kevinjohnsonmbe
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? I know... But had to be done ?
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Be a bit chewy for breakfast ?
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That's some sweeeeeet gear!
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Yes, it came out with some digging and pushing - made a right mess!
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I've got no idea what calories I pull per day, should try and work it out some time. I'm just shy of 16 stone at moment.
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Was all going along nicely today until we got the tele-handler in up to it's balls!
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Big old unit! Taking it for firewood? Is it any good? Did a medium one last week, was going to leave the wood in the hedge but my mate is keen to haul it out. Not sure if it's worth the effort.
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Serious? I can do that at 09:00 and a large steak pasty + a cake at lunch time!! I'm on my fifth heart attack though....
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Don't do it on the hoof! If it's worth eating, it's worth sitting down for!! Beauty in Plymuff last week!!
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I'll take the common ground as a positive ??
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No need mucker!
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? I will take that as a compliment Sir.... ?
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Caught me with my pants down! Needed long lens and camera battery was flat. By the time it was charged, was too late!
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??? Was watching it just yesterday from kitchen window! Tele=handler with spud box containing clown with chainsaw hanging out the side blocking the traffic whilst lopping limbs into the road.... And they wonder why the Ag sector features so highly in HSE death and seriously injured stat's...
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Feel you! Yesterday, to follow up a phone enquiry, went to see a geez with a 'tree problem.' He's done TPO app himself for neighbour's trees - made an ass of it, came back refused, no surprise. He say's "...can you do an app for me, I did last one, it's free..." What he actually meant was - I don't expect you to charge for submitting the app. My reply "...submitting the form is free, putting the right content into the form before it's submitted makes the difference between approval and refusal, and that ain't free..." If folk think they can "do it themselves" why have they called somebody else to do it for them?
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I guess the Jokes thread is as good as any for this: https://mobile.twitter.com/lowtaxchloe/status/1093489289592258560?s=12
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Seems perfectly innocent, even reasonable perhaps when put like that. But this is SNP territory and shouldn’t be taken as innocently as first presentation might suggest. After all, 2 squid on £200 hotel room is peanuts and completely insignificant. Not quite so insignificant on a £20/night hostel though. £2 today x the number of hotel accommodation beds in Scotland = a very tidy sum of money. How long before the SNP come to rely upon it, overspend it and before you know it, it’s £3 or £4 or £5 per night. The UK desperately needs tax simplification NOT more stand alone taxes.
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Tourist tax for Scotland....
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What a joy today has been.... 2 site visits this morning then a quick restorative prune on a neglected apple for an hour after lunch. Big old Bramley where the excess fruit has been left on the ground to camouflage the dog logs.... A bit like the facial expression you see in a war movie when someone steps on an anti-personnel mine - I daren't look down but I KNOW that felt different to a Bramley. ?
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Ever since the snow came, she’s been staring at the window quite a lot... If it gets any colder I may let her in!! ???
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Wife keeps complaining she’s cold. “It’s Winter, it’s meant to be cold” as a standard response hasn’t been particularly well received ?
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Beaten to death regularly!
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Tissues are empty Ed.... ?
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Whilst maybe not an optimum arb or aesthetic solution, would it necessarily degrade tree stability? Not so sure it would in any great degree unless this action was an additional factor acting in combination with other pre-existing factors such as prevailing or extreme wind loading, likelihood of heavy snow, poor or asymmetric root anchorage, shallow or poor soil perhaps. What would be of interest is what the neighbour wants to "do" (if anything) with the ground space that is re-claimed after removal of the offending branches. This could have even greater deleterious impact upon tree stability - cultivate, dig a trench, instal footings, erect a fence etc maybe? What would the liability issues in France be if neighbour B trenches alongside neighbour A's trees such that they become unstable?
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Nice one mucker! You know me, over-cautious allows for a maximum potential for pleasant surprise! ?
