jonnyoftheboy

ME both myself and Bigweed have used Tim. have both been very happy with what he's done. IMO, he is very good, very experienced and will provide what you are looking for.

Dave am away at moment, will sort monies next sun, ok?

good news? http://www.thepublican.com/story.asp?storycode=66777

I own both, but find things the opposite of a previous comment.... since I've bought the Ultra XS prestige, my 686E hasn't seen the light of day! prefer it as it is a heavier gun, so helps to stop me from stopping the gun. also, have now found that I shoot a lot better as the adj. comb on the ultra now means I am shooting with a gun that fits me better. Ultra XS with adj comb all the way.... (IMO)

cheers Dave. will give you the money at shawlands if you're going tomorrow? otherwise sun at Gatton....

CUE Essex Gun slating........ (actually, saying that.... I sent them 2 emails asking for pricing on hidefs before I bought mine.... never got a response, so bought elsewhere).

yep, I'm in..... enjoyed it last year (although BBQ after was *****!)

well, as they have always said.... you know when the tories have been in power too long as they get involved in sex scandals.... and labour in power to long as they all get on the take...!

marcus not sure what your budget is, but I have a samsung scx-4824FN multi functional - printer, scanner, copier, fax has been excellent, easy to use, reasonable consumables, scanner is excellent when used with a full version of adobe acrobat. look it up on the net....

yeah, absolutely. sometimes with dell, is cheaper to throw the printer away and get another dell one rather than buy a set of inks!

other thing to double check is cost of consumables.... they will take a toner, and most probably some form of drum kit. it should tell you somewhere how long each should last (the page count given is on a standard 5% coverage - a sort of standard text document). as we all know, this is where the money is made...

think that is a little inflated! my brother is cabin crew for BA, has been there for 6-8 years, is long haul T5 heathrow.... so all the plum good trips. earns around £25-28K inc. all his allowances etc. BA changed contracts just before he started, previous to that the pay & allowances were even higher - friend of his is part time on old contract, does 2-3 trips per month (between 3-5 days away per trip) and earns the same as he does. there are those on old contract, who have been there years and are at the level of "Cabin Service Director" (CSD) - so basically run the cabin crew in the air - who are on £50-70k inc. allowances. these are the dinosaurs who BA (& often other cabin crew) would like to get rid of... as they stay in the job for years cos of the good pay & benefits, and stop a lot of the younger crew from progressing. he "works" about 12-18 days per month (but when we say work, a working day can be classed as sitting by the pool in the hotel at the destination! although not all days at the destination are like that, they sometimes have to do internal flights at the destination). They are glorified waiters/waitresses in the sky IMO... but do have the basic first aid & safety training. BUT, would you want to do the job? I KNOW I WOULDN'T, seeing half the ****** who I get on a plane with & the way they act. they are better paid than most in the industry.... (virgin earn on average £14-19k, but have excellent staff travel benefits & travel benefits for friends and family, far better than BA). But does this mean that they earn too much? or the others are paid too little? everyone will have a differing view. The main issues with the current dispute is that BA want to once again create a lesser paid contract for new recruits, as well as taking 1 member of staff off the plane (so the CSD will actually have to do some work for a change & cover that persons role, or the remaining crew will have to work a little harder!!), and freezing or to some extent cutting some of the pay and allowances of current crew. The worry for BA current staff is that this lesser paid fleet will be put on the plum routes (where BA pay bigger allowances to current staff to make up there pay - as my bro's basic pay is only around £10-14k per year, can't remember exact figure).... as they are cheaper...... and so current BA staff will not only be taking a pay freeze/cut now (as part of these negotiations), but in effect take a further pay cut later on when the new fleet takes the plum routes and they lose these trips and hence their allowances. my brother was in favour of some sort of action, but not a full on session of strikes! he has gone in to work and has ignored various union requests to not break the strike. there are many like him. they are caught between a rock and a hard place. they want to do their bit for the company to survive, but also don't want to stare down the barrell of a gun with a large pay cut coming in the coming months/years. being a cold hard capitalist.... i do not agree with striking, and think they need to accept that a large % of BA cabin crew have had it far too good for far too long. For BA to survive they need to sort this pay issue. I have had numerous "emotive discussions" with my brother on this issue over the past few months! For what it is worth, I do think they are paid too much for what they do..... In his defence (& many more like him).....just thought I'd post to also show that not every member of BA cabin crew is on the old style contracts (where £30-45k earnings are not uncommon) as a lot of people think.... & I've heard lots of these "they earn £70k+" stories... which generally are not accurate as only a very small number of people within cabin crew earn a figure anywhere close to this reported £70k.

will be on holi in 2 weeks time, but do let me know when you are going after that.... will definitely be up for it...

did you go gents? any good? have never tried abbey shooting..... tried to get up to caterham today, but bad accident closed the M20

yeah, that was what a couple of nice older guys said who were shooting there said!! there were a couple of stands that had traps in position, but were not set up on their claymate system, so weren't allowed to use. Plus they said there were more stands that they put on for comps, but there was nothing setup for them at present. nice setting (bar the wind!)...... could do a lot with that place, but I think the weather would play a major part if you were trying to run it as a business! I can only imagine what it is like in the cold, wind AND rain! even if it is raining, is still quite pleasant shooting somewhere like West Kent Shooting School!!!!

Well, I was in & around the Nth Wales / Chester area for a couple of days, so I thought I'd pop & visit Llandegla shooting ground. Bloody hell..... windy!!! very much a DTL ground by the looks of it. the guys who work there were very friendly. had a play on the sporting compact, then shot 4 sporting stands. did not seem to have much else set up on the sporting front. was gonna have a round or 2 of skeet, but thought I'd get back on the road & miss the traffic for my 300 mile drive back to sunny kent! ground is a nice setting, but can see why I've heard it said is a good ground in season/summer - as would be bloody cold in full winter!!! was a milder day today than it had been for the last couple.... but the wind was strong. it is still for sale so I am led to believe.....

as good as...... you've been down here long enough!

Bigweed.... you are definitely a "closet essex man".... what is with the new avatar? (again...)

toner ink....... by weight, most expensive product in the world!!!!!!

polo shirt good idea....

I assume no-one made it? I didn't bother after seeing the rain this morning. not normally a fair weather shooter.... but after getting soaked at Court farm last weekend, thought b***r that! maybe next time guys...

good article in autocar last week (or week before) re. the D3 being a great used bargain at the mo....

Libs think I'm gonna make a weekend of it being BH w/e, so stay up that way for a couple of days.

don't be a wimp Andy..... you can hobble round!

chaps.... who's actually making it on sunday then?