kevinjohnsonmbe

It is also plausible to consider that the Summer reduction resulted from the actual previous death of those most vulnerable...

Fixed that for ya.... ?

I wonder if the 30-50,000 generally ignored annual UK excess winter cold deaths will be morphed seamlessly into the C19 figures for this year? Might add a bit of weight to the argument.... I only know 2 families that have had a test - 1 was negative and 1 was positive. Both families isolated, both blokes self employed. The guy that was positive is back at work on day 10 and says he had ‘like a cold’ (they got young children/baby so it was a concern but all doing fine now.) There needs to be a tailored approach according to circumstances - there’s no credibility in applying the same counter measures from a large urban conurbation to a rural settings, those applicable to the vulnerable to the less vulnerable and if racial/ethnic groups are identified (specifically by race/ethnicity) as particularly ‘at risk’ then they should have specific measures applied. (no doubt some fruit loop will suggest ghetto / racial bias but where racial/ethnic centric behaviours can be identified as a primary transmission vector then it is what it is - Israel is struggling with the behaviour of the ultra orthodox community for example) I voted Tory (this time, through lack of choice) but I also feel ‘government’ is rapidly losing the support of the masses. Compliance is going to degrade and there’s no appetite for further unilateral restrictive impositions. Time will tell.

Never mind the poly rope.... Show us more of the BBQ trailer! Is that how you feed the lads on the job? You'd be a contender for best boss - possibly even surpassing Mr Korrigan's 3 course lunch with vino!!

Let’s hope ‘21 is a Labrador rather than a GSD!

I'd have to check my BS..... ?

I’m easy enough to understand really.... You just need the right crypto code ?

Watching ‘Vikings’ on NetFlix at mo, bloody brilliant!

Cat C is '...at least 10 years...' The point I'm trying (probably not very well) to make is that even a decaying tree - hell, even a dead tree - still has a massive, often long term, contribution to make. Totally accept that not all dead trees are suitable for retention (and this may well be the case in your scenario) just trying to present a counter argument. At the very least, if you consider as many counter arguments as possible you'll be better prepared if it does end up with formalities.

It's a total unashamed de-rail (maybe a separate thread required).... But has anyone seen / got to grips with the NE Biodiversity Metric 2.0 (auditing and accounting for biodiversity - calculation tool) yet? The Biodiversity Metric 2.0 - JP029 PUBLICATIONS.NATURALENGLAND.ORG.UK *UPDATE* We have now published a summary consultation response following the end of the beta Biodiversity Metric... I've just seen one associated with a recent AIA and I find it a bit of a mind boggler at the moment. Needs a good examination and a cross reference to 5837 Table 1. ?

(so long as it is accepted that 'contribution' is wide open to interpretation and is continually changing)

I thought I detected a hint of this in an earlier post..... The problem might arise where 2 people didn't necessarily agree on what constitutes 'a fine specimen.'

Old Skoool....

Unless comprehensively insured (and even that could have future cost implications) if it ends up with the barristers it’s almost certain to cost more than just getting it fixed. Neighbour disputes potentially impacting future house sale value, time, effort, emotional stress.... Its a fine balance between cost / benefit.

Might be difficult at the moment, but if/when all this nonsense blows through - and it will - see if you can arrange a factory visit to GreenMech. A gang of us did one a while back and it was EXCEPTIONAL! A company that welcomes you into the very heart of their manufacturing process is a company that is rightly proud of its product. I think there might be a “Greenmech factory visit” thread from a while back. Worth a look! Theres also a thread named something like “United colours of Greenmech” also well worth a read. ( @PeteB - might look in on the thread?)

The difference between opinions seems to be - if you are PAYE (or perhaps site subby) there’s an expectation of an uplift and I guess that’s a fair one if you’ve done a Mon-Fri, there ‘should’ be some incentive for giving up your weekend. If you’re SE or the company owner, it comes with the JD (but so does having a cheeky day off when you want one.) Last time I did a contract which stipulated weekend work I whacked the price right up and passed it on to all of us that were on task. Client was SW Highways and they’d left it too late to argue. (It’s no wonder tax is so high with inefficiency like that...)

If anyone thinks there isn’t a massive alcohol abuse problem in many of the Nordic countries they simply don’t know their social history....

Your cover is well and truly blown J! Youre like a stick of Blackpool rock, it might be yellow on the outside but it’s true blue Tory through the middle ?

Apparently, you just ignore it all if you’re an MP, family of an MP, advisor to an MP. Bars open in Westminster after 22:00, international travel with a positive test result for example. Absolute tosh!

???? for special occasions only!

And that’s the problem with making up seemingly illogical, irrelevant and unenforceable’regulations’ on the hoof. The general public (those with an ounce of CDF) just scoff at them and self righteous politicians seek to publicly score points off each other whilst hoping their own self entitled rule breaking remains under radar. Like that horrible Cnut Abbot pissing up on the train - happy to pass rules for the minions - not so happy to abide by them....

That's real nice! Lovely piece of granite!

Nice job that! I've got to do similar in the temporary office except the other way around - if you know what I mean... The original slate is recessed back from what appears to be several generous lashings of plaster and artex over the years! It'll be a bigger ball ache hacking it off than it would be dot and dabbing some new boards over the top. This fireplace, like all the others bar 1, was blocked up and covered with a storage heater. Bloody criminal what they did in the 70's! Need to get on with it really. Like what you've done there, that's pretty much what I had in mind.

Union Boss a team player? What like Bob Crow? Six figure salary and a council house? You're master of the oxymoron Egger I'll give you that....

Could you tell us how many council houses were built under Blair / Brown regime? Can you tell us which party raised minimum wage and lowered the personal tax threshold? Of course things ‘could’ be better..... but nobody believed it WOULD be at the previous election.