oldwoodcutter
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Made me laugh out loud,that's the funniest thing ive heard all day.
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I'll keep a lookout for it over this way Bren,you never know.
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Not a trick,but a tip well worth knowing,when pricing the job up,(and this applies to mrs Miggins or Balfour Beatty) never tell them exactly how long the job will take,even when asked. You may have the fastest climber in the uk on the job that day,or a team of groundies who've really got their skates on,and everythings goes perfect. When you finish at 12 instead of 5 or manage to do it in a day and not 2,then its only human nature for the client to think he's paying twice as much as he should,because youve done it in half the time. If you dont tell him in the first place,then thats all avoided.
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Yep, stihl green.
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The times ive seen someone start to cut a connie hedge thats been rained on overnight,or cutting in the rain,and getting covered in water droplets off it before they've done 10 yards. Before you start, just get the leafrake and wack the fonds for a few yards,that way the water off the hedge will fall on the ground and not down your neck.
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I try to keep the inside rim of the holes clean,and the o ring on the caps,but yes they can be a devil. Sometimes i'll notice someone having trouble after a fill up,i go over to see whats up,and even i cant get it on for a while.
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Sorry to hear that james,we was next door at ingoldsthorpe last week and had a dark blue transit truck,3 up, drive slowly by a couple of times,i went and stood on the kerb and the 3rd time they came up i waited til they got close then i pointed up the road and shouted for them in 2 words to go away. No where is safe now mate.
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Saw it last week and couldnt beleave my ears,rubbish like that shouldnt be allowed out in public.
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How far have you ran/cycled/swam today?
oldwoodcutter replied to Christopher Schroeter's topic in General chat
Thanks Munky,i will call in at the pool in town and see when ime allowed in,looked at their web and its different times for who you are - children,women only,swimming club,lanes,or competitions,obviously ime none of them so gonna find out whats what. -
How far have you ran/cycled/swam today?
oldwoodcutter replied to Christopher Schroeter's topic in General chat
Being in my sixties ive never been in a swimming pool.Mrs always been a keen swimmer and can go up and down all day til she gets bored with it. So knowing nothing of gyms,leisure centres or that sort of thing,but thinking of doing something together with her,have any other talkers learnt to swim in old age? Was thinking of going by myself til i coud get about safely in the water,then we could go together. Also 3 or 4 times a week i have recurring dream of drowning in a river or being out of my depth in water and wake up suddenly in the night,thought this might help. -
Whilst logging up some oak cord from a large sporting estate hereabouts,i kept cutting through what i first thought were thin nails,but no damage to chain,then after looking closely realised it was lead shot from pheasant shooters as the oak came from rides that were being widened,lead could have been in there for 50 years.
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Went to my stihl dealer with a view to getting a 180,but bought a 135 few weeks ago instead,mainly for snedding,chipper prep,etc. Ive used it a few times when my boys have left it lying around the jobsite,starts well,runs well,cuts well,lightweight,cant fault it,and glad i bought it Hope this helps Tom.
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The st6 has all the pros,cant think of any cons,have used most chippers at one time or another,and for me it has it all.
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After the last eye test my optition said that if i dont want to lose my sight prematurely,ide better start to protect my eyes better,now always wear safety glasses with the visor. Found the itex ones from clarks the best.
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Hi guys, i need a 2nd groundie for weds 8 jan,no saw work,but should be experienced with chipper,and traffic. I will supply hi-viz,All you need is your own helmet and thick gloves,and be able to turn up at swaffham for 8 a.m. Give me a call on 07867 764307 or pm me Thanks,Tim.
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Thanks for posting,i like that picture,the boy is the same height as the water bowsers wheel.
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dealing with rude/wrong customers
oldwoodcutter replied to onyx landscaping/fencing's topic in General chat
Thats ok Steve,i made good money on his later jobs,so i kinda got my own back on him for mimicking my (slight) norfolk accent. Always get on better when quoting if you try to be friendly and laid back a bit,rather than talking to them like your reading a police prosecution statement. -
dealing with rude/wrong customers
oldwoodcutter replied to onyx landscaping/fencing's topic in General chat
Few months back i said to a retired american business man,when he finished telling me what he wanted "You're looking at around £300". He repeated what i said in a poor copy of a norfolk accent,and came out with "what sort of quote is that?" and he said it again. So i rather sarcasticly said "it will cost £300 to do this work" thinking to myself take it or leave it mate. After that got on real well,and he gave us a stack of other treework which we did later in the year. Takes all sorts. -
Yeah,i was going to say £450/£500 plus £100 call out.
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I used to get a couple of dairylee triangles dropped in my lunchbox,but for some reason she now puts in laughing cow triangles,both good but a devil to get the blinking silver paper off sometimes.
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Ive never had the pleasure of owning one,but a neighboor has one he parks on the street,and every time he goes off in it, ive noticed there are a few more little pyramids of iron oxide left on the tarmac.
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Fellow i once knew built up a cesspit emptying firm,few tractors n tankers,also 1 or 2 tanker lorries,and plastered accross the back of them all he painted 'you make it,we take it'
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Not a relation,but an old friend,who was almost completely deaf, was in royal norfolks and had been captured in the far east and spent much of the war in a pow camp. One day we were talking in a farm yard when some lads started taking the micky about his deafness until i went over and explained to them how when he was in captivity a jap took a dislike to him one day and ruptured both his eardrums with a rifle butt. Due to his weakness and diet at the time,they never recovered and he remained handicapped until the day he died.
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Mrs oldwoodcutters dad was a driver,drove the colonel around belguim,then right though germany to the end. My own father would never say to anybody what he did,where he went,or what he'd been through,just used to change the subject.
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Pair of slippers off mrs oldwoodcutter (as usual)
