Steven P

Wow, that's a big iceberg!

No, in the UK that would still be religious discrimination, Jesus was a hippy, basis of a couple of religious books.

TV License... if they had a big squad out there enforcing them we'd know about it I think. Chances are the ones on the TV had been dropped in it by a friendly neighbour. Getting a high court writ for everyone? Probably not, Not sure though if shops have to report who buys a TV? Something in the back of my mind. Woodsure... probably enforced the same way, someone with a reason to lets them know and round they pop.

That's a point.... Obligatory Editty bit (Been missing these, whoops) 'That's a point' referring to Gareth, I need to make more of the First-Bestie being South African

I'm not an expert on tachometers, not GPS? So you'd only get time of day they were moving but not where even if they were working? It is another thing how you sneak an arctic down a country lane... twice... with no one noticing

...any layby generally (reports on the news yesterday of 2 arctic loads fly tipped - builders waste... any layby will do).

This is true... that is another issue... but one to consider also.

Word of mouth and visibility helps more. Go out in a white transit with no advertising logo on the side you won't get noticed, but have a fully liveried van, park up for morning coffee where the school run mums walk past, have business cards ready to hand out, use a real phone number - even if just for an answer machine plus a mobile, a simple website... can all help I can name about 3 or 4 local tree surgeons just from seeing them out and about in their vans, no need to look them up. However for what you are describing, letter boxing with some leaflets could help, but word of mouth when you start getting more work in

Gradual training maybe. Don't throw thousands at a new employee in the first week they join - do the ones to get them on site safely grafting, get that mostly paid off then throw in a chainsaw ticket, get that paid off and so on... the career minded will see regular training and hang about if they can see the next tickets coming along in a month or so. You'll soon know if they are only there to take you for a ride. After that keeping them is old fashioned loyalty - your personality and how you treat them. Buy a bacon bun 'thanks' after a tricky week with an earlier dart if possible, it is worth it's weight in gold

Do your tree work customers ever ask for the logs? Might be a handy extra days work "We can split them for you, bring the same ones back in a week or 2 or I can swap them for a random selection I have split ready in the yard this afternoon" type of thing - saves all schemes I think since you are not supplying the logs, only splitting them.

That her, yes. (one of Trumps ... many... discrepancies between what he says and what he does. Maybe he just doesn't realise - a horrifying thought - a bit like that scene in Trainspotting where Robert Carlisle is in the night club touching a man... wonder if Trump is angry cause he did the same?)

Considering that electric cars are a part of the solution to move away from fossil fuels.... I am sure it is you that gives a shit. In fact it is probably on a scale of taking a huge jobby on Union Street scale of giving a shit.

Firewood is going the way that you have to really go all in and full time or just about break even with small quantities I think. All in and you can afford the machinery from your sales with the added costs of the ready to burn scheme, small scale the ready to burn scheme eats into your profits too much taking into account of machinery costs. You could sell unseasoned wood... but you don't get the premium of leaving it outside to dry and increasing your prices, your time input is the same but less money. Small scale, there is premium of very small scale - those that want a Christmas day fire type of thing or a sunday afternoon where £15 for a few dry logs (not ready to burn) can be profitable but in limited quantities each year

Easy? So why the big fuss earlier then about posting the original links? You'll note that many of your screen shot links are not mainstream news... hard to do an easy google search .. and that's why you get questioned about the source. Just FYI really. While you are here, I wonder if the First Bestie, Musk, is having words this morning about the extra taxes on electric cars in the US?

Not like you to be doing independent research on a picture that's been posted, but well done (You'd also get a pat on the head if you were in the room here), well done.

Bruce was quite entertaining at least.

Good point. 'Cause he is orange'. That's better

However politically, any republican would be doing the same thing, and would also probably also be elected. Biden was an easy obstacle to overcome in the election, age playing against him, Harris joined too late in the game... so even without Trump (rapist, sex offender... you know the rest), US politics would be going down the same path... but without rewarding a criminal who appears to be where he is cause he is white and can throw a lot of money at making things "disappear"

I'm not disputing how they voted, never have. I am disputing what I perceive to people adoring a rapist, serial sex abuser, voyeur, apologist for a child rapist and sex trafficker (and financial crimes) that he is a good man. He is not.

As opposed to the President bestie of Epstein?

Diverging from the POTUS thread.... because there is nothing going on over there today at all.... This has always confused me, how being called 'woke' is a bad thing. "This person over there cares about other people, the imbecile, all normal people, like me, don't care, why should we" to me is not a healthy society. Nothing in the definition about positive discrimination, or negative discrimination whichever way you look at it. Take people on their merits based on all being equal. However the 'woke' being used as an insult I think stems from people answering back and saying 'so what'... to which the BS merchants such as ... well anyone on GB news it appears... are trying to justify themselves "no it is not abut respecting all people, it is more than that"... when the definition... as above.. it is. They have a great problem accepting that all people can thrive in society based on their strengths, and go to great lengths to subjugate some, to keep them down with insults, to sell an agenda that all people are worthy, just some are more worthy than others. Anyway, back to the US, anything good happening over there today?

DEI... that's a new one... is that added when people jump back in and say, yes, compassion is not a bad thing. I am not sure however how you earn compassion, a desire for equality and with a non-racist view of the world.

Wise words.

woke: aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality: I don't think that is a problem for me. However my mornings post has nothing to do with that.

Bigging up The Rapist! Love it,