kevinjohnsonmbe

Such irrefutable and compelling evidence to discredit those that find hunting abhorrent whilst presenting a credible case for the continuation of animal cruelty in the name of recreation.... I was blind, but now I see.... Glad that’s all sorted 😂

Keep it up boy....

Cretinous cnut. I’d be genuinely pleased to provide you the opportunity.

Great job! Your key points so far: 1) I’m a smug prick 2) Your lass is ex-council estate 3) You use baler twine to hold your pants up and townies are all twats. Oxford Union debating society?

Do one you retard Ill retract that - I may think it but I probably shouldn’t say it. Do try and put a coherent justification for your lasses activities though - if you can.

I blame they bloody city dwelling socialists myself.... Coming out past the M25 with their radical bolshinstvo, vegan, sandal wearing metropolitan ideas upsetting the natural balance of things, exposing barbaric historic practices that have no place in a modern society and making us simple country folk offer up vacuous and poorly structured arguments in a lame and somewhat pitiful attempt at justifying the continuation of a completely inappropriate, unjustifiable and abhorrent behaviour. What ever next? Before you know if they’ll be exposing systemic sadistic cruelty and the feeding of dead hounds to the pack, the reckless ignorance of bio-Sec whilst gathering from far and wide to mingle and spread horse and hound carried bTB across vast tracks of agricultural land. Inconceivable really, what’s not to like 😂

We’ll have to agree to disagree Matty. A subject we can both be passionate about - but for obviously different reasons.

Now that’s exactly what I didn’t want to happen Matty 🤔 Its no good getting personal where personal is not the subject of discussion. The subject under discussion is a recreational activity which relies upon sociopathic pleasure being derived from inflicting entirely unnecessary, intentional and extreme distress to an animal by c*nts that intentionally lie, deceive and break the law then trot out meaningless and pathetic so called justification for such behaviour. Don’t be a c*nt Matty - there is no justification.

Like yours, my initial response started with the B word but I decided simply to ‘like’ the original post from Mark since it’s such a binary and passionate issue. No point getting into a direct discussion on it because it is bound to get heated. Just glad to see NT finally acting with the majority interest of their members. Next all major charities, LAs, land owners and any private organisation that wishes to sustain a credible corporate image.

About bloody time after a previous rigged vote which resulted in member revolt.

You ought to get in touch with Steve Hadfield and see if there is a demo unit nearby. I’d bet my old tall hat you’d be suitably impressed!

Yes Yes and Yes specifically in answer to your questions above. I’ve had the 3 blade mulching mower for multione for about 4-5 years if memory serves. It’s an exceptional combo of speed across the ground, manoeuvrability, flexibility and quality of cut. It is an excellent addition to a suite of attachments for a MO but I’m not sure the numbers would stack up to support the acquisition of a MO and a mowing head if your main task was mowing - in that case, get a mower, it’s what they are designed for. If however, you need / want a mini-loader for general use then adding the mower head to the armoury for occasional use is a really cost effective way of covering the acreage. I did wor nippers school for a pair years - previous outfit (CORMAC) used to turn up with 2 vehicles, ride on, strimmer team, blower team bout 8 blokes in all, spend all morning dicking around. I did it on my own in 2 hours with the MO / grass head and hedge finger bar and charged exactly the same as they were previously paying for a grossly inefficient performance that took much longer and delivered far inferior service.

You’re probably right..... Like the bloke that bought the 3 legged pony and then dripped about it not winning the race.... Not his fault at all..... 💤🌀

20p? You wouldn't get much for 20p pal 😃 I do this for FUN! The question about how many houses is entirely relevant since any reasonably prudent purchaser would have paid attention to such a glaringly obvious potential issue, and made them self aware of the statutory requirements associated with TPOs, PRIOR to purchase - unless, yome buying in such bulk that the odd hit for the sake of volume is irrelevant.

Fixed.... 😀

How many houses do you own? Must be 100’s or even 1000’s? Can’t be just the 1 surely? An odd question you might think - given the topic of discussion. Reason I ask is that I can only imagine someone that buys and sells 1000s of houses as an everyday, routine, Laissez-faire, sort of process might fail to notice the public visual amenity, exceptional presence and ‘qualities’ of a significant tree - subject to a TPO - in their front garden. It’s just too unimaginable a state of carelessness to even contemplate such an oversight might have been made by someone (if like the majority of the UK) engaged in probably the largest single purchase of their life. Words fail me... (not really, it’s just that they are not allowed 🚫)

Yeah, don’t let ur guard down though! Little barstewards have probably embedded a ‘chip’ which will disrupt yr PH surfing and redirect you to an PRC ‘educational’ site which will morph you into a disciple of Chairman Mao’s little red book. That PiR beam is actually a mind control mechanism which will ‘activate’ you as an enemy of the state when PRC invade Taiwan.

Just because somebody suggested the thread had gone 'lowbrow', there's no need to hit the nuclear button 😁

Interesting read K. Whether it be well intentioned, but poorly informed / equipped 'experts' providing the initial advice or some form of commercial exploitation (including agriculture), the 'problem' that needs fixing is invariably one that has arisen from an unnatural intervention by humans - alien timber crops in this case it seems. Once that which has been f*cked is properly unf*cked, the best intervention is NO intervention. Funny how nature has a canny way of fixing itself when left well alone.

Devon TWIG comments above - I read - as adding weight to the position that placing the ‘responsibility’ for damage, and the route to repair, as laying with the individual. This position is entirely contrary to what - I read - as George M’s suggestion in the Guardian article previously posted. George M - as it appears to me - is suggesting that minute scale, individual actions brought about by climate guilt virtue signalling from pseudo greens is actually the result of corporate guilt shifting manipulation - with dopey duplicity from international government - and is actually as futile, possibly even damaging, as changing to a bamboo coffee cup whilst still subscribing to the consumption which fuels deforestation - for example. Corporate manipulation fuels ever growing consumer demand which requires greater resource resulting in a continuation of devastation. What a complete mess! As Marcus highlights - democracy, the very worst form of government (apart from all the others!)

Just seen this: VAT on Quotes pre registration WWW.ACCOUNTINGWEB.CO.UK Client quoted for work ex vat prior to vat registration. Just wanted to confirm the following:1. If quote provided prior to...

Have you talked to your own accountant or (even as I hate to say it) HMRC? If you quoted prior to VAT reg, is there any flex to allow those contractual obligations to stand? I mean from HMRC perspective? I know it’s a long shot but there might be a reg somewhere which covers this. You won’t be the first, but it is a bit of an own goal.

Talk, talk, talk! Have this conversation with the folks you’ve arranged to do the job. It’s entirely possible to absolutely avoid any and all obstacles if they are important. But that requires a level of care and attention which necessarily incurs a time penalty. Time = money. Removing trees requires a certain amount of space and may involve big lumps and bushy pieces being moved around. Small whips, young trees, plants and flowers can get damaged unless they are specifically highlighted as being ‘special’ and to be avoided. General care and diligence should, of course, be expected but it should also be reasonably anticipated that some ‘sign’ of heavy works having taken place will result. A good contractor ought to sound out all site specific constraints at the pricing stage and by talking to the owner. For example - a nice lawn may require ground protection before tracking a chipper across it. This must all be part of an open and honest conversation at the pricing stage. If you’ve agreed a price and then afterwards seek to impose additional restrictions - it would only be fair and reasonable to expect a possible change of contract price to accommodate additional requirements. Can’t over estimate how important it is to talk these issues through before work starts. Worst case - Ive had a customer complain about hedgerow primroses being stood on whilst taking down a hedgerow tree before. We’re good, but our feet do have to use the ground.

Maybe it's just time the 'simple people' took over the world and cast the current 'leaders' into the wilderness.... 😆 Damn.... I'm creeping ever closer to anarchist tendencies with each post. 😂 I LOVE the opening quote he uses though..... "...Instead of focusing on ‘micro consumerist bollocks’ like ditching our plastic coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not up..."

Mheh..... George M writes a great long spiel in the Guardian after he'd read my earlier posts and is held out as an environmental super hero. It ain't rocket salad!