Stephen Blair

if you want it badly you will find it, i have been out of my parents house since i was 19, i didnt have an option of not paying bills or wanting big wages, just loads of hrs doing crappy jobs in the hope that one day i would get the chance to do this job, it took me 3 years of shovelling coal, digging gardens, peeling tatties in a chip shop to save up enough money to buy a harness and ropes, then another year to buy a saw. once you have been in the crap you dont want to go back in it, i put myself in it so i had to get myself out of it. too much negativty and focus on doom and gloom. i could be out working today rather than sitting infront of the laptop, but i am not, its my choice but i didnt have a day off for 10 years unless it was for a weeks holiday in summer . good luck doesnt fall on your lap, you make it, it takes focus and determination. unfortunately some people do get dealt a right crap set of cards in this life, and i cant do anything about that. but if you are fit and healthy then there is no reason anyone should be out of work, it just depends on what you want to do and for how much for:001_smile:

there is loads of work out there, its just getting up and going and finding it, near or far:001_smile:

i like the look of those 0.2m3 bags

devon does look stunning, i think i will start saving my pennies, maybe even a busmans holiday with tommer/tbc and cts. i love the beaches, but a bit busy for my liking. i bet the seafood is great down there

call willy on 01563 524 013. nfu vary all over the country but he did me a good deal, they are strange about if you have policys somewhere else through them, i cant understand that. but i get everything for 585, tell them it was me that recommended them and just be persistant with them, they usually take a few days but dont be scared to hound them on

there are bound to be some good deals at the AA next week mate, always a deal to be had at a stand if you have money in your hip:001_smile:

i have the only one huck and i didnt go, sorry mate:001_tongue:glad you had a good day:001_smile:

i often grab the axe and go and cut down a tree, havent done it for a wee while though. brings things into perspective, especially if its a dead elm, i have seen me hacking away for an hour, blinded with sweat in a rage wishindg i had never started, but when that old girl starets to creak and crack. yehaa. what a buzz and sense of achievement:001_cool:

i must have the wrong end of the stick or you never so all the dvd. not to worry, dont want to derail this thread..

is that the same as CHEESE CAKE:001_tt1:

dean dean dean, how do iknow you started that job at 10 oclock on a wednesday night in a rage, then got stuck in that much you forgot to ask if it was the right room:001_tt1:dean the magnet of disaster. i cant wait to see how your chopped chip box turns out. it will probably get reposesed because it has someone elses finance still on it and it was involved in an armed robbery in france and you are probably be getting the blame:001_tongue:

the time it takes to do a job can be a big factor, if i turn up and quote for a job, i may be more expensive but if i say to the customer i will have it all done for you in half the time as my competitor, i accept cheques and i will start now, they usually go for it. people are very busy now and just want things done. there are folk out there that just want a gypo job for much cheapness, i dont entertain them, i sus them out over the phone and leave it at that. they are the ones that give you all the hassle.

yes, i know, sure is, i thought so to. and in purple:001_smile:

happy fathers day, now go to bed:001_tongue:

you got it closed oops, it was all your fault:thumbdown:. lets not ever bring it up again. but while i am on this thread, have a look at this photo below and tell me what i could use this peice of wood for, it is totaly different to anything i have ever seen before. thanks in advance:001_cool:

get in a huge cherry picker just to annoy huck. simples:001_tt1:

that does it, i need to go to cornwall. great pics there reg, the wee one is a belter. did you go to the mick stockbridge school of smiling:001_tongue:. see you at the AA with your gadget mate:001_smile:

it is a great oppertunity to get a chance to work on a tree of that size, you will be a better climber/cutter by the time it is done mate. trees like that make you what you are.

if i had saved up 100k and put it in the bank i would of lost half off it and paid a fortune in tax over the years. i have done ok in the last few years, it has nothing to do with kit, its ability to work hard and to keep trudging on when the chips are down.

you are too late for the messing around frank, that was this morning mate:sneaky2:i am trying to rerail the thread i sideswiped earlier:blushing:

get in an artic load of tyres and just fell it mate, then dress up any bumps in the grass.

i know loads of folk that went to university and college when i left school, they had a blast, left with a degree and did something totally different, some couldnt find work others had just changed there mind. it is the same in this game.

is palm usefull to woodturners??

just get in a mulcher, we did a wellingtonia stump that was about 40 feet around the base, i left it at about 4 feet, the big fendt did it in about 5 mins, like cutting butter:001_smile: