Wood wasp

But that's not really what happened, she didn't "shut them down" for the hell of it. These industries were haemorrhaging money and mainly the unions wouldn't let them change or restructure in any way. And as usual after a labour govt the nation was totally and utterly skint so there wasn't money to keep subsidising.

What industries exactly? Most were massively inefficient propped up by massive subsidies, it was refusal to adapt and union intransigence that finished them off.

Nice timber, what forwarder are you running Iain?

I think it was, remember just exactly what state Britain was in when she came to power - we couldn't even keep the lights on! And whether you like her or not, or agreed with her or not she never acted in personal interest but always in what she believed was best for Britain. The historical archives being released confirm this.

Someone's not being disrespectful to the great lady surely!

Why, were you thinking of applying?!

That's unfortunate Eggs, hope nothing expensive was nicked. One reason we don't do yard collections is try to limit exposure and hence my thoughts on the photo stuff.

I don't know if you're taking the mick or not Wolfie! If they buy it then will be moved by lorry

Now we're talking Wolfie!

That would be best obviously but just not possible, I need to demo it also

Again fair point Eggs but it's all about trying to limit exposure

Fair point Steve but my thinking is that anyone running their own kit would fully understand

45 mins reading Arbtalk, 2 hours decoding Jon's posts

It's not really possible to move it unfortunately

It's too big to move elsewhere unfortunately Jon

Something I was mulling over.. I have people coming to view bit of heavy equipment I have for sale, it's located at yard which has other equipment on site. Something I was thinking of doing was sending text in morning saying that before coming to yard do you agree to vehicle, person and photo ID being photographed? I'm sure they're genuine but given rate of kit/machine thefts what better way to case a yard than to visit beforehand in daylight. Any thoughts and would you be offended if someone asked that?

Adw - can dealer program owners name into auto tune at time of sale? Thanks

How would it be tracking over brash and stumps, what clearance is on those things?

[ame] [/ame] matbro/patu That was one I saw at Caledonian few months ago

Can't say for sure but some harvesters were fitted to Matbros. Caledonian had one with kesla head

Not sure which splitter you mean- the blue splitter above looks like has electric motor though I'm sure will be available with hydraulic options. Our 30t splitter has pto driven pump and tank.

Plus one on the bureaucrats and red tape

I think you're missing the point felix. To try explain briefly.. A couple centuries ago Christians were one of violent/cruellest religions going (inquisition for example), it's evolved though and the bible is no longer taken literally by majority of Christians. The difference is the majority of Muslims still believe their book is the true word and that the culture it promotes should overrule all. Hence the push to establish Sharia law. Here's couple of quotes from previous head of Muslim council of Britain.. "On Salman Rushdie "Death, perhaps, is a bit too easy for him his mind must be tormented for the rest of his life unless he asks for forgiveness to Almighty Allah.” homosexuality is "not acceptable", same-sex civil partnerships are "harmful"" I'm not a fan of Rushdie nor am I fussed if gays want to marry, each to their own. That's not the way Muslims see things though, you live as their book demands or face the consequences, that is not compatible with western values so as I said earlier this is going to be an ongoing issue

Article I sourced stats from was in the guardian of all places Read it few days ago and can't be arsed looking for it

Yes nutters are nutters and they'll always find a cause to latch onto. However the difference is one religion has at its core the belief that all non believers are inferior and if won't convert deserve death, that's why they're are something like 5 Islamic terrorist attacks per day. Look at the butchery going on in Africa in the name of a religion, most religions left that behind several centuries ago Something like 66% of one religion believe sharia law should be applied and override UK law, those beliefs of the majority followers of that religion coupled with the point above is why this isn't going away anytime soon.