Mark Bolam
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Honest post John. Good man.
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Did Jodi get anything nice?
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One of your better vids Tim. Didn't realise you were as old as that. How's the leg?
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Condolences Lyn Ed. Tragic.
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Can you get laminated ones?
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Late start tomorrow, told the lads don't bother coming in before 11. Then hot mince pies and coffee whilst watching porn till about 12. Been a good year, so will dish out the envelopes containing cash bonuses. The lads should have finished counting their wads by about 2, then its pub time. 16oz fillets paid for in the local, sirloins for the vegetarians. Champagne, premium lagers and port on tap. Stretch limos with hot tubs and naked hos then provide a taxi service back home. Carlsberg don't do Arb companies.... Merry Christmas fellas.
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Awesome John, especially 3 and 4.
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Agree there Bomag. Arborist, well done mate. By blowing the whistle you will at least have improved things for the dogs, and it must have taken guts surrounded by violent cowardly scum like that.
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Arborist, you obviously know the crack, and there is no doubt that some horrendous practices did/do exist in the hunting field. Rather than turn your back, do you think you could have helped by staying in there, but trying to change the way things are? Stopping up earths so a hunted fox couldn't go to ground and/or digging it out was what got the publics back up anyway. Rightly so, I feel. Plenty of hunts now run a more level playing field approach, and their popularity has increased accordingly. Anyone partaking in some of the things you have mentioned would have felt the wrath of my forehead immediately. Being a supporter of field sports AND animal rights is not mutually exclusive.
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Amen. The gum lifting its root plate on felling is nuts.
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What is your single most beneficial exercise for Arb work.
Mark Bolam replied to coolie's topic in General chat
Wouldn't want you chasing me with a hard-on Big Lad! -
Stevies tip about using a tyre for hand splitting was a winner. Coupled with the Gransfors splitting axe, the hydraulic splitter has stayed in the shed most of the time this year. I will say at this point I don't see my logs as a commercial enterprise as such. Keeps me busy in crap weather, only sell to regulars, work short hours etc. Can do about 5m3 a day cutting and splitting if I need to, but that is working hard. Half that leaves me time to read James Bond books by the brazier and walk the dogs at 3. And leave no cut and split stuff for the doasyoulikeys to thieve during the night. If they want to lift the cord they can do the hard bit themselves!
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Pheasant shooting at it's best is one of the finest sports in the world. At it's worst it is barbaric and massively unsporting. It's all down to how the birds are presented and the ethics of the people shooting (at!) them.
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Yeah, right Jelly. It was great entertainment back then. 'Tonight, we will be putting this 1.4 Ford Sierra through it's paces in the 30mph limits of Milton Keynes....' You really are getting old. Maybe you should get yourself a decent syrup like Micks to cheer yourself up.
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Ditto, and as said avoid the Stihl hats. They are truly awful. Buy cheap - buy twice! Spend as much as you can afford, and try and find somewhere to try the gear on before you buy it. Good luck!
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That would surely be an overcooked breakfast? Agree with Rich and Mick about Maggies. As big as you want, literally, and the liver is awesome. Porridge everyday for me now, does seem to last me really well. Turkey sandwiches as of next week....
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Great stuff Xerxses. Love the bit in the first vid at 4.40 when the guy gets some help from a bear!
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I'm guessing these fellas won't be discussing pruning cherry trees....
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Even if you can!
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6t is a lot in a night Matt. Pro job?
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Ditto. Enjoy it, sounds wicked.
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Avoid Heathrow.
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Spot on Dean. My mate pulled a Range Rover out of a ditch last year where it had skidded on sheet ice and gone off the road. The irate woman driver told him she was going to sue Range Rover because she had pressed some fancy 'snow and ice' setting, and it hadn't worked. He gave up trying to tell her that it wouldn't allow her to drive as normal down a steep hill that was covered in smooth ice. Or that that it wouldn't allow her to do 50 in a 30 limit!
