Strikes

[Bury the Trash]

Rail strike has been useful so far to us for necessary for safety tree work on our land but very close to the line. Used Wednesday positively and will do the same again with the remainder of the felling on Saturday if the opportunity arises.
Normally don't get chance to do anything until Novembers engineering shut down , if it occurs, daylight time is much shorter then so shorter safe working day and not so good if its wet and windy ' # farmersdontstrike '

Done the rest today ,3 Alder , 25 metres or so and growing fast , and backleaning towards the line (south) and a long and heavy Oak limb which i had to climb to drop.
Working on my own ,only good saws tractor throw line rope and bit of luck helping me , thanks for the letter network rail from your survey, i had already planned them in for sorting, well ive surveyed your ones and inside the fence quite a few there looming as they are all the way along the line ,not seen such negligence in all my time and letter will be coming from us ,just to remind you of your responsiblities, maybe best for you to not waste time and money paying a 'surveyor' but send the chaps down with the saws world needs more doers not office tickboxers for huge moneys,

infact come to think of it maybe them ground workers and train drivers have actually got point,who in the 'upper echelons' actually take one jot of notice from those lowerdown'??

and Im getting older and tireder for this amlarky

 

[le bon paysan]

 

[le bon paysan]

Threat of UK supply chain chaos as 92% vote in favour of strike at Felixstowe Port

According to Unite, the dispute is a result of the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company offering a pay increase of 5% to its workers. This, says Unite, is an “e...

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[HatsOff]

I used to do mowing for a guy who went organic, first year yields were similar to when he used fertiliser, never used mega amounts, second year yields went down third year down more fourth year was the last went back to conventional . Not saying it cant be done with less especially with better use of muck but cutting back too far will impact yields at some point, definitely can be a saving made though

Makes you wonder if a year on - year off would work. Everyone has an agenda pushing fert

 

[robs1]

Makes you wonder if a year on - year off would work. Everyone has an agenda pushing fert

Just as happened many years ago, fertility building fallow then a crop or two, permanent understudy of clover perhaps

 

[Hindsight]

Looks as though the media darling Micky lynch is just a 70s Soviet stooge union leader.

 

[7610 super q]

It's all very well. I'd like more money too. But where's it going to come from ?

 

[le bon paysan]

It's all very well. I'd like more money too. But where's it going to come from ?

Maybe out of the billions paid out in dividends . Invest in the company , pay a decent wage .
No, to radical, Tory boys want their money to send to the BVI or Bermuda.

 

[SteveHants]

Looks as though the media darling Micky lynch is just a 70s Soviet stooge union leader.

Please explain how a man that has consistently shown up the media is somehow a "media darling"?

 

[SteveHants]

It's all very well. I'd like more money too. But where's it going to come from ?

Full employment, profits and dividends through the roof.
The system is awash with money, money that is consistently being funnelled towards the bank accounts of the mega wealthy.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Full employment, profits and dividends through the roof.
The system is awash with money, money that is consistently being funnelled towards the bank accounts of the mega wealthy.

third Railway strike ,, not sure which ones are out today ,sometime soon some money will have to go to groundworkers brush and tree maintenance ,as I've not seen the line so badly maintained and in need of an awful lot of work in retro to make safer/get back safe ,in fact ever actually was opened in around 1880's and up till the sixties early seventies everything was kept down as grass within safe distance to the rails , all the time as a regular program, now trees loom literally over the trains and wind blown twigs lie around and between the rails
not only safety but when a tree gets downed by bad weather trains are stopped and it costs Network rail mega money in fines every train that's delayed....
plenty of money around but it don't seem to go were its genuinely needed.

 

[le bon paysan]

If a couple are working full time, qualify and need benefits to cope, it's their employers who are scrounging from the tax payers.

 

[Hindsight]

If a couple are working full time, qualify and need benefits to cope, it's their employers who are scrounging from the tax payers.

What would the financial situation be for a similar couple in France.

 

[ollie989898]

If a couple are working full time, qualify and need benefits to cope, it's their employers who are scrounging from the tax payers.

There should be a national living wage for everyone. The present system is a joke and the root cause of much social problems in my view.

 

[le bon paysan]

What would the financial situation be for a similar couple in France.

In what respect?
Both earning the SMIC, minimum wage, NI equivalent is high but house prices , rent is much cheaper. Nice house 3/4 bedrooms around here €500 a month.
Daughters friend, middle of town 4 minutes walk to work, newly refurbished 2 bed flat, new bath and shower, new cooker, immaculate. €369 a month.
In France a married couple , 2 kids, would pay no tax until €28000.
Edit, France has abolished the TV licence. Electric capped at 4% rise. , Gas at 12%. The 'working class' in France are supposedly 25% better off than the equivalent people in the UK.

 

[ollie989898]

In what respect?
Both earning the SMIC, minimum wage, NI equivalent is high but house prices , rent is much cheaper. Nice house 3/4 bedrooms around here €500 a month.
Daughters friend, middle of town 4 minutes walk to work, newly refurbished 2 bed flat, new bath and shower, new cooker, immaculate. €369 a month.
In France a married couple , 2 kids, would pay no tax until €28000.
Edit, France has abolished the TV licence. Electric capped at 4% rise. , Gas at 12%. The 'working class' in France are supposedly 25% better off than the equivalent people in the UK.

I can believe these figures and the crux of what you are saying but the employment market would be different in France wouldn't it?

 

[le bon paysan]

I can believe these figures and the crux of what you are saying but the employment market would be different in France wouldn't it?

In what way , Ollie?

 

[Hindsight]

In what respect?
Both earning the SMIC, minimum wage, NI equivalent is high but house prices , rent is much cheaper. Nice house 3/4 bedrooms around here €500 a month.
Daughters friend, middle of town 4 minutes walk to work, newly refurbished 2 bed flat, new bath and shower, new cooker, immaculate. €369 a month.
In France a married couple , 2 kids, would pay no tax until €28000.
Edit, France has abolished the TV licence. Electric capped at 4% rise. , Gas at 12%. The 'working class' in France are supposedly 25% better off than the equivalent people in the UK.

I don't leave Lincolnshire and live in a bubble really. So thought be interesting to know how the so called 'working poor' in UK compare to France.

 

[stewart]

There should be a national living wage for everyone. The present system is a joke and the root cause of much social problems in my view.

Or do a working week that meets the requirements for a living wage.

 

[robs1]

I don't leave Lincolnshire and live in a bubble really. So thought be interesting to know how the so called 'working poor' in UK compare to France.

Look up how much the nlw has gone up in the uk this year compared to minimum wage in france, I suspect if you compare most countries round the world there is little difference in the ability of the lower paid to live to a similar standard.our housing costs are higher for sure but food costs are lower. It would take a long time to do a complete and proper comparison.