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Mick Dempsey

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  1. For the record I don’t give a monkey’s toss if she was mean to people, good for her. But just deflecting any criticism of a Tory by saying “look over there where à labour person did the same” is lazy nonsense.
  2. This is such an invented story, they did a revised version in 1992 using the word haggerd instead of faggot. This has been the normal version played on radio for 25 years. But it’s news now and those looking for outrage have latched on to it. You’ve been played @kevinjohnsonmbe
  3. It was, indeed, a mile away, but I’ve got that wrong before and watched in horror as it launches itself.
  4. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHqHDaHsR4w/?igshid=uykrle8xddtw Fir removal, wood stays for their burner, I’m not arguing. Ps. Don’t know why IG won’t load on here.
  5. On FB it’s nearly always the yanks wetting their knickers over this sort of thing.
  6. They’re embarrassing rubbish.
  7. Surely that’s more swing/big band rather than jazz?
  8. When it’s big I’ll bring out the hardware no bother, I’ve got rigging rings, RC3000, all that jazz! if it’s light and easy I’ll natural crotch rig and self lower, often using the tail end of my climbing line if it’s really light.
  9. And my ten week course at Merrist Wood was 800 squid in ‘95. Alan Shearer cost 15 million then, what would he cost now? (No smart comments about him being 50 please)
  10. I guess it all depends. If you “snub” it as the yanks say, meaning holding the piece on the rope without running It I don’t thing you can beat self lowering with stubs. Do the wraps (without pinching the line) cut it, stow the saw, let it settle, then take off the wraps till you’ve good control of the piece, lower towards the groundy ensuring they communicate properly about what they want you to do with it ie. “Lower/hold” is a joy to do.
  11. Kingswell in Kent (or Kingswood or something)
  12. Well, I’ll take your word for it Matty.
  13. Then don’t use it, other training companies are available.
  14. Seems standard for the training, my Nephew did that course, got the qualifications. Stuff costs money.
  15. I think he bought my old TW, him or the other guy.
  16. I only price and mechanic at the weekend.
  17. Right thanks, I’ve heard about these and I think Kevin Bingham invented it. But I’m unsure what it does.
  18. Got a pic? Not sure what you’re on about.
  19. I looked into that on my single roller TW many years ago, was too much to change, hopper wouldn’t match the roller box, hydraulics etc.
  20. It’s a self sown tree that’s grown out of a hedge by the look of it, been flailed and hammered numerous times, look at the base, multiple stems. It’s not a pretty job but it’ll come back strongly. They just got bored pulling ivy off, the story about it damaging bark is lies. I doubt they poisoned it either, probably best they didn’t. Emerald ash borer in the states is really bad apparently. Up to you in the end, I’d do a proper job and pollard it lower and try to make a decent shape of it.
  21. Yes, not worth a lot, 2.5k max, the single roller is a big down point, as openspaceman says, hang on to it for a while, then move it on once you’re confident of the new machine or keep it as back up.

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