Mick Dempsey
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My nephew is out there at the moment. Plenty of jobs (for now) You should be more proactive, contact the companies direct, don’t just sit there waiting for the world to beat a path to your door.
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unseasoned logs sussex
Mick Dempsey replied to ChrisWilko's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Lunchtime if we’re going to be accurate. -
I suspect it’ll be rubbish firewood, waste of time. Euc is good but several days of sub zero temps will kill it. Sweet chestnut, hornbeam or acacia is your best bet.
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Are you using a mechanical device?
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unseasoned logs sussex
Mick Dempsey replied to ChrisWilko's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
My most famous bit of hutzpah was a few years back. Taking down some ash, saw a council worker driving past in a 7.5 tonne a couple of times, I saw him eyeing the wood. So next time he passed I flagged him down ‘you want this wood?’ ’well yeah if it’s free’ ’when can you take it?’ ’I’ll be back at lunchtime for a couple of loads’ Saved me a days work. You don’t ask, you don’t get. -
You contradicted yourself in your post. I pointed it out, and off you fly with your standard tirade of insults and bombast, thinking you can just shout people down with insults over the internet. Of course you knew what I was referring to, it was as clear as day.
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I have a 485 Schliesing that I rate. 75 hp
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Looks like they were pruning/reducing gather than a mass fell.
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Normal from this guy.
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Either they’ll make a clusterfook of it or nothing much will change. Not for the first time, make your mind up!
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I think you should show us a picture of the tree that people have tried to help you identify.
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They (Labour) are miles ahead in the polls, considering how disliked the Tories are the best strategy KS can employ is to keep his head down, avoid gaffes, distance himself from political liabilities like Corbyn and Dianne Abbott and walk it at next election.
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Do share..
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Got the address? If that’s the front of the house google street view will give an ‘in leaf’ pic.
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The best you can afford.
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Mature Larch beyond help??
Mick Dempsey replied to D.e.hill's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
It’s toast. Get it out and replant. -
I always used to sing the lyrics ‘it’s like a death row hard-on, two minutes too late’ to the song Ironic by Alanis Morrisette. Then whilst singing it loud and proud in the van one day the groundy did the old ’what did you just say?’ (death row pardon btw)
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‘No expensive spared’ ?
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I have to tell you about another misheard saying that’s had me chuckling all day. Was working with @5thelement on Friday and we were laughing about the ‘no expensive spares’ thing. He said a few years back he was with a few mates having a beer and one of them, whilst discussing something or other that was obvious and could have been assumed to have been the case without saying it, said ‘of course, that’s a gibbon’ So the others turn and say ‘you what?’ And it turns out that all his life he’s thought the phrase ‘that’s a given’ is somehow involving a gibbon. Apparently he did admit (he was in his 40s) he’d always thought it odd, but just carried on with it till someone pulled him up. Sorry for stealing your story Dave, too good not to share.
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Dont see how it could be much better, everyone’s happy.
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Maybe you need to enlarge a bit. You have been looking for this bloke for more than 2 years without success , it’s getting a bit like that song by Everything But The Girl. What’s the story? Who did he work for? What did he look like? Why do you want to locate him?
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Maybe try Arbtalk on Facebook, you’ll get a lot of nonsense replies but you’ll get more reach.
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Opinions wanted please - Where are all the arborists?
Mick Dempsey replied to KateH's topic in General chat
The problem for newbies is they want to get time in the tree to learn to do the bigger stuff, but employers/bosses only want them to do the bigger stuff IF they’re experienced enough to rig big over targets etc. (Their reputation, their insurance) the old catch 22 Its easy to say ‘employers should take the time to teach newbies to do this stuff’ but you can spend a lot of time and effort teaching someone to get to commercial climber standard to have them leave very soon after for Canada, Australia or more money down the road. I can see the attraction for many firms of just getting a good freelance climber in on the bigger jobs. I remember Bob at Aspen arb on here saying it takes three years from a zero position before he will send a lad out in his truck on his insurance to do a real tree job without him or a senior being present. -
That’s a miserable situation, when you can’t sleep with pain. Have you got help? Can you cook etc?
