chesters1

do not get carried away and buy a abu 507 gold max 2 as i did ,i have been trying for nearly a year to get the bands that stop the line going into the winding cup ,i can get the stuff (like pipe cleaners) for all the old abu`s but not for the 507 ,a perfectly good reel unusable because of a bit of plastic :mad: even reel spares cannot get it :mad:

quote: Good advice again folks, but may need some very good cable for some of the hedges I have to do! Power loss at seven hundred yards could be noticeable. Chesters, if you think the customer is going to watch me dig an acre of land by hand for his lawn, and charge him by the hour, you are on something illegal. two points get a 110v or 240v trimmer and hire a generator ,few proffesional hedge cutters are petrol as most dont work in the summer heat in long usage. i made in the time i worked as a fulltime gardener made 14 acres of lawn ,i tried a deisel rotavator (20hp) it was useless ,they are allright for "tilling" a little veg patch . also whats the point of fluffing all the soil up then having to compact it again :confused: the easiest way is to remove anything above ground (rocks trees etc) poison all living material then get screened topsoil in and do it properly ,dont use a roller they are useless the make the lumps harder and cannot get into the hollows ,a rake and a gardeners shuffle is all thats needed ,for seeding do a little patch att a time sow the seed at 3 times the rate THEN seive soil on top ,it stops the seed blowing away ,it stops it washing away and it germinates quicker i haven got a before picture for these pics but the lawn was neglected from before the war ,it was covered in rhodies to the height of the walls ,a chainsaw and a landrover winch ,and hand tools were the only things used 11 lorry loads of topsoil and ofcourse blood sweat and tears

the university i worked in a couple of years ago pleaded poverty ,but in the five years i worked there the school of electronics changed its name 4 times (more and more departments were almalgamated into one) each time all the headed notepaper was binned all advertising was skipped ,even every doors were painted a new colour (and there was hundreds of doors ) when a new head of department was "elected" the door colours were again changed ,hundreds of thousands of pounds were wasted on carpets from america that covered every floor (these wore out in a few months by the shear weight of students going back and forth) all the carpets were ripped up and now the corridors sport the same 1960`s vynal tiles that were always there ,but strangly not enough money for staff ,when i started there were 12 techs and 3 trainees ,now there are 4 techs ,trainees are a thing of the past :mad:

dollers will do

PICTURES pppllleeeeaaasssseee ,dribble

it fooled me but then it IS america

you may be right newt but as you probably notice that us from over the pond have nothing against americans its usually the "top etchelon" that takes the flack never mind newt its not too late to come back to the fold ,now about those unpaid taxes WITH intrest since 1776

you can ofcourse book it to your firms expenses (maybe) i would probably not invest in such a beast ,after all if you charge by the hour digging by hand is lucrative i`m sure somewhere rents them out or couldnt you buy a second hand one ,they usually are used infrequently so tend to be in good condition ,the seller can provide a receipt to show your expenditure ,the biggest mistake is to splash out in the beginning for stuff thats expensive and hardly used sorry to darken your day a lot of the larger garden centres hire them (or know someone that does) dont forget to point out the hire charge and delivery cost to the punter ,you can then add it to the bill . is that a glimmer i see on the horizon when i first started a chap wanted a few old silverbirches chainsawed ,they were brutes on their last legs ,one was very tall and very twisted ,to make sure his acer (ornamental tree) was safe i got my mrs to help dig it up ( mrs = paid secretary (on paper) and unpaid labourer ) whe then put it in a wheelbarrow ran it behind the tree to be chopped for safety and proceeded to hack away at the tree (you can see whats coming next ) yep despite the mrs tugging on a rope to "persuade" the tree to fall in the required direction it twisted and landed on the barrow which not only snapped the branches off one side it broke the barrow the owner was highly amused (he was "assisting" from a distance) so a lesson learnt there .the owner was so pleased he and his 2 neighbours employed me "full" time the tree recovered from its shock (as did the barrow with welding) and is now a fine (tho short) specimin and is pride of place in one of his "veiws" this was 25 years ago the tree can be spotted from a hill nearby [ 30. November 2002, 03:15 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

i see our friends from over the pond are increasing (over to you newt for training ) will we be speaking of "grits" "chitlins???" "poles" "varmints" fluently by this time next year welcome to our american friends ,hopefully some from south america will join ,shakira for instance or am i getting to hopefull

i dont know what you will get ,but i want an Intrepid rod ,they took over a rod making firm in the late fifties ,and there are supposed to be Intrepid rods but i have never seen one maybe father christmas DOES exist but i expect he`ll not be calling on our address again this year

quote: It's raining, it's cold, the government is a shambles, etc, etc. youve just answered it i think newts holiday remembers a time when you couldnt say it though

i was a self employed gardener in the late seventies , in winter all my time was spent scratching about for work and in the summer refusing it (not enough hours in the day) i was glad to go "full time" for 3 people on a country estate dont forget all those other hassles , stamp , tax , vat (if applicable) ,3rd party insurance ,wear and tear and replacement of tools and machinery ,is it really worth it its no good having cheap tools they just dont last and dont mention mowers (replacement honda 21" self propelled with roller £500 ) if your`e going to go into the hedging side get a large electric one ,theres less to go wrong than petrol ,MUCH lighter ,and THEY provide the fuel make sure your business bank account is completly seperate from your current one ,mr tax man is very blind in money terms to him money is money ,pay yourself a wage from the business account to your current one ,make sure you keep ALL paperwork ,sorry to put a downer on your job ,but i wouldnt like people to make the same mistakes as i did , i got in real deep doodoo not keeping records also dont forget that if you transport tools from job to job your car becomes a works vehicle and MAY effect your car insurance hopefully things have got easier now and i`m sure self employed members will correct me and drag away once again those clouds that i drew over your job well except the honda is now £800 for an inferior machine [ 30. November 2002, 12:03 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

quote: Happy thanks giving Newt, and all our American friends happy :confused: isnt thanksgiveing remembering the escape from english tyrrany surly just remembering the day has anti british overtones :confused:

i recieved through the post today an application form and a job description for a job. the job description is in the form of a bound book both covers are very thick mottled card and contains 10 pages , the actuall job description covers 4 ,instead of wasting resourses why isn`t the job description on 2 sheets of paper (with room to spare) not enough money in education NOT , sack whoever takes these descisions :mad: whoops forgot to reduce the size, am i guilty of wasting resourses [ 30. November 2002, 10:46 AM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

Anti terrorism measures this Saturday : As we all know, the Taliban considers it a sin for a man to see a naked woman who is not his wife. So, this Saturday at 2:00 PM (GMT) all British women are asked to walk out of their house completely naked to help weed out any neighbourhood terrorists. Circling your block for one hour is recommended for this anti-terrorist effort. All men are to position themselves in lawn chairs in front of their house to prove they are not Taliban, demonstrate that they think it's okay to see nude women other than their wife and to show support for all British women. And since the Taliban also does not approve of alcohol, a cold six-pack at your side is further proof of your anti-Taliban sentiment. The British Government appreciates your efforts to root out terrorists and applauds your participation in this anti-terrorist activity. God bless the Queen! blatently stolen from Marky B`s chat site and no doubt from others over to you Lyn ,Nursejudy,and both the "littles" i expect pictures would suffice [ 30. November 2002, 10:26 AM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

quote: "Them East Coast types just don't get it," said a shirtless Hastings, brandishing a silver 14-inch model he bought at a recent machete show 14" :confused: thats a penknife ,a machette is far longer its probably a columbian one he`s had foisted on him

he may have a swedish mother

isnt it a bit cruel could get peta excited ,let them produce their own ammonia its natures way

as your 13 i`l expect you be using it to annoy people on a sunday

i remember shakespear when "norris" worked there

there used to be a great series about a riverbank and its inhabitents ,it was narrated by johnie morris (an old time zoo keeper/naturelist) the going on`s was astounding ,great camera work ,made it almost appear like a film set [ 28. November 2002, 11:05 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

quote: although I'll leave it to my brother-in-law to actually do. thats the best way then he gets the blame and heartache [ 28. November 2002, 10:58 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

could also be a software problem with the harddrive AND a sticky fan making the noise

it depends on the windows version you are using ,in 98 you can use "backup" (its not installed by default) enable it by selecting it in the "add/remove windows components" on inserting the cd . this program lets you select what you want to back up ,usually the registry ( i usually backup the whole of the windows folder ) i use a seperate cd to store in safety any pictures ,songs and other unloseable stuff. if you have a cd writer youl have no problem even better a rewriter. in xp its in "programs" "accessories" "system tools" "file and settings transfer" you can if you have a second harddrive backup to a folder on there if your formatting the complete windows drive you will still have to install all the software you use (all of it) then run backup to put back all your settings etc [ 28. November 2002, 10:54 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

our latest member "catchin" seems to be one [ 28. November 2002, 10:02 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]