kevinjohnsonmbe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-39153967/chopped-tree-falls-onto-a-car-near-school-in-cornwall

There was a video that went with it..... I'll see if I can look it out. It doesn't make for good watching (apparently, the truck has been painted yellow since) It had been partially dismantled with the stem to be felled. The bloke with no tickets that had been begging for an opportunity to fell a big 'un, finally got his wish.... (Careful what you wish for!) The job had slogged on longer than expected and tipped over into school run period, but instead of pausing and letting the traffic / pedestrians quiet down they went the other way and rushed it on through regardless. Then it all went tits up! No paperwork to support training, quals, LOLER, etc, etc, etc..... All in all, he got away bloody lightly and hopefully demonstrated to the public (and some in the business) the merits of getting the job done properly.

It missed out quite a lot of detail!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-43812414

Apparently, about 150 people have phoned the Home Office helpline... Administrative cock-up..... Maybe. Law of unintended consequences.... Maybe. Grand conspiracy..... Not buying it. Massive issue..... See above. Should it be resolved..... Undoubtedly. Is it really a mass media hysteria story... Not really. Are dick heads like James OBrien on LBC flapping like a tattered wind sock... Nauseatingly!

Time.... never enough of it! Dale Winton shuffled of his perch at 62. On a personal level, it’s not so much the loss of a “celeb” that troubles me so much as the age of departure! Mission from now on - to always try and make the next 10 years better than the last, I might only have 1 crack at it!! (This should probably be in the 50+ thread!!)

Tough day Khriss?? (Replying from IPhone ??)

I make a conscious effort NOT to spend too much time and go into too much detail.... I've found on a couple of occasions, it's just a ploy to suck the info / sensible approach out of someone that has a clue so that they can describe what they want doing to the local idiot. Certainly a fine balance and it takes some doing to spot the chancers before too much time is wasted!

My gf charges £18 per head and has 4 other full time cutters in her shop. But the rent is 40k a year before any bills are paid. Agreed it’s all smoke and mirrors Rupe! Was chatting to the girl sharpening my pencil the other day... They are “self employed” but get told their hours and give a share of each cut to shop owner - no punters, no income! I wouldnt change places.... PLEASE! Re-word your text above!!! I’m experiencing extreme anxiety trying to suppress the wholly inappropriate smart ass comment that is bursting to escape.... ?

Are they 2 box new saws Khriss? Is that a trading course? If not, I am now fully converted and convinced that “refresher training” has a valid claim to legitimacy!! ?

Barber - £10/cut 4+ cuts an hour.... maybe the grass really IS greener over there.....? ?

Maybe it’s just my inherent confrontational disposition, but.... My very brief reply would along along the lines: How about you try and decide if it’s “expedient” before you next write, my time is too valuable to be filling in forms and writing back to your BS letters! (In all seriousness, they are TELLING you they don’t know if it’ll be worth their effort.... Oblige them with even less effort! Depending upon your confidence levels regarding the shed’s eligibility)

Whilst acknowledging that it’s dodging the question.... If it was a case of - what 3 items would you take, I’m pretty certain vinyl discs wouldn’t feature. ?

Legend! That is brilliant!

Best not mention the giant African land snail to him then - he’d likely go off on the sick! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lissachatina_fulica bloody African snails, coming over here eating all our veg ?

There’s a separate thread in it! Youre stuck in a nuclear bunker for the next 30 years, which Arbtalkee would you take with you to: (a) talk (b) batter (c) recreate with (c)’s are gonna be a bit thin on the ground but there was that post that referenced weapons, lingerie and lube.... ?

Fixed....

Which one was that Gary? I went and looked at this one a year or 2 back.... http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/11008109.Secret_underground_nuclear_bunker_up_for_sale_near_Newquay/

It’s certainly an historic and ground breaking departure from long standing and deeply ingrained UK military doctrine.... the greatest concern will be if we have just witnessed a precedent being set which will forever change military ethos in the UK? RAF working on the weekend......? i can feel the shockwaves from here.....

I like it on many levels - such a shame that other developers and town planners can't 'invest' a bit more thought and care into planning a green and pleasant land of the next generation.... http://duchyofcornwall.org/poundbury.html

Yes I did Ti, sorry mate I don't do private performances except by Royal Warrant.... Could you write to my agent in St Tropez and we'll see if we can arrange to smuggle some hot buttered Malaysian boys in through back channels for your bachelor party.... We've had problems with this type of thing before mate, can you offer a guarantee that any permanent marking or disfigurement will be avoided? It gets tricky getting them back to their villages without awkward questions being asked. I've got a few possible lines I can try next week but this type of thing has got increasingly more difficult since the cursed Tory austerity measures... I'll make some calls next week and get back to you....

You ever been there Stubby? I'd driven past it over many years transiting between Portsmouth and Plymouth. Watched it grow from green field to all built up and one day decided, I'm going for a look see at this. Cracking example of modern town planning. Integrated commercial and residential, open green spaces, thoughtful and aesthetically pleasing mixed architecture, it's bloody posh mind, they got Waitrose!!

Unfortunately - an all too regular occurrence. I was really quite impressed with the (lack of a) system in Poundbury. By my reckoning, it's the over use of signs and lines on the road which seek to, or are interpreted as, bestowing a 'right' or 'entitlement' upon us such that, when those rights or entitlements are perceived to be infringed, or someone is perceived to have taken a liberty, based upon the state imposed 'rights' marked upon the road, the obligatory condition of 'hard done by ness' results from the sense of having something taken away from you. In Poundbury (I've only been there the once, quite a few years ago so I'm shooting from first impression / memory. If someone has more local / recent knowledge happy to be corrected) there are shared spaces for vehicle, cycle, pedestrian, no centre or edge lane markings, no signs, no give way, no parking lines etc etc.... You might think chaos would ensue, but from what I saw, it was quite the opposite! Each road user was taking responsibility for their own decisions - eg, approach a T junction, slow down, look all around for other road users, make eye contact, decide what was safe to do, often even nodding and smiling at the other driver before following through the manoveure. No argy-bargy, just autonomous human interaction. I think it's a model that could be applied across many sectors of society - stop people thinking they have a 'right' and start them thinking they have a 'responsibility!' What a utopian world that would be.....

I’m (generally) pro Russia Mark, certainly not anti. But come on, are you (and Jeremy) seriously suggesting it’s all a put up job? Seriously....? WWIII is a terrifying prospect and no sane person would wish for us to take that path (as you were Vesp) but you can’t seriously think (despite your apparent loathing of Western capitalism) that this is a set up to make the Reds look like the villain?? for my part, a dominant factor in voting FUEU was the destabilising effect of the ever persistant creep of the EU through former Soviet block states hardly the actions of a body that sought ‘peace’ and stability in our time.

I didn’t mean your drinking, I meant mine ?!!!