Retired Climber
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For what service?
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It's not that anyone is being negative, just realistic. If you don't have any staff on the books, you don't have a business; you have a group of people who work together to make a living. If you are in charge (tell them what to do, and when to do it), they are not legitimately self employed and sooner or later that is going to bit you on the arse. Just because you all agree they are all self employed, doesn't mean they are. Anyway, I agree with much of the above. Your equipment and any stock is obviously worth money, but your name and reputation are only possibly of worth to the self employed guys you currently work with. Anyone else would see the going concern as more of a liability than an asset.
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Makes it a bit tricky everyone being self employed. Are they actually self employed, based on HMRC's definitions? If not, nobody is going to want to touch the business as a going concern. Have you spoken to your self employed guys about your plans? Is there no possibility that they might want to buy the business from you? That's how I got rid of mine; sold it to an employee.
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How many full time employees do you have?
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It's going to fall over sooner or later. What's the ground like? If it's prone to waterlogging that's when I reckon it will go over, when the grounds soaked.
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I'd allow it to get to just below desired height before trimming, if the main stems are heading straight up in the air.
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As it's bullpup it looks more SA80 than sub machine gun.
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Seems a bit unnecessary to reply to this now. Agree with above, and above, and above.
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If he found it in a river I wouldn't have thought he'd have a certificate of deactivation, or the knowledge to know if it had been properly deactivated. For all we know, he knows nothing about guns and it's a toy. Equally, it may be real, loaded, and an accident waiting to happen. Anyway, this is way off topic and we are simply speculating on a situation we know nothing about. If it were me, I wouldn't admit to having it unless I was 100% sure of my facts. Nothing more, nothing less.
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I wouldn't be putting proof of ownership of a section 5 firearm on the forum if I had one.
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That's my guess. Reads like a link drop by a very cheap copywriter to me.
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Haha, you need a better copywriter.
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Are you not over - reacting a bit? You live in a country in which pretty much anyone can start their own business, regardless of class, education or ability, and can try to make a go of it, largely unimpeded. There are very few hoops to jump through, and you are pretty much left to get on with it. Anyone who is prepared to graft a bit can easily go out with a few basic tools and earn more than their accountant or bank manager. I don't see that as a bad system.
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If you hold information about people, you are a data controller. As such, you need to register and have systems in place to make sure the data is secure and only used for lawful purposes. The alternative is to let businesses do whatever they like with our data, with no regulation.
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Yep, pretty much all businesses should be registered with the ICO. I think there might be a questionnaire on their website to see if you need to register
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Brings to mind the scene in Only Fools and Horses in which Trigger declares "I've been eating British beef all my life. Never done me any harm."
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Haha. A man of few words, most of them wrong.
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An SEO who thinks dropping a link on a forum is going to help, may not have done much research in the last 10 years.
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I love a bit of hedge cutting, but you have to do it for the right type of clients. Sod having to tame 100m of conifer hedge. Give me a nice formal garden in which I can spend the day tidying everything up and 'rounding over' some nice tight yews, privets, box and viburnum and I'm happy as Larry. 40 or 50 quid an hour and all you need is an HS 82 and a step ladder. I still do some of this type of stuff now, just because it's nice to get out doing something.
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Tree bark damaged and flies infested
Retired Climber replied to Christopher23434's topic in Tree health care
This is the arbtalk we all know and love. I had throwing knives when I was younger. Never got the hang of it. I could hit a target pretty reliably after a few tries, but only ever at that range and angle. In my defence, when I was young there was no internet, so I couldn't watch YouTube to see how it's done. Trial and error is a slow process when you had 3 knives, and your mate accidentally chucked one of them in the river. -
Don't feel too bad; I'm a professional writer and I had to look it up.
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Everything about that is wrong. Stop trying to convince yourself it might be ok; it's not ok. The load has a massive advantage over the ram, it should be the other way round. The problem is magnified by the fact you are asking the ram to do a massive amount of work really quickly due to the small ram travel compared to the arc or the load. They couldn't have made that a less efficient setup if they tried.
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Thanks, I do plan to use a new chain, even though sticking a new chain on to cut a stump close to the ground doesn't quite feel right. I'll pray for no stones or random bits of metal.
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Thanks guys. I used to be pretty good at it but I seem to have lost the knack. I don't think I need to draw a chalk line or anything like that as I can go all the way round and the cuts meet on the outside. It's in the middle it goes a bit off. I must be tipping the nose up or down I suppose. I remember when I did one of my NPTC units there was a guy who couldn't make a horizontal back cut to save his life. He had this tiny little spirit level he used to put on the bar which seemed to help him start off straight. Seems like a good idea but I can't help thinking that if I need a level to cut level, it might be time to hang up the saws for good.
