Gary Prentice

Ok, I threw my hat into the ring thinking that you'd recognise Jews ears and discounted it. Exudia is from the same family but a different genus, more common on oak and beech. It's also confused with Bulgar Inquinans. All are saprophytic anyway on deadwood and I can't find much difference in their significance

Exidia glandulosa, witches butter?

That's a great response stephan, respect to you for it.

Lots of people, probably, on the cusp of needing staff but reluctant to commit right now. Even odd days gives the employer a chance to assess you, so when they decide to commit they don't need to search or advertise. It's worked well for us previously.

Sounds like a prediction of when my time comes:biggrin:

You don't appear to have much experience of depression, although I'm sure you posted with good intent.

I wouldn't want to be guaranteeing survival on those percentages either. In certain circumstances I've reduced well over the recommended 30% maximum, but always on tall hedges.

There's plenty of threads on QTRA, discussing the pro/cons and accuracy etc You may be better reading some of them to get an overview.

2nd that!

Sorry, I should have elaborated. I think you'd make some good decoys and was asking if you already had.

I think you've caught the essence of the face/head, in particular, it's so lifelike in its expression. Have you ever tried any decoys?

You can get a plan from land registry on line for a few pounds, as a starting point.

I've seen Kretz. But no photos I'm afraid.

Depends who's looking:biggrin: Seriously you'd be looking at using a mewp now- wouldn't you?

Sided up conifers like that in the old days, at stupid heights on triple extensions. Two groundsman supporting. How things have changed.

Is a lot of support disappearing for windows 7 and is there enough memory available to upgrade the OS if needed? I ask because I don't know. It looks a good price but I think it would be too small for me, particularly for mapping and the keys look minute.

I know you were:thumbup1: I think you've got an admirable attitude to being talked to, and I hope you don't take that as my being condescending. You come across in lots of posts as a real team player which makes you an asset to any business.

W I've seen a few 'crown lifts' being passed with no clearance measurements at all.

Without checking I'm not 100%, but I think the reduction now should read as the finished height after pruning and/or minimum radial spread at specified cardinal compass points. Reducing by 10% is difficult to prove after the event if the climbers been a bit vigorous or the clients putting pressure on.

I think David Humphries has a bit of a collection of Phoenix trees tucked away somewhere.

I feel really bad now:blushing:

Thanks Steve,

I won't disagree about being overly dramatic, but I think that was in response to a criticism of 'it aint that bad'. Bad things do happen and ultimately that would be the worse case scenario. The response from the company was great, but I've found out who was on site/in charge cos he phoned one of our lads complaining that he thought I'd grassed him up. Oops. If I'd have realised who it was, a quite word with him would have been my initial response - as I know he knows better. It's a small community:biggrin: If he reads this, it wasn't personal. When you run/manage a business, the responsibility stops with you, so I think that I look at things more strictly, what's right and wrong. I was on the tools for 25 + years so have plenty of experience from that side of the fence and have spent the last five from the management side - so I think/hope I'm fairly well rounded.

Can't agree more, in the early days it's lots about pushing your personal boundaries a little bit more. With confidence in the kit and the anchor point comes more comfort. Fear is healthy, until it comes overwhelming. I used to remind myself that I was the climber, this was my job and there was no-one else to ask to do it (there often wasn't years ago) A degree of stubbornness, pride, pig-headedness etc got the job done. I've worked with a few good experienced climbers who have got down and said they couldn't do, fair play to them and their decision. I've always pushed myself a bit further and would be embarrassed to quit. When it gets really tough, take a minute, assess the situation again, check your kit, work out the possible outcomes of your next move/cut and evaluate the probability of things going to plan. There's a lot to focus on in climbing, so be confident that you're set up correctly, your kits right and then you can focus on what you are actually meant to be doing up there. I can't work with a sticky crab, my mind is too focused on checking that than the task in hand. (I've launched a few in the past) You'll get there:thumbup1: