oldwoodcutter
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If it glows green,leave it alone.
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Previously individuals have paid me the going rate for it,but that time i offered it to the respective chairmen of the two local clubs. When they came into the yard it was obvious they'd like it for next to nothing,and expected me to deliver it all. Out of the corner of my eye i noticed them wink at each other behind my back and it was then i decided ide got better things to do than be the next chump.
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Hi ed,have the water levels dropped round your precinct yet?
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Hope you sell them mate. Offered a nice lot to the local turners and carvers and by the time they'd looked at my stack of yew by the cord heap,shook their heads and sucked their teeth,i didn't bother. Logged it up for firewood and made twice as much.
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Blinkin stuff,the older i get the more intolerant of it i become. Rotweiller is the worst.
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I have two regular customers that i get calls from to carry out tree work,that are known as upper class - 1 lives in a castle and the other a stately pile,and the first time i drove into their grounds i wondered what to expect,as ime about as working class as a border collie. Get on well with them,one expects you to prefix his first name by 'sir' when you talk to him, and the other cust whose husband is never about very much,prefers to be addressed as 'my lady' ,which is no problem. Both families have lived there since the reformation,dont drive new range rovers,and will wander over to where ime working and ask if ide like a cup of tea. They can afford to pay for whatever they want,and to employ whoever they like,and as long as they keep phoning me up,i'll keep accepting their big red banknotes.
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Looking for a long handle log pick thanks
oldwoodcutter replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
Ive use the clarks Jon,move some heavy stuff sometimes but havn't managed to break it yet.Good tool for saving your back. -
Capon.
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The fireworks start when introducing a ferret when there's a doe rat down there with young. Some ferrets will sense her and come straight out.For those that want to go and face up,well there's often only one outcome.
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Seeking advice on pulling tree with tractor...
oldwoodcutter replied to swinny's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
One simple tip,make sure the tractor you use has a clevis type drawbar hitch with a tow pin in it, if thats where you're attaching your cable or bull rope to. I once saw a hawser under tension slip off one of those pointed ball type auto pick-up hitches on a tractor,nearly took a young fella's head clean off his shoulders. -
An old pal of mine,sadly now in that big compartment in the sky,used to have use of a big shed on a farm overrun with them. One day he saw a rat on a high shelf in the corner of his shed,as he was unarmed,he grabbed a handy length of 2 x 2 and as he was about to swing it the rat jumped into his face,and its claw somehow took his eye out. Ive always been wary of a cornered rat since then.
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Thats the way to do it.
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Got a nice tip from a customer the other day. Said to put a good layer of bullock muck in the bottom of the trench when planting out celery.
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Clarks cut n climb is the best jacket ive ever owned.
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Thanks Felix,will pm you.
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I doubt they're complaining much over norwich way - there's an advert running in the eastern daily press offering logs in 2 cubic metre loads for £75 a load includes delivery.
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Yep,had it since the sixties,as my eyes aren't what they were over open sights,i put an 'original' scope on it few years ago. For extra power spray wd40 down the barrel before hand and it will drill a slug straight through a owd rat.
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Slotted a big one with my webly falcon beside my cordstack the other morning,i would think it must have pumped nearly a pint of blood out onto the concrete,never seen anything like it.
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From what i can see, i'd say it certainly could be willow.
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Working in high winds to day I had a headache
oldwoodcutter replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
As Egg says,on cold windy days a hat is always a good idea,i pull mine down right below my ears on such days,and wear safety specs to keep the cold wind out of my eyes helps. -
Had to smile to myself this afternoon,priced 3 apples up to be pruned,only small stuff in a pokey back garden,that had been trimmed like a current bush by someone last year. After giving my price the customer said thats a fair bit more than i paid last year,but asked me to do it anyway,then went on to ask what tools i have,and before i could answer,said that there's a socket and extension cable in the shed for a hedge trimmer,the last bloke used mine,as he didnt have one in his van.
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The next time i look to price a 30ft high connie hedge that wants 5ft off the top,i will take my ladder and have a decko up on top of it. That way i wont be suprised to see its 20ft wide on top and full of honeysuckle.
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Before my stoats went, i picked up a dead one near my cord stacks,no obvious cause of death,but ive got a pair of marsh harriers floating around so one of those may have grabbed it,then decided not to eat it for some reason.
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Had a family of stoats in mine during the summer,they moved out and the rats have now moved in.
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Stick your hardwood where the sun don't shine
oldwoodcutter replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Firewood forum
burning ash mixed with leylandii tonight. Just went into room and threw some more on,stood up and got my head entangled in mrs oldwoodcutters underpants and bras she's got hanging on an airer from the beam above it.
