Dave D

now thats what i call clever thinking, a little spend out now to avoid a possible bigger loss later:thumbup:and after all noone wants to have to break out the silky:sneaky2::biggrin:juries out, looks like it is to be the 020

very nice colection treewise:001_smile:that ak is not the most accurate bit of kit but the spray has got to hit something, right?

not a criticism but why do you want to replace saw that still runs well? sorry cant offer much advice as ive only ever used stihl so cant offer comparison.

are your sealskins still totaly water proof steve, only i got mine at christmas and after a few weeks i noticed them getting wet in one of the gloves. it was in really wet snowy conditions, but when i got them they were water tight in the same conditions. however i am still impressed with them overall, they kept my hands toasty even spending all day bagging snow covered logs. perhaps they were just an unfortunate faulty pair as ive heard plenty of great reports on them and i was carefull not to cause any damage to them. what have your experiance of feedback been like on them yve? sorry to derail your thread abit mark, btw those gloves look good. i use the same type of gloves but without the lining and theyre pretty good at keeping your hands fairly dry so i imagine your ones must be lovely and a reasonable price too.

good for you stu, always good to hear something positive.

unfortunately too true steve. as if we dont have enough to worry about at work with red tape and people trying to leach off of us, now we have to worry about what we do in normal day to day things. what has this world come to when you cant even help someone without dreading the consequences. sad very sad.

:lol:you two:lol:lmao

now that is good:thumbup:

unbelievable! what is wrong with people? why wouldnt he stop? and yeah i nearly titled the thread - a policeman, paramedic and fireman, but thought people would be disapointed with no joke:biggrin:

good on you dean, a cool calm and collected head and a bit of common sense is all it takes. although a couple of the off duty coppers were controlling traffic on part of the road my mate grabed my hi vis and went up the other stretch to stop traffic there. even if youre not gonna stop and help, at least stop and be patient!

just thought i'd share todays story with you all, i was driving back to the yard after the job today, missed the turning and ended up taking the scenic route back where upon we came across an accident involving 2 cars at a crossroads along the lanes. one car was crushed at the front and the other was turned on its side having obviously been hit in the passenger side. it must have only just happpend as there were no emergency services there yet. some vehicles had stopped but others were unbelievably just driving round! i asked someone if anyone was trapped and unsurprisingly there were two in the car on its side so i went over to see if i could help. there were three people at the car trying to help already and i explained i had some first aid knowledge if needed, but thankfully the casualties were in good hands already as it turns out that these three seemingly ordinary members of the public turned out to be an off duty paramedic, an off duty copper and an off duty fireman, what are the chances of that!? now add to that a couple more off duty coppers traveling back from somewhere together! myself and another bloke managed to rip the windscreen out with the help of a hammer and a thick pair of gloves(dont worry, a blanket had allready been passed into the car to stop them getting showered in glass). the driver climbed out but the passenger was still stuck between the front and back and they had to be removed by the fire brigade who arrived shortly after. fortunately it seems that no one recieved any serious injuries but all went off with a free ride in an ambulance. very lucky indeed.

:dito:i've got loads of ideas and even drawn up plans for some of them before, but like you say its finding the time.

you gonna be there rich?

looks good phill, youve set my cogs ticking now, i might have to get to the drawing board.

ha ha, a bit of mick rubbed off on you there nick?!

i cant give examples of payouts or such but when getting a quote from lycetts they were extremely helpful and informative and although their quote was much the same as others they did seem to offer that bit more, and the customer service would be enough to swing it for me:thumbup1:

i remember someone on here saying they take it out before the spin cycle, i wondered why at the time!...........now i know

once you get them powered up nick i reckon youll be looking for your own place a bit sooner than you thought!

bench-tastic mate, another fine piece of work from your good self.

climbing, shooting, shandys and milk! it just keeps geting better:lol:

shandy? im not sure i could hold that, can you bring some milk aswell.

always up for a climb, count me in:thumbup:

some interesting pics there, thanks for reviving this thread.

well done.

well done and good luck for the next course.