Sam Thompson

Nope, I don't think so anyway. 01925 740 995

John at Shades of green @ Warrington has some cracking prices mate.

Right. I understand my Landrover can tow 3.5t. As in the trailer and load has a combined weight of 3.5. Is that right? My old man reckons it is something to do with added weight of vehicle plus weight of trailer plus something... Anyone clear this up? (Preferably with some legislation that backs me up ) Cheers, Sam

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I think this is a very stupid video, and idea in whole. 1. Invisible Children's board is made up entirely of Americans. Not a single Ugandan, not a single African. How can they represent a group of people that they are not part of? 2. Invisible Children's finance is a mess. Of more than £6 million it spent in 2001, less than £2.3 million was for activities helping people on the ground. The rest went on “awareness programmes and products”, management, media and others. 3. This was the situation in Uganda 7-10 years ago. There is no war now, Kony is not even in Uganda, he is hiding in the DRC "dormant". Military action from the US/UN could spark him recruiting/kidnapping more child soldiers or once again going on the offensive. If there was military action, the US would be killing child soldiers to get to Kony. 4. US Forces would never find him in that Jungle, and in doing so may spark other warlords going into collaboration with Kony/anti US. 5. The Ugandan Gov./Military is corrupt to the core and has itself been implicated in “massacres and rapes, as well in the training of child soldiers” in the DRC, do you want the US to be training them/your money to aid them? 6. The "unknown children" are not unknown to the people that actually make a difference, and the insinuation of IC that they are the first and only people doing something is wrong, and devalues the actual work done by Isis, War Child and Angles of East Africa to name a few. People watch a half hour video, donate some money/buy some posters and are automatically heroic saviours of Africa (How colonial, the nice white people going in to save the poor defencless black people). I bet most people who support this video couldn't point to Uganda on a map. This is people trying to feel good about themselves without really doing anything.

I find the big chocolate ones a little bit bitter. Although currently they are what is on the shelf, varitiy is the spice of life. It all used to be about the Coco Rocks until I broke my jaw, then I had to have weetabix with hot milk becuase of the lack of chewing - I'm still loving the hot milk, I am basically ten.

When my old man was doing manual farm work (60's) and playing LOTS of rugby he had 12 weetabix a day in a mixing bowl with two table spoons of sugar apparently he never weighed over 15st and he's 6'4:001_huh: It's all about the little Weetabix with chocolate in them for me!

Having seen a set on a defender today I think they look gay. Really gay. Save up more pennies for bigger ones!

Just seen the hype regarding the above film. So I watched it. I have know about the LRA for ages, as well as the many other similar sets of horrible barstewards (it worries me that many people didn't). I also find it ridiculous that people think a "Facebook" campaign will do any bloody good when he has been doing it since the 80's! Link below, be interested to see what people think. KONY 2012 on Vimeo (And lets leave religion alone in this one!) Sam

I am fully sold on the idea of the Arb Aid kit. It's been designed for the job and has what you need in it, without the added shirt that you don't need. When I was working for myself I had a 10 person first aid box in the van, it had in it; Alcohol Free Wipes Gloves (pair) Guidance leaflet Large dressing Medium Dressings No. 16 Eyepad Plasters Safety pins Triangular bandages In bold is what I think is vagually usefull. Looking at the arb aid kit you can tell it is made for the job, every item is an essential and well layed out and easy to get to. Compared to a pair of top of the range trousers which will not stop a bigger saw/faster chain (£200+?) I think it makes perfect sense to shell out £300.

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Sorry, that's what I mean - one per team/site/work area

The ease of re-ordering supplies, the layout of the kit and the lack of hassle surely makes is better though? I must admit I thought about a DIY approach and until I priced it up then I was going to do it - £260 for the contents alone, without the specialist stuff that only ArbAid does like the "silky plaster" (Genius!) or tweezer/magnifier thing. As Hama said, surely having the best first aid kit should be above pretty much all else? After the threads on here about too many industry deaths I would have thought people would jump on something like this...

That should be standard with someone of your size mate. Good on you, but you should not be the exception!

Well, to bring back a thread from the dead. Today Greg from arbaid came to talk about the kit. I was very impressed, to the point that if I was still "properly" cutting rather than doing management then I would have one, even for just me. If nothing else he showed me how ineffective Celox granules would be! £300 is a good night out and bit, definatly worth it. Sam

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As above really, will 235/75/16 BFG MTs fit my defender? Been offered a set at a very good price but have in my head they are Disco sizes? Cheers Sam

Enemy at the gates is a story, plain and simple - the bloke was real but the whole "elite counter sniper" part was rubbish.

Arrivederci!

Seasoned? It's bloody expensive for Larch that...

Some people need shot. I think that is the worse one I have seen/heard of. Sorry for you mate.

What about a kind arbtalk directory of techniques or something as well? For the homeowner to peruse on 'lal tinterweb? It is stealing your idea tone, but it would get it to massive audience.

I agree. Find your own happiness I reckon. Funny thing about that island. I didn't take any pictures. The whole reason I canoed to it (that time, I try and go back as often as possible) was to take some silly arty pictures of the old graveyard (Christian) and the church. I got there, and it just felt completely wrong. It is my place (to me) and I don't share it. Funny how your brain works. I was talking to a very good freind (another canoe camper) last year time about it, and he told me a story about going paddling and wild camping on Loch Awe with his then 7 year old nephew. They stopped on the island and started to unpack, his nephew went off to explore and walked back about 5 minutes later and said "We shouldn't sleep here, it's not right". This was dismissed as rubbish (as adults do) but he made enough fuss that they went back to the car and slept in that instead. it turns out there used to be a graveyard on there (lots of graveyards on islands!). It makes me wonder.

I'm not, I like more than pretty much any of the others though. Winston Churchill was I'm told. If there is a god, I think he would want me to worship in his cathedrals. What I mean that I have sort of shown below... Two quotes. "Climb the mountains, and get their good things" - J. Muir. "And I looked unto the high places, from whence cometh my strength" - The Bible. The closest thing I have had to a "religious conversion"/truly spiritual event was in a very wild place where there have been "goings on" for most of time. On Isle Maree, where druids have practised for ever, I felt a sense of fulfilment. I always get that when in wild places, but never as much as that one time, in that one spot. It was a little but of heaven, a truly magical moment. (Look at me all soppy )

Boom. Sit down Mike