TIMON

Cool video. Liked the tunes as well

We do have people here who have eating disorders. My wife used to have an eating disorder. The difficulty is that unlike drugs and alcohol, food can never be completely removed from a persons lifestyle. Whereas I've been completely free of drugs for over 8 years, my wife still has to eat every day and maintain a healthy relationship with food.

Of course!!

No the book about our lot is called "we dance because we cannot fly" It tells the story of BETEL. How it started with one junkie in Spain and then spread across the globe... We're in over 100 cities including Mexico , Russia , Kazakhstan, Mongolia, India . All over Europe and of course the UK. It is a truly amazing story of changed lives. I'm blessed to be a small part of it. Did all my tickets in Betel and now run a centre and business.

Enjoyable video..... Bet you were glad to get the "near miss" bit on the deck! Cool tunes as well. Looking forward to the next one...

I'll post a selfie in a minute

Our ARB business is set up to help addicts turn their lives around.... Our "recovery" programme is free to enter but residents must work a realistic working week in one of our charitable businesses to fund their own recovery... Gaining work skills and more importantly a work ethic. Only the very broken and desperate seem to grasp the opportunity.. Why??? Because we've created a national culture of "helplessness" Habitual criminals and drug addicts are labeled "vulnerable adults" and no one is allowed to challenge them because they are "vulnerable" and it infringes their human rights (believe me, when I was a junkie I was anything BUT vulnerable, I was a menace.) So we pension them of with state sponsored methadone prescriptions, free flats and £280 per week disability living allowance... Tell them that they are sick or disabled with no hope and then create an industry around it...No wonder so few seek real change for their lives...... Why should they.?????

As long as they are not Monsanto seeds!

Sow a thought; Reap an action. Sow an action; reap a habit. Sow a habit; reap a character. Sow a character; reap a destiny.. (Steven Covey) This is true, wether you are talking about drug addiction, alcoholism, eating disorders , or any destructive behaviour pattern. When governments put the label of "illness" or "disability" on these behaviours and consequences they are removing responsibility from people. When I was an addict ( I am not any more ) a doctor told me I was an addict because I was "ill" and had a "disability" thereby I was not responsible for my condition ( or the misery I inflicted on my family ) I didn't accept this. I knew that I WAS responsible for my own bad choices. I chose a different destiny. Not a "disability" label.

I agree with that, but the workings and bio-mechanics of a tree are a lot more measurable and predictable than the depths of the human mind and psyche (and dare I say it the human soul). In the course of my work (rehab and addiction stuff) I've encountered people who have suffered horrendous damage to themselves through opening "doors" they know little or nothing about. I've been to hell and back in my own battle with addiction. Thankfully I've got through it and now help others through. I've seen some excellent treework done and love being a part of this forum. I'm learning a lot from people such as yourself. I have never yet met anyone who has a good, lasting outcome from hypnotherapy. It's just where I'm at with it having seen what I've seen. (Nice mog set up by the way)

We've got all three. The 540 is by far the quicker obviously. I liked the idea of the 150 more than I did actually using it. We hardly use it at all. If it's more than I want cut with a silky then I tend to go straight to the 540. My oppo has the 201 and he swears by it even though it's slower the the husky. The Stihl guy told me they will do a free upgrade on the old 201 (new carb and ignition) through your local dealer.

Hi Jon .. Cold wet and windy in Stratford upon Avon. No good for tree work (or carol singing) Timon

I remember them well they were on Clay records. its all coming back now.... Johnny moped. Eater. Warsaw(who became Joy Division) The Damned (were always good live.) The Ruts P.I.L. UK Subs. Siouxie and the Banshees. Killing Joke ( lead singer Jaz Coleman is also composer in residence for the Prague symphony orchestra ) Iggy and the Stooges etc... Etc.... Nice to know that Punk's not dead

Hi Jon .. Dry and calm here still in the midlands. Timon.

Nice clips Reg, is that a 560xp on the first one? (And C4 on the second I presume!)

We got rid of our double cab ( terminal engine fail and front end suspension knackered from being constantly erm.... Slightly overweight ) So we got a single cab transit (more payload) and a cheap berlingo. When we are getting towards the end of a job two climbers take the tools and small van and shoot of to start the next job.. It has surprised us how quick and efficient this method is compared to a double cab. Gives us a lot of versatility. Our firm now runs a mog and pto chipper. A transit single cab and timberwolf and a berlingo. A very versatile set up.

Same here.. I swapped my (very smelly)Stein kask for a vertex vent and put husky ear defenders on it... The best combo I've tried so far... I tried the protos but I looked too much like a power ranger in it.....

Third that!! I know people that have had bad hypnotherapy experiences...

Hi Stereo Well done... Very often when people stop taking drink and drugs there is a rebound/reaction that takes place. Because we don't experience the full range of our emotions when we drink or self medicate with drugs, once we stop there is a build up. After a while our emotions tend to "even out". Crazy dreams and mood swings are quite common among people in recovery. I gave up 20 years of chronic heroin addiction and have been totally clean for 8 years. Different poison I know but basically addiction is the same whatever the substance. I work for a large rehab charity working with recovering addicts so I have a fair bit of experience in these things. There is always light at the end of the tunnel. Please PM me if you want a chat. All the best and keep up the good work! Timon

Have you read the book "eats shoots and leaves" ? It's about a panda that goes into a restaurant has a meal and then kills everyone before leaving. It's not really ...... It's about the correct use of punctuation. Eats, shoots and leaves. Careless use of comma's can kill.

I think stubby is right. The sugihara is on the old Stihl. That's a husky bar on the 540xp.

Great news .... Should get 4 months out of the stock techlite bar..

So it was...... So when can we get one for the 540 ??????

Got me thinking now .............. Maybe my memory is shot. (Too much techno )

Reg Coates has a 540xp with a sugihara bar review video on you tube... Unless my memory is completely shot.........