sideways. We all live on the same planet. While I’m on a rant I would like to add that my 2006 diesel Transit is far more environmentally friendly than any electric veganmobile. Lithium doesn’t grow on trees. Most of the green energy thing is a short sighted crock of shit anyway, but we should at least use it to benefit our own country if we have the chance.
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I don’t allow any talking on my sites. If people want to chat they can do it at home on their own time.
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I haven’t seen it on paper yet mate, but yes, sounds like what they call bilateral inguinal hernia.
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Thanks mate. Got to be glad it’s nowt sinister I suppose.
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It could be worse Mick.
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Just had the doctor call back eventually. Turns out I haven’t got a hernia. I’ve got two, both sides. Looks like a long wait even for surgical assessment. Bugger.
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Disgraceful. Even if UK builds were more expensive initially, surely the country would be better off in the long run?
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@Tommy_B @Les Cork @BenR
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‘One competitor against an imaginary opponent’. ‘Watching’, of course.
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I’m a dead cert for a gold if they include porn in 2024.
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Have you tried non-CE Cougar blue? Far less bounce, and great Ddrt rope as well. Nod at Treeworker can normally get it.
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Thanks Mark. If it is really bad I can go and work in other Mark’s arb shop in Scouse land for a bit while I heal up. Six weeks of doing f-all but putting Stihl sweeties into boxes containing arb gear at 900% mark up will be a doddle. Commission based, I can probably retire afterwards. Cheers, Mark
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There isn’t room in my penis for cancer, so it can’t be that. Course I’ve Googled it, but it’s pretty pointless. My GP has a coffee mug on his desk that says ‘Please don’t confuse your Google search with my medical degree’. He’s a pretty good guy, for a scouser!
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No results from the ultrasound on Wednesday yet, but the driver wouldn’t tell me anything, it has to come from my GP. I kind of hope it isn’t a hernia, but realistically a hernia might be the least bad diagnosis, if you know what I mean?
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Why? What would change?
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Take it off for descending then, it will last twice as long.
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Sorry, just put my specs on. That was Magners.
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There’s got to be something in it, I drank 10 pints of it one night and had one of the best nights of my life.
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You don’t really count though because a 5m lanyard doesn’t even dangle below your feet.
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Pretty much constant mate. I thought I’d pulled a muscle after football but the pain didn’t get better, or worse when I was working. It’s a strange one, it only really hurts now when I prod a certain area, although I’m trying to be careful what I do.
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I’ve just had a dull pain just above my pubic bone for a few weeks, nothing too dramatic and no lumps. Doc felt the area, made me cough and said he’s pretty sure that’s what it is. Ultrasound scan on Wednesday will hopefully reveal more.
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What’s the re-mod mate?
