Gary Prentice

Working in Salisbury by any chance? I thought that you was making this up, until I searched it. It's reported an an irritant to the skin and may cause allergic reactions. Nasty stuff.

Playing devils advocate..... The Cavat system has a couple of input values that require the surveyor to have a high level of arboricultural knowledge; Functional Value: This is a 2-part assessment, in which a professional arborist assesses the completeness and health of the crown against what would be expected of a perfectly grown tree with the measured trunk diameter. For this evaluation, an overall standard depreciation of 60% is proposed, based on previous surveys in Sheffield and elsewhere, as a conservative figure. Adjusted Value: This is again a 2-part assessment, reflecting the positive and negative contributions arising from species characteristics as expressed in the location. Again, it is an assessment requiring detailed arboricultural expertise; therefore, a standard depreciation of 90% has been used, as a conservative depreciation under this heading If I'm reading this right, the input figure have been adjusted based on previous surveys and due to lack of qualification of the surveyors? I'm probably being a bit pedantic, but if the point of a survey is to prove a point/bolster one side of an argument, shouldn't it be done accurately? Discuss

Oxymoron?

The asset value isn’t timber value, it’s based on a lot of intransigent things like carbon sequestration, particulate filtering, flood water reduction, reduction of energy use in buildings (shade/reduction of wind speeds) etc Im not sure what valuing system has been used, but I know that iTree valuations are altered dependent on where in the world it’s used. Somewhere like Texas, the reduction in temp. From canopy shading and the associated reduction of air conditioning use in shaded buildings creates a higher asset value than a similar tree in a more temperate city survey.

Only two, although I’ll admit the third was a close run thing.

What happens when you run out of saws?

Kretz. I'd probably only consider a reduction in the absence of any targets and if the client wanted to retain as long as possible. Otherwise they'll be paying twice and blaming you.

That's just too good to use!

-7c! That's every winter up here and I'm outside of Manchester, not Scotland.

I started to realise that actually surviving a nuclear war and spending 20-30 years in a fall-out shelter may not actually be the best option. This was during my perusal of the statistics (weight) of the participants of another thread 'Do you actually lift, Bro?', while I mulling the thought that if the worse comes to the worse, and food supplies ran low, you might resort to eating your companions (Big J and the subbie climber who works a lot in Germany seem high contenders ) The celebs on Desert Island Discs never have these issues to contend with.

Looks like daldinia concentricata, but that's normally on ash. What is it growing on? Sorbus, Laburnum?

After pondering on this all night a) I did consider Stubby, as he seems such a cheerful affable fellow. But then, thirty years is a long time and he'd probably die and I'd have to deal with a stinking decomposing corpse! (sorry Stubby) - So, starting again, I think that anyone who has posted in the 'Over 50' thread is automatically out of the game. I'm going to have to reconsider my answer. b) Batter! That's easy But then again the same issues arise with a stinking corpse. c) There's such a shortage of the fairer sex here this is difficult. Initially your prospect would appear a suitable candidate, but I believe that she's a tree officer! It would never work. The age old disparities of TO/Contractor would be unlikely to be overcome in such an environment (when do you meet one that ever agrees with anything that you've said?) said we'd probably end up with the same issues as a) and b) If the choice of room mates is strictly limited to AT members, I'm fast coming to the conclusion that there may only be two options. i) Go it alone and have none. ii) Sell the shelter and have a pint with Vesp I did consider Mr Humpheries to talk to - 30 years to learn mycology. Maybe too much of a good thing

As long as they’re dead, I don’t see a problem, you can claim the gun was theirs.

That's not nice....

I would tell you, but then I'd have to kill you I don't think it's wise to publicise the old contingency plans on the internet, when the day comes you don't want a load of the great unwashed beating a path for your door

Fixed that for ya

Or any literature that proves that any politician/government has our best interests at heart?

I ain't worried.... Already made plans

Oh really

Probably based his decision after some serious study of Youtube and other info websites

Thanks Stubby, I've just spat all over my monitor

Something to celebrate with a couple of pints?

Me? Laugh? I'll sleep soundly tonight. Some bloke on the internet has reassured me that the world isn't going to end What's your opinion on the Flat Earth Society? I'm almost convinced by the sites I've visited on the internet. Everything is true on the internet, isn't it?

Looks like a case of "Whatever it is, it wasn't me!"

Who gives a toss, there won't be anyone around, to condemn anyone else, in the event of a nuclear war anyway