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Mick Dempsey

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  1. I dunno Henry, you do seem to be obsessing with this business failure thing. Why not just say what happened, how you sorted it out and started again on here? No need for all this webinar, podcast, inspirational chit chat, it’s like you’ve made (“I had a business with 47 employees and lost it all including my family home”) it a commodity/asset that you’ll only reveal if people sign up to something. It’s the “no more roping for Nate” of 2022
  2. Whereabouts are you Will? Just seen IOW, soz.
  3. Isn’t the South Asian population in the midlands largely due to the import of labour to manufacturing industries in the 60/70s?
  4. While we were at it we replaced those paper thin pressed steel brackets that hold the light board. The originals had been bent and bolted up and were just about useless. A productive weekend!
  5. I understand, no real moans from me, compromises were made. Maybe making the inner 12” (closest to the feed rollers) in something a bit thicker might have sorted it, but it’s not a real issue, a relatively easy fix.
  6. It was very cheap, they only sold about 5000 all in all, but better in red, agreed. Says it’s a pig to ride uncomfortable and doesn’t tick over reliably, but he likes the odd stuff.
  7. Not mine, but owned by my welder mate who has a few bits and bobs, mostly old BMWs. A genuine flop sales wise, but an interesting footnote in Ducati’s history. The Ducati Paso.
  8. The sheet metal does seem a little on the thin side.
  9. I don’t get the fuss with ID cards, seems logical to me that you should have some form of ID on you, especially to vote.
  10. Cheers Jase, figured as much. I had a big tracked Arbor Eater with vertical rollers like that, if you put wood in the wrong hole it would make a funny noise and not pull it in, no harm done. Fnar Fnar!
  11. Yeah, ours had gone beyond that, when we tried to straighten it the weld broke along the seam. putting it back together tomorrow morning, it’s a cracking little chipper, just need to sort out the issues caused by the previous owner.
  12. Without someone having a look at them it’s a bit unfair on the OP to portray him as whatever some people are saying. They could be an easy fell and extraction, in which case it’s a good deal.
  13. More fine tuning…. The top of the hopper just before the feed rollers has bowed upwards and the weld was failing. Due I’m sure to the previous owners employees ramming oversize wood in, still, a surprising weak point. This was making the infeed troublesome so needed sorting. We cut out a section and welded a new piece in. Question. I discovered the funny bit to the left of the non static feed roller had broken it’s mounting and was moving loosely. I took it out (see second to last picture) iirc you can use the machine quite happily without it, any owners experience of this?
  14. Have a look on the end of your legs, it’s where I keep mine..
  15. You can’t beat a good long walk with the dog, perfect exercise as we move into our dotage Stubs.
  16. Dust off your kettle bells, they must be in the back of your wardrobe somewhere.
  17. It was good, don’t worry. I liked, ‘don’t make the customer’s problems your problems’
  18. I have always found that saying a bit trite and simplistic. (Profit/turnover saying) Haven’t got round to finishing the rest of the podcast. Your sales training come though….in a good way! Your business model works for you, for the moment. What was the famous Mike Tyson saying, everyone’s got a plan, till they get punched in the face. Good stuff though!

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