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  1. armchairarborist
    hahaha oops, i'll come quietly
  2. armchairarborist
    ...balls
  3. armchairarborist
    saw these guys today, wakefield rd hudds, no ppe, ladders (take note bob) full chapter 8 kit (invisible version) the guy up there was pulling a length of polyprop blue rope, not sure if it was for tying in with or rigging..
  4. armchairarborist
    haha HSE police, excuse me sir were you aware you were sawing at 32 m/s in a 30 zone? erm sorry oraficer, it won't happen again, honest.. (unless i get a 7tooth sprocket)
  5. armchairarborist
    well done Jim, now clean yr saw, sharpen it, fuel up ready for tomorrow and.. nah sod it, get to pub n celebrate..
  6. armchairarborist
    had to leave the disco at the shops tonight.. the woman wasn't too impressed about getting into the 110, its pretty bad in there at the mo..
  7. armchairarborist
    hope you spiked up the back of it..
  8. armchairarborist
    back from college in the wifes disco after blasting down the motorway at 70mph ooo, went in house, woman went straight out to shops in it, then rang me to say she's at the shops and the steering won't work, had a look, and well it looks like the bottoms fallen out of the steering box.. couldn't believe it at first as id just been on motorway in it, guess what i'm doing tomorrow now?
  9. armchairarborist
    haha can it reverse into a big drystone wall, pull forward stall then roll back through the wall with only a scratch? with one 'new driver' behind the wheel blaming the gearbox..
  10. armchairarborist
    was just thinking 8am is pretty early, then doh.. i've gotta go to college at preston tomorrow, need to be ont motorway at 7am, if yr there weds i might nip down..Ed
  11. armchairarborist
    never did spot you in the mondeo, might have a better chance now, looks a tidy machine:thumbup1:
  12. armchairarborist
    of course you would need your groundy ticket as well when rigging, got mine free when did rigging course..yay, didn't even know there was one
  13. armchairarborist
    do you mean graft when the tree is young? or like the victorians did, graft 40ft up to get massive cascades? or both? just wondering as i'd love to give the latter a go..Ed
  14. armchairarborist
    my nptc card is out in the truck n its dark/cold etc, not sure which cs numbers i've got, but got my rigging and pruning ones.. the rigging course was fun, the instructor took a whole day to show us ziplines and how to set up /use them..
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    was told rough location of an oak near me, they guessed it is about 400yrs old, im off to find it as soon as i get time, can't wait.. if its good i'll pop pics up, Ed
  16. armchairarborist
    so you shot them, chainsawd their hands off and buried them (not on you're land though) harsh but fair:thumbup1:
  17. armchairarborist
    haha, at the end it says 'the 3rd crane collapse in as many months!!!'
  18. armchairarborist
    saw this on telly and recorded it with my camera, please turn the sound up on your speakers, them people are soo lucky.[[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBNC7YHPJ28]]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]
  19. armchairarborist
    brilliant, couldn't understand a word you were saying but cracking vid n pics feller.
  20. armchairarborist
    they seem to take ages to get shipped over here, can't wait to get new one, makes great throneroom reading..
  21. armchairarborist
    ooo can i have another go please? like scots pine too, one of the not so spitty pines and really good for lighting the fire.
  22. armchairarborist
    imagine how scuppered you'd be with japanese motors and tried to treat them the same..
  23. armchairarborist
    but its so comfy on the sofa, lets not get in the way of improving the infastructure, we could do with some road widening round here too, did you say ancient woodland? i'll be round with a jar of newts..
  24. armchairarborist
    sit in? sounds confrontational, just slap a toy rubber bat up each tree with an ultrasound device nearby, then post an anonymous letter notifying them its a bat roost?
  25. armchairarborist
    thought you were talking about the weather.. its poured down here all day nonstop, glad yr busy though

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