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Mick Dempsey

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  1. Mick Dempsey
    Sounds good, what makes this job so good is there are so few regulations. The men in hi-viz vests with clipboards are changing that these days more and more.
  2. Mick Dempsey
    I had a GM, I found them to be good solid machines with excellent dealer back up. Cannot comment on value for money.
  3. Mick Dempsey
    http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/large-equipment/52568-greenmech-quad-chip-160-pros-cons.html There you go, some pointers on this thread.
  4. Mick Dempsey
    It's not so bad, it's a way of retaining a tree that would otherwise be removed if "the rules" were rigorously adhered to. Rot pockets, fungi, it's all (mostly) good.
  5. Mick Dempsey
    What sort of tree is it? Can't tell for sure.
  6. Mick Dempsey
    Every time I read that motivational sentence I always think that it's referring to death. But that's just me I guess....
  7. Mick Dempsey
    That's rough luck, you look quite young as well. Good luck in the new life.
  8. Mick Dempsey
    Nice truck and good tool storage solutions Levi.
  9. Mick Dempsey
    076, still trying to sell it....
  10. Mick Dempsey
    Funny that isn't it, I used to beat on shoots and kept ferrets, hunted with my Jack Russell I can't bear to kill anything now.
  11. Mick Dempsey
    Noise Stubby, most groundies are attuned to looking up and being aware when the saw is on full chat.
  12. Mick Dempsey
    Reduced a horse chestnut today, no cuts bigger than 6 inches. The battery saw loved it. I will say that the relative lack of power means that later on whilst dismantling a fir I switched to a 201. I needed the speed through the cut for the branches to land flat. Poplar, Willow, horse chestnut, lime and the like it's bang on.
  13. Mick Dempsey

    Hello

    Mick Dempsey replied to Levi's topic in Video forum

    Hi Levi, awkward to say the least.
  14. Mick Dempsey
    Huh? .
  15. Mick Dempsey
    Watched the first one, very good work, as someone said before, credit to your ropeman as well.
  16. Mick Dempsey
    Thanks for the update. Bargains have an unfortunate habit of biting you in the arse.
  17. Mick Dempsey
    I advertised for staff in the local paper late nineties, got a really good groundie through it. The local paper was a touchstone for the community back in Victorian times.
  18. Mick Dempsey
    Small ads in the local paper.
  19. Mick Dempsey
    I think maybe you've just had a bad run Chris.
  20. Mick Dempsey
    Oooooh, careful there John, full disclosure of money made can cause entitlement issues.
  21. Mick Dempsey
    To be fair to your bosses, often it's the client who suggests the add ons, they ask the boss who can't refuse (as long as it's reasonable) and he puts it to you. Beware the client who is walking around looking up while you're having you teabreak! It usually goes like this.... Husband and wife walk around pointing at stuff while you're having a cuppa. Wife walks indoors leaving husband to approach you saying something along the lines of "we were wondering if you thought that branch should come off the oak tree" Me, getting increasingly grumpy "no I don't believe it should" Husband retires indoors for a pep talk from the missus. Later..."could you take the branch off that oak tree?" Me, resigned to the fact I'm going to have to do it anyway "yeah sure, no bother"
  22. Mick Dempsey
    Words of 2009: Meerkat catchphrase 'Simples!' leads tweetups, jeggings and staycations as word of the year | Daily Mail Online Let it go Stubs, it's been over 6 years now, it's over!
  23. Mick Dempsey
    You could wait forever. If you want one, get one.
  24. Mick Dempsey
    I see where you're coming from but that reflects the money in the real estate business. Off on a tangent but one of the best things about our job is that moment at a social gathering (or the wife's Christmas firm's party) when someone's says "and what do you do?" If I had to say "I'm an estate agent"... .
  25. Mick Dempsey
    Everyone (or nearly everyone) considers themselves undervalued and deserve more. In a commercial environment ie. Not public service work. You're constrained by market forces. You literally get what you deserve, maybe, for the first year of learning, you're on a bit of a loser but after that if you believe you're underpaid you're either wrong or you haven't enough hutzpah to move to another employer. Are you a self employed climber?

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