Doug Tait

Sad day, I feel for you.

Been a long, hot day for the old boy, glad of a comfortable bed to come home to.

How far in does it reach, do you need to handball forward once they're on?

The charm factor is much underrated.

Saw this on the little tractor wheel this morning, anyone know it? There was also a Field Mouse (I think) that was trying to pull a banana skin under a stack of hardwood but too elusive for a pic.

A cycle to work sounds ideal, and a rant about the roads will probably help too! When you say you can't summon the interest to start with doing something mindless, that's familiar to me. I've found when you do manage to achieve something though the next thing is a bit less effort and so on. Maybe more structure would help. Every Monday gardening, Tuesday brewery, Wednesday inside the house etc...

I'm under the impression that Marcus is well occupied in retirement, stand to be corrected though. Does anyone else find the clock changing affects their mood? People I know say it's fine after a day or two they're ok again, bit like jet lag, but as I get older it's becoming more obvious that it doesn't suit me at all. Soon as the time "springs forward" I feel out of sorts, struggle to get to sleep early enough then struggle to get up in the morning resulting in a lack of sleep. My appetite seems to be affected too meaning I'm less interested in eating, it just becomes a necessity. Generally I'm a lot more irritable as well.

@JDon

I was thinking that but held my tongue, it was different in the days of yore

Sorry about your dog. Is it getting enough water? Looks to be a lot of grass competing with the roots.

Rob D. https://arbtalk.co.uk/profile/24842-rob-d/

The onus must be on the person or business doing the work to know if they are acting within the law. What people say is often vague or untrue, and they often have no idea about their neighbours anyway. Whatever the job, tree removal, pruning or a hedge we'll always try to engage anyone affected prior to starting. They can be very happy to see the tree go or the hedge reduced, but there are times it benefits us to be the diplomatic intermediary. One example, a large TPO Sycamore near boundary on development site. Had Consultant Report saying remove due to condition and the TO's go ahead. Winch attached, about to fell when neighbouring lady starts pushing paperwork through fence a metre from tree, crying and screaming the usual stuff about Birds and Bats etc, quoting her past correspondence with TO, then her solicitor (also sister!) arrived beside her. It was a difficult day, I felt for her situation but ultimately she had no grounds to stop us. 5hrs later they went inside and we felled it. In hindsight we should've gone to her door first to have a chat.

What are your feelings about using it in a harness then John, still keen?

That Sir, off the top of your head, is impressive. I can't even remember what I paid to tax my pickup this year.

Nice John, even had the May '75 Tax Disc with it! How much would that have been...

Am I reading you right, having an opinion publicly on your own gun licence could count against you?

Indeed they are, while out standing in their field.

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There's a lot of weaponry on show for sure, but when I look at the gun owners posing proudly with them, I see a middle age Texan woman who rides horses a lot on the ranch and likes her guns, an Angelina Jolie / Brad Pitt wannabe couple with stars in their eyes trying to portray an image, and the hiphop crew with the standard MTV music video accessories of boom box, cars and guns etc. None of them really fit the bill for a mass killing spree.

God's Word, is that it's the Isle of Wight's leading classifieds site. Amen.

That's exactly what it was like this morning. Did you hire a boat to go fishing by any chance, from a corrugated iron hut just off the roadside?

Had a nice drive up the Yarrow Valley to site this morning, got to the lower end of St Marys Loch and it was stunning, we stopped for 5 minutes to take it in.

I think the point being made is you are seeking a Self Employed worker but the advert reads very much like an employed role. You can establish what HMRC consider the position to be in a few minutes, anonymously, using their "Employment Calculator for Tax Purposes" https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/check-employment-status-for-tax/disclaimer

Like that but my dog enjoyed it more