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Going back to the £1 bit... I believe they 'take it' as a pending payment (or some other term) to check the card is active/pin correct before allowing you to fill up - it never actually leaves your account. I think...

Not something said, but I once caught the young lad at work seeing if he could pick himself up with a shovel! He wasn't the sharpest tool in the box...

Yep, the subject of a recent name change...

Sorry, not Butin, Schwarze's fungal strategies...

You never know, Amazon are responsible for my copy of Butin's Tree Diseases and Disorders: Causes, Biology, and Control in Forest and Amenity Trees. I can only assume if enough people show an interest in an out of print book through Amazon they see fit to acquire printing rights...

Can't help I'm afraid, but I came across this while looking... https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4MreBQAAQBAJ&dq=fungi&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBTgKahUKEwij49Wowq7HAhUJCNsKHZ8GBpU

Nice thread...

Gotcha, cheers....

Is it Phellinus schweinitzii now, or is that a typo? Bloody fungi name changes! Do I recall correctly that I. dryadeus is now Pseudo-Innonotus too, or was it just a sick twisted mind meddling nightmare? :eek:

This isn't the body language of trees book from the research for amenity trees series, it's a new book. It covers a lot of the same material, but is a different book entirely, and also well worth getting...

Is this someone kneeling in front of a cross, or going down on a stick-man?

I'm pretty sure this can be had direct from the AA now, they have taken over printing the whole research for amenity trees series. If so should only be around £30 or 40...

Mountain ash/Rowan...

Sounds like a client I worked for once, getting a druid to talk to and bless the yew tree prior to felling set her mind at ease. Whatever floats your boat...

I have/had a copy of Secret Life of Trees, if I haven't already dropped it off in a charity shop (and can find it) I'll send it your way...

'cute' little thing...

Looks like lichen from here, harmless if so...

Thanks everyone. If I have had no contact by tomorrow I'll be giving him 7 days notice of small claims proceedings. Hopefully that'll do the trick...

I had one with 30 cc'd in earlier this year. I wasn't the cheapest but still got it, as I could do it soonest by tying it in with another job. He now has until tomorrow to pay or he's getting 7 days notice of small claims court proceedings. Go figure...

Hi all, for the first time a client has been particularly bad to deal with. Obviously I don't want to go into specifics, but after being a little 'awkward' to deal with in the first place he is now not paying. I've had people pay late before, sometimes very late, through presumably geniune reasons which I've been happy to accept - some of whom I've worked for again and recieved prompt payment, so my character judging isn't far of most of the time! In this case however I've been given all the classic lines like 'I'm away at the moment' or 'I've lost the invoice' and 'I'll pay as soon as I'm at the office'. Now I've had enough as he stopped answering the phone a month ago, and started only replying to emails, now these get ignored too. It's not even a lot of money, but his dealing with the situation has become highly irritating, so.... I have told him to make payment within 7 days (by this Wed) or further action will be taken. Now, in my T&Cs which he agreed to I have a clause which says 'If the payment of any sum due is delayed the I shall be entitled to charge interest at the rate of 4% above the base rate of the Bank of England for the time being in force on the overdue amount'. If I wanted to send him a revised invoice with this interest added, how would I work it out? Sorry if this seems obvious to some, maths was never my strong point! The other option is go straight to starting small claims proceedings. Thanks in advance

A new one for me, the parasitic plant Dodder.

Hi Ann, hard to say for certain from that picture, but K. deusta is a very real probability given the description with it. That, along with Meripilus giganteus, are the two fungi you'd rather not see on any big tree, especially a beech! Depending on the size of the tree, and any 'targets' within its range, you may want to get the tree inspected and assessed in person...

Go Mick! No prize I'm afraid, just a feeling of smugness. Cheers all...

Remove the grindings, topsoil and turf/seed it. Regular mowing should keep regrowth down and allow the lawn to establish...

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