Pedroski
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That's an Aunt Sally argument. There's a difference between legally felling a tree without a TPO and selling a chipper that's been stolen.
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What you need is a business manager
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Gordon, the pin on the swivel link.... would it not be beneficial to have it going into a slot/keyway to reduce possibility of the link twisting under load?
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Neat
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Hmm, back to the original post - that's just life init? Sometimes things don't go to plan. We have booked work in before, only to be called by client the evening before saying they've had a change of mind. Even turned up to do a job before to find the place all locked up and client gone on holiday. As for the TPO, it's quite likely that a third party had got wind of the fact that your client was going to have the tree felled - maybe a neighbour - and had got in touch with the TO, hence the slapping on the TPO. Simple fact is that there is now a TPO on the tree so you deal with it like any other TPO tree. That's the risk of delaying things - should have done it when there was no TPO and dealt with the arisings problem after, pricing the job for worst case scenario of removing everything
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What topless woman - all I noticed was the saw!
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Think it's a fake one
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My daughter got bitten a couple of weeks ago on the leg. The bite turned almost straight away into a blister and the skin in a circle about 10cm diameter around went bright red, plus it caused leg pain all down her thigh. Gave her an antihistamine and the redness went down. Blister lasted a few days and there is still a clear mark there now.
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Will, that's all well and good. BUT, business is business, and if work can be done immediately or soon then that's when it should be done. If I turn round to a potential customer and say I can't do something for 4 weeks, then all they'll do is find someone who can do it now. Sure, self-employed arbs have to book future work in, but in the current climate of lack of work etc, then they also have to do work when they get it before someone else does it.
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Lady from the planning department came to my place when I put in plans for an extension. She trod in a dog turd in the back garden (one of my dogs did it behind her). Permission got refused!
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Top Job Silky! Bet the customer was happy - hope you left a card with them
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https://www.privacyinternational.org/blog/police-drones-in-the-uk-watch-this-airspace
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I'd thought about going the curry route.....but kind of fancy something a bit more adventurous. The place we're staying at has full cooking facilities in a kitchen hut (several commercial ovens, massive gas rings etc), but the idea of spit roast pig is making my mouth water even though I've just had dinner! There is a huge fire pit that we use for a massive bonfire on the last night. I'm tempted to use that but not sure, what with kids running about. Meal is for Sunday evening, so maybe an early start Sunday and I'll supervise it
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Me and the family are going off on a family camp in couple of weeks. Altogether there will be about 50 of us. I've volunteered to buy and cook the Sunday night meal as our payment for food for the rest of the 5 days we are there. Was thinking of knocking up a massive chili, but got pipped to the post by a friend who is cooking on Monday night! So..... I'm friendly with my local butcher and am thinking of doing flank or bavette steak, maybe stir-fried and dished with noodles, or maybe marinaded and cooked over charcoal, then thinly sliced and dished with spuds of some sort, and veg or salad. Flank steaks are mahoosive and work out well price-wise. What you think? Any other suggestions? Yours worryingly! Pedro
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We work mowing and strimming prices out at £1/minute based on 2 people. We're very fast though, so while £1/minute might sound a lot, in reality it's bugger all. With 2 people, and money going through the business properly to fund everything, there is no point in doing anything for less than £30/hour per person.
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Are you sure that an end of the metal drive shaft hasn't rounded off? Or the square hole it goes into hasn't rounded off a bit (prob more likely)?
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Best method to follow is the "iceberg" method. To ensure stability of the stones, for every 10cm height above ground, you need to have stones going 90cm below ground. So while you have only 1 tonne of stones above, you need to order 10 tonne in so you can put the required 9 tonne below.
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Steve, my workmate did similar - just skimmed a supply cable with a fence spade as he was digging holes for post and rail up someone's drive. Big sparks! Afterwards he noticed the metal stud in the pavement marking where the cable was. Fortunately, he has insurance to cover such incidents.
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I know what not to do when in Spain!
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I will give Aspen a go but would like to maybe split the cost of a pack of several 5 litre containers. By the time I've driven out from Brighton to my nearest supplier I would have burnt so much unleaded and inhaled such a high amount of exhaust fumes that any benefit will have well and truly been negated! Is there anyone close by who would be happy to split a pack to save on the postage?
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Had my Vertex for years and no problem at all with the adjuster wheel. Definitely worth mentioning to the supplier.
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Rick, as it directly adjoins the farm, would it not be possible for you to pay a small rent to a bit of the farm for space to carry out the actual business activity? That way, you can keep the business activity out of your garden, but you'd still be entitled to live there as you are in the arboriculture business.
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Really enjoyed that
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Must be the late night... 6m long what the man said, not 6mm diameter
