Mick Dempsey

When I first ‘qualified’ I had to use the firms 020s but I bought one as soon as I could. I have met and worked with a few that sound a lot like the ones Bob describes.

I always kind of thought climbers would have their own toppers. A bit like mechanics own their own tools.

Must be an interesting procurement process.

Interesting, what do they use mostly now?

Fair point! Maybe some was saved for a repeat performance the next day.

Literally 2 minutes ago I heard a commotion and the little bastard had got a baby hog, I was in there in a flash and picked up the dog, no damage to the little one.

As long as he makes a genuine commitment to leave the hedgehogs in peace.

Why not put a nice flowering cherry there? Planted this one in 2007 I think. Gives me a lot of pleasure.

Done! Much better.

Precisely, it may never happen again.

I may well have been, at 57 this year I’m just pleased to be called young.

I saw this on Forst’s FB site, thought it was a bit twee and wholesome, I decided against entering my own version up there, but borrowing from people I’ve known through the years (and a bit of me truth be told a long time ago) I had a crack. 6.30. Get up after a tormented night of sweats and bad dreams, take paracetamol or ibuprofen to counter last nights excesses. 7.30. Try and get some toast down with some tea, watch telly, think about Naga Munchetty and how disgusted she’d be with your lifestyle, you experience brief feelings of remorse. 8.00. Meet at the yard, fresh air and some banter raises the spirits a bit, go to work, stomach kicks in and the prospect of a shit behind a hedge, a Mac-shit or the shame of a garage toilet looms. 12.30 Lunch, more painkillers and some sandwiches. 3.30 Job done, so anyone for a couple of cold ones down the pub? Just to smooth the edges off a bit. 6.00 The rest of the gang have drifted off, leaving you to meet some of your office worker mates who persuade you to stay for a couple more.. 8.00 Who should walk in just as you were leaving? None other than Columbian Pete! What luck! you persuade him to give you a gramme on tick, which you hoover up with a little help from some others. 11.30 Pubs closing, suddenly realise the truck is outside, you’ll need it for the morning so you chance it, leave it on the front lawn with the door open all night. 12.00 Brush your teeth and convince yourself you’re not too bad, get into bed.

Only one I’ve seen, she is living in the barn tucked away in the stone wall. theres just room to get under the roller door for access to the garden and pond.

Dunno, iPhone pic as it goes, nearly 10 years old. iirc I fished it out of my brother in laws pool, it was nearly dead, with cold I imagine, I put it in the sun to warm up, I don’t know if it survived. I find them oftimes under piles of rotting logs, or a a flat yellow streak on the roads (not very road smart) What about my marbled newt? Found in my garage, quite proud of this, hale and hearty he was too.

I have not come across the YB toad, but I don’t turn them over as a rule so I don’t know, great find. We do see a lot of these Salamaders though.

First ones a lesser stag I think. After that I’m stumped.

Certain saws have a cachet, really big ones like an 084 088 especially a 090 are desired for their ability to draw ooohs and ahhhs and attract admiring glances from sex starved housewives. Others like the 200t is revered by people for reasons that elude me. Most of the saws in-between are disposable.

I had a similar stash, gave away the 5 200ts to a member who was going to build one decent one, last I heard he still hadn’t done it. I would put up the 200s for £200 the lot, the 084 for £150 and chuck the rest in the skip.

Agree with a good deal of this, best post on the subject I’ve seen.

Maybe, they sound similar, sort of copied maybe, but not sampled in the modern sense.

There was a song that used the opening bars of Werewolves of London by Warren Zeavon, I’d get all excited, ready for a singalong in the van, then some twat started singing about his childhood in America somewhere. That did piss me off.

I believe it is called sampling, they have to pay. As it was used in the Dacia Duster ads ‘another one buys a dust...er” I shouldn’t worry too much about the artistic integrity of Queen songs.

When they say go big or go home, they’re seriously underestimating how much I’d like to go home.

@Pete B @Jase hutch might have a theory.