Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[texasnative]

We the sheeple of the United States

 

[clearance]

Guys, things are getting way out of hand here (B.C. Canada) as well, after work I met with the young guys who are taking the first year course to become certified utility arborists. The first year course used to be four weeks long, two weeks in the classroom being trained about electricity safety practices and the next two weeks outside climbing. Now it is two weeks for everthing with a few hours spent listening to a psychiatrist telling them how to deal with "problem" customers. The guys told me this head-shrinking moron asked them if they were bed-wetters as children and that they are to never argue with people who are verbally abusing them and to run away if they are physically attacked. You are supposed to take it because the customer blah, blah, blah......What is wrong with saying "Sir, this is a work zone, move away, phone the power company rep. if you have a problem....Sir take another step towards me and I'll drop you like a bad habit" The people that have never done the work should hit the road and fek off. No respect for the working man (or woman) disgracefull, wasn't like this before the war was it?

 

[jamie]

its all to PC, some PC is good but its overly PC.....beeatch

jamie

 

[Thor's Hammer]

We the sheeple of the United States

 

[Jumper]

and that they are to never argue with people who are verbally abusing them and to run away if they are physically attacked. You are supposed to take it because the customer blah, blah, blah......What is wrong with saying "Sir, this is a work zone, move away, phone the power company rep. if you have a problem....Sir take another step towards me and I'll drop you like a bad habit" The people that have never done the work should hit the road and fek off. No respect for the working man (or woman) disgracefull, wasn't like this before the war was it?

This is the Canadian way....if you dropped the S*O*B it would be you who ends up being charged with assault. So you had better have a very good story like "he came at me with a knife" for the cops (and a knife with no prints on it as evidence).

I agree with the lack of respect....I have run into more arrogant snotty verbally abusive people while tugging brush than is necessary. I usually just put them on ignore if at all possible.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

trust me guys, its worse over here.

 

[iain]

i'll second that

 

[iain]

some photos from work the dates are screwed up for got to reset it

 

[iain]

heres a few more

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Thats a nice looking outfit you have there Iain, do you do a lot of landscaping too?

 

[Ross Turner]

Iain, the 1st photo can you tell me where it is as it looks familiar.

 

[iain]

middlesbrough 6th form college in acklam v,mature purple beech riddled with ganoderma applanatum

 

[iain]

Thats a nice looking outfit you have there Iain, do you do a lot of landscaping too?

we use to when i first started, however not at the mo too busy on trees

 

[a_lopa]

that one of those green mech chippers?

 

[iain]

that one of those green mech chippers?

nah a uk company called landforce for both

 

[Ross Turner]

Did that use to be Kings manor,It has woodland to the sides & rear,Across the road you have a long avenue of Limes,next to the school where the girl was stabbed in the class room.

 

[iain]

its on the left hand side down hall drive in acklam just opposite is an avenue of limes leading between st davids catholic school and another which i believe is kings academy don't know about the stabbing though.

 

[Ross Turner]

Thought so,I did a lot of work back in 1993/94 for Cleveland CC & involed working on those sites,Did alot of dead wooding & felling in the woods around what is now the 6th form college,The old avenue of limes was felled so the new planting could take place as they had decay,cavities & old cable braces in.

 

[Ross Turner]

As for the Stabbing if you look back to the same time you will find that some nutter entered the school & lined up all the children in a class room & started attacking them,resulting in the death of a young school girl.

 

[iain]

ross thats cool nice to know
on the sixth form site i was origanally called to prune the cedars at the rear where i noticed the fungii on the p/beech then another beech (ganoderma) fell into the pond nearest the road, at that point they decided to take the recommendation of a survey on the remaining trees health (however only a limited survey not all trees to be surveyed ) ' Typical nee jerk reaction' shame it took that to jolt them into action had the tree gone the other way !!!! who' knows how many could have been killed ' , two more mature beech had to come down both with ganoderma and one also had meripulus , one of these was on the far side of the pond and because of tpos on the surrounding trees and the boggy ground surrounding the pond i had to use an 80' tonne crane with and extended jib to dismantle it the other was set in the centre of the approach road up to the school (BIG Beech's )

its was a crying shame, as there has been no replacement planting on this site for many decades, so now there is a major void, as there aren't any u/mature specimens to take over the character of the site as yet !!!!!

early this year we carried out further works due to storm damage in the woodland to the lefthand of the college (as you look from the road) oak, beech, scots pines.
goes to show that a partial survey is just false economy

did you fell the cable braced or did you have to dismantle them ?