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Sorry to hear about that Dan. In your case, was the reason for the claim attributed to the modifications or unrelated to them?

consonantly taking the pyss

I translate that as: "We are at war with the neighbours and this will totally piss them off". If that is the case, I would also assume that your client will also fall out with you over something and never pay you fully.

Not that it really makes a difference, but can anyone ID the species. I am lousey with evergreens, but I guess we can rule out holly and laurel.

Geeeeez...... where would we ever find such a fella :- ( ...... 'ere, Spud, what are the chances that you would be any good at this sort of thing?

Well....... ...That's certainly less fancy language.

Could the rubber boot thingy between carb and cylinder become damaged / dislodged? (Or is that what spud said but only in fancier language?).

Safely first. Just worried a passing coot may snag his ballsack on a stump. That kinda thing could put a real downer on his day.

Sorry to hear it. Here's to the 40%. An old colleague of mine was forever getting one cancer or another. He ripped the piss out of it the whole time. I don't think he could be more disrespectful of an illness. I have seen folks make more of a fuss about having a basic cold. Your Mrs sounds like she may be made of similar sturdy stock, pass on our best wishes.

Cowboys. Just look at the height of those stumps.

The second most common arb 'health and safety' pic in the world (Not the one where the bloke is starting the saw between his legs...... )

Believe me, normal 2 stroke mix blended with a healthy slug of diesel is infinity better! You will turn your garden into a passable reincarnation of an '80s TOTP studio.

eeeeeerm...... how about separating the food and the rats?

Indeed https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/helping-dave-again#start

TCD wouldn't be happy with that stump height.

That's the fella. how soon one forgets!

LOL!! Yes, I am sure it was. ?

I guess maybe so. Not really interested in political opinions tbh (unless we are talking the opinions on immigration of Spraintlot - or whatever he was called).

I miss TCD. Amongst a sea of prima donnas and wannabees, he offered an alternative (if not always welcome opinion).

not how I remember it, but each to their own. :- )

I sold out to a corporate sponsor. My version goes..... Wood burns Morso Water Less so. Tbh Jotul initially agreed to pay better, but I had to decline the deal as I know my songwriting limitations.

Not that i know what mumsnet is.....

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. According to mumsnet, some people think tigers are female lions

The Lantra Assessments were referred to as 'Benchmark Assessments'. The were accessed via a password protected section of the Lantra website, and for some reason never publicly published. As I remember, in line by line comparison they were identical (the order was a little different, but the wording was the same) to the NPTC assessment schedules, but this is not surprising because, as Stuart has explained, Lantra and NPTC wrote the qualifications based on a series of units produced by Lantra SSC. I believe the Benchmark Assessments have since gone from the Lantra website (no idea why), but I have some saved as PDFs from a few years back. Tommy_B, if you are really interested, feel free to PM me an email address.

Hi jfc. you are, indeed, about 5 years out of date. Lantra did once confine themselves to a sub 200mm felling ticket, but they now offer identical (and interchangeable) tickets to NPTC (more correctly City & Guilds). The NPTC 'CS' units used to be 'certificates of competence' but NPTC C&G and Lantra collaborated to replace them all with a series of incomprehendably numbered qualifications a few years back. It therefor does not matter which awarding organisation you go with initially, as you can change camp whenever you feel like it because they both recognise each others units as valid prerequisites. The only difference is that NPTC C&G do not provide much training (Historically, Lantra did your training and NPTC did your assessment), whereas Lantra do training and assessment. The best way to choose where to put your money is going to be ... the training / assessments center's personalities the training / assessments center's facilities the training / assessments center's location the training / assessments center's price