The avantgardener
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Who has sent me a MS361 and another saw?
The avantgardener replied to spudulike's topic in Chainsaws
Port it and put it in the raffle, who knows, the owner may win it back! -
any millers (bandsaw) near Deal???
The avantgardener replied to se7enthdevil's topic in Milling Forum
James Pepperpot on here has a Lucas Mill and Alaskan, he isn’t too far away from Deal, you can ask him Steve. -
My wood is free and is renewable and local, so my Winter heating is free and I won’t be changing that whatever Michael Gove comes up with. I am pretty sure my Defender which I run all year puts more particulates into the atmosphere going to and from the woods than my woodburner which is running 6 months of the year does.
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Air spade with a Tirfor anchored on a suitable point and axe/mattock, or else, mini digger.
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I think most people who buy a stove as a lifestyle thing are occasional users anyway, mine is my main heat source throughout the Winter.
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I am all for renewables, hydro, wind, solar, waves, but unfortunately I need to keep my family warm in the present, and at present I don’t have access to any of these options yet. I have done both attic and wall insulation, new windows, efficient burner, self supplied wood from renewable sources. I think I am doing the best I can and spend a tiny amount on gas each year, better than making Russian oligarchs richer? Oh, and I have planted the best part of 250,000 trees in the last 25 years.
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I think hitting wood burner users is just a method of trying to guarantee continued tax revenue from gas/oil. All my wood is self supplied from renewable coppice sources very close to home so very small carbon footprint but no money going to the government coffers. On the reverse of that, just along the coast from me at Sandwich is a giant bio mass burner, producing 800 tonnes of chip per day. It’s like an all consuming black hole, imagine Jordan and Kerry Katona combined, its is drawing in wood for bio mass from all over the country to supply its quota, even importing from the Baltic states on the cheap, hardly “green” but government backed.
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I know guys who are great Arborists and Foresters who are terrible at Business and have never really got ahead. Utilise your business skills and hire in professionals to help you develop, you can learn along side them and slowly take over the reigns. Good luck.
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I have friends in Birmingham that would quite happily peel your face off your skull for such remarks!
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I can’t think of a reason why a skills based points system cannot be put in place, I have also never met anyone who is apposed to one. It makes you wonder who the present system benefits the most? Maybe we should lobby our local MP’s and get the points system put into their manifestos. I think the Lib Dem’s would be back in business with the Tory vote swing if they had a points system in their plans.
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Depends on how many of them are GP’s.
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Of course population increase affects the ratio, this report simply states that the recent drop has made the ratio the worst level it has been. May I point out also that the population increase is not purely down to immigrants, British people breed as well and we are also living longer.
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In this instance the drop in GP’s is the reason for the report, not the rise in population that has been happening globally that everyone is aware of, but the first thing you post are immigration figures? I am referring to lying shitbags like Mr. Farage who will see this exactly like you do.
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No one is contesting that the population has increased, it has on a global scale. This report simply stated that due to the recent quick decline in GP numbers and the time it takes to train as a GP, the ratio of GP’s to population at its lowest, why can you not understand this simple report? Is it because it doesn’t confirm your idea that everything is the fault of Imigration?
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No, just simple maths. Taking into account the population increase, if the GP numbers where not reducing so quickly they would be at an acceptable level.
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The report this morning had taken the rise in population into account, the numbers leaving the profession where higher than ever before and the numbers coming in where not catching up at an alarming rate, but your OPINION overrides these FACTS, like I say, an easy target for the Brexit brigade.
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How long does it take to become a GP compared with how long it takes to write a resignation letter, this is the reason for for the shortage as explained in the news this morning. Your post has got to be the biggest pile of horeshit I have ever read on Arbtalk.
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News out this morning that there are less GP’s per population than ever before. This is due to far more leaving/ retiring than becoming new ones , won’t stop lying shitbags from the Brexit brigade blaming it on immigrants though, easy target Mr Farage?
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You did large trees and wind blown in 45 minutes, nonsense.
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From what I understand it is 5 years for professional users and three for occasional users such as machine drivers who jump out of the cab and cut occasionally? Who did your refresher and what reasons where you you given for only three years, did you ask?
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Just how much could you realistically cover properly in a one day refresher though? CS31/32 with winch assisting and wind blown, don’t think so. Your refresher is done for 5 years so you probably won’t need another one.
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HGV divers pulling chemicals have had to do a medical/refresher every five years already, can’t see any problem with that or making refreshers in driving cars also, would probably save a lot of lives. Just because refreshers aren’t compulsory in other sectors doesn’t mean we shouldn’t in ours, FISA brought the compulsory refreshers in, If you don’t like it don’t be a member and don’t cut in FC land.
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I think your missing the point altogether though. You don’t have to do a refresher in every unit you hold. If you do CS31 stuff all day everyday and only occasionally do CS32 or CS38, you do a refresher in those units as those are the ones that you are most likely to be less competent in as you practise them the least. If you only do CS31 stuff, then you refresh that, like I say, one day once every five years, hardly that costly.
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So what was your point? Your post states the you never get to practice CS38 but the company you contract for insists you practice it, which is it? Refreshers are there to prove that a chainsaw operator is still ‘competent ‘ to use it safely, one day every five years, hardly a money spinner.
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Because people get sloppy and pick up bad habits and do it day in day out until someone gets hurt, that’s why you need refreshers. Why don’t you arrange a practice day in CS38 for all employees who hold the unit? It doesn’t have to be done through a company or organisation, keep a record of what you covered, this is assuming that the person doing the recording is competent themselves.
