Retired Climber

8 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

No.
Chaps are not legal on any site now.
Get a proper pair of cs trousers, boots and helmet.
About £70.
Forest cs wellies £70
Helmet £25-50

There is no legal requirement to wear ppe, chaps or otherwise. 

What's it for? How about electric? Screwfix do a Titan one for about the price of a decent bar. Might do if it's not doing much work. 

22 hours ago, Stere said:

How about this idea not saying its right just putting it up as a counter point of view

 

Bullshit Jobs - Wikipedia

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There's a difference between bullshit jobs and what would be described as 'key worker' jobs. What I do is valuable, but nobody is going to starve if I can't do it for a month. 

4 minutes ago, Richard 1234 said:

That’s bloody stupid. Who can possibly think that’s a good idea!

An accountant.

7 hours ago, muttley9050 said:

Most of us are key workers when it comes to it

I was having that conversation with someone the other day. There are very few people who aren't key workers if you think enough about it. One of few we could think of was me; everyone else seems quite important. 

Bet the guy is an eye surgeon / optician. 

7 hours ago, muttley9050 said:

Someone please remind me. What's the term for when the media keep hinting at things such as lock downs etc, to get you used to the idea?

Not an exact fit, but we often use the term 'trial balloon', which isn't far away from what you describe. 

29 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Let's presume you are renting a room, (around here) at say, £550/month. How do you save for a deposit on a mortgage?

Maybe home ownership is out of reach for those working for minimum wage. Is that a problem? 

10 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Oddly enough my neighbour is having his hedge cut by an arb firm, mob handed, 5 blokes three trucks and a chipper. I can hear the hedgcutter on its high limit all the time.

 

I found the problem worst on the BT45 drills which were lovely machines for speed but would frequently block their spark arrestor in the exhaust with oily gunk. The lads would muck around with the mixture screws as they didn't understand why the engine was running rough yet the remedy was simply to remove the spark arrestor and burn off the muck with a blow torch.

 

Even though I modulate the throttle on my hedgecutters to suit the load I find the exhaust has an oily build up yet the chainsaws never do because they run full throttle with the load setting the revs.

I'll have a look at the spark arrestor, thanks. It's never been serviced since I bought it, other than me changing the spark plug and fuel and air filter. 

6 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

This can depend on the engine. Hedgcutters, unlike chainsaws, tend to work on high idle a lot, as they often have rev limiters which cut the spark they can have a lot of unburned fuel escaping and the oil can condense out in the exhaust.

Thank you, that's interesting. I've never thought of it like that. 

21 minutes ago, AngrySquirrel said:

Fuel mixture too high in petrol to air values and lower performance of engine the more it smokes ie a low compression engine will smoke more than a high which would most likely be able to use the extra fuel till becomes too far out of values!

Thank you. That's my understanding too, bit I've seen people quoting having too much oil in the fuel mix as both lean and rich on this forum. 

49 minutes ago, Pete Mctree said:

If you run it rich enough it will smoke - OP said that it was running well.

My hedge cutter runs well, but is still smokey. Can you explain what you mean by 'run it rich'. I've seen all sorts of uses for the term on this forum, so I'd be grateful if you could clarify. 

Out of the way? 

16 minutes ago, Pete Mctree said:

If it is producing white smoke when running at normal temp, then it is burning something in addition to aspen and 2 Stoke mix.

 

Rinse the tank out, add fresh fuel & try again.

Whilst I agree in principle, in reality that's not the case. I have an old hedge cutter that's really smokey (old hs81 r) and that's only ever had decent fuel in it. 

19 minutes ago, Ty Korrigan said:

Yes, we did consider the risk as being near zero being at the bottom of the garden of a remote maison secondaire.

 Thank you for your concern though.

No need to thank me; I was just wondering how daft you were being. 

When putting the van close enough for you to escape, did you think about what would happen to some other poor sod who may unknowingly walk into the situation? 

HMRC have a set of guidelines ( a kind of simple test) for this. From what you've said your employers are just trying to shirk their responsibilities as an employer ( and save themselves some NI). It's not them, or you, who decide the relationship. 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-employment-status-for-tax

3 minutes ago, Mark J said:

If I had treasure I'd bury it.

Only if it's treasure that appreciates in value, otherwise you may as well pay tax on it, or just throw some of it away. 

2 hours ago, Mark J said:

 

How else do you propose we claw back the debt we're in?

Why is taxing the super rich an ugly idea to you?
Unless you're worth over £100, 000, 000 you wouldn't notice it. 

Thinking you can tax anyone who has over 100 million in that way, displays a fundamental misunderstanding of how the wealthy store their wealth. 

43 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

But that's only for a couple of hours from your shed. 

You are going to need to explain. My shed?

21 hours ago, Mesterh said:

A long time ago i worked with a bloke who loved working in the rain, sleet or snow. He really, really hated working in the heat though. 

I hate it being too hot. I work best after a hard frost, or with a light dusting of snow on the ground (as long as it's not warm enough to get slushy). 

27 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

 

Add me to the list too please. 🤣

You’ve become increasing obnoxious of late and have what seems like a very high opinion of your wokery new line of employment.

 

The fact that you think what I do is 'wokery' tells me you haven't a clue what I do. 

Anyway, you ignore me, I'll ignore you and everybody's happy. 

14 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Not a fan of Psychologists , as the 3 practising clinical ones I know are mad as batshit . However, a Jordan Peterson has written two very good books I have read and is reknown for his analysis and lectures that do seem to be popular .  He tends to sell out his gigs too . K

 

( but he isnt on Arbtalk sadly      )

Mad as Batshit is an occupational hazard I'm affraid. 

Jordan is certainly very popular. Not really my cup of tea; he's more of a 'live a good life', motivational speaker kind of guy. 

Edit. If you are a fan of Jordan you probably already know this but it's worth mentioning he's a prolific YouTuber and has a lot of good content on there.

5 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Bullmans rule of thumb about people posting from behind a pseudonym and their credibility seems pretty reliable. 

Not you as well. 

47 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Para 1. Just move on you clown. Unlike many, I don’t have an inherent dislike or ‘issue’ with what you post - on 1 occasion I referenced your BS. Now you appear to have a little hissy-fit, hairy shirt, poor me ‘thing’ going on. Stop being a dick, you wrote crap and I highlighted it - simple as that. 
 

Para 2. Yes, that would be an interesting thread but with your habit of utter BS - you may call it hyperbole - I rather doubt you’d be a particularly credible contributor. 
 

Para 3.  Promotional technique? Your stock ain’t exactly peaking at the moment. 
 

Summary.  I ‘wasn’t’ part of the ‘that blokes a dick’ group prior to, or even as a consequence of your previous nonsense. 
 

I am now and the way you’ve ‘handled’ a simple criticism of a blatant untruth rather reveals that which lays below. 

Nothing I have posted is untrue, or an exaggeration. You are going to have to deal with it. 

I have a very different skillset to most on here, so was trying to share my experience and opinion. A lot of people have shown an interest in what I do / know but I can't contribute because I have to spend my time explaining myself to trolls with nothing better to do. You are ruining the forum. If you have any respect for the other members, stop being an idiot and let others who are interested gain something from it. 

You'll notice on this very thread that many of my VAT based posts have been liked by regular members, and one mentioned that he 'hadn't looked at it that way before' in response to one of my posts. I have a different viewpoint to most on here, so had hoped to contribute positively. It's Impossible though with constant trolling and childishness. 

I won't be responding to any more of your posts.