Mark Bolam
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Bloody lucky you didn’t hit the wife and kid there. Should be in the stunt fell thread really.
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In light of the location of the tree Mick, I'd agree.
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Stihl, if you're right handed, just edges it for me. The grain in the Husqvarna handles suits lefties just a tad better.
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Communication Skills for the Arb Industry Course
Mark Bolam replied to JackArbAssociation's topic in Training & education
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Just spend less than £20 on a standard Stihl filing kit in a canvas roll. Unless you live in a cave like Mick. I don't know how many times I've heard 'I do all my filing freehand' I know. I can tell. Your chain isn't very sharp.
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Bracing wouldn't address the wall problem.
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Already covered mate. Client doesn't want a solution like that apparently. The way I see it is something like that or lose the tree.
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I saw that Tom. It was both surprising and comforting.
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Mmmmm, nice tree. I can’t see how the tree can be retained and the wall moved without encroachment onto the road though. Rock and a hard place. Treework is a lot cheaper than brickwork.... The LA will probably TPO it, then come after your client claiming his wall is encroaching on the highway.
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Do you have any pics of the crown JCarbor?
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They seem pretty bomb-proof now Carlos, and they have been field tested for years by the early users! I'm pretty sure there have been no catastrophic failures. The break tests are seriously impressive. I put off getting one for years, but it is a nice bit of kit. Just like the perfect hitch, every time. Don't like the look of the new one though, at all. I would have preferred to see it even smaller, but in chunkier metal like the Bulldog Bone.
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You can kind of see why they didn’t want that one getting away!
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One on each leg! Genius! And I will look twice as cool!
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Thanks Dan. That’s exactly the type of situation I was thinking about. Having the extra inches and not needing them sounds better than the alternative. Fnarr fnarr....
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Sounds like a good job. Love the ‘deliberately’ caveat!
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Have a good day mate. Remember your afternoon nap.
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Murderer!
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That’s a very kind offer mate, thank you. I’ll let you know how I go.
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Is anyone using the shorter Zubats, 240 or 270? I need a new one, and with my 2511 getting used a lot more now I was thinking of downsizing. It’s pretty much reserved now for really small stuff and dodgy backcuts.
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I will have.... ?
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Er, no, you said the opposite.
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You’ve got that arse about face Vesp. It’s fine for double rope, it’s been beefed up so it can be used on single line with Petzl’s version of the Wrench.
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Petzl will swap it for a mk3 FOC as Steve said. The new ones look the size of a small piano Darrin!
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Andy, AHPP has accepted the need for tax, just lower and fairer. That's that one sorted chaps, on to real business. What on earth is that Dancing on Ice shite all about?
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I think we need to be sensible here. The tax system is massively unfair. Higher earners paying more tax is ridiculous. Penalising success and hard work. Inheritance tax and taxing pensions is simply theft. VAT needs sorting out - collect your own taxes as Rob originally said. Obviously this would leave a massive shortfall in the coffers. Easily plugged by getting the big dodgers like Amazon, Starbucks, Google etc. to pay what is due, and cutting off the offshore tax haven bollocks. Tax dodging megastars like Bono, Geldof, Barlow etc. might be more inclined to toe the line if HMRC weren't trying to grab 50% of their earnings. 20% of each £100m would give the country far more back than 40 or 50% of fuck-all.
