kevinjohnsonmbe

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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 😂

That’s the money shot! Im teetering on the edge of upgrading the the ArbTrak 150. Not because I want to chip larger diameter (I don’t) but I want to chip quicker!

Ah, the Dianne Abboot theory of a stopped clock being right 3 times a day 😂

Dammit! Moral dilemma..... I found myself nodding sagely whilst reading the post and finding much to agree with.... (then I noticed who’d posted it 🤯) (No, I’m being unfair, I do think this is a good post 😂)

that’s pretty cool (for you J) pretty shocking (for FC) 👍🏻 - with thought as to species diversification Where centralised government seeks to dictate policy there will always be those that seek to exploit advantageous loopholes. 👍🏻 Totally agree ‘system’ is always a blunt instrument. Id do the same? By example, possibly not J. Example being I installed biomass system because I wanted to move away from oil and at a time when domestic RHI wasn’t even a ‘thing.’ I have subscribed (and benefitted) since, but my decision was not BECAUSE of grant inducement. Hat off to your knowledge and contribution in this particular field J. My frustration is borne out of the seemingly never ending gravy train of highly paid, poorly performing quangos & civil servants that just keep making the same mistakes and wasting eye watering sums of public money.

(Probably) well intentioned government strategic policy, incompetently executed by bungling quango provides huge financial benefit to exploitative land owner.... Who’d have ever thought such bungling could follow financial incentive to change behaviour. It’s almost a dead ringer for the FiT and RHI all over again... Row over UK tree-planting drive: 'We want the right trees in the right place' | Trees and forests | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Forestry Commission accused of funding non-native plantations that damage peatlands and imperil rare species

As a matter of principal. - I won’t get the mower out in Feb (even though a light nip off the top would be quite in order) Last weeks job, homeowner had already had the lawns done and the grass pixies are already posting their pics to FB locally. I planted a load of Crocus in one area of lawn at home last year so that I couldn’t mow it til they’d faded 😂 (told the wife it was part of her Birthday surprise 😛

Did I see somewhere this week, “Trainspotting” 25 years old? See how things have ‘improved’ under how many years of SNP governance.

Alright, it’s only late Feb, and whilst some might not appreciate the ‘dark’ humour, but that is a SERIOUS contender for funniest post of 2021!

I don’t know about that.... What he did / didn’t do is only known by him and any other party. What the ‘law’ finds is what the law finds. Bit like Trump really, those that hate him want to believe he is the devil incarnate regardless of what the law ‘finds.’ I’m no fan of AS but if he’s not guilty, he’s not guilty. I’m just interested to see how it plays out....

Understood! Next part follows by PM.

Whilst no fan of Alex Salmond politically, you better have your ducks in a row iffum you want to take him on. This is gonna get messy for SNP. AS not in the same league (IMHO) as George Galloway who’s presentation to a US Senate sub committee was (again, IMHO) a masterclass in sticking it to the man!

Interesting.

What was the reason for it needing to fold like that 5? Can’t remember if you explained already in the other thread. I often fold for storage on mine due to a low roof but it’s just as simple as shown in pic. What did surprise me is that there is no micro switch to cut engine when chute is folded which means flywheel is spinning and un guarded when chute is folded. (I’m glad it does otherwise I’d have to stow machine in a different building and since it’s only ever me that puts it away there’s no chance of an accident - but I was surprised to see exposed fast moving parts in this apparent risk averse world)

+1 👍🏻