oldwoodcutter
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Cut n climb jacket zipped up to the hilt. Royal navy heavy weather overtrousers.
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Mrs oldwoodcutter could snore for england,a gentle elbow into her spare rib usualy does the trick though. Mind you,if i overdo it and wake her up ime met with some pretty fruity language.
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Lashed down all day here,cutting down some overgrown shrubs this morning,knocked an apple tree down for another cust this after. Without my cut n climb jacket and royal navy heavy weather trousers i would have been like a drowned rat,as it was - dry as a bone.
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well i will be sleeping with 1 ear open in case the little tinker comes back again.
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Thanks for the heads up mate,i had an irishman stroll into my yard this morning 'looking for any scrap at all' and having a good look round ,til i told him he best be on his way.
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Might have had a go up that tower 45 years ago when i was full of beans,but not nowadays.
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Penny pinchers is right - taking 4 loads out tomorrow and 2 of them only want 1/2 a cube each. Out of the blue i found myself behind 1 of the log trucks from a big estate the other day,he had a couple of cube on and was at least 30 miles from base.They advertise 2 cube for £147.
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Seen some rapid tractors in my time,but that takes the biscuit. Thanks for posting matthew - wonder what he's got under the bonnet?
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When your good lady's annual smear test reveals nothing more serious than woodchips.
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And then you get the phone caller who gives you the third degree regarding how dry your logs will be when delivered,and after dumping them outside his garage door,you drive by 3 weeks later and they're still there.
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Its the old phrase "they gave their today for our tomorrow" that hits home.
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Gives me a little shudder whenever i see clips like that.
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I couldnt be bothered to explain the whys and wherefors to him,took his money,thanked him and moved on.
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Took a load out this afternoon,customer said "i expect you log men will be out of business this time next year,with all the ash trees that'll be cut down you wont be able to give it away" Its being so cheerful that keeps some people going.
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When you stand on a douglas fir cone in the shower.
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When i was a young man i drove from toronto to niagera falls - then when got back to toronto flew to calgary,hired another car and drove round southern alberta then on into bc. One of the prettiest places was banff and lake louise,dare say they still are. As been said,canada is big.
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Prat.
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The other day i was sat on a tarmacd public walkway having a break beside a little heap of scots pine brush.This was due to be passed over a 7 ft fence into clients garden then into trailer. Lady approached,let dog have a leak of about 1/2 gallon all over my heap,then walked straight past me with her nose in the air. Put me right off my apple juice .
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At a clay shoot in mid norfolk this morning, and whilst at the hatch of the travelling roach coach, a poster advert from over norwich way caught my eye. Dry hardwood logs delivered in 3 metre loads at 140 per load. Nearly choked on my bacon bap.
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adrian flux wanted 330 to renew mine,just changed to commercial vehicles direct for 260 for renewal this nov 1st. Thats with a fair bit of no claims mind.
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less than 52.50 doesn't even cover the sweat off your back mate,i think i would have been tempted to tell him to take a running jump. Plenty more pebbles on the beach especially with a possible long winter ahead of us.
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After an ash twig swished me and filled my eye wih blood a couple of years ago i almost always wear my safety specs,whether under my visor when sawing or with my ear muffs when hedgetrimming.
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Thats good news mate,next time you see him you can smarten him up again.
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Last night i was driving in a really big forestry block in the fog,i started off knowing where i was going but gradually lost my bearings completely,endlessly turning into dead ends and turning round again as the fog got thicker.Woke me up at some point.
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Dreamed that someone had me firmly in a headlock and the only way out was to bring my left arm round and up and punch him in the face as hard as i could,sadly mrs oldwoodcutter ended up with a black eye. After averting a seperate bed decision,a few weeks later this enourmous rat had its teeth firmly into my boot,the only way to get it off was to kick it away,and you can guess what happened. I soon got used to a single bed,but was glad to move back in again some time later .
