Mick Dempsey

Spent 15 of the last 20 Christmas days in prison though haven’t you?

Reminds me of some (very) old joke I heard about two MPs chatting. One says ”why is it that when we have a vote to outlaw badger baiting only 50 MPs turn up to vote, yet when we have a vote to decriminalize buggery the place is absolutely jam packed?” The reply “Not many badgers in the House of Commons”

Even on a shit day, you learn something, even if it’s how NOT to do a job.

Could be.

No better in France.

But where do they go? My theory is they’re after the engines.

Most safety workboots aren’t steel toe capped, they use a composite plastic against crush injuries. Saw will go through them no bother.

I always think my little 6” chipper reduces volume/compacts better than the bigger 10” one. Smaller chips stack together better than the bigger ones.

Refers to the lady in waiting asking that woman ‘where are you really from?’

The battery situation is why I won’t buy one, what is it about, shortage of lithium?

Well yeah, course. The economics of Xmas tree sales should be fairly easy to unravel. How old are they? How much care do they need before harvesting? What species fetch the best money?

Been a while since I bought one.

How many does this guy sell every year? What are they 15 quid each?

Deep Space 9, Star Trek spin off, Cardassians=alien humanoid race.

Here (in this particular corner of the internet) I have learnt an incalculable amount about my job. Our work often exists in a bubble of 2 or 3 people who don’t swap ideas with others because of the way the day to day work plays out. The first time I stumbled across it, I was googling if you could use Ailanthus as firewood, and I found a place where everyone was talking about the thing I wanted to talk about, magic! I remember the first time I saw an articulated loader on here, I think it was Dean Lofthouse with an Avant, I was astonished, there it was! The thing! Exactly what I needed made manifest, from that day I knew I had to get one. I chat about grinders and chippers saws and business, impossible in real life to get dozens of individuals with nearly the same lives and problems in one room. I see the way the bigger outfits take on larger scale jobs and I try to bring that knowledge to my work. I can even get an argument any time I feel like it. The manifold FB sites have diluted the membership of course, but they don’t deliver in the same way, here you get to know people and threads develop and information is easier to extract.

Strong Friday night energy, one of nature’s finest sights.

I used to be a jeans and no helmet guy. The advance in trouser ‘technology’ means I always wear them for climbing, except in the very hottest of French summers. Boots, helmet, trousers all the time now. As Rich says, bring lighter trousers, boots in the truck and change into it as soon as possible. Its like jumping into a swimming pool!

The amount of diesel my Ranger uses I fully expect them to bring it back and ask for contributions.

Fair point.

Pretty sure that’s not it. They don’t fit them as standard on cars do they?

If someone won’t care, they won’t care what you paid, it’s still free to them.

What habitat is that you’re trying to save?

Dunno know Mike, I’m more comfortable as a Nelson Muntz jeerer from the sidelines rather than someone with any real insight.

To use another analogy, it’s at the point where the naked emperor has just heard a little boys voice from the back of the crowd shouting ‘he’s got no clothes on!’

Dunno, you just have to get them to take more care, sort of your job as boss I suppose. Unless you’re just letting off steam about it, which is fine.