kevinjohnsonmbe

Whoa..... That tripped me out for a minute or two.... First picture - your leg looks more elegant than I'd imagined and it looks like the table is on carpet.... Second picture - looks like the table is on polished granite! and third picture looks like carpet again!

Don't fall for it..... It's a con! She was probably a plant (or got fired straight afterwards for being 'nice'), you know just to generate an urban myth that Hector isn't a twat. Throw in a 'good news' story once in a blue moon and folks will lower their guard - then BAM, they're all over you like a tramp on chips.

We already tried that! He got pissed and fell asleep just as I was lining up my best pulling moves... ?

Butting in and speaking ‘for’ others.... Starting to wonder if it’s a Stokie characteristic...? i know of 2 bloody experts! ?

See what you’ve started now! ?is up for a rumble and there’s no stopping him once he gets fired up!

Now then! I thought, over the years, we’d settled on a more amicable ‘agree to disagree’ sort of relationship based on mutual respect and healthy constructive discussion since our earliest exchanges viz-a-viz Scotch independence where you adopted such a crass and confrontational approach as that shown above. I am deeply disappointed and emotionally bruised to find us, after such a passage of time, seemingly reverting back to the old ways of direct personal insults. My faith in the gregarious generosity and inherent warmth of Island character is on a cliff-edge. What’s got under your skin you miserable old goat? Is it the early onset of seasonal depression what with the start of British Winter time up there in the Norf?

I did look at that when you linked it in an earlier thread. I noted the source (which made me smile) and the content back then but intentionally didn’t comment. I thought it a deeply flawed and heavily biased PR piece with massive gaps and such obvious ‘sponsorship’ from ‘interested parties’ that it didn’t warrant comment. Whilst I recognise that it appears to provide a source which those that are unwilling / unable to embrace a different way of thinking might reference, it does nothing to challenge the status quo nor does it present an open, balanced and forward thinking concept for the future. As such, it serves only as a comfort blanket for the institutionalised and, I suspect, will completely fail to bring any new converts to that side of the argument. I know we’ve touched on meat consumption before, but the solution (IMHO) lays in less rather than more. I guess in that respect I can agree with the part of the article which appears to advance the argument that food supply (at the National level) should be given the importance, as a strategic asset, that it deserves. This should start (at the individual level) by treating meat as a valuable treat rather than as a routine staple. What a challenge that would be - a seemingly impossible task of attempting to reverse the societal rot of instant gratification, lack of appreciation, buy now pay later, rights rather than responsibilities attitudes that seem to prevail in the UK these days. Hope all well with you and yours up there in the Islands! ??

Can't ever admit to having 'liked' the bloke, although he would have been on the list of geezers to have at a piss up (along with Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Jacob RM, George Galloway and Russell Brand (and possibly even JC - just so that I could laugh at him as he sat in the corner unable to get a word in edge ways or find anyone that would listen to him even if he could)) but I think this one genuinely needs to play out properly. Easy to let emotion take charge and hope that he swings, but I don't want to let personal prejudice interfere with due process.

Ledge!! ? Esp if they've had the 'invisible' T tax as well!!

You’d have to be working on some pretty suicidal margins to be faffing around considering the VATable rebate on input consumables when calculating the overall profitability (or otherwise) of a task.

I f*cking do! The first tier tribunal didn't wholly agree with Hector though and bent him over for me. It's just a shame the judge wouldn't allow my higher tier tribunal appeal so that I could go to full elbow length for the final insertion!! I think you could (if you were sufficiently stubborn, determined and with enough free time to take on the Tribunal process if required) argue a case that that was your business model - there was a company in Plymouth doing pretty much that "Trees for Free." They'd take down your tree (if they wanted to), leave all the shite and mess, take only the timber from which value could be derived. That was their model and I used that example to (successfully) argue that Hector was talking out of his 'Arris. Maybe it "could" be done, but would it be worth the nause is another question....

Piece 'o cake to change over tools too....??

Exac-1 do the black splitter which can have have brush, riddling drum, cone splitter, stump planer and auger heads. Once you’ve got the rotator head, the additional attachments are “pence!” I’ve got it for the Multione- good kit!

Take it to the (sand) bank!

Hope he doesn’t harbour a grudge!

https://www.piratefm.co.uk/news/latest-news/2658242/watch-boy-who-fell-from-pier-was-chasing-a-seagull/ Its all kicking off in Looe!

Country in economic and political meltdown..... Just about ripe to join the other EU basket case ecomies. Turkey + military coup = the start of this epic thread!!!

It was in jest not serious!! ??

And therein lies a lesson to us all Mark ? God Bless TCD - the teacher that just keeps giving.... ? That's the badger! The root of all evil.... Here endeth the lesson... The Gov'nor has the final word. ??

Was only having a chuckle.... I found many of his posts to be deeply knowledgeable and often entertaining - life's too short to be all wrapped around the axle. I spent a few minutes trying to find the thread but gave up because I couldn't recall any effective search words which didn't return 500 pages to sift through to find the right one...

TCD = Timber Cutter Dartmoor A former AT resident fuels and oils expert, forestry boffin and all round good egg with a sharp wit and a sharper temper! His primary bête noire was stump height with hinge properties as a close second. Following what rapidly descended into a fairly 'frank and honest' exchange of opinions surrounding the quality of teaching at Arb/Forestry colleges, and the resultant quality of the students produced, he dramatically parted company with the AT massive and left a noticeable gap in a number of areas to which he was an honest, straight forward, expert and comical contributor.... Like so many before him, taken before his time, gone but not forgotten....

Good thread! Not an uncommon scenario. Interested to see what sort of opinions are presented. Forgot to mention height to diameter ratio and what people’s thoughts might be... The “stump” comments made me think of TCD! ?

A relatively minor temporary loss of memory in an otherwise flawless performance over many years and you want to tear the house down Mr Bolam.... Talk about a tough crowd!!! ?

No. It it was because the Mrs was standing 2 paces away and heard me say it! She’s more terrifying that HMRC and they’ve both tried to f me!!! ?

To be fair.... No sooner had I uttered the words I started to feel the unnerving pangs of regret.....