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  1. Mark Bolam
    I've done loads of reductions round here that now look like that (the before pics). It's painful to drive past them, but you are contending with customers desperate for 'value for money', who want more and more off, and who won't listen to waffle about shock growth, epicormic fuzz-balls and regular maintenance. Less is more, for sure, but sometimes you've just got to pay the bills. That is great recovery work, though Stevie.
  2. Mark Bolam
    Nicely polished, for turds! No point in asking who hammered them in the first place is there?
  3. Mark Bolam
    That's not the North of England mate. It's the North of the Midlands.
  4. Mark Bolam
    If you manage to buy a can of beer or cider on the second day of the Arb Fair, walking around with it in plain sight will improve your grip enormously.
  5. Mark Bolam
    Tony when I said this thread could turn nasty, I meant that someone may deliberately create large divotage in some old ladys lawn just for our small minded vicarious pleasure! I have already drawn up a short-list of suspects....
  6. Mark Bolam
    Exactly what I bought, and the 1m carbon fibre extension. Easily paid for itself in it's first season. Go on.......
  7. Mark Bolam
    When will this country realise that 99% of high earners get there by a combination of graft and brains? And that 20% of £100k is still a much greater contribution than 20% of £12k from someone who didn't try at school or work as hard? Level playing field, thats all.
  8. Mark Bolam
    Left a divot (?) in Julian Clary's lawn big enough to put a badger in when I felled a big pop stick on it (Smashed the crash mat down some!). He looked at it and said 'It'll grow back'. It did. After wheelbarrows of topsoil and loads of grass seed! Looks good now. I think this divot thread could turn nasty.... Deliberate divots should be banned. And who is adjudicating? Mr. Shutler?
  9. Mark Bolam
    It's a weird old world this insurance game. My renewal came through with NFU, due today, but the small print had suddenly restricted my working height to 10m. Luckily I spotted it and told them to requote for unlimited, or at least something like 30m. They never got back to me! Meanwhile I had contacted Arbinsure (Bartletts) who beat NFU by £100 and doubled the PL. Never seems to make sense to me.
  10. Mark Bolam
    Great stuff guys, loads to play with. My wife's accountancy co. just paid £2.5k for a site (which looks great), but the only way you can find it is by Googling their company name! I don't want to go down that route!
  11. Mark Bolam
    open the door and assume the doggy position naked, with your nether regions facing the fire. With an orange in your mouth.
  12. Mark Bolam
    I love it Dean! There's so much more light!
  13. Mark Bolam
    I hear you there Tony. Would have been in trouble with a pop before if I was anchored to a stem that failed once. That Willow looked sound though, and I doubt Rich was shock loading much. Nice work Biggun, did you get it cleared up today? John's not wrong, they seem to get more messy the older I get!
  14. Mark Bolam
    I'm just about to order said pulley for that application. Can it be also be used on a 13mm rope for the trolley on a zip-line?
  15. Mark Bolam
    I need to get a web site up and running, but am unsure how it works as far as Google findability is concerned. I know of several really great looking professionally done web sites that Google struggles to find. I realise you pay to be top of the list, but what methods can you use to guarantee your site can be found somewhere on the list as soon as it goes live? First page would be good, is this possible without spending loads? All I'm after is a customer typing in 'tree surgery in XXX (area post code, village, nearest town etc.) and my website to appear. Google ad words? What's all that about? Where can I get independent advice? Not being funny, but if you don't really know, please don't post. These threads sometimes get swamped with misinformation overheard from the fat bloke in the pub!
  16. Mark Bolam
    Nice one. Who won?
  17. Mark Bolam
    It was a male dog Rob. What do you think I am, some kind of pervert?
  18. Mark Bolam
    Really sad news Tony. You can just tell from your pics that Buff had a great life. The fact that you turned things round together makes him even more special IMO. RIP Buff.
  19. Mark Bolam
    Wondered that myself. Surely worth the extra for more grunt with no discernible weight increase?
  20. Mark Bolam
    Talc in your hair mate. Stoop a bit. Jobs a good 'un.
  21. Mark Bolam
    Ditto. And personally thinks it smacks of desperation. Mind you, I am desperate....
  22. Mark Bolam
    What other creatures do you find up them Treeson?
  23. Mark Bolam
    You can't leave it alone, can you? My height is not an issue to me. And at 4' 2 7/16", I'm hardly a midget.
  24. Mark Bolam
    He is, apparently. I still think he's a bear. 11 stone, loved a wrestle!
  25. Mark Bolam
    Don't you just hate it when you pop round to quote for a simple, local, conny topping job....and get attacked by a bear?

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