Vespasian

Can't speak for other makes but I have two sets of Stihl hedgers, one single sided one double sided.. had no complaints about either..

Hows that Jo Bue workin out, been thinking of getting one or something similar..

Can't see the sense of trying to sound busy, ask em when they want it doin, if you can fit em in do it tomorrow... The lasting opinion of you by a customer will be the job you did, not when you started it... er, with the proviso that you've agreed a price and they want it doin that is...

Well Mr clever clogs, I couldn't beat a chipper being left.. on the other hand I can tell you a story about an in law who left a child....does that make more sense now?...

Can't beat a chipper but my sister in law once left her child outside ASDA some years back. got home couldn't think what was missing for five minutes.... As to staff leaving stuff, I see it like this, you hired the man, you take responsibility for his cock ups... I told one lad not to leave the stihl strimmer out of his sight, next thing me an him were in the back garden havin a drink of coffee, asked him were the strimmer was and he said in the front... went to get it half expecting it to be gone, and it was gone... Didn't know whether to thump him, or get him to thump me..... I should of known better...

Got home made a cup of tea, answered phone... "what you bloody like, you've left your mower in ma back garden"... Done this sort of thing as long as I can remember...

Got one similar from an electronics shop a year or two back.. Use mine to help remove the occasional splinter..

Yea, just clicked on your link, its the same vid I watched some time back... You should sub to him he's a fountain of knowledge as well as enthusiastic.. August Hunikie posts the occasional comment on his vids..

hahah, subbed to him a month or so ago, after watchin a vid of him takin down a dangerous leaner... Brighter than you'd think aswell... not sure if that comes across as a compliment but its meant to be, I like him..

you could, if you've a mind to make some wooden gizmo's to hold it in position. somethin light and easy to take off... wedge em in so to speak... was thinking of doin the same for my Eliet,, that has loosened off on occasion... even fell over once. luckily didn't roll off the trailer.....

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Did a couple of privet hedges today, its no fun having them petrol hedgers raised above the shoulders for an hour I can tell you, Chinese torture springs to mind.. then theres the petrol fumes blowin in your face.. all I was thinkin about was those battery operated Hedgers, and strimmers and a little top saw to finish off with.. Takes a bit of doin though to throw two grand at somethin your not entirely sure about..

Seems to me that some people are confusing two issues,, One might be called in another age, the power of prayer... My point is about personality types... A man set on a successful path to achieve his ambition, might employ positive thinking as he heads towards his goal.. he might spend all day visualizing his success... he might even pray for success, who knows!!... He might do a lot of things that require him to be stubborn, pig headed and determined to succeed.... But its not something he thinks much about because for him its what makes him the man that he is.. he's born that way... Now it seems to me, the positive thinking crowd are just trying to emulate in some way the personality of those who have achieved success... Determined, I'll be determined from now on. They think positive, must be more positive.. They visualize a goal, I'll set a goal and spend time thinking on it.. Knock-backs are opportunities to learn from, if I come unstuck, I wont be miserable... and on it goes, ect ect ect..... My point is you're better off being yourself and doing things your own way than you are attempting to emulate the mindset of someone you admire.... In a nutshell, be yourself. and damn the consequences.. On the subject of parking places, went to McDonalds today reversed into place, visualizing where the wheels might align with the whites lines, only to have the tow bar crash into the grass banking taking out a chunk of dirt an grass, I sneaked out again later but no one seemed to notice the damage I'd done....

Alan Benet's the lady in the van... sounds just like her..

Well thanks Cesservices always good to know I'm not banging my head against a brick wall...

So, the opposite to "the power of positive thinking" worked in your case?.. Came to do a job, got shafted, you got mad and somehow all that negative energy got you some compen and another job next door!!!!.. Who said positive thinking worked?...

Don't get me wrong, I didn't say there was anything wrong with being enthusiastic or positive.. I think thats a good thing, and yes it does rub off on people.. My point was it aught be genuine and not contrived... No sitting at home trying to change your personality, it ain't gonna happen.... In some ways I see your personality as not being to different than Stefans, only more level headed and less manic...

Nothin wrong with a bit of rage here an there, I dare say if you'd of been braver you'd of told him were to stick his job... a curse on all your houses... an all that...

better off telling the owner what you want to do with the property instead of dreaming up schemes that might circumvent any clauses.. it might just be that whoever's selling might not be all thats bothered if you seem a decent chap.... First impressions an all that, your face fits, your in...

Err, a coupe of things spring to mind.. weeping at a broken down truck and seein it as a challenge to be met, mine broke down this morning, believe me, I had no tears for it, just rage... Then there the Titanium thing, comparing it to positive thoughts, who does that?... And not least, I've provided an explanation of how people become successful and why, and still he and others are too dense to understand it... Basically, you are what you are, don't imagine anything you do will change that... people can spout rubbish about positive thinking all they want.. Truth is when you're on a good run you tend towards being positive, when things go wrong you tend to being miserable... don't imagine its being positive that gets you the good run, that comes the other way round... Its called confirmation bias..... seein what they want to see... they think because they were happy when things went well, all they have to do is be happy/positive and things will get better... Nope it don't work like that.. Exhaustion, try spending a day pretending to be optimistic happy positive, I dare say your'll be so exhausted you'll need a day to get over it... Thanks Mick.... nice to have a bit of support here an there

Best get the police on me then, I took down three conifers myself last week.. The owner helping out as best he could by running away every time I started up the chainsaw, came back to pull out the odd branch from under the tree.... Had no idea I was employing him, I thought it was the other way round..

Why the robbin *%$", wait till I see him... I wouldn't mind, I thought I was doin him a favour...

Yea, I'm beginning to have second thoughts on Stefan.. seems determined to do well but I'm not sure about his state of mind... But if your driven and want success, then you can't do better than apply yourself to researching your subject matter.. who's out there, who's been there why did those who failed fail... Customers, what are they looking for?... Can you do things better or different?... Risk management, by being informed a risk to some turns into a certain thing for the well informed.. basically risk becomes redundant.... If you apply yourself to the ground rules then everything else is easy if your willing to apply yourself to the task at hand.. Luck might play a part, but having said I'm reminded of the time I was commenting on this fella I was doin his garden for... Man, your lucky to have such a lovely view from your back garden... he turned, looked me in the eye and said... We make our luck round here..

Thanks....