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Mix of flexothene and then Swazi/kaiwaka/betacraft. I'm still out feeding up in my 15year old cut and climb, no hay sticks to that, so porous that hat goes through it along with the rain!

Best time to purchase a new tv they are cheap as chips in the sales. Go for LG or smasung pete they are by far the best except for sony.

My stick was £65! Tbh, the tv was a 30", 20 years old and the LG software was no longer supported.

I need to replace my lines. Had tachyon for a while, bit stretchy for srt, once your weight is in it it's good, find it's great for drt. Not sure how one would cope on a windy day the stretch is handy then. Did replace my short line with some drenaline but I find that hard to hold onto, but is improving as it fluffs up. Not sure what to get next.

I was on a job in California recently and a couple of the guys were rating Globe 3000 for a work rope. That's all I know🤷‍♂️

Squir has been my second favourite to date. It knots well enough and is very static. My fave ever is the non CE Donaghys Cougar Blue. That stuff is like steel cable! It appears to only be available from Donaghys in 100m and I want 60m🙄. What's all this news about soaking them overnight? What is the advantage? Thanks. Al.

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Evening gents, hope everyone’s well. -7 at night, around 0 through the day today, misty and slippy! The wee one is 4 weeks old tomorrow.

We dodged that by buying a Firestick, £20 a lot cheaper than a new telly.

Proper farmers wear Screwfix high vis and a Frosty Jack's loyalty scheme peaked cap.

Ridgeline smocks are popular because they're cheap, long on the thigh (when a lof of other jackets aren't) and good enough for what most people who wear them do. Plus they've become the uniform (fashion I suppose) for a lot of rural types (largely shooting and peripheral), which is an advantage in itself. Say you're out at a bonfire night and are wondering where to stand. You might see a bloke in a Ridgeline smock and stand near him because there's a good chance you can strike up a conversation about a shared interest. They might be a pain with dust sticking etc but that's fine. They're not designed for full-on hard work. That's what stuff probably more like Kaiwaka is for. P.S. For the rare occasions I work in the rain, I wear some Regatta piece of crap that I don't like and therefore don't cry about when I catch a dog on it. Aware little help to anyone needing something good for every day but why not write it anyway for only the cost of a few more ounces of Steve's bandwidth.

I only spent 5 minutes on Google but that seems to be a sailing rope? Then adapted to use for Treemotion bridge. I have some Kalimba to use next but not actually climbed on it yet. What I actually use on everyday work climbs is still the bit of Yale Hedera which is about 5 years old and been nicked/spiked and trimmed down to about 20m by now. Slightly fluffy and comfy like old slippers, soft and easy to knot, doesn't flatten in RRP which I never ever have to adjust between spruce, leylandii, wet, dry, summer, winter. Nice and short so less tail to manage and drag around. 11.7mm is a good compromise between easy grip and low weight. Seems really the ideal rope is a compromise, if you do taller trees then thinner could be important for less weight. Longer rope walks you might be glad of less stretch I guess. I think I'm going to get another device to put on the Kalimba for bigger trees and then keep RRP on 20m of Hedera/blue tongue for everyday, but I'm holding off to see whether it's Vertec - or the Reflex turns out as good as it might be.

A.J. injured in Nigerian car crash with two others dead .

The Smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife goodbye and said, 'Well, I'm off now. The man should be here soon.' Half an hour later, just by chance, a door-to-door baby photographer happened to ring the doorbell, hoping to make a sale. 'Good morning, he said, "I've come to..." "Oh, no need to explain," Mrs. Smith cut in, embarrassed, "I've been expecting you." 'Have you really?" Said the photographer. "Well, that's good. Did you know babies are my speciality?" "Well that's what my husband and I had hoped. Please come in and have a seat." After a moment she asked, blushing, "Well, where do we start?" "Leave everything to me. I usually try two in the bathtub, one on the couch, and perhaps a couple on the bed. And sometimes the living room floor is fun. You can really spread out there." "Bathtub, living room floor? No wonder it didn't work out for Harry and me!" "Well, none of us can guarantee a good one every time. But if we try several different positions and I shoot from six or seven angles, I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results." "My, that's a lot!" Gasped Mrs. Smith. "In my line of work a man has to take his time. I'd love to be In and out in five minutes, but I'm sure you'd be disappointed with that." "Don't I know it," said Mrs. Smith quietly. The photographer opened his briefcase and pulled out a portfolio of his baby pictures. "This was done on the top of a bus," he said. "Oh, my God!" Mrs. Smith exclaimed, grasping at her throat. "And these twins turned out exceptionally well, when you consider their mother was so difficult to work with." "She was difficult?" Asked Mrs. Smith. "Yes, I'm afraid so. I finally had to take her to the park to get the job done right. People were crowding around four and five deep to get a good look." "Four and five deep?" Said Mrs. Smith, her eyes wide with amazement. "Yes", the photographer replied, "And for more than three hours, too. The mother was constantly squealing and yelling I could hardly concentrate, and when darkness approached I had to rush my shots. Finally, when the squirrels began nibbling on my equipment, I just had to pack it all in." Mrs. Smith leaned forward. "Do you mean they actually chewed on your, uh .. . . .equipment?" "It's true, yes. Well, if you're ready, I'll set-up my tripod and we can get to work right away." "Tripod?" "Oh yes, I need to use a tripod to rest my Canon on. It's much too big to be held in the hand for very long." Mrs. Smith fainted.

Anyone imported a vehicle from the US? I’m looking at importing a 1973/78 Ford F250 and was wondering if anyone’s had any experience, I believe as it’s a classic I’ll only pay 5% duty but I’m unclear about DVLA reg etc TIA

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I've got a ridgeline smock i use for stalking, it's great but saw dust sticks to it too when using it for work, plus it wasn't Hi-vis. Swazi smock i bought seems very good so far, comfortable with the harness over the top (MEWP work), very happy so far

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Sorry for late response .... got caught up with Xmas and hope everybody had a good one! I will grab a bit, split it and test the middle, she tried some other wood as well and that worked fine so it's definitely not the burner / installation which is good. Think I'm going to suggest she gets some other decent wood and keep this load to next year which will give it a chance to dry out properly and no money wasted. Cheers for everyone's help ... much appreciated!

Can tip on driveway, crates of beer always available as thanks.

I'm not sure about that Mick. It would be unlike the Aussies to take their foot off the gas deliberately; they take 'competiveness' to ridiculous degrees, especially against the old foe. The pitch was stupidly in all the bowlers' favour, so much so that the ICC has now assessed it as 'unsatisfactory', their second worst grading. Call me cynical but leaving the grass at 10mm long had nothing to do with the heat which is hardly a novelty in the country; it was to do with offering the most assistance to the on form Aussie bowlers. Luckily for us we bowled well too and they batted even worse than us (except for the brilliant Travis head). I anticipate Sydney with trepidation; we've now lost three front line bowlers. I'm a fan of Matt Potts; I really hope he can step up.

Don't forget to balance the flywheel when you've replaced bearings, or all your work will be in vain!

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Morning all, Our three adult children descend on us later today until Friday. Lovely to see them, but cabin fever is incubating. Not working until next Monday unless I can do a small job on Saturday. Have a good week, even if too much of it is on the M25 etc Bob Z.

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