ArthurBottlesworth

It'll be sorted out over dinner in a very nice house belonging to a member of H of L who probably went to Eton, we of course will never know about this dinner... Bottom line is toffs will reorganise system to maximise their income....they own the land and have their hands on supplies so unless you own your own supplies ( or have long term contracts in place ) there could be trouble ahead... I'm told that landowners are looking from wind turbines ( which don't really work) to biomass ....government policy will follow ...... The big money will then move in .....you won't be able to compete because its not in their plan to have competition...... It will of course be presented as a GREEN INITIATIVE and lets be honest very few of the UK population ever visit a woodland....so they won't care....

I had great little business Gov't brought in legislation -I thought it would make little difference Had to do govt six monthly return, rang govt advisor and she said " have you only allowed a week to fill in this form!" A week twice a year !.....plus rest of crap Before I chucked business was spending at east three days a week on crap Did legislation sort out industry problems .......not in my opinion

Lot of plane crashes up here too, I was probably last bloke to see last one before it crashed... There is book about them if your interested All I know is that if six foot blokes dressed in silver start mooching about then I'm off......

Cept this was in Leigh near Wigan ! Berwyns are a funny place, Nothing would surprise me up here, See also Berwyn Incident ! ( british roswell )

Just ripped my rayburn royal out...... Had it new in 1991, it was dirty, inefficient and didn't work very well..... We smashed it out and the internals were pretty well worn out The rayburn in my old house was great by comparison Could stack it up on friday and go away for weekend, come back sunday to warmish house, riddle through, add coal and away it went..... I think a fifty year old rayburn is better quality than new...... But with price of coal.........not worth it anymore ....

Walking dog and a plank fell out of a clear sunny sky, light wind Plank is perhaps not the work, could have been piece out of pallet or packing case Flat piece of wood perhaps five feet long and five inches or so across Watched it fall several hundred feet It was spinning quite fast on longitudinal axis Landed inrough ground I searched but couldn't find it Very very weird

Used to go in a scrapyard He had loads of odd spanners lying about He just picked one and if it didn't fit made it a bit bigger with angle grinder Worked for him

Had claim where guy put his sons vegetable racing oil in his car Mineral Oil turned to sludge and blew engine Insurer paid for new engine, but I was allways dubious, struck me as perfect way of getting free recon engine ...... But couldn't prove it.......

It's amazing what will run When I was insurance assessor We had guy with jag on motorway It dropped a rod but kept running for couple of miles Until the whirling rod cut the engine block in two The driver said " it was making a bit of noise " I think they call it mechanical sympathy .......

Fabulous, wish I had the skill

My neighbour is selling off a couple of chunks It's been valued at 2 acre patch £10k 4 acre with couple of home built cabins that have been there 12 years plus £40k I think you could pay the finance costs for the £10k patch withfirewood if you were so inclined Hadn't appreciated woodland was going up at 13% same as agricultural land

Couldn't agree more ........

A lot of it look a right mess - I've been looking at newt fencing/sheets too ........that seems a bit of a waste of time

Would have been much much worse for Fred Dibnah up a factory chimney No where to go and everyone watching

Can you tell me what the purpose is ? I've oftem wondered

When you grow up you take responsibility for your own business When your a kid you expect daddy to do it for you Time to grow up ......... Especially when daddy is making all sorts of reasons to stop you gowing up......

Conservative Party, you have two cows, one is owned by an aristocrat so he gets the exclusive right to supply the dairy, the hse raids the other producer and fine him so much he goes out of business and has to sell his cow. The auctioneer went to eton with the aristocrat and knocks it down to him at a bargain price. The business development guy for the local council is in the masons with the aristocrats farm manager and gets him a business development grant to develop his dairy. The aristocrat went to eton with editor of the bbc good food guide so he wins the prize for best free range farm in the UK. He gets exclusive contract to supply BBC at inflated prices and is plugged relentlessly by Hugh Fearnley wotsits who also went to Eton. Original owner of cow is employed on minimum wage to prduce the milk, and manage the farm...he is the only one who ever goes on the farm Aristocrat gets awards for business enterprise and development. He gets onto question time where the Dimbleby he was at eton with makes him look clever and knowedgeable......he is brought into cabinet as special advisor,

Think your right there mull29....

Plus gov't is supporting larger farms to install biomas burners..... Have you tried offering farmers £££££? Time to get some supply contracts in place? Then you have guaranteed supply and your future is assured...

Lets remember tory gov't in 80's spent 85% of urban renewal budget in London Nice for London but Not much left over for the rest of the country Norway has £90,000 IN THE BANK. For every member of the country because they didn't squander north sea oil Is europe really going to tell scotland to bugger off? Or is Dave and his mates Just bullying ? And rule is you never give in to a bully

As my great aunt wouls say " he's worth his keep for his cheek "

My son has picked up phrase from AbFab he uses when someone shouts at him "Bless you for your honesty" takes the wind out of their sales ........ Some people have very sad lives.......

An Update on Economics Explained by Cows * SOCIALISM: You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. * COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. * FASCISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk * NAZISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. * BUREAUCRACY: You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, then throws the milk away. * TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. * SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons. * AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead. * ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Sell one cow to buy a new President of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull. * THE ANDERSEN MODEL: You have two cows. You shred them. * FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. * JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'cowkimon' and market it worldwide. * GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. * ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch. * RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. * SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.You charge the owners for storing them. * CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. * INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship them. * BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are mad. * IRAQI CORPORATION: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy.. * AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate. WELSH CORPORATION: You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.

Meant to say not keen on having county councilsticking TPO's on anything

Denbighshire CC tree guy showed up here few years ago Asked me "what's that tree" "Errrr bird cherry --- the valley is full of them" Not overly impressed