brassmonkey001

Ha Ha

 

"Harsher punishment for parole violators Jim"

 

I would have them all on hard labour if it were me, but I thought the description sounded like the Butlin’s of my youth

They didn't even have TV then, never mind video games!

I wonder how they would feel if we put them in the cavities sealed em in and torched the tree then?

Only one way to find out.

You make it sound like Butlins

 

How about not being able to go and go as you please, having to wear prison uniform, having to eat whatever the put in front of you, separation from your friends and family,

not wanting to bend over for the soap and when you do get out there is that probation mullarkey and you are an ex convict with not much in the way of prospects.

Depends what you go away for really. I know a few football hooligans, drug dealers etc. and prison is no more than a temporary curtailment of freedom for them and it holds no fear being as they already have a network of mates inside who will look out for them and introduce them to new mates and contacts. Prison is better for networking than facebook for the career criminal. I have this from the horses mouth.

What I am saying is to the criminal minded person, prison does not really act as an effective deterrent, more an occupational hazard.

It is only us, the law abiding folk who fear prison. And rightly so as we'd likely be eaten alive in there.

Hahaha

 

One of my first policies would be to push for volutary uthensia for lifers in prison.

 

To offer them a way out and save us tax payers millions.

 

A painless and carefree death instead of life in prison to be self administered to suit them and it would only cost a few pence a go

 

I reckon with a decent uptake we could pay off the national debt and get out of the recession in no time

You won't get much take-up on that idea, I'm afraid. Prison is too cushy a number. TV, DVDs, Video games, 3 square meals a day, free healthcare & dentistry, the opportunity to exercise & study for free, no having to go to a job you hate every day, no bills to worry about etc. etc. its enough to make a law abiding citizen question who's got the right idea.

One thing I do know for certain about PPE is that if it's not comfortable to wear, you wont wear it.

I don't know about chainsaw specific PPE but I did once have to source a pair of size 16 safety shoes for a visitor to our factory. Needless to say they never got used again after that week.

i think i'll def be returning it, does anyone think i justified/allowed in charging the dealer for the cost of retrning it? had a couple of quotes for £750+ for the 360 mile delivery. i would trailer it back myself but don't have a truck that i would trust on that sort of trip.

 

thanks for the help guys

 

tom

I assumed it was a private sale. If it's from a dealer then let him collect the vehicle.

Sorry, I read that as a length (Like 3m)

No worries. I have permission to take any fallen wood anyway for my own use. Not sure if that permission extends to the poplars which are falling down of their own accord due to being too tall for the soft ground they're in though!

One of mine kept escaping despite clipping her wings and thoroughly checking for holes in the fence. The only other way I could see was through a series of jumps and small flights involving some bricks, a water butt, an apple tree and then onto the hen house roof and flying off from there. It seemed very unlikely and must have involved the Mission Impossible theme tune but I blocked the route with a piece of ply and it did the trick.

Hens, like sheep, are very stupid creatures but they can show impressive mental acuity when it comes to escaping their confines. Shame they're not so clever when it comes to getting back in at night though.

150k, i'm a little suspicious as the water pump and thermostat look almost brnad new and the coolent was fesh also, the head cracking was what i was wondering about most if theres as chance think i'll go refund.

 

now just need to haul it 300 miles back!!!!

Obviously been playing up for a while and he's tried all the cheap fixes. Now he knows it's a big money job he's tried offloading it on some unwary punter.

Get your money back.

Sounds like nature is already thinning them out a bit to allow sunlight through plus providing you with fuel by dropping the occasional limb.

How do you know nobody else appreciates them? I see many fine trees about but I don't seek out the owner to compliment them on their trees.

Your trees, your call. But you will miss them when they're gone.

If you and your two business partners were Irish then you could call yourselves Tree Fellers.

My god. Get yourself on a course.

Yes, there is a layer of kevlar (like in the trousers) to stop you cutting yourself. Dont cut without them. Ever.

Thanks. I'll buy myself a pair. My trainers were getting mucky anyway.

Are you saying that you are stealing wood? It will not win you many friends...

The landowner wants rid of it but the ground is so boggy it's very difficult to extract on a commercial scale. So much so that it would cost him quite a bit to get someone to take it out instead of earning him some money as was the plan when they were planted.

I thought I'd try a piece to see how it burned with a view to buying a couple of trees off him. I hardly think a 6 inch piece is going to cause much heartache to anyone being as there are several tons lying there rotting away.

I'll buy him a pint if it makes you feel better.

Forgive my ignorance but how does a chainsaw boot differ from any other safety boot?

Is there a layer of kevlar or something to prevent you cutting through your foot?

what knot directory

There's a directory of whatnots?

get used to not being able to see out of your windows and permanently clogged gutters.

If you're going to do the work yourself, have a quick check with your Tree Officer that there aren't any planning contraints, or it could end up a very expensive bit of gardening.

Where I work, some years ago there was plans to extend one of the buildings. There was a very large, very old Oak in the way of the proposed extension and it had a preservation order on it. They cut it down anyway and took the hit from the resulting fine, the reasoning being that the tree is now removed and the profit from the new contracts to be gained from the factory expansion would soon pay for the fine.

They never extended the building but the Oak is still gone.

Hi Robert,

As the willow is only small i would not worry about the above points too much, yes they can cause problems with drains but only if the pipe has a crack or hole in it already. The roots wont just grow towards the pipe and break into it themselves. As regards the foundations of the house, the type of soil that you are on mades a differance. Where in the country are you ?

When I moved into this house there was quite a large willow in the garden which buggered up the soakaway from the septic tank and caused much unpleasantness. We had to have the roots dug out and a new soakaway installed. And a lovely big shed put in it's place. (But the shed may not be necessary in your case!)

I too am looking for similar training, based in Shropshire.

Has anyone got any other suggestions apart from those in previous posts?

There's a load of poplar by me, some of it has been felled and stacked a couple of years ago, but being as the area is known as "The Bog" it isn't very dry. Most of it is so wet you can press your fingers into it. I did manage to find a dryish piece and split it and burned it in the woodburner and it was ok. The heartwood was dry but the bark was on the damp side. I guess with 12 months seasoning under cover it would have been much improved.

Surefire way to make money quickly with no initial outlay?

Steal it.

Has it got to be by legal methods?

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