Retired Climber

1 hour ago, Topper said:

Between 1999 and 2005……I don’t know the exact date

I would have had lads being assessed etc from around 2001. I would have kept any paperwork they were given. I'll have a hunt and see what I can find. 

14 minutes ago, Topper said:

In this case it would be the FASTCo days.......pre NPTC 👍

Do you know when it changed? 

I'm not a fan of doing more and more work to increase income. You are much better off finding ways to charge more for the amount of work you currently do. There is a trend among small business owners to judge success on the amount of staff you have. Usually, nothing could be further from the truth. I'd rather sit on my own at the computer for a couple of hours a day than spend 12 to 14 hours a day chasing jobs and staff. 

13 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

John Rowbottom? 

John Atkins was the other John at Dartline. 

When is 'back in the day'? 

14 minutes ago, Mark armstrong said:

Haha yep in a house part of a double garage and nothing to do with the wallpaper me buddy just a wood butcher me she's a 70 year old millionaire widow but just likes simple stuff a guess 

You can't buy good taste. 

Nice work, but please tell me that's not in someone's house. 

9 minutes ago, Ratman said:

Bit of filler and that will come up like new. 

3 minutes ago, Ds Tree services said:

It does look a lot like a bunch of travellers have bought a house and moved in. 

As above, automate what you can, and pay someone to do the stuff that will free up your time. You don't necessarily need to find someone to do the donkey work, you can find people to do more of the admin based stuff too. If you are in a rural area a lot of your promotional marketing could be done by someone else, leaving you to simply arrange to do the work. 

Haha. 12 A *s and her Dad can't even capitalise her name. 

She's done well; what's she doing next? What A-levels is she going to do? 

9 minutes ago, SamanthaSunny said:

Muppet 😂

My comment wasn't aimed at you, but the semi-literate beings who spend their time making these 'funnies'. 

Don't over complicate it. Get yourself a couple of Prussic loops and work out how to get yourself up to the top anchor, and then around the tree. Once you can do it with a length of rope and a couple of loops you can start to use shiny kit to make it easier. 

What he should pay is largely academic. If you charge him for a day when nothing got done, I don't think he'll be a customer for long. 

1 hour ago, SamanthaSunny said:

You'd think whoever makes these things, would at least check their English before unleashing their 'jokes' onto the internet. 

11 minutes ago, swinny said:

Is that offer extended to all

 

And your right. It's about targeting the right people but so hard how to work out who that is. 

 

Once of a day I thought council work would be good. I've been there and still do some. It's not all it's cracked up to be and certainly not wack big prices in as they will take it. 

I wouldn't say extended to all (there are some right knob-heads on here😁). I'm happy to answer any strategic marketing questions though.  

The name for what you need to do is 'strategic marketing planning'. Do a bit of research on the subject and see if it's useful. If you have any specific questions you know where I am. 

35 minutes ago, peds said:

Just a quick note on grammar. I believe the correct plural of "c•ck up" should in fact be "c•cks up", and not "c•ck ups", as the standard in English is to pluralise only the noun part of the phrase, in the same manner as "courts martial", "mothers-in-law", or "passers-by ".

 

That is all. 

Nope. Your grammar lesson has been a cock up. 

Just now, Squaredy said:

I just showed this to my boys, and they are laughing at me cos I thought it was real!

To be fair, it's getting towards the point at which it's going to be hard to tell the difference. 

1 hour ago, topchippyles said:

Its native to where i live as been mention like pal or mate ect. We all musch around here 😁

And where is that? 

1 hour ago, topchippyles said:

Beat me to it musch 😆

Apologies for the tangent, but I'm dying to know why you end some of your posts with the word 'musch'. What the hell is a musch? 

I don't understand why you think it's an accident waiting to happen, but I can't see a problem with removal if that's what you want. 

2 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Chainsaws running full chat for hours on end isn’t a pleasant noise.

Completely agree. Milling with a chainsaw isn't really something to do In a domestic garden on a regular basis. 

It's been bloody windy recently. Unseasonably so. 

That guy has bigger balls than me. As far as I'm concerned if you are in the water and see that, you run away as fast as you can (screaming like a girl optional, but recommended).