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  1. oldwoodcutter
    In the woods today,the saws were left in the shade when not being used,but they werent running or starting properly. Except the dolmar which wasnt bothered by the heat.
  2. oldwoodcutter
    Unusually had a busy jan and feb ,then dropped off to a point when its been quiet for a month or two, phone not ringing although i spend a kings ransome on advertising. Averaging now only couple of jobs a week,and that is better than some of my fellow tree boys hereabouts, who have called me of an evening wondering whether to get out altogether to get some fresh money coming in. Ime of the opinion that the only busy guys,in this area leastways,are those that prefer to work for beer money.
  3. oldwoodcutter
    You make me laugh Felix
  4. oldwoodcutter
    I thought a growler was the large vicious mutt you often find in back gardens when pricing up, baring teeth,fur raised along the spine,and salivating, with mrs muff laughingly saying 'oh dont take any notice of him, he wont hurt you'
  5. oldwoodcutter
    Keep posting Metsa
  6. oldwoodcutter
    Thats a good one Gary, dont know what happened there,must be my arthritic fingers.
  7. oldwoodcutter
    Picked up a big log with my little sappie,just as it was shoulder height going on the top of the load, the log dropped off and my sappie came back and the square end clouted my on my eye socket. I wasnt far from home,so mrs oldwoodcutter put some frozen peas on it but still took over an hour to stop bleeding.
  8. oldwoodcutter
    Picked up a big log with my little sappie,just as it was shoulder height going on the top of the load, the log dropped off and my sappie came back and the square end clouted my on my eye socket. I wasnt far from home,so mrs oldwoodcutter put some frozen peas on it but still took over an hour to stop bleeding.
  9. oldwoodcutter
    The way he's waving that saw around, at best he'll soon be cutting his own leg off below the knee.
  10. oldwoodcutter
    I just use white spirits.
  11. oldwoodcutter
    Interesting video Metsaman,thanks for posting.
  12. oldwoodcutter
    Sadly from day one, at their odds, i never bought a lottery ticket,and i wouldnt know anything about lucky dips, but now the odds are even more outlandish,you may as well draw a fiver out of your wallet and wipe your ar*e with it.
  13. oldwoodcutter
    Thanks for that Dave,i hadn't realised there were different types,ive just ordered some P3 best masks from screwfix, to keep all that nasty dust out.
  14. oldwoodcutter
    I started coughing around a year ago,been to gp 3 times,had 2 x rays and 1 blood test, when my gp did speak he said your lungs are clear but i know they aren't. Started wearing masks when cutting and splitting and coughing a bit less now, i use the ones for car body filler dust.
  15. oldwoodcutter
    Personally cant stand listening or watching him for a minute,out of all the people they could have given the job to,they give it to him.
  16. oldwoodcutter
    On council tendered work here,one of the conditions is not to engage in conversation about the works with members of the public. Ive been in that situation with domestic work and always tell the mouth to jog on.
  17. oldwoodcutter
    One scruffy herbert crossed my path recently,i told him to his face he was a scrounging git, mrs oldwoodcutter was not impressed,but i cant stand that sort.
  18. oldwoodcutter
    Goodbye Mike. R.I.P.
  19. oldwoodcutter
    Thats certainly a rough load they've brought you there my friend,but perhaps you didnt pay a lot for it,and that was what you wanted. Good luck.
  20. oldwoodcutter
    I am very wary nowadays when using a topper on the ground,2 or 3 years ago my 200t launched itself back at me and stopped just under my throat while i was using it,lone working, 1 handed on the ground. I can guarantee that an experience like that will make anyone slow down and contemplate their own mortality.
  21. oldwoodcutter
    Was out pricing after tea tonight,ime in a half acre woodland area at the bottom of a big manicured garden,trees very close and wants windblown firs dismantled some have tops torn out and hanging,some just leaning on others.Ime thinking 3 days work at least here. They want trunk and topwood saved for logs,but what to do with the brash,i suggest bonfire but i cant see where to have one safely,cant get a chipper within 200 yards of it,ime trying to get the old brain cells working when the lady says in all seriousness "why dont you use that" and points to a small metal dustbin size incinerator in the edge of the wood that has half burnt bank statements stuck around its base. That lightened up the journey home for me.
  22. oldwoodcutter
    The generousity of some customers knows no bounds.
  23. oldwoodcutter
    There are a few favourite things in the day to day trials of tree and hedge world,but on balance my favourite one has always been taking the cheque off the customer on their doorstep,folding it in half and putting it in my wallet.
  24. oldwoodcutter
    Just for knocking about i wear the itex glasses,and when the chips are flying i slip on the clarks safe eyes. I found that even with the husky visor down and itex on, bits of chip would still somehow get in my eyes, something that the specsavers eye test experts told me to avoid now. And of course the safe-eyes dont mist up.
  25. oldwoodcutter
    Looking good,i threw my moody husky away couple of months ago and got another dolmar, hasnt missed a beat in that time.

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