oldwoodcutter
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The last time i took on a little fencing post job that called for the fence post and concrete to be removed,the original contractor had poured what looked like the same amount of concrete as would be specified into making a large german underground bunker. After that episode i now subcontract all fencing jobs out.
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Most tree men have been where you are at one time or another,as above put it behind you and look forward.
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Someone called me a cowboy once I put him on the next stage out of town.
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Well he seems to have made some sort of recovery leastways.
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VOSA and Clear diesel vis-a-vis red diesel
oldwoodcutter replied to difflock's topic in General chat
At a farmer/smallholder friends yard last week and he was cheerfully filling up his 14 plate bmw 6 series with red. When he noticed that my jaw had dropped,he asked me when was the last time ide seen something like this pulled over and dipped. -
Yes,thanks Eddie,see you first thing.
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Pal of mine suffers from rheumatism and arthritas and he wears gel gloves now which he says help,leastways his hands not get any worse.
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I am endeavouring to get to grips with this and will post an update soon. I have meantime got voda down to £30 a month payg unlimited calls and texts and other stuff i dont recollect,which is better than £120,but i havnt finished yet,as ime going down the contract road with one or the other. Thankyou to all my friends on a/t for your help and advice.
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When riding in bosses truck avoid rabbiting on to him about football,recent punch ups,weed,or last nights liason with some young lady. When exiting truck dont slam door like youve got out of the cab of a fordson major. When starting saw/hedge trimmer/strimmer,dont pull starter cord so far out that complete recoil assembly is nearly wrenched out of its mounting bolts.
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Have used most types of chipper at one time or another but the forst we use now is head and shoulders above the rest in my humble. Yes,they have their niggles as said above by eddie,but what chipper hasnt. This is saying something,but my lads havnt blocked it up once.
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Flippin heck i wish i was 45 years younger then i could understand these mobile contract things. So with GiffGaff i have to get a pay as you go card and top up at petrol stations etc as usual,put £20 on it each month and get those good mins and txts,but how can thay be topped up automatically Doobin? And how can it use your minutes if you've none left on your top up card? Also if i do change to GiffGaff from my voda pay as go,can i keep my phone and my phone number,or will they send me a new simcard for it,or may have to buy 1 of their phones? Thankyou for your post,Tim.
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Thanks Johny,ime going to have to get help here,that chart to select things from on voda's website is something i cant understand at all,but thankyou anyway.
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ok,so jonny and ian,would your advice be to go to the vodafone shop and ask them for a sim only,ime guessing they put their sim in my phone and contract me to that. Dan and Doobin i cant understand what you're up to there sorry. Thankyou.
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For chrristmas my daughters bought me a nokia lumia 520,which has taken me until now to get to grips with ie phoning,txting,and storing peoples numbers.i dont send pictures or want to receive them,and use my laptop for internet. As using it more and more ime now topping up at £30 a week,as ive been on vodaphone pay as you go for many years,like many,ive not got a contract but the younger generation tell me thats what i need,so, any members that do have a contract would you go to the vodaphone shop or carphone warehouse? As ive now got used to this one,i dont want to buy another or do i have to buy another phone and swop my sim over,and explain to my dauughters why ive handed mine in? I did have a look at voda contract on the net but ended up with more questions than answers.If any members have sorted a contract for themselves,i would appreciate any help offered in this field,thanks,Tim.
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Good one Steve. Didnt like that chap with the whip,ide whip him if i saw him do that.
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That's as maybe,but softwood is a different kettle of fish,one of the biggest white play area woodchip suppliers in east anglia was telling me the other day that he just cant get the trees for his wholetree chippers due to it all going for biomass.
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Certainly a mask is advised if standing all day over a log splitter in a shed or outdoors on a still air day. I would often cough my guts up after doing that but since wearing a light mask on advice from an expert in that field,my lungs remain dust/spore free.
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Ive been £80 a cube for a while,next turn they'll be £90,take it or leave it,ime not breaking my back in all weathers to give my logs away.
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Thanks for posting md, i enjoyed looking at those.
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There are several 2 man teams hereabouts,fresh out of the local college quoting and of course winning domestic work by charging £150 a day. Try competing with that.
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Had a couple of herberts drive up to my main yard,which is like a mile from anywhere and a dead end, while i was up there the other day,when i asked them where they thought they were going,they said they were looking for somewhere to go to the toilet.
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Theres a car supermarket hereabouts with about 20 navaras lined up,all out of manufacturers warranty,and all been sat there for months. Buyer beware,as they say.
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Ive dug a good trench round the clump to get a sling around the root and pulled the lot out with my truck in low range fwd. As long as theres no gas,electric or water under there of course.
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Your mate's going to lose a couple of fingers in a minute doing it that way.
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Anyone recommend any comfortable work trainers with steel toe caps?
oldwoodcutter replied to Rob D's topic in General chat
Hi Rob,got some Dickies Storm super trainers last october,and ime impressed with how well they've stood up to it,no faults found yet and ive wore them a lot when not in my leather boots.Tim.
