Steven P

similar vein, I'd always encourage colleagues in the office (or specially working from home) to take a lunchbreak away from the desk, outside even if it is just to eat an ice pop or moan about the winter weather. That small amount of sun, small amount away from the work is very important

They don't make 2 pieces of kit, one for the 'civilised' world and one for the rest - if it is the same model, same kit - parts from anywhere

I guess in a working life there are a lot of people we wouldn't socialise with, agree with their views but if the job demands we work with them then professionalism kicks in. Very possible to dislike someones views and work with them.

Just off the top of my head - figures might need adjusting to suit you, your expenses, overheads (also includes location) £20 an hour as wages (starting figure, adjust up or down) - we all have the minimum we want to take home before tax - each worker. +50% (£10 an hour) overheads 'office work' - making quotes, all the paper work, tea bags, overheads. + 75p / mile travel to and from site (should cover the cost of the van in that too?) + £1 / hour for each chainsaw / trimmer / blower - cover repairs and replacements, fuels + £0.50 / hour PPE etc, teabags for the van + local tip fees Would put a day rate close to £300 I'll put that up there, we can argue what else to include perhaps, and if my off the top of my head figures are too far off the mark

Well done, you have been trained to react when something goes wrong. I think we all have. Subtle different between reacting and being proactive, flagging issues that might be a problem if they evolve further. Your comments, which I am guessing are a direct link brain to fingers, are not suggesting you give credit to being proactive in flagging issues. Preferring to make a joke.

Look back at your recent posts before you edit them and I think that will show your attitude. When I say Health, safety and safeguarding are important issues, you send back a quip. When I say that calling out any unsafe behaviours is important, I am told to climb down from my moral soap box. That is showing your attitude to very clearly. I am thankful I don't ever have to work with you professionally if that is how your mind works with reporting any safety issue.

So is that your attitude? It isn't important enough to be an issue? We shouldn't report and confront when we see it happening? 'Climb down'?

Sorry, but it is not a matter for joking here, I have been to fatalities on site, to the aftermath of them, lived through the consequences because people were being careful what they reported, didn't want to upset things, walking away was the easiest option at the time. If something is not right, it needs reporting, to prevent further occurrences. Whether this is someone being unsafe with machinery or whether this is the public enabling an abuser. It needs noting. It needs stopping. Trump has a chequered past and has had dubious friends, if no one reports widely what he has done he will keep doing the same, keep getting away with it, pardon himself. This is the same with any health, safety or safeguarding issue. The attitude that 'be careful what you post' because of your work is plain wrong. Not something to be dropped with a quip.

I missed this line last night If one was to work with kids (or any vulnerable group, in fact anyone) and sees abuse happening it is not a matter of 'being careful what you post'. It is not a matter of turning a blind eye and walking away 'because I work with this group I'll say nothing'. Regardless of your role with the groups you work with it is a matter of professional conduct to call it out, to report it, rather than brush it under the carpet and walk away. Look to the recent past, how many of our own, home grown celebrities have been put in jail many years after abusing children because at the time the rumours were brushed away, each victim thought they were the only one because no one was talking about it. Being 'a bit more careful' what we talked about. Out in the open and the flood gates open "they did this to me too". On topic of Arborists, many posts and videos out there of things going wrong, of negligence and incompetence. Many are named and shamed directly or indirectly from images, and rightly so. Don't post the video of an accident, ignore the rumours of dangerous behaviours and the perpetrator works another day. So no, I'll reject your claim that any of us should be careful what we post due to the works we do. I'll go the other way, because of the works we do it is our own professional conduct at stake if we do not take appropriate action.

I knew a long term unemployed (unemployable...) man who had done all the courses and just spoke it as they told him to - stood out a mile using all the 'correct' phrases and not as normal people speak - wasn't just confined to writing.

No, generally the other members on here haven't been talking bollocks. No need to correct them.

The words you use have to match the job you are applying for. Start postulating theories in a covering letter it will get binned straight away, "I'm a cutter based in Scotland" - more to the point and whoever reads it will see you more as a real person.

Well, take a look at that then, more stable, but how is to argue against numbers - Wikipedia, easily digestible but sized chunks. In the table the green arrows show the country is more stable, the red arrows less stable and to compare 2023 (last numbers available) to 2019, it is hard not to note there are more countries more stable than in 2019 (more green arrows in the 'since 2019' column).... Quieter more stable now than in 2019. List of countries by Fragile States Index - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG EDI... and also to note that in the last few years, Tory government, the right of politics, the UK has grown more instable. Might be something to do with their obsession with changing Prime Ministers. Or Liz Truss.

Is there a bigger 'bang' than Trump though? 15 or 20 school children will be a headline for a week. Have a shot at Trump, fame for years to come

Yes, father owned several guns (20+ in the reports), but the boy was obviously a criminal since he stole one of them. If only there was a quick and easy link to be made from the scene of the crime (legally owned gun being stolen crime) and the criminal who stole it..... it would blow my mind if there was.

Making the news feeds this morning in Vance, who sounds like such a well adjusted, rounded, tolerant individual that you might want jetting all over the world, to all countries and cultures with respect and understanding. I wonder with Trump at the helm and him as his assistant, the world is suddenly going to get a lot more exciting

Perhaps and without giving away too much personal details, have a go at a few lines or paragraphs and post them here - see what we can suggest - it might help others in the future as well? Perhaps an outline would help to make things up: Introduction - who you are, why you are writing What you are looking for Your skills / qualifications / location / ability to travel (the hard sell) Thanks for reading so far, ask if possible to follow up by calling them Note though, it has been a few years since I was last looking for a job, the above is just a starter

There are load though I tend to alternate between the gods of chocolate and the gods of beer if I want stuff, not sure why. I've still got a few to work through based on that

Old man pissed up can't climb stairs, old man coked up having to really concentrate to drink. When I get to 80 and am having the parties these 2 are going to (based on the photos) I'd be happy

Likewise, nice morning, was about to put the laundry in, it rained, too late for laundry, it got dry. Nothing to do with cloud seeding, just the deity of choice is taking the piss out of me today (both are equally believable).

agree with the above - your tools, to grab them without asking is wrong. More important when it comes to power tools. Be slightly different if the father in law was suitably qualified and experienced, I get the feeling he isn't and was just 'having a go' - but with experience you would ask. Regardless of the price or not if the saws get damaged it is your livelihood and wages taking a hit if they get damaged and out of action, likewise your expenses to replace chains and so on. If you are there with your team they will all have signed up to your risk assessments and safe way of working, very much doubt he took the time to read through them? Again your wages at risk if his actions put you or your team out of action. I think a firm no, "My job site" and off you toddle would be the solution - and if he insists on helping there should be loads of related safer jobs he could be doing.

I think it was defined as something like 3 or 4 victims within a set space of time (walk into a school like they enjoy doing and shoot many people = mass shooting, shoot 1 person a month over a year = not a mass shooting, just a mass murderer)

I'll put my 'however' as a separate comment... we can argue the nuances of gun ownership, criminality, types of gun and so on, they are 2 opinions and I don't think any amount of words would convince any of us to change our minds. End of the day though, Trump was shot at, like Marmite, love or not, he should be safe doing his job.

If you look up gun murders by country, the US tops the league from what I would consider the stable countries of the world - places like El Salvadore and so on, less stable have more per head of population. The second link is limited in scope but shows compared to comparable nations gun ownership vs gun deaths as a handy chart. If you want my opinion, the more of anything legally owned in society will be mirrored by those illegally owned in the case of guns and so on. List of countries by firearm-related death rate - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG How the number of guns compares to gun deaths in the US - Vox WWW.VOX.COM The US has lots of gun violence. It also has lots of guns.

The news I was reading this morning said they thought he was legally allowed to own guns