Doug Tait

Come on Rich, you know as well as anyone it's in his pockets, pants, boots, wallet, truck and kitchen. Probably one tiny bit in his left eye too.

Literally everyone John!

Hope it's left there symbolically

That one certainly hasn't been pruned to the 3998 recommendation

He might be young but he knows how to use it

Usually that points to them wanting a tabletop on it

More concerning than the park authority comments is the talking heads on telly that keep saying it would take hours to cut down with a chainsaw!

Deliberately felled, no doubt about that, can't imagine why.

Morning. Sir, Blackbriar was definitely here early today. I saw him in the corridor earlier but his dog likes to fetch bottles and it followed him in and took his bottle and took it home again so he went to get it back but he's definitely here Sir, or not far away. His satchel is on his peg if you don't believe me.

Really sorry, I tried all morning to put the transaction through but your bank manager refused, something about your overdraft being bellied out... I even explained to him it'd be an introductory price of 10p but he was quite resolute.

Morning all from a misty Scottish Borders. Hope Agnes doesn't cause you people too much trouble.

I don't think it matters, as long as it lubricates it'll be suitable. Makita sell a lot of different chainsaws so probably sell their own chain oil too. The decision is more about convenience and price.

Rodger Wilco. Go for Op earlybird.

I'm not doing much next couple of days but no doubt I'll be up regardless, so if anyone that's used to arriving late (you know who you are) wants to up their attendance record for this term, I'll happily call out on the register for you. *A small fee will apply and you mustn't tell admin.

I'm regretting now not continuing the stretches that helped it last time. Of course once there was no pain I quickly got out the habit but maybe it wouldn't have helped, I did lift stupidly. The humour has been good at least, the lads have fun about me being the oldie at work at the best of times but now I'll never hear the end of it.

Hobbled home from work after a mere couple of hours today. A slip on a banking while lifting/turning and the sciatica 'knife' plunged in. Had it before but this time is bloody agony. Went down like a premiership footballer at the chipper hopper and it took fully half an hour to get me up. The lads were great. Was dressed in my coat so I didn't get cold, layed a tarp on the opposite verge out of the work zone and I was taken like an elderly gent across the road and layed on it. "Don't worry Doug I've got this, I'm used to taking my grandad out, he's a bit more nimble though", "no wait just now, we'll never make it over before that bus comes in 20mins". So they left me there to stretch and see if it eased while they cracked on for a bit, stranded like some sad little turtle or a cowped ewe in full view of the road, thought a few times a car was actually going to stop or call an ambulance the looks I was getting! However the stretching helped a bit and I made it home and our friendly physio will fit me in tomorrow but I'm not looking forward to getting moving in the morning at all. I'm fairly confident the boss will ask if I learned anything at all from the lifting and handling course we did recently... of course I learned, I'm just not putting it into practice. Old dogs and new tricks I suppose but I'm learning now in hindsight.

You've put the criminals to shame Alex I'll give you that. And dirty plates will be a thing of the past when you have a dog to help out!

Morning. Windy today, hopefully keeps the rain away, not too fussed though as I've got a chocolate scone for lunch, easily pleased!

Oh god

Swim in the lake with the captain this morning Ted?

I've limited experience of them really Bob. We have a metal box welded above the drawbar on the timber trailer for storing straps, its sides are folded around each other at the edges and welded, the lid has a half inch lip to overhang the sides. It doesn't let anything in but it's still often damp inside, sometimes the ratchets get wet with condensation and they do rust. Had same issue when I used a quad bike a lot. I repurposed a plastic tuff case (for storing a drill) to bolt on the front. Kept paperwork and phone etc in it. Was waterproof but things kept in there would go mouldy. A small net bag of vermiculite pellets sorted that. Maybe a waterproof box lined with something would be better.

It's 22m with a 17m reach. Best thing for road jobs is it having no tailswing to think about. Morning all, have a good Friday!

Late in today, had an early start to pick up an old friend for a day on the road.

Think you can get metal tool lockers fairly cheap, or I've seen them DIY made of checker plate metal.