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either way, i bet the council haven't heard of him, let alone approved him

the best drink for working in heat is fruit squash (whatever flavour you like!) and a teaspoon or two of salt mixed with it. (for a 2 litre bottle) this does a similar job as lucozade sport and the like, for a fraction of the price.

can you not import any from the uk or other countries?

It would be great to have live bands in the evening and camping, with lots of workshops for the kids, lots of demonstrations, lots of local ales and cider etc etc. Make it into a family thing that you can spend a relaxed weekend at without rushing around trying to look at everything and try/buy stuff all in a few hours. Alot more folk would turn up from further away i should imagine. It would be like an arb festival... Anyone with me on this?

i have had the fellsmen's and whilst they are really comfortable, they don't have great ankle support as they are quite short. the aquafell's are taller so should imagine they would be better. a couple of friends have the aqua's and like them alot.

just ordered mine. (purely for the stickers haha) cheers for the heads up (if it ever arrives....)

if i see any tree motions or austria duo's on ebay i'll try to do a bit of columbo work.... "Just one more thing..."

we covered this in college...... Hedges and trees - Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 Part 8 All trees and hedges, but especially Leyland are notorious for growing fast and becoming “out-of-control”. In June 2005, new legislation was created to deal with problematic hedges, especially complaints from residential neighbours. Please note that the situation in Wales is different England. Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 has created new procedures to enable local authorities to deal with such complaints about high hedges. The ideal would be for the dispute between the neighbours to be resolved without timely, costly intervention; however, once the situation has been questioned by the complainant, and no action has been taken, the complainant can make an official complain to the local authority. What will it cost? To make a complaint, the local council will charge a fee between £100 and £600. The amount is set by the council and therefore varies from shire to shire. If you are receiving benefits you may be eligible for a discount. Unfortunately, there is no way at this stage, to claim the fee back from the hedge-owner, however, Net Lawman will keep you informed if this changes. Which Hedges Count? * Hedge disputes must have been discussed between the relevant parties prior to a complaint. If the height of the hedge has not been complained about first, the initial complaint to the council will be rejected; * You may take the dispute to the local authority if; * The hedge compromises wholly, or predominantly a line of two or more evergreen or semi-evergreen trees or shrubs; * It is over 2m high; * The hedge acts in someway as a barrier to light or access; * Because of its height, the hedge adversely affects the complainant’s reasonable enjoyment of their domestic property. How does the local authority deal with the complaint? The local authority will charge a fee, as mentioned earlier. The legislation does not specify how the council should deal with the complaint; however, they should of course take into account all relevant factors and assess each. They will normally send an employee to come round and check the hedge to measure its height and gather other information. They might attempt to talk to the owner and complainant and its contribution to the area it resides in. The council alone make the decision whether the hedge is causing adverse affects to the complainant. They then decide what remedy should be taken to overcome the problem. They may decide that no action is necessary. Remedies If action is to be taken, the council will issue a ‘remedial notice’. This is a formal notice to the person responsible for the hedge. Examples of remedies include long-term maintenance of the hedge at a lower height. Appeals Both the hedge owner and the complainant can appeal against the decision of the authorities. They have 28 days in which to do so. The notice will usually be suspended whilst the appeal is in process. Enforcement It is an offence not to comply with a remedial notice. The person could be charged up to £1000 and / or a second notice may be issued. This is usually to quicken the speed of remedy and a time period might be set for the resolution of the problematic hedge. The magistrate’s court is also able to set a daily fine for every day that the work continues to be outstanding. Where the issue is not resolved, the council have the authority to remedy the hedge and recover the cost from the hedge owner.

re: drewb's post - you can download the forms from here... PPE checking - Downloads - Petzl on the right hand side next to each climbing accessory is the form and checking process on pdf format.

you shouldn't need to buy your own saw whilst at college. they will have them. (if that's what you mean?)

sorry to hear that , post the items that were taken and serial numbers for us to keep an eye out. surely they wont be stupid enough to put them on ebay??

this is what i have. its what geeky gamers use (i'm not one of them ) great wireless range - enough to go through several walls and up stairs.... Netgear DG834GT SuperG Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router 108 on eBay (end time 25-Jun-09 13:30:00 BST)

i'm sure i will change my mind as the years pass on whats decent or not. for now though, (due no doubt to ignorance) i think it looks cool.

its best to have a simple layout along the lines of personal details (name, address, phone etc) previous employment education relevant skills references (work and personal) then a covering letter where you just sweet talk them and say why you want to work for them. say what you can bring to their company. they like to hear that.... other than that, just be yourself and don't bullshit sure you'll be fine - pulling pints is easy

shot down in the first reply

i want it! Land Rover 130 Cherry Picker Tree Surgery on eBay (end time 29-Jun-09 19:30:00 BST)

Actually i lied.... I use this electric silverline chainsaw with a small genny to power it. I have to daisy chain quite a few extention plugs to reach the top of tall tree's. Stihl and Husq are toys tbh.

gotta be stihl in my inexperienced opinion. the clutch placement is rubbish on husqs... although i prefer the sound of husqy saws- they have more grunt.

and re: mass-energy ratio energy equals mass multiplied by the speed of light squared (i.e. e=mc2) the mass of a body is the measure of its energy content. the theory of relativity and all that kaboodle.....

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here you go..... http://www.sendspace.com/file/5ys6io

I have Shigo's CODIT from 1977 in Microsoft Word format (22mb) 20 pages with colour diagrams. i'm now uploading it to sendspace so you can download it.....

if 20kg's of spam or 10litre tubs of dog food are your thing then yeh! what an awesome place!

i will be making a trip to the army surplus on saturday morning. i will report my findings

trees inspire me. they give us life (the miracle of photosynthesis) and wood! wood is great! my other passions in life owe so much to it - skateboarding (the actual skateboard and skate parks), sound engineering/speaker building & sitting round camp fires getting merry.