Those of you who saw a previous Post about my recording for BBC's RBQ will know that I posed one of the "warm up" questions (not one of those that will be broadcast): which concerned Obese Women, Means of Ingress and Immature Waders, etc etc. If you didn't "twig" the connection - it was Bingo. The obese women were 88 (two fat ladies), the means of ingress was 21 (key of the door) and the immature waders nearby were two little ducks, or 22. Other elements of that Question you can probably now work out for yourselves.
My local newspaper, the Ripon Gazette, carried an item this week about my impending broadcasts (starting on Monday 15th August at 1.30pm) and quoted the above question - but then said that I had posted the answer on the TFT Blog - so I thought I'd better get on and do that now...
Stay with us, as I'm going to be putting more technical stuff on the Blog again soon.
Jim Coulson, Director, TFT Ltd
Thursday, 28 July 2011
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
We're in the TTJ's "Best Blogs"!
Imagine my surprise just the other day, when I was reading the TTJ (formely the Timber Trades Journal) for the 23rd/30th July 2011, and I saw my name and our company address in their "Best Blogs" column! "Fame at last" I thought.
But perhaps my Blog about late payers, posted a week or so back, struck a chord with the TTJ's Editor? And if so, he must have decided that the rest of the Timber Trade should share in my disappointment at the lack of honour amongst those who get a quick service and then take ages to actually pay for it! (I won't re-visit that territory again: at least, not for a while.)
So, now that we've been "noticed" by the Trade Press - how about a few more of you signing up to our Blog and giving us your thoughts - good or bad - about what we're saying?
Jim Coulson, Director
But perhaps my Blog about late payers, posted a week or so back, struck a chord with the TTJ's Editor? And if so, he must have decided that the rest of the Timber Trade should share in my disappointment at the lack of honour amongst those who get a quick service and then take ages to actually pay for it! (I won't re-visit that territory again: at least, not for a while.)
So, now that we've been "noticed" by the Trade Press - how about a few more of you signing up to our Blog and giving us your thoughts - good or bad - about what we're saying?
Jim Coulson, Director
Monday, 11 July 2011
Join Up and Follow Us - on the Woodexperts Blog!
I've been writing this Blog on and off for a few months now and I don't see many of you following me, in the virtual "Blogosphere"...
At TFT, we have a wealth of knowledge about the uses of wood and wood-based products - plywood, chipboard, MDF - and so on; as well as the ability to help with structural designs in timber, such as glulam beams and other elements. So please ask us for help and we'll do our best to prove useful. We'll answer simple questions for free (yes, FREE!) and quote you for anything complicated, or which may involve some sort of legal proceedings (we do Expert Witness Reports as well).
Soon you'll have my Book to help you: it's with the publishers now, and should be available in a few months' time - watch this Blog for further details! It will give you clear, sensible advice on how to specify timber in Construction, and how to avoid problems with it in use.
So - keep reading the Blog - and Join Up and Follow TFT on Woodexperts...
At TFT, we have a wealth of knowledge about the uses of wood and wood-based products - plywood, chipboard, MDF - and so on; as well as the ability to help with structural designs in timber, such as glulam beams and other elements. So please ask us for help and we'll do our best to prove useful. We'll answer simple questions for free (yes, FREE!) and quote you for anything complicated, or which may involve some sort of legal proceedings (we do Expert Witness Reports as well).
Soon you'll have my Book to help you: it's with the publishers now, and should be available in a few months' time - watch this Blog for further details! It will give you clear, sensible advice on how to specify timber in Construction, and how to avoid problems with it in use.
So - keep reading the Blog - and Join Up and Follow TFT on Woodexperts...
Friday, 8 July 2011
The Timber Trade and the Construction Industry - Late Payment of Invoices
Time for a short rant!
We at Technology For Timber take our work seriously - and we believe in producing a professional report quickly; or delivering a meaningful training course, always on time and within the agreed budget. So why can't our clients have the same responsible attitude to a fair reward for work fairly done, that we have?
In other words, when we've bent over backwards to get something urgent out within the time specified, why must we wait 90 days (and sometimes even 120 days) to get paid for it? Especially when our own suppliers threaten to put us on Stop if we breach their own 30-day rule! Is it fair, I ask you?
How come the Timber Trade and the Construction Industry can get away with treating their suppliers so badly? Responses to this Blog - sympathetic or otherwise - would be welcomed....
Jim Coulson, Director, TFT Ltd
We at Technology For Timber take our work seriously - and we believe in producing a professional report quickly; or delivering a meaningful training course, always on time and within the agreed budget. So why can't our clients have the same responsible attitude to a fair reward for work fairly done, that we have?
In other words, when we've bent over backwards to get something urgent out within the time specified, why must we wait 90 days (and sometimes even 120 days) to get paid for it? Especially when our own suppliers threaten to put us on Stop if we breach their own 30-day rule! Is it fair, I ask you?
How come the Timber Trade and the Construction Industry can get away with treating their suppliers so badly? Responses to this Blog - sympathetic or otherwise - would be welcomed....
Jim Coulson, Director, TFT Ltd
Friday, 1 July 2011
Round Britain Quiz - an update
My last Blog mentioned that I would soon be recording Round Britain Quiz for BBC Radio 4...well, that has now happened, and very enjoyable it was too!
I won't spoil the suspense by revealing here who won; but I will give you all out there a "flavour" of what it was like, by telling you one of the "warm up" questions that they gave to myself and my North of England Partner, Diana, to get us in a suitable frame of mind. Here it is:
"Where will you encounter: a pair of obese women near the chimney, a Southern railway line close to the sound of maracas, and something to facilitate ingress next to two immature waders?"
Answer in a few Blogs' time! (I'd better post some stuff about Wood in the next one or two.)
The programme itself start to air on Monday 15th August at 1.30pm, repeated Sunday nights at 11.00pm.
Jim Coulson, Director
Technology For Timber Limited
I won't spoil the suspense by revealing here who won; but I will give you all out there a "flavour" of what it was like, by telling you one of the "warm up" questions that they gave to myself and my North of England Partner, Diana, to get us in a suitable frame of mind. Here it is:
"Where will you encounter: a pair of obese women near the chimney, a Southern railway line close to the sound of maracas, and something to facilitate ingress next to two immature waders?"
Answer in a few Blogs' time! (I'd better post some stuff about Wood in the next one or two.)
The programme itself start to air on Monday 15th August at 1.30pm, repeated Sunday nights at 11.00pm.
Jim Coulson, Director
Technology For Timber Limited
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