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  1. armchairarborist
    yeh give me a bell when yr free to talk, thanks
  2. armchairarborist
    i got paid for doing that..
  3. armchairarborist
    Hi nick, nice to see you on here. Ed.
  4. armchairarborist
    or the driver scraping the kerb as they drive along the road? i should have said the sidewall, sorry.. Ed.
  5. armchairarborist
    i testdrove a new landy lastyear, it was horrible, bouncy, smelled like a tarts armpit, and was very stuffy, bits of rubber in every hole where the air for breathing is supposed to come in..
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    lack of space so they put me on the foundation cert in plant studies with a top up year to full foundation cert, or something like that..
  7. armchairarborist
    it is a new clutch:blushing: (this year), i just re-replaced the passenger mirror again because she (bless her) broke it yet again. anybody got a set of spare 235/75/16's? as the sides seem to have worn off again:blushing:
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    1.'well i thought it was making a funny noise..!' 2. got the woman to tow a heavy trailer back to the yard one day, i was behind her at uphill trafficlights in a long queue and noticed the disco creep forward very slightly, i rang her mobile to enquire if she was holding it on the clutch.. 'its ok' she says 'in pretty good at it..!'
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    yes and the second year also, then found out i had two more years to do to get the foundation degree not the three yr course i was promised:thumbdown:, thats approx £1000 more than i expected, as well as the day off a week and low wage from a short week on the tools, i was attending campus 1day per week because i'm computer illiterate, i'm really enjoying this year off so far and my heads not hurting at all.
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    i use moped 2stroke thats been in my shed since my dad was 16, and old engine oil complete with bits of gears/swarf in it, sometimes mix it with spores of honey fungus to get more work:thumbup:, only jokin, we always use stihl oils in stihl machines, the green 2stroke oil as local stihl dealer stopped selling red. love the smell of stihl chain oil.
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    anything on soil science, plant cells and tree/fung ident, as well as sufficient funds for the course and approx 3hrs per module per week for research/assignments, my heads hurting now..thats why i'm on a gap year to save funds and braincells. Ed.
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    i'd have to clean the dash to see if its true in mine.. and thats just not going to happen till i get chance to dig the jetwash out of the shed,i did take five carrierbags of rubbish out of the cab today wrappers etc, and an overloaded washing basket of jumpers/shirts/coats to the wash:blushing: the dogs love it in there as there's always something to eat if they have a dig round:thumbup:
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    overweight bumblebee haha..
  14. armchairarborist
    i cut the corners off to help when reversing up overgrown driveways, the overhanging trees now catch the angle and slide over the cab roof instead if twanging me in the face as im looking in the mirror, oh and strength/speed/looks an stuff:thumbup:
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    there was one round here till nearly every roadside tree had been butchered, affectionately termed the 'fun bus', never saw it working but could be found parked up having 'council lunches' all day in remote layby's..
  16. armchairarborist
    and here's me wasting fuel on full revs, what a plank i am:thumbup: bit early for the christmas costume isn't it?
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    £60 to fill yer tank? what you driving, a mini? your story sounds about right for the police..
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    wasn't stuck fast but was wedged, as i drove away laughing he went forward a bit more, i was 3cars behind when he hit it, the whole back end shuddered and distorted for a second or two, i saw one years ago get through a bridge by hitting it fast and the back doors broke as they were the most rigid part:thumbup: i feel your pain with the chipper spout roseyweb as i once reversed into my garage with the drivers door open wide to see where i was going in my nova when i was 17:blushing: things went downhill from there:thumbdown:
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    heres one from outside a bodyshop we worked next to last year, they broke the tail lift reversing it off the recovery bed..
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    believe me im not going anywhere near it till everything is ok'd on paper, its not even in my town, the guy wants it clearfelling and cutting to 8ft lengths for a wood supplier so i don't even get the wood:thumbdown:, might go see it at the weekend and if it looks dodgy i'll phone the local tree officers, guy seems genuinely sound but you never know
  21. armchairarborist
    don't think so robert, its completely seperate, thanks anyway
  22. armchairarborist
    saw this on the way home tonight, the nugget in the suit was trying to direct him and kept waving him through even though he was already stuck, the nugget in the truck said his destination was david brown works 200mtrs past the bridge, seen loads of trucks stuck here but thought i'd take some pics and share with you guys:thumbup:
  23. armchairarborist
    i thought so, if i remember right they take ages to come through don't they? someones not going to be happy haha:thumbup:.. any idea how long they take?
  24. armchairarborist
    Hi i have a client who owns a non tpo'd small woodland, not in a conservation area or anything, he wants the lot clearfelled inc a couple of mature trees, approx 200 trees in total, does he need a felling licence for this? i got one before from the forestry commission but that was for a tpo'd wood, does it just apply to volume? thanks, Ed. (there is definitely more than 5cubic metres being removed)
  25. armchairarborist
    sounds a bargain to me, but what colour is it?

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