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Down turn uncertainty domestic market
oldwoodcutter replied to mitchel's topic in Business Management
I can only hope I live long enough to see a resurgence to the heady days of coming home each evening to listen to at least 5 or 6 messages on the land line inviting us to go and take money off customers wanting tree work and they’re not bothered much about the price as long as you dont quote pikey prices and you can do it within the next month or 2. -
The local turners and carver groups used to craze us for yew, you’d fanny about sorting and stacking nice pieces to one side, only for them to come over and pick holes in it and to generally dismiss it as not worth much at all. The last straw was when a couple of members from the carver and turner groups met me up the woodyard to discuss terms, and out of the corner of my eye I noticed them winking at each other during my negotiations . Not falling for that old chestnut too many times it’s now all through the chipper or firewooded.
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Remove trees close to house?
oldwoodcutter replied to Ben Sarafyan's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I’d have that cherry right out Ben as the roots will only get worse, and get stump ground out . The palms alright, unlikely to cause problems below ground. -
They’ve been doing what?
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All quiet on the Western Front , even the crows haven’t woken up yet
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That takes me back a bit, some of the raf lads up at Marham were detailed to blast walnut shells through the jet planes for their entire shift. It was a job they hated and looked upon it as punishment meted out by some vindictive officer.
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What species is my new firewood?
oldwoodcutter replied to g006's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Red fir -
The only way Cliff is to swallow your pride and go back and finish the job to the spec you quoted and Mr Twat accepted. I used to be able to smell customers like yours a mile away at the quotation stage, but still managed to get tangled up with the occasional one, which my white hair, and lack of it, will verify
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It’s nearly 30 years since I was , picking up my daughters.
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Certainly is, I used to sit in my car to pick my daughters up and enjoy watching the fights in the car park at chucking out time, better than match of the day some Saturday nights
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Talking of milk floats, I faced up to a large gang of pikies once who were trying to grab all my kit roadside over at Walpole Highway. I overheard my son in law say to the staff afterwards , he’s got a lot of bottle to do that . I piped up that i used to be a milkman, which lightened the mood somewhat.
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Down turn uncertainty domestic market
oldwoodcutter replied to mitchel's topic in Business Management
Of the 3 self employed climbers I’v talked to within the last fortnight , all have said the same thing - dead as. -
Pleased to see another bank holiday Easter , that’s true. The possibility of driving to the coast has been suggested, but sitting in a queue for 2 hours,then spending a further hour finding a parking spot, buying fish n chips on the quay at £25 per portion, then queuing for 2 hours to get out is rather less than appealing.
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Comms are almost compulsory between a climber and traffic management guys on the roads like stop go boards, when one misunderstood hand signal or shout could be catastrophic.
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I can still get off my bed when the job calls for it. Would have been even earlier but I fell asleep again putting my socks on.
