Marko
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Climate change? Food security, Water shortages? Housing shortages etc We need the resources of 4 planet earths if everyone was to live at the same standard as the west does now. The elephant in the room is population growth and I doubt very much this will be on the political agenda any time soon.
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1 for England
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Might be worth also contacting your local Ramblers club... they will be involved in any case so perhaps better to front foot their views. If you can get them onside then it might help keep the few pedants who see no earthly justification in changing ancient rights of way at bay.
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We went yesterday. It had forecast rain all day and they were right. The entry fee was on the steep side for what was a much shrunken offering. Not many braved the weather and even fewer seemed to be spending. It will be our fifth consecutive visit next year. Woodfest was a unique event and I do hope it gets back its mojo.
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You would all see straight through a ludicrously cheap quote for a complicated bit of tree work and advise plenty of caution to the customer; pointing out all the possible pitfalls. Please remember that, unsurprisingly, a "free" website has many pitfalls. Much better to have a cheap proper job.
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A bit of a co-incidence.... this afternoons job is to make a list of hydraulic fittings needed for converting a large electric driven hyd power pack recovered from a massive paper guillotine. A few fittings and we will hopefully have a silent running fume free splitter.
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Agreed. And it can be very frustrating. Unfortunately being good at your job doesn't change the fair rate for the job. No matter how good they are, you have to pack them off with a great reference and wish them good luck.
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Dean, are you growing your own by any chance?
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Employers that pay more than the job is worth these days tend to be restricted to the higher management roles in Banking and Local Government. No matter how benevolent, the rest have to recognise market forces.
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If land ownership is becoming for the 'entertainment' of a small proportion of the population where is all the food coming from? I know we have many farmers on Arbtalk and I would be very surprised if they felt they were doing it for their own entertainment. Whilst I think I know what you mean, but I would have thought the scale must be insignificant when put against productive land. However, I would be interested to understand your alternatives to the present system.
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Should the assembly worker at Speke putting wheel nuts on Freelanders be paid more because he is 40+ with kids? Or should he be paid the going rate for the job? Your logic is lost on me. If you pick a random ASDA or B&Q store you will find a right mix of various skills and life/work experience all working for the minimum wage. If something more suitable or better paid comes along then they have a choice. Attacking employers for offering employment in this climate seems barking so I suspect I have not understood your point properly.
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We have had a breeding pair for about five years. Usually having one or two offspring. We have lots of lapwings nesting as well as the pheasant & partridge. Not a problem to the farm or shoot. I wish they would increase their rabbit diet though.
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Need the same but have never come across the right tank to butcher. I had thought of laying out breeze blocks and fitting a visqueen sheet like a pond liner - not a permanent solution but might do the trick for a batch of fence panels.
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Heinz 57 bantams. It is a mate who has been trying to get his numbers back under control but these girls know the score and go AWOL until they arrive back with a string of little ones following behind. For the thread... we have only five old girls: 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Old English Pheasant Fowl (still laying) and a lovely little brown leghorn which occasionally pops one out.
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Hen and 15 day old chicks (two days old if you read this tomorrow) free to a good home. Collect from PR4 6. PM for more details.
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At least 10% more than it cost you to process and package ready for sale.
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I like living on a farm where I have respect for the farmer who has built up the farm from scratch and knows all about how to run a productive farm. What I don't like is living on a farm where the farmer has no prior experience in farming, has no idea how to run a farm and has no real interest in learning anything about farming. The only reason he is a farmer is because he went to the right school and the only reason he carries on farming is to keep the troughs of the farm hands full to the brim at the expense of the well being of all his livestock.
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Done. 47 now so you should have your stats!
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If I understand correctly, you've been given the opportunity to quote? Why not do it once for free and time yourself so you get exactly the right price in that you need. If someone undercuts you then at least you know it wasn't because you over egged it.
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The old splitter and 135 combo brought out of retirement this weekend to sort out some rings which had ended up in the wrong place.
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Thanks for this - another gem from Arbtalk!
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What he said. If you are not specific and fully lined up with getting the best shot at getting work you will burn money fast with no tangible return.
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If it is a "one off" for your own use then I would explain that to the neighbour and get it over with using the kit you already have. If it is a day in, day out issue then I think he has every right to complain. I don't understand why so many above think that unreasonable.... unless of course you have planning permission. Not really enough information to cast judgement but at face value I suspect you agree that he has a point or you wouldn't be thinking about a hyd saw. A hydraulic saw run off a pto pump with the tractor just ticking over but the pto in 1000 is very quiet.
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Lovely
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It does not need to be road registered to be insured. NFU will insure it on the chassis number and then limited mileage road use applies. Never heard about the hydrostatic debate before but I can tell you that my B3030 HST tractor (not grass cutting machine) is most definitly registered for road use.
