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If they sold you ppi whilst knowing your self employed then its been mis-sold as self employed are'nt coverd by ppi so you can also put in a claim for mis-selling as I understand it, had lots of good advice from here The Consumer Forums - Page One

As an emergency bodge get some epoxy putty and stick it back together, sets as hard as steel

Probably been covered before but I'm coming due for a new pair of work boots (not chainsaw ones) I've tried all types over the years but regardless of price I seem to walk them out in around 6 months, so any reccomendations? cheers Ed

I try and work local if I can but if the jobs worth it I'll travel, however that doesn't apply to the phonecall earlier asking if I'd fetch a muck heap from Tamworth, not going all the way there and back at 16 mph on the tractor

Don't remember that, what about Charlton and the wheelies and the flumps??

Yep, most people look at me like I'm mad if I say about Chorlton and the wheelies ello little old lady

Just to let you know I bumped into some tool fairies at the farm earlier today, selling cheap saws and tools, when I went in there was a message from the police ring round saying to look out for the same truck so just to let anyone local know its a white 62 reg toyota hilux with fibreglass back and tinted windows, rang police and they said had got a car out looking for them but just a heads up for anyone in my area

I wasn't allowed a motorcycle as my pop said I'd get the gravel rush ......I asked what that was and was told.......when you fall of skid down the road on yer rear end you get the gravel rush lol

Haha, was the only time I've ever ridden a motorbike, was never much into them prefer 4 wheels

It's like this - the outside gets a bit beat up like an old suitcase but inside you are still around 15 years old - I have yet to find out if everybody is still as stupid inside as they were when they were 15 or if it is just me:blushing:

 

I say that some will walk by a colleague stooping down in front of them without a thought and some will think "I wonder what will happen if i give his arse a good kick and then run like hell".....guess which I am:blushing:

Growing old is compulsory, Growing up is optional and yep I'd kick em up the arse too

Hey I didn't realize the test card was color til 1981 lol

 

 

I had a Rayleigh |Chopper ......still got it but I'm finding I can't tow the same amount of wood with it now

I learnt to ride a bike on my mates raliegh chopper, never had one myself, once i mastered it his dad let me ride his BSA bantam round the garden too

When I changed it last year it was horrendous, I ended up using a cordless reciprocating saw and cutting it off, this time it was easy because I copper greased the spline when I fitted the new one last year, I worked it off by hand this time

Other way is to use a plasma disc on 4" grinder, bit awkward to get it in but will cut through it in no time

The citroen dispatch,peugeot expert and fiat whatever it is are all the same van just badged to whichever manufacturer, guy I worked for had one didnt seem a bad van, only problem was used to get a bit cosy with 3 of us in the front

You were lucky there mate, I bought my old hi cap as cat C salvage due to the drop arm ball joint doing exactly the same, but had done it at speed, when I got it the cab roof was on the headrests and the front bulkhead was bent as it had flipped when the steering went

I put anything down to approx 3-4" into the selling pile and anything below, goes in a pile for home or the charcoal burner, burns as hot and lights easier than bigger stuff, only downside is having to stoke the woodburner more often

Just spotted this one on ebay whilst browsing Land Rover Series 2a 109 cherry picker defender | eBay

Try Firebond for the insurance they specialise in modified landrovers

Found a pic of it, this is why I don't take my brother fencing with me anymore

I wouldn't be so sure, if it were french I would expect to find the remnants of a white flag tied to it.

Nearly spat chilli all over the screen, must stop eating at the desk

My old B reg landrover 90, was'nt anything to look at but had a 3.0 essex v6 in it from a capri and went like stink

I've always said theres more evidence for "global Warming" being a natural cycle than being man made, climate change scientists always seem to go quiet when asked to explain how the earth managed to warm enough to thaw after the ice ages without mans imput of pollution, never let the facts get in the way of good argument, climate change is big business

Deepest sympathies to you and yours mate

I've inherited a few things over the years, mostly old block planes, a paraffin blowtorch (never got it going think it needs new seals), as for useable day to day tools I have a few digging bars 3 of which have been "acquired" for which read found on jobs the two short ones are both black smith made and are far and away better than anything you can buy now

I never said I paid them cash in hand, just what I pay them

Its something I've always fancied a go at but I don't think my back would stand it day in day out now, used to do a bit of thinning for local shooting estate but mostly it was stacked to be handballed onto a trailer or pickup, any larch, spruce etc we would cut to 5ft lengths and then saw into hedge laying stakes on site using my old mcconnell bench on the tractor, with regard to the comment/s above about brash and keeping sites tidy I remember two of us thinning a stand of silver birch, they were between 10-18" diameter trees from memory, had to fell, sned and cut to managebale length to handball and stack for collection, I worked by felling one, snedding it and stacking brash and timber then moving onto next one, the lad I was felling with felled about 30 trees without moving anything and ended up with a huge dangerous mess, and by time he'd cleared it all I think we were tree for tree, by the end of the day

I pay what thier worth, I got a 16 year old who will graft as hard as anyone who's on £40 a day and a twenty something who gets £60 a day, I have been told of a lad who will work for £30 a day, difference is I know the the other two lads will actually turn up and work at the rate I'm paying them

Full of flu still (went straight to be at 5pm friday night when I got home) so up the farm to feed round this morning, back home for a sit down and back up the farn this aft to feed round and deliver some hay to a customer and now couple of hours sit down before have to fetch youngest from work, was hoping to finish digging veg patch while its nice but can only manage bout ten mins work before I'm out of breath