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    Dont get me started on forsts blinking axles,from memory the last one was £800 - "not under warranty"
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    He prefers it if you pay him to take the chip off your hands, no cheques accepted.
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    Thats the place just round the corner from the railway station, ive been in there, if he found a £10 note in the yard he'd moan that it wasn't a £20. What a ray of sunshine he is.
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    Clay shooting Sunday, might take mrs oldwoodcutter up to Sheringham Monday if warm enough,nice pub lunch and stroll along the prom.
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    You could try Lynford hall near Mundford,they took some loads of mine last year,but i gather its recently changed hands so thats not guaranteed as i havnt met the new management.
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    Well done friend, my celox is always right at the top of my first aid box.
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    Well that's paid for the new Navara then.
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    Unless you enjoy working hard for very little reward, my advice would be a good burn up.
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    We were on a two day connie hedge trimming job on a very hot day last year at a stately pile belonging to a rich widow who would make the queen seem like the poor relation, no drinks forthcoming of course,and as we worked our way closer to the back of the house,she came out to sit at some lawn tables with a few other old bags and had jugs and glasses of lemonade with ice clinking about brought out to her,and sat watching us with the sweat rolling down our backs. I dont think i will ever forget that.
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    And today we saw the other side of the coin,the lady comes out and asks us what we'd like to drink,and when she did bring them to us,out of the blue came a lovely big plate full of home made hot scottish pancakes with butter and home made jam. We occasionally get biscuits with our tea,but its been yonks since we've enjoyed this level of treatment. Our appreciation to her knew no bounds.
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    My new stihl saw went back to stihl via my dealer,it was 2 weeks old and stihl had it for 5 weeks,no loan saw available. My new husky went back to dealer twice in 2 months and still same problem of fading in the cut, dealer sorry but "we havnt got any wood to try it in" Now sold,goodbye stihl,goodbye husky,hello Dolmar - so far so good.
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    Just remembered, a while ago a client asked us what we'd like to drink,the usual teas,coffees, etc were asked for, and a new young fellow who ide started that day says, i'll have a beer if you've got one,and they did bring him one out. Had to smile at that.
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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.
  17. oldwoodcutter
    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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    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.

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