kevinjohnsonmbe

Fair play Egger, last month it would have been a dead cert. Weather has put a bit of a damper on things today though - wouldn’t want to get the brogues muddy.

Not “all” Mick! There’ll always need to be a Morlock class ? I really like the idea of UI. Everyone gets the same basic package. If you want to get on, you find your ways to do so. If you don’t want to get on, quit your whining you got your subsidy.

It’s obvious Egger! it’s a June Saturday afternoon / early evening, no self respecting Tory would be in town - they’d be at the country pile enjoying a Pimms and a knock around the croquet lawn.

I feel there’s a certain inevitability to UI Mick. Robotics, automation, e-commerce, all unstoppable forces reducing the number of gainfully employed available for taxation to fund the irresponsible lifestyles of the feckless. Add to that the inevitable job losses post C19 (I think time will show the furlough scheme as being a rather pointless and expensive finger in the dyke (I s’pose I’m not meant to use such a phrase - even though there’s no suggestion of the gender of the finger??)) This was an ideal (missed) opportunity to take a real good look at UI. Instead, ‘the system’ decided to ‘give’ money to folk so that they could later claw it back in tax. I mean, why not just give out 60% and say, that’s it, you’re done rather than give out 80% and (for the majority) then take back 20% in tax. I can’t figure it - other than 80 sounds better than 60 in a grand giveaway.

It was a sweeping generalisation with obvious exceptions - the football mansions and all the leaches that suck up the crumbs from it being an obvious case in point. No small amount of irony attached to the working class origins of the FA leading to the establishment of some of the greatest wealth disparity in the UK - especially when it really stretches the bounds of meritocracy that such wealth is derived from little more than an ability to kick a ball. Meh....

It’s the same up Norf Egger. Put a shaved monkey in a cheap suit with a red rosette and the clowns would have him in Parliament. (PS Staffs moorland is s Norf MIDLANDS - otherwise I’ve married a norfener and that wouldnt do!)

That was hilarious Egger. If ever you needed evidence in support of Big J’s argument for removing the vote from the underclass. Particularly liked the T shirt election timetable sketch. 1 piece of information- 2 completely contrary interpretations of it. Both interpretations completely appropriate given the input source but resulting in an intransigent difference of opinion. - classic trickery.

Whaddaya mean “don’t think?” If you had, Id expect it to at least be memorable otherwise what’s the point ? All well here mucker, bit ground hog day / cabin fever for the Mrs & bin lid - but there are worse places to be banged up! Work gone off the scale. Having to do weekends to keep ahead of demand.

I just laugh at ‘em Egger. We’ve had plenty of differences of opinion (and I’m sure there’ll be more in the future) but I wouldn’t presume to call you ignorant or intimate that you are uneducated just because we disagree.

You prove the point in your second sentence. You are attempting to project your perception of ‘ignorance’ upon those that disagree with your narrative. You're perfectly entitled to hold what ever opinion you chose. Attempting to denigrate anyone that holds an alternative pov is not acceptable. Surly the irony of your apparent position isn’t lost on you? Or are you so far indulged in your white privilege guilt? You hold your opinion, I wouldn’t presume to call you ignorant on account of it. I’ll form, hold and express my own opinion and it really doesn’t matter what you think about it.

There’s a lot of this type of BS being trotted out. It was prevalent during the Brexit debate with certain 1/4s regularly making reference to ‘surveys’ that showed the proportions of voters in a supposed relationship to education (and professional) attributes. It’s particularly noticeable in the discussions online and in the print / TV media as relates to the BLM discussion. - “I’ve educated myself” - “You need to educate yourself” No, actually, “you” have absolutely no idea what levels of comprehension, education, experience somebody else may base their views and opinions upon. You just don’t like that others don’t agree with YOUR point of view. Guess what, just saying “I’ve educated myself” and intimating the ignorance of anyone with a contrary appreciation adds the √ of SFA to the credibility of your point.

Can’t argue with the sentiment, delivery might benefit from a buffing off of a few rough edges..... (??? bit rich coming from me ?)

There’ll be hell on if they happen across this estate agency ?

Which is best VfM? Despite all the calc’s and variables, surely it’s a simple matter of cost.

You put jam or cream first on a scone?

Just send it to Cornwall! Weme all related ?

You missed a trick there! You’d have been better off taking the hatchet rather than picking his brains..... Thats got days/ months / years of meaningless forum drivel written all over it. Andy, can I have a free hatchet please? ?

Done. Can explain why you’re doing this - might have been advantageous to understand the context

You’ll find a link for it at AA page iffum you have a spare hour. Didn’t find it to be quite as good as the first, but interesting none the less (maybe not for the intended reasons though.) Some very useful plugs & references to urban tree festival.org and TDAG, plus some interesting suggestions to engage children with ‘gorilla’ tree and plant tagging. That passion does shine through in (most ?) of your posts K ?? Worth a look if you have time but I suspect you might (if you’re as course as me) end up shouting/swearing at the PC - wife was quite amused!

It’s not me (honest Guv(no really, it’s not.)) Its a community wood nearby. They were considerate enough to put a warning post on local FB page but have had a number of: ”you have to inform fire brigade” ”I’m asthmatic” etc, etc posts. Just wondered what others had experienced. I’ve used D7 for burning arisings before but this is coppice managed woodland.

I wonder if you logged on for the AA Arb QT on Monday K? Its a bit of a tangent but very akin to the point you raise above about ‘perceptions’ of certain trades. The Dorris from the ICF, with all her current management speak - going out of her way to say words like ‘diversity’, ‘inclusivity’, ‘tolerance’ & ‘respect’ exposed herself as a pompous, irrelevant, hypocritical ass (which I thought was hilarious since the topic of the discussion was how to raise the profile of the Arb industry) when, despite all her best attempts to tick the management speak boxes, she actually exposed her true sentiments with statements like “stamp out white van brigade”, her obvious disdain for those that had “come up from the tools” and her description of those at the operational end of the business as “emerging from the woods covered in sawdust and scruffy clothes.” When you add to that her body language and eye movements during certain parts of the discussion it became very clear that she’d probably never actually seen the inside of a working van, wouldn’t know how to mix 2 stroke and wouldn’t know one end of a saw from the other.... If it wasn’t worth watching for much else, it’d be worth it for her performance alone.... Now, where’s that ICF membership subscription form..... Theres a slight chill and I think I’ll light the fire...

Any of you wise charcoal makers know if an EA exemption is required for making charcoal on the site where the timber has been cut? Im familiar with the D7 for burning green waste generated on site, but is there something similar if you’re making charcoal??

Not even particularly subtle most of the time. Take the work scenario since ‘lock-down.’ The vast, almost overwhelmingly consistent, media message has been that only ‘key-workers’ should have been going to work. So much so that people have pretty consistently sucked up that narrative - to the point of declaring the intention of ‘grassing up’ their neighbours for going to work as I saw on the village FB page last night. It’s utter rubbish, the message has been crystal clear from the get-go. Work from home if possible, travel to work if you can’t work from home. No ambiguity there but if you suckled at the teat of TV, radio and print media you wouldn’t realise. I would just say, Majeed Narwaz on LBC has been an almost lone voice of reason from the outset.