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Retired Climber

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  1. Your offer of a coffee with another member just made me think that the offer may be extended to me. I'm sure we'd get on better face to face, than on the forum. We've been renting out some homes to people on contract to BP in the area (Stonehaven specifically), and I often have reason to pop up that way. I thought as you were in oil and gas it was likely you may find yourself in Aberdeen on occasion. I normally have to deal with people with silly job titles like 'Global Vice President of some made up corporate function'. Would be good to have a chat with someone who has a proper job.
  2. All fair points. I think the difference between real life and talking to a stranger on a forum is that we have no relationship. The guys I use have known me for over 20 years; if something was a big dodgy on one of my machines they would probably mention it, but wouldn't have me signing disclaimers. They'd also let me walk out with an arm full of top handle saws, even though I don't technically have relevant qualifications to buy them any more.
  3. I completely agree with what you are saying, and realise you can't really do it any other way without leaving yourself wide open to problems. My position is that I have a lot of professional tools and equipment that I now only use for occasional domestic use. I've had and used this stuff for many years; some of it is a little past it's best, but if I took something in for repair I'd be telling the shop what I wanted them to do, I wouldnt be looking for advice regarding it's safe use.
  4. With respect, if a bloke in a garden machinery shop tried to tell me how to use my machinery, he'd get a fairly blunt response. Having said that, I do appreciate that you need to cover your own backside, just incase the proverbial hits the fan.
  5. I asked a similar question in the thread regarding modded / ported saws. For me, making a tool more powerful than standard spec would be a concern, especially if staff used the saw. However, general consensus seemed to be that nobody at the HSE knows their backside from their elbow, so crack on.
  6. Nobody is making light of a situation. Maybe read what's written rather than looking for something to be offended by. Just because I've upset you in other threads, it's a bit daft just to disagree with me on others, just to have another go at 'winning' an argument. You aren't fooling anyone. I mentioned my hourly rate on a thread about income versus energy costs, and in the context of the thread it was relevant. I even admitted it was a bit of a boast. You write that you don't want to do the same, but mention what you do for a living, and give guidance for us to look up what you earn, that's just bloody embarrassing. There are very good economic reasons for interest rates to drag themselves up out of the gutter; I'd guess you probably know that. Not so easy to be offended on behalf of others if we have a proper conversation about the economics of the situation though is it. I shall let you have the last word, and look forward to you trying to have a dig on another thread at the next opportunity.
  7. I have a good understanding of how trees grow, the forces that act upon them before and after they are cut and the reasons why they warp and bend; I just couldn't really understand why they couldn't be cut roughly, left to do their thing, then cut to size. It would seem that it's simply not financially viable, for a number of reasons.
  8. Presumably the increase in value of very straight / stable timber would not cancel out the wastefulness? Could you put the planks through a planer / thicknesser?
  9. Forgive my lack of understanding of the subject; I know roughly the square root of nothing about milling. If flat, straight boards are valuable, is it not worth cutting slightly oversized, drying them, and then cutting them to final size to take out any distortion? I do realise I'm probably misunderstanding the problem, but can't work out how.
  10. Did you mean to quote my post? I can't really see the relevance, other than trying to have a dig at posts I've made in the past.
  11. Agree entirely. Life is just a game; there are very few rules; sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Anyone can make a fortune, and anyone can drop down dead at any time. Roll the dice, but don't moan about what numbers you get.
  12. Anyone daft enough to buy a beach hut on credit deserves to be thrown in the sea. Personally, I can't see the appeal anyway, but if you can't afford it, don't buy it.
  13. A lot of people are going to get a rather abrupt reality check.
  14. Fair point, but interest rates have been ridiculously / unsustainably low. If 'young clinber' needs them this low his financial plans are fundamentally flawed.
  15. I can't see them getting a summary judgement, but stranger things have happened.
  16. About bloody time. Interest rates have been a joke for quite some time now, especially when you also consider the inflation rate.
  17. Measure it. The joke doesn't really work when you claim to be in possession of the piece of string of unknown length.
  18. I wasn't aware of anything involving the Queen until I read your opening post. I have apologised, and wish I hadn't posted what I did, but refuse to get dragged into a debate with every serially offended member of the forum. I won't be making another post on this thread.
  19. To be fair, if I had realised how serious the situation was, I wouldn't have made the comment. I wasn't aware of the fact she was in a bad way, and made a silly off the cuff remark. I don't think that puts me in the same category as those who have made jokes since learning of her demise. To anyone offended by my comment, I am sorry.
  20. As a representative group, we are an odd bunch. I'd imagine the self employed are over represented on this forum, meaning many more than average have the ability to increase their income fairly easily, and also we are massively over-represented by people who have alternative sources of fuel and heating, the obvious example being logs / burnable arb waste.
  21. Hold on Charlie; not long now.
  22. Being able to have a million before IHT seemed like a reasonable deal not so many years ago. Now, with house prices as they are, it's going to be a concern for an awful lot of (normal) people.
  23. In my experience, such schemes are useful to kick the can down the road, but are unlikely to solve the issue on a permanent basis. My Father in law has a similar scheme set up, but I'm not convinced it's going to help us much. I've been looking into these issues quite a bit recently; amazing how having children can focus your mind on such matters.

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