Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[teressa green]

your not one of these soft southern pufftas ive heard about are you ,,,,,,thought you were a leeds lad ,get up them bloody trees you lightweight,might be time for you to visit the home county and get re educated in the northern working mans ethics ,about 12 pints of john smiths :with a head: should do the trick followed by a fat bird ,kebab ,and walk home 8 miles in your tee shirt singing glory glory leeds united ,or similar,blinding ,,,,,,,,,,

 

[highpoint-utd]

hmmmm gale force winds ,nice up goes the call out fee lol
as for you teresa how is life in the first division? lmfao
LEEDS= uniteds feeder club many thanks for smithy eric rio and all the rest of the lads who seen sense and came this side of the pennines (just messin with ya)

 

[Tom D. Wilson]

nought like a spot of lawn surfing.

 

[teressa green]

barnsley football club,,,,,,,,,,sore point beat by sheff wednesday and donny in the same week ,piss poor performance ,bit like you manc tree climbers ,,,,,only messing with ya,,,,,winds were not as predicted,john kettley sold us a dummy,

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

looks like a very handy truck ..could have used that today when dismantelling some lombardy poplars...if the boys overhere new for how much or how little you guys in north america can pic up a decent bucket it would make em sick

 

[jamie]

weather

gale force winds we laugh in your face.....horizontal rain, fun fun day.....

roll on the snow...well slush this far south...i want to go work somewhere where you get proper snow..... not this slush cr@p.

so how many southern jessies were rained / blown off today (by blown i mean wind)

jamie

 

[MasterBlaster]

I don't see how you can live up there, Craig. I'd be migrating!

And I sure wouldn't be no treeman!

 

[MasterBlaster]

I bow to your Northern Manliness...

 

[jamie]

r borist

i want to live there, scotland is too hot....the summer it can get up to 24oC.....far too hot....

and in the winter its just wet


jamie

 

[PRUNER 1]

kew

did any of you guys see alan titchmarshes program on bbc 2 last night about kew gardens. they showed 2 of their arborists installing cobra bracing in the tallest tree on the site. it showed an interview of one of the lads in the tree and he was shaking like hell, he could barely keep his foot on the limb!

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

no mate i mIssed it...haha did you here about Titmarsh when he was on ground force ..he reccomended flush cutting silver birch haha..have you been to kew i think it's a fantastic arbouretum humm have i spelt that correct

 

[Tom D. Wilson]

missed that one but caught a bit of one a while back and this bloke was takeing down a tree, the thing was they could of got m.e.w.p in no problem but he decided to show off instead, totally knackered himself climbing to the top and started dropping big chunks makeing a right mess of the lawn.
mind you that cobra bracing looks alright, had a rep come and show it off last week. :blob5:

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

hi Tom welcome AS

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

Originally posted by Tom D. Wilson [/ cobra bracing looks alright, had a rep come and show it off last week. :blob5: [/B]

was the rep Vince from Fujikura?? if it was hes a real nice bloke

 

[jamie]

Scottish Maths paper 2004

SCOTLAND

HIGHER GRADE MODERN MATHEMATICS PAPER 2004



GLASGOW REGION

Name...........................................

Nickname..........................

Gangname........................

1. Shuggie has bought half a kilo of cocaine for large. He wants to make 300% on the deal and still pay Mad Malky his 10% protection money. How much must he charge per gram?



2. Wee Davie reckons he'll get £42.50 extra Marriage Allowance a week if he ties the knot with Fat Alice. Even if he steals the ring, the wedding will cost him £587. And he'll have to start buying two fish suppers & a litre bottle of Iron Brew every night instead of one. How long will it be before Davie wishes he'd stayed single?

3. When Rangers play Celtic, their fans sing The Sash every 10 minutes when they're winning and every 15 minutes when they're losing. How many times did they sing it at last season's 1st league game at Ibrox?

4. Joey and Davie stole a 1999 green Toyota 1600GL with 35,000 on the clock - and got a grand for it. How much more would they have got if it had been metallic silver, done 29,000 miles and had low profile tyres?

5 Jake the Flake and Fingers got grassed up for dealing speed. The Flake got 18 months but Fingers got 3 years. How many more previous convictions did Fingers have? EXTRA CREDIT: Who was Fingers' Brief?

EDINBURGH / BORDERS REGION

Name..........................................

Rugby Club..................................

Daddy's Company.........................

1. Gavin has a spare ticket for Julian Clary at The Festival Fringe. But Benji and Adrian BOTH want to go with him. How long does he cry before giving them the tickets?

2. Half of Peter's friends say that they went to school with Ewan McGregor. Another third say they were Gordon Brown's flat mate at University. A sixth say that their dad played rugby with Tony Blair's dad and the rest say Sean Connery was their milkman. Only one is telling the truth, so how many friends does Peter have?

3. Todd wants to be a lawyer, but is as thick as Edinburgh Castle. His daddy is a Freemason and a QC. How long before Todd becomes the Lord Advocate?

4. Tamsin's Personal Trainer charges £250 a week, but has sex with her whenever she wants it. Jasmin's Life Coach charges £50 a week but has refused all sexual advances. Which one of the women weighs 19 stone?

5. Princes Street is 2467 yards long. On average, there is someone begging for money every 195 yards. You walk at 3.1 miles an hour. How long will it take if you tell them all to sod off and work for a living?

HIGHLANDS REGION

Name..................................

Glen..............

1. After Hector's death, Archie has to pay Death Duty on Glenbogle. With 25,000 acres, Archie must pay £1.76 per acre for the first 15,000 acres and 90p per acre for the remainder, including VAT. How many people actually give a toss?

2. An Afro-American called Zachary Obisanjo Kokobobo asks a Tartan Shop in Inverness if he has any Scottish Geneaology. How long does it take to flog him full Highland dress and matching kilts for his wife and 10 kids?

3. If an Aberdeen supporter laid every sheep in Grampian Region end to end, how many people would be surprised?

4. If you caught a Loch Ness Monster 115 feet long and each foot weighed 27lbs, how much money would you make by selling your exclusive story and pictures?

5. Sorry, question 5 has been delayed by heavy snowfall and will be here as soon as the Cockbridge - Tomintoul road re-opens in the spring!

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

so whats the going rate for a 3 man gang around the UK theses days???

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

JAMIE now thats funny

 

[jamie]

thats us

thats basically us north of the boarder...

today the boss got the new saw and me and andy both wanted that saw, so we cried and refused to work until we got the saw.....

guess where i come from

jamie

 

[blue]

going rate

£400-£450 aday min.
what you charging rolla?

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

i base my priceing on who im working for authoritys and developers i charge the max, the rest domestic stuff etc varies considerably...but 380 - 450 is the going rate i reckon around here