Gary Prentice

There's enough accidents and injuries involving 'bona fide' contractors too

So you're taking out a second mortgage?

My view is that a tree owner who is prepared to employ a door knocker generally isn't that willing to pay the costs of a more 'professional' outfit. So so let them get on with it. ive also seen some quite good work down ( mainly conifer reductions) at costs we couldn't get near. No saying that all the pruning didn't end up in the nearest lay-by etc but if the client ain't bothered I can't lose sleep over it.

A man-killing Pointsettia? That's a new one on me. Is it like a Venus Flytrap, but bigger?

Now that would be an appropriate use of ratchet straps!

The owner's responsible for a dog that is worrying livestock, so maybe the law needs changing so that the farmer can shoot them! l think they'd suddenly be a lot more careful and responsible owners about.

They're in mine as an emergency tow rope if I break down... Edit. I used one one afternoon to tow a broken down van from the middle lane of the M62 onto the hard shoulder.

Poaching bah! Report her to the police for hunting with dogs. Once the animal rights activists get involved she'll find it best to emigrate.

Yeah, you're the only that's allowed to do that, from your place ?

Who got banned on that one then?

Good, but Hairy's answer was better.

When I work, I work from home Too ill to be taking any on atm. Okay, I'm bored witless....

Andy, I might be wrong but I didn't read or take it that Steve banned him because he thought that Vesp wouldn't apologise. But it's not my place to talk for anyone else. Fair enough if you thought someone has been treated fairly, everyone is entitled to an opinion. You've more than made yours, but now may be the time to let it lie and just enjoy the forum.

Why have you such a bee in your bonnet about this? Yes, the post that Vesp replied to was near the mark, but did it really require such an outpouring of abuse that followed? There's no hypocrisy on Steves part. Vesp has a long history of similar aggressive and offensive outpourings which would, on most sites, have seen a permanent ban. On this occasion it appears that it's a case of enough is enough (and not before time IMO) This site is fairly laid back, there's lots of good natured banter, but some people unfortunately just don't learn (or not prepared to learn) where to draw the line and just take advantage.

Neither really. After the last chemo cycle (before the infections) I still had some residual cancer - so not properly in remission. The paraprotein level was 2. My last test results were 5, from a test two or three weeks ago. So it's multiplying and based on experience and history it'll multiply exponentially (rapidly and aggressively) I saw the consultant this monday and he wanted me in for another cycle between xmas and the New Yr. Bugger that, I've been in at Xmas too often in the last few years so we're putting that back until the first week of 2019. I'm in, as an outpatient tomorrow and next Friday for IV Dexamethasone, Velcade, Lenalidomide and some type of blood transfusion, which I think are precursors to the next chemo cycle - which is given as an inpatient and involves four days of constant intravenous chemo drugs. I wanted to delay everything until I was fitter, so I'm not sure what's triggering his desire for chemo now, as a low/lowish paraprotein/cancer level isn't that harmful, so I'll have to find out the reasoning. Once the cancer is cleared, I think they will move to transplant within a few weeks. Still some confusion on my consultants understanding of what transplants I'm having. He thinks I'm having two, firstly my own saved stems cells back, followed by a second transplant using foreign, non family donated cells after I've recovered from the first transplant. I though I was back to only having one transplant, but I'm not sure. The transplants under a different team at a different hospital. Each transplant is as an inpatient for around four weeks duration, depending on infections and side affects. So that's where I'm at, but otherwise I'm feeling good (for a ninety year old). In myself I feel well/healthy, just tired a lot. I've actually regained six pounds of the weight I lost while I was admitted, so we're going in the right direction. Sorry for the long reply, but it's a complicated situation to explain.

No wine? You must have been bad! Still, better now than Christmas day

If you'd rather lose two days money than suffer drinks with your colleagues, maybe it's time for a new job?

Is that the man flu strain then?

Isn't this more a work positioning issue, rather than anything else?

Or just save water, share a bath with a friend and have your personal ratter to hand

You can't do that! think of the pollution!

Although the one handing arb has a choice.

Are you drunk or on drugs?

What happened to fifty-fifty, or phoning a friend?

I thought you were older than that , many happy returns Mick.