trigger_andy

If Dave ever sells for £15k I’ll bite his arm off. 🤣

I’ve been informed that the containers full of Timber/Saw Logs arriving at Montrose Port go to auction at the Quayside.

I like the tassel option, so you can pull it back out again in case it gets lost.

Fixed that for ya.

Interestingly after reading your link £600 a day for brickies does not surprise me. Supply and demand and all that. Which kinda ties in with what my brothers demanding and getting up here in the N.E of Scotland. Whilst it’s not enough to make me give up my day job it’s good to know there’s something to fall back on if I get made redundant or want to give up the off-shore game altogether. I simply cannot work in an office.

Cement is limited to 2 bags a visit, if they’ve got it. Somethings it’s just quick drying left. Bill bags of ballast is virtually never in. Thankfully he can just rattle off fencing materials on my mill as he bought 50t of Larch when I did. We’ve had builders come down 30-40 miles to buy larch and don’t bat an eyelid at the price he’s asking. But it seems like it’s just getting worse.

Sorry, I was jumping around a bit there. I meant the average wage of £10 an hour as a Lorry Driver, it’s just not worth it. But I think it should be £20 an hour all things considered. In my mind it’s a job with at least twice the skills required, significantly more risk and responsibilities for the driver and those around him on the road and the long lonely days away from his/her family. So yes, he/she should be paid double the wage of a shelf stacker. There is certainly easy enough ways to make £50k a year. My brothers just moved up from London, was a Manager of a successful building firm. £55k a year but wanted to come back to Scotland. He’s been back since March and started up as what you could call an odd-job man till he gets his Building firm up and running. Works 3-4 days a week including quoting for work. Booked 2-3 months in advance and is making more than he made in London. We knocked out Slab laying job in 2.5 days. £2250 with £250 in materials (slabs already on-site) If he’s not making £400 a day profit out of the job he turns it down and is still booked out for months. We’ve got a job lined up when we get back. Should be 3 days max, £2k profit for both of us all going well. Why folk scratch a living knocking their pan in on the breadline I’ll never know.

I remember someone saying a while ago they sell sawdust or chip as bedding. Just wondered what the going rate for it is. Potentially 1ton dumpy bags. Since I’ve got the Logosol LM410 on its way I’m looking to see how best advertise the shavings. In fact I’ve had a Horsey Girl call a few times asking if I’m supplying yet, so clearly there is a market out there. I’m also looking at a good extraction system. Logosols range is all 3ph and I’d prefer 240v but since I’ll most likely need to run in on a Genny it might not make much difference.

£20 an hour while still a joke is a wage you could just about live a semi-comfortable existence on. It’s little wonder there is such a huge shortage of people willing to to go through the training required (and potentially pay for themselves) when they can earn the same stocking shelves, have to fork out nothing on training and get home each night of the week.

Sometimes its better to expose a fundamental flaw than to ignore it and continue to kick the can down the road. Brexit is akin to pulling the plaster off quickly. It was badly needed for a number of reasons and this is just another one to add to the list. Perhaps now the UK will be forced to train out youth and the continued fall into stagnation will be halted?

You know that term has been 'canceled' by those here that struggle to understand it, right?

When will these companies learn that people living in the UK need to be paid a wage that reflects the skills ,responsibility and as you mention time away from your family that come with the job they are doing? £10 an hour? Seriously? They might as well work in Tesco stocking shelves. I was gobsmacked when the Manager at my local Jewsons said he was on £80 a day. The discussion came about as I was in with a mate and his labourer was complaining he was hard done by being on £100 a day.

I’ve never been keen on getting a Smart Meter. Currently I have a digital readout meter and the missus updates the supplier periodically. If we wished to change our tariff, even with the same supplier I’m told we have to have a Smart Meter installed. I’m now getting letters saying my digital Meter is going out of calibration and I should get a Smart Meter installed. [emoji849] Any idea what my options are here?

Very interesting, thanks. Our washing machine is on for what feels like 24/7. Towels used once etc Clothes thrown in the wash pile with a small stain by teenagers who don’t pay the bill. Guess I’ll need to look into this when I get home. 😁

All sorted now. Down to about £100 a month since the middle of winter. Our usage hardly changes much over the seasons as all our hotwater is from milling waste in the Kitchen Stove. Showers are mains pressure and no longer electric etc. I went for a 280 litre dual coil cylinder to keep up with bath and shower demands. 😁 The new Grant oil boiler sips oil compared to the old Rayburn but virtually never on as the Stoves provide the heat we need. With 6 chimneys in the house more will be getting Stoves installed if anyone complains about the cold again.

I will inform the accountant, aka the Wife We where burning through about £2500-£3000 a year in electricity, not easy when you've a house full of women who are all cold tatties.

Well, I guess my question tied them both in. You mentioned the Gensets can cost £1.00 per KWh then mention the end user could go from £4.50 to use the washing machine to 60p. Perhaps it was hyperbole but I was not sure so thought I would ask.

Good point! To be fair we’ve massively reduced our electricity consumption. We no longer have a badly insulated immersion heater and the wee ones no longer need electric heaters in their rooms as we’ve installed a new Oil Boiler. LED’s throughout the house and all the spotlights in the kitchen where changed out to LED units a year back. Finally got 300-400mm insulation in the loft and no long finished the living room floor with 100mm Kingspan under there. Having 2 x 10kw Stoves in the house helps a lot as well. We’ve had an electricity monitor for years. Effergy I think? Great website and really good at keeping a tab on what you use and where.

Does this really happen in some places? Ive not looked closely at what I pay per KWh but Im sure its like 15p or something, regardless of the time. Edit; I just looked at my bill, Im a flat 18.98p a KWh, evergreen tariff. On a plus note I see Im £465 in credit, woohoo, Ill be claiming that back.

One in the hand is worth two in the bush, so they say. Like you say, advertise for silly money and take a good offer then you're laughing all the way to the bank

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Think thats Scandinavia all over to be honest My local is a 10 minute drive away (or an hour stroll) Dogs are welcome in the beer garden and bar A 30 minute drive up the Glen and Dogs are welcome in the Climbers bar, its great

Seems about right for quite narrow boards Which Scandinavian country do you live in?

Well he certainly deserves to have a bit of fun now and again Id throw him £20 if he said he needed a hooker and blow fund and Ive never even considered sending him money previously, only if he sends me a titty pic of course