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A monkey? Bet it’s double that though.... Just heard today the Clerk of our PC has gone on the sick again. Probably taking a leaf out of the book of that civil servant that got £340k for being “bullied” by a bird - W⚓️

Doubtless some exorbitant cost shouldered by the tax payer and administered by civil servants with no accountability, no ability and no ‘king clue.... Close or no?

You think so Mark? the “NHS” is a massive behemoth. Many parts of that massive behemoth have had absolutely no adverse impact from COVID. In fact, many departments have been like the Mary Celeste. Wouldn’t it be better to target those elements within the NHS that had played an active role rather than treat the whole thing as one? For an individual, 1% is - of course - paltry but across the entire organisation it is literally BILLIONS. (I know, billions have already been spaffed up the wall but that’s no reason to just carry on doing it)

Not worth the bandwidth! Couple get married and fall out with in-laws. Welcome to planet earth.

It sounds like you might be dealing with an area TPO relating to an earlier development application and trying to apply historic restrictions in a changed land use / boundary scenario? Just guessing that’s what it sounds like. Maybe consider seeking a fresh look at the site with current TO to see if it would be possible to get the historic ATPO revised to better reflect current tree status in an updated series of individual tree TPOs. That’d be the Rolls Royce solution rather than trying to second guess what’s gone before. Whether you’d get any joy from LA in achieving this is a whole nuther story.....

Within the very same article ‘they’ say “far right” and “direct democracy.” Makes you wonder, which is it then? Or are they both possible at the same time?

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I did 4 solid days last week mush! I'm pooped 🙀

👍🏻 Always do Les - condiments, napkins

Whilst acknowledging the concept, I’d suggest it is not entirely devoid of potential adverse consequence. From my own (consistently poor) experience of trades brought in to work at home I offer one notable example which has always stayed with me. Having relaid the floor and skirting, and stated that the skirts should be stained and waxed to match the floor, the chippy was adamant that they’d look better painted. I didn’t want that, I didn’t agree and couldn’t fathom why he was so enthusiastic about it. I didn’t want them painted and said stained and waxed it is. It was only after pondering his determination to try and change my mind that I realised stained and painted made his job so much easier because he could fill and sand joints rather than cut them properly. Moral of the story - someone giving you advice is not always with your best interest at heart but rather it may be driven by what actually makes their job easier. I recognise the very same trait in myself on occasion and have a better understanding of it now. Also, I don’t think anybody actually takes any notice when someone says how busy they are. Ask any trade how busy they are and they always say “flat out” as they would be doing you a favour by turning up.

I suspect residual trace of recreational narcotics...

That’s possibly one of the most peculiar metaphors imaginable. “main trunk” and “peeling off in large sheets” are not terms Id normally associate with a passionate experience with a beautiful woman..... That’s not to suggest that big Mary from Camborne isn’t beautiful in the eyes of some beholders... Oh - forgot the point of the post - forget chemicals, just pull more off than grows each year. (equally applicable to Ivy and Mary)

Hate it when they’ve “changed the plan” between agreeing it and start of work AND they haven’t communicated changes. I like to get my ‘head’ (and the right kit) prepped and ready for the day ahead. Some small changes of direction are par for the course but wholescale changes affecting work scheme, equipment, timescales etc really annoy!

No more than car park change from a score for chip supper in Looe last night (that’s me treating the Mrs & bin lid to a posh meal out 😂) PS - I make her take bread and butter, tomato ketchup & mayonnaise from home though)

Padstow??

Did a Beech reduction Thursday like that. Absolutely no other reason than homeowner wanted evening sunshine whilst enjoying a beer on the terrace after work. (and I make absolutely no criticism of that) He’s been waiting since back end of last year for it to be done. Every couple of months I’d tell him it’s not what I’d advise. Turned up Thursday to do it and he actually said - I really thought you didn’t want to do it. Both myself and climber said - we don’t! As a machinery dealer I compared it to how he’d feel if I told him I was running a machine on wrong spec of oil. He’d know it was wrong and could have longer term implications - but if I “had” to do it it would have to be at my risk. Ultimately, it’s HIS tree and he is at liberty to do as he sees fit with it. When Jeremy Barrell did one of the first AA webinars he was adamant that it is the ‘arb’s’ responsibility to ‘educate’ the tree owner. I posed the question / made the point that, whilst an admirable aspiration, it simply doesn’t hold water in the domestic work space where budget and outcome are not always conducive to best intervention for the tree. He didn’t agree but that just illustrates a level of detachment from reality which, I guess, comes from not being particularly well connected to the reality of domestic Arb. (whilst I do recognise what we did was not ‘best’ for the tree, it certainly IS better to retain a heavily reduced (<5m height reduction) tree than to have had it removed altogether) We did the best we could whilst (hopefully) achieving the desired outcome for the tree owner.

“Bullying” That ‘catch all’ for whiny barstewards throughout the nation with a model set and achieved by the country’s senior civil servant securing a “substantial” out of court settlement after claiming he was “bullied” by a Doris. What a nonce!

T That, right there... The secret to a long and happy life - peace MF’s..... 😂 Bonus clip: https://youtu.be/QF_EqxugeUM

I’d imagine there are quite a few folks looking at your projections and scratching their head....

I’m on track for a 4 day week this week.... Most irregular and I’m certainly ‘feeling it’ 😩 Wouldn’t want to be pushing out these hours every week. Friday is hot tub day!

Whilst there are many sage comments above, I’d suggest there is a factor - a very relevant one - which has been over looked. It’s not so much that “we” don’t know the cost / value of stuff. But rather that there are (probably millions) of folk that really don’t. Buy something for a tenner, stick it online for a ton, pretty much guarantee some mug will buy it. Nevermind stagflation / inflation / QE etc, etc, etc. A fool and their money are (and have always been) easily parted - tinterweb and cheap shite from China has simply super charged it.

Reported on wireless this morning.... The C19 ‘bailout’ facilities are expected to be found to have been “...the greatest fraud in British history...” So, abuse of furlough by fake businesses is likely to be paid for by tax rises to the self employed? Will Sunak stand up and tell us we’ve had the best business support packages in the world whilst simultaneously presiding over the greatest fraud in UK history?

Oi, Oi, Oi! You can’t just go throwing protected geographical designations around like that!

More a case of “Making the news day after tomorrow” but no harm shaking it up a bit.... It that Sunak character shafts the self employed on Weds they can count on not getting my vote when the time comes.

Brilliant! Like that! A lot 😂