oldwoodcutter
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When its been a dry house and they come out to see how you're getting on just say "do you know if there's a cafe down the road ?" then say we're going off to get some drinks. Even the tightest customer usually then takes down the order.
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Has the victim been fleeced, or are some of us getting woolly minded . . . . .
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At around £46 a ton, thats a little under market price actually.
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You make me laugh Eggs.
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Could be worse, the farmer could come out and find you with your arm round his wife's waist,talking.
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As said above,never ever tell them how long you think it will take. And if you charge a day rate or an hourly rate whenever the farmer sees you sitting down or standing around chatting to his daughter,he'll be thinking 'ime paying £15 an hour to him and he's not earning it' Much better all round to price each job,or length of work, seperately. Hope this helps you dj.
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Hope things improve for you Gus,something will turn up.
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Certainly not anything with a 2 stroke engine gets lent out,i have occasionally lent other stuff to trusted fellow tree workers who were in a muddle. On the other hand so called 'friends' or remote members of family would call round when i was at work and mrs oldwoodcutter would take them in the yard where they would find what they were looking for,the last 2 occasions one borrowed my best axe which was my fathers,and that came back with the handle all splintered near the head,and then my set of ladders were eventually returned covered in homebases finest gloss. After that i said to her 'no more' .
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When they see a property in the countryside that they intend to return to under cover of darkness,they have been known to simply tie a carrier bag into a hedge close to the entrance. This looks innocent enough to anybody,as bags are always being blown about,but in the dark they can drive straight to that bag,and down the drive they go. Often a bag is put at several properties so they can target the lot in one night,then move out of the area next day.
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The mum of one of mine called one monday morning to say he'd locked himself in his bedroom all weekend and wouldn't open it to anybody,and was not answering his phone either. When he did put in an appearance in my yard later in the week i couldn't get much sense out of him,but later on that day i was informed by another employee that the reason he wouldnt come out of his room was because 'he owed his dealer a lot of money' . Whether that comes under 'lame excuses' i have no idea,but he's a hard worker when he is with us, so i turned a blind eye to it on that occasion.
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When the customer does not pay
oldwoodcutter replied to chippermonkey's topic in Business Management
Sunday mornings ive found are the best time to go and bang on the door for those domestic customers that dont keep to their part of the deal. Couple of weeks ago we had 2 days work for 4 of us at a big country pile,arrangement as usual - payment at time of completion. The 'lady' came out as we were finishing off to thank us and i said i will come up to the house in a few minutes to pick up the cheque. Took me 45 minutes of ringing the bell,phoning her,walking around the outside of the house,outbuildings and pool,until she finally in mock surprise opened the door and said i suppose you want paying now. I knew she was around somewhere and i wasnt going to leave on principle until i'd got paid,even with the guys sitting waitng in the truck on full pay. -
Roundup - safe to drink (if you want cancer).
oldwoodcutter replied to SteveA's topic in General chat
But at least no weeds grow on his grave. -
Invaluable when you need one,for taking down whispy stuff whilst on the ground,or in the tree when you cant get a safe anchor point above whats coming off. I love my gypsy stick.
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Day 1,Module 1, traffic management course, 'place cones pointed end upwards'
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Ive got its little brother the 2045 which i use quite often,a little belter that punches above its weight.
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My friends 55 plate defender is colour matched,around the bonnet its sprayed black to match the oil thrown up, the wheel arches too are black where the brake fluid has splashed out of the cylinders,and most of the rest is matched to the colour of all the welding up.
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Count me in.
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When i was leaving school my parents wanted me to join the police force. My friends at the time,of the same age, talked me out of it,but by the time i was in my mid fifties they were all retiring from the raf or fire brigade or Fords or the daily mirror and on pensions i can now only dream about. They fill their days playing golf,going to the gym,walking their dogs in the rain and have 2 or 3 foreign holidays a year. Most have come back to live here again in retirement,and i sometimes see them as ime setting off in the drizzle to another conifer hedge reduction and think "oh well never regret what you've done,regret what you havn't done" .
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When i was leaving school my parents wanted me to join the police force. My friends at the time,of the same age, talked me out of it,but by the time i was in my mid fifties they were all retiring from the raf or fire brigade or Fords or the daily mirror and on pensions i can now only dream about. They fill their days playing golf,going to the gym,walking their dogs in the rain and have 2 or 3 foreign holidays a year. Most have come back to live here again in retirement,and i sometimes see them as ime setting off in the drizzle to another conifer hedge reduction and think "oh well never regret what you've done,regret what you havn't done" .
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I love my tranny tipper,guys in the front,tools on the back seat,quick attach greedy boards, domestic work - bring it on.
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I was chatting to some forestry commission guys the other day while they were sitting down eating their sandwiches, this was at a rides crossroads where when they're not cutting and signed off,is a very public area,and 1 fc blobber had used his aerosol can of orange paint to encircle all the heaps beside the tracks in that little area so none of his workmates would drag it about.
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I was at some allotments the other day and a fellow was explaining to me where he would like some chip tipped the next time i was over that way. As i walked off a path near his plot i thought ide stood in a load, "oh you dont want to worry about that,it wont hurt you" he said,but my boots were clean,he then looked at his own training shoes which were loaded up with it. He went absolutely bonkers threatening to kill the dog and its owner if he found them. I had to chuckle to myself.
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If a vet chipped a whole flock,surely it wouldn't cost too much per animal,and if they're pedigree all the more reason to do it,but thats assuming they'll be found before they end up as chops.
