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Posts posted by David Cropper
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2 hours ago, Stubby said:
Does he look abit like Putin ? All I can think of ...
I'm on about the reply from Timon, its blank, Stubby! Not the dog one.
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9 hours ago, TIMON said:
Ditto.
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18 hours ago, danthemanwhocan said:
Racists!
Is this tongue in cheek, which I suspect it is, or do you really believe what you said?
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Misogynist swine!
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Excellent idea, Ratty! For that advice I shall put you on my mailing list for free. Enjoy!
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9 hours ago, Moose McAlpine said:
Somewhere in rural France, a man we know is doing exactly that.
You are correct young Moose, hence why my replies are a touch late. My wife is a member of the local fat club, all 8st 4lbs of her, a vast disappointment to me, however, her larger friends are a true delight, giving me hours of harmless voyeurism. Well, apart from a big Geordie bird, I need ear defenders to get near to her.
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10 hours ago, eggsarascal said:
Mr cropper can keep his fat birds, if I get cold over winter I'll fill a hot water bottle first.
Eggs, Eggs, Eggs, I can no longer be your life guru, I'm afraid, you are a lost cause. I may have one last crack at it and send you my rather excellent handbook entitled "Fat chicks and my rise to the top." If that doesn't work, nothing will. I've dispatched a copy to Ratman already. He is demanding more of my literary work. Another disciple I hope.
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10 hours ago, Doug Tait said:
I'm beginning to understand why eggsarascal is reluctant to take David's offer of relationship help!
That's because Eggs has no idea of the finer points of my philosophical outlook on the larger ladies, Douglas.
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43 minutes ago, Stubby said:
I remember my mate who hails from Guernsey originally saying that it is against the law to cut your grass on a Sunday .
I don't know if it still the same, but when my wife lived in Germany it was not allowed to hang out your washing on Sundays, cut the grass or generally make a noise or disturb people.
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In theory here in France you should wrap in work between the hours of 1200 to 1330 because lots of folk come home from their work for lunch. That's not always enforced, it depends where you are. Some villages are quite strict, the Mayor's office will have it written in the "rules and regs" section of the village journal or website. Other villages aren't too concerned. I usually work through lunchtime to get finished and get home, totally forgetting to ask if I should stop. Yesterday, I started at 1000 because I only had a few stumps to grind 110 kms from home, gave me a late start. As I was unloading my kit, the homeowner asked me to grind the stumps at the front of the house as he didn't want the possibility of complaints about noise during the lunch hour. Doing the ones at the rear meant less noise. He'd only been in France 2 years but had been told when he arrived to be aware of the working hours. It's all about respecting the wishes of the client and being aware of possible complaints by the neighbours. Sunday working here is a bit of a no no.
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I always think her name is quite ironic actually as a lesbian, I'm afraid I snigger like a schoolboy whenever her name is mentioned.
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2 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:
I see reports of stolen chippers almost every day.
But where do they go? I doubt Eastern Europe has much call for them, they don’t bother too much with smaller chippers, using grab lorries and stuffing the lot into a bin from what I see on the net.
I have never heard or been offered one here in France.
There has to be some sort of market or they wouldn’t get lifted so often.
So what’s happening to them? My personal theory is the engines are being stripped and sold separately.
Anyone able to shed light, or even any theories on this?
Call me cynical, but Stuart Lee seems awfully quiet on the subject of chippers at the moment. Just a thought.
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B positive, quite rare.
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34 minutes ago, Mark J said:
I like Ian Hislop:
Excellent questioning on Hislop's part! Tied them in knots, didn't let Jenkins and Costas waffle their way out of it. Always admired his tenacity!
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2 minutes ago, dan blocker said:
As Stubby as already pointed out DC but I’m not so sure because I remember years ago that someone on here said they rode a cock-horse to Banbury Cross to see a fine lady upon a white horse🤔 so there must be white horses?
No, white is a shade of grey in horses. Have a quick look on Google.
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1 hour ago, dan blocker said:
I’m following this on my old black and white iPad. 🤔
No such thing as a white horse Dan. Only greys.
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45 minutes ago, essexjack said:
Also is there a max size stump you’ll do with the little grinder ? I’ve got some work already and they are about half a meter wide. Would you do that ?I started stump grinding with a tiny DR Power 9 hp grinder years ago. The maximum I did was a 75 centimetre chestnut. It did it but took me well over half a day and nearly killed me! If you take your time and, most importantly, have sharp teeth, you can do bigger stumps than what the small grinders are designed for. You will have a problem with height above 15 centimetres. I moved up to a Predator 450, brand new, after 2 and a half years it was falling apart and getting tired. I then got a Vermeer SC30TX, still got that after 6 and a half years, but would never get another small hydraulic grinder. I then bought a Vermeer SC292 18 months ago, a world apart from the tracked Vermeer. I use the two Vermeers alternately as the conditions change. Still have the little 9 hp just to remind me how hard it was in the beginning. The point of this is, buy what you can for the jobs you have in the pipeline, as you progress move to a bigger and better machine. No point spending a fortune on something if you won't get the work for it. All I do these days is stump grinding, before, I incorporated clearance work, grass cutting etc which helped out inbetween stump jobs. Get used to the one you've got, learn how much you can safely achieve with it then move up if you think you can justify buying bigger.
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Jokes???
in The Lounge
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Time for your nap, I think young man. Off you go then.