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Still none the wiser really Ted, but that might just be because, even after all this time, I still don't actually know exactly how the internet works.... I've finally come to accept that it's not all inside my computer but I deep down there's still a part of me which still firmly believes magic is involved somewhere.... The way I understand it, which is likely wrong, what people outside the US have a problem with is that it reads like the US government are going to be able to smash down doors in suburbs of Vienna because someone's accessed a Dutch hosted site illegally offering copyrighted material belonging to Fox...? Which Fox don't get any money for. And this vote on their ability to access this material is being taken by Congress...? Is that right? And Austrian citizens have no say in it? Which would be like Beijing sueing some good 'ole boys down in the deep south for viewing copyrighted Chinese state TV via a website hosted in Australia...? I'll stick with buying CD's in HMV ta very much... Simon

Am I the only person who feels a little bit more thick than they did 10 minutes & 49 seconds ago....? I like his new band though with those high flying birds....

Congratulations on the birth of your son... Sorry to hear the bad news about the saw.... :lol:

This problem has been around for a while... think it may be the browser...? I have the same issue, it has been raised before.... Steve's clearly not done anything about it though....

You should be able to estimate this fairly easily.... mark out measure an average area, count how many stems are in it, measure their diameter, guestimate their height and read off their weight from a chart. The multiply it up to 1 acre. Approx 4050m2 in an acre... measure out 6m x 7m and work out how much timber is in that, times it by 100... 99 is more accurate but close enough...

That doesn't sound right somehow.... If something slows down by a third it takes a 3rd longer, not 3 times longer? So 1 year would be 16 months... 600 years would be 800... Or have I got that totally ar&e about...

Likewise.... an orange saw on the floor isn't exactly a whole lot more invisible than an orange helmet on a groundie's head when viewed from above...

I don't think the Arb degree has been knocked... it's a proper science based subject and to reach the highest levels of the profession a sound academic qualification is a must if you're giving advice. And it's not the sort of thing anyone would just wander into uni and do, it's a conscious step down a decent career path... It's kids merrily going off to do 'law' or English or 'travel & toursim' or 'great biscuits of the early 20th century' because they either don't have the imagination to research a career, any passion to follow an interest or subject , or are simply too idle to get a job, who I take issue with. It costs the country a lot for these wastrels to toss off 3 or 4 years doing a pointless degree, only to then whinge about not being offered a CEO position at 25 years old 'Because I've got a degree you know'.... And they never pay their student loans back either! [Fees may as well be 100 MILLION POUNDS... makes no difference in reality....] Just hopping off my soap boax to get a coffee.... !

I thought self awareness was quite a few rungs up the evolutionary ladder....?

Fair point.... Like you I chose not to go for a degree but did choose to pursue a career which was perceived to need one. Actually, as it turns out, you don't need one and experience is just as good! I do feel that the Commies obsession with making everyone equal and encouraging EVERYONE to go to university [and making it some kind of divine right & essential qualification to exist] has devalued degrees a lot.... A 'degree' in leisure & tourism is not quite the same as a degree in quantum mechanics is it....? And as you point out, suddenly there's lots of people out there with BA's who are baffled as to why the haven't got a 40% taxed job.... Er... Media studies from an ex-poly is not quite in the same league as maths from Cambridge!

God bless the internet.... infinitesimally - definition of infinitesimally by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. Omnipotent | Define Omnipotent at Dictionary.com

We all do it now and again.... you all think I'm an average 30 something married Englishman.... I'm actually a 16 year old cheerleader from Arkansas.....

Most peculiar.....

I have to admit that it's easy for me to give an opinion, I don't depend on it for a living.... The project I'm quoting now is budgeted at £1.2m and I expected the electrics to come in at about £300k... so far I've got a price on my desk of £170k, one I'm told is going to be around £400k and one at over £800k is coming tomorrow..... so £150 quid extra in your pocket for doing a dangerous job, even if it is any easy one for you, doesn't seem like such a big deal to me..... If it's there to be made, take it and enjoy it!

No, robbery would be doing a crap job and charging 300 quid.... If you do a great job and the customer is happy and you charge 300 quid that's not robbery, that's good business.... You've got to get over your shame at making a decent profit people, it's what we're all here for after all!

That's easy for the man with the MASSIVE axe to say....

Eh? I thought America already was god....? They did invent the internet afterall...... Oh.... hold on......

£210 in the beer jar....

I use this for splitting SW kindling.... Stihl Swiss switch | F R Jones and Son Just mind, you can have fingers off with it!

Quite right..... I only ever win tenders with the cheapest price if I cock something up [it does happen, like mis-typing £10000 as £1000.... even with a £9k advantage I was only hundreds cheaper!].... but I've won plenty of jobs by being the most knowledgable & helpful, even if we were a few grand dearer.... There will always be competition on price, but there are also plenty of people out there for whom service is the most important factor..... I'm a great believer that more of us should be building businesses around profit and service rather than low prices, turnover and speed.... And it's easier to get into this position if you're starting out than it is to change an established business.... Start as you mean to go on....

In our world & understanding anyway.... could be something entirely different out ther.... Uuuurrrrr.... I need a lie down.... Oh, and I think the sun-laser-powered-sailing-space-ship is just about the coolest thing I've ever heard....

The police haven't got time to waste on trivial things like stolen equipment.... tsk.... What sort of 'forestry bits & bobs' was it? Chains & so forth...?

Sounds like a great little enterprise... take him round the local petrols stations, if they don't have it ask them if they want to stock it.... if they do have it, see what they're charging and find out what they pay.... Good on him!

Anyone remember the problems with construction cartels....? It's why we all have to sign anti-collusion certificates when we tender for council work now... I vote we start an Arb Cartel... like an Arbtel.... If someone reckons they will do this for 150 quid then go for it, but you still have to charge £300 but put half of it in the beer fund.... Hurray! We all win! I would go £300 incidentally... Just because you can do 3 jobs in a day doesn't the customer is entitled to just pay for a 3rd of a day, and it doesn't mean you should only charge a 3rd of a day. What if you don't have another local job to go onto the next time they ask you for the same sort of thing...? Do you try to charge for the full day then? Charge a full day for each and it means on the days you're quiet you're not on the verge of folding up. It also means that everyone's not scraping along at low margins buying work which will soon see the industry on it's knees, just like construction.... Don't sell yourself short! If you want £300 then ask for it!

I just got this! Stop Steve Bullman... freedom of speech for all!