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and now there will be an inquest with the police and the copper who shot him will cost a few thousands and no doubt the copper will be suspended on full pay (which is ok) while the inquest is over

Then err on the side of caution. If you think it's 40kg, pretend it's 200kg. 40x11 (for a worst case, dead stop - like a fall factor 2 in rock climbing parlance) is a lot of force. And get your wraps right so you don't pinch. Get some 3 strand. 16mm Marlow is cheap and good. I've not used it but polysteel from ebay looks fine. Your anchor is weak too. One pulley on side scaffold is a big lever. You want two, ideally perfectly angle-split but if you need to reach the other stem so be it, pull it together. Flick the V fingers like Churchill (Prime Minister, not dog). You'd rather have them pushed together than pulled apart. Don't fcking die.

Thanks, I did get it wrong as the attachment end of rope fell the wrong side of the stub but it was away from other gear, no damage but I'd planned it to swing to the left and let it run away from the garage. The extra friction of it being the wrong side, stopped it running. I am somewhat unsure how much weight you can drop on a normal rope or gear before it needs to be better gear. I was estimating that top in the video to be around 30-40kg. Tried to lift it today, and its atleast double. I should probably have lowered it in two peices or climbed higher to cut and chuck. Very true, but it was a customer video and I was working alone. I would have liked help with this job but she was not going to pay the extra and I wanted to do it anyway. Ofcourse that requires extra care, takes longer and ideally more experience. OTOH I have all the time with no one waiting for me. I cant disagree with that however the local Kingswood and Plumpton do not appear to want my money unless I find the three other students for the course and wait a year for an instructor to become available. If its box ticking only, I shall attempt to find somone experienced to mentor me, which I prefer anyway. "Those that can, do. Those that cant, teach" as the saying goes... I do wonder if the arb collages are just like barber shop money laundering fronts... Anyway for cs31 and 38/39 I was already climbing and there was not much learned from the course. I agree and plan to get a proper rigging rope before I do any more. The rope I used was not a retired one, good condition but it was slightly older, 10mm rock climbing rope. I'd still happily jump off some rock attached to it. Thanks

I used to go there. Did they have the floating platform there in your day?

As Starmer said a vile individual. Both of you seem to be avoiding the elephant in the room. And no there’s wrong with him seeing swift justice.

I'm really not bothered who the nutcase is, or where he came from. I'm almost glad we won't be paying 50K a year to keep him in jail. Which makes me question my humanity.

Tell us, grandad!

The suspect in the attack on the Manchester synagogue has been named as Jihad Al-Shamie. The 35-year-old is a British citizen of Syrian descent. So bloody predictable Mark, more arrests made too. Not the first nor will it be the last.

this is a shame to read i have a 2017 avant i brought second hand, and the customer service i have personally received from avant themselves has been amazing.

Stihl released the 500i six years ago. They're the bollocks. Why aren't more saws injected by now?

Yes I remember that happening on frinton beach when I was 10

I saw this headline and thought immediately of this thread. I read the article and this thread made a load more sense! Do you know about shitposting? It’s cheap humour, rage bait – and now, it seems, US government policy | Robert Topinka | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Donald Trump’s White House reveals a new ‘portrait’ of Joe Biden – and in his world, if you don’t laugh, the joke’s on you, says Robert Topinka of Birkbeck, University of London

Don't forget, the fake eyelash, tacky trashy tattoos, fake nails and looking like they'd been shagged by a satsuma

There is no logic in that. A conservatory is worth more than a Bolam!

Well there you go, another school day. Thanks. This year's apparent ladybird plague has passed me by as well. Will there be another 'invasion' of 'biting' ladybirds like in the summer of 1976? | Countryfile.com WWW.COUNTRYFILE.COM Footage of swarming ladybirds across the UK has been going viral – but are there actually more of them than usual?

Yes our first year of wildfires, the heath was ablaze both sides of the road to the hospital so I had to use the back roads to see my younger daughter who had just been born. There's a story linked to that photo of the gorse being baled on the heath I recently posted.

There was a plague of them iirc, and they got pissed off and hungry.

Yep and one bit me this summer too.

At least the taxpayer won't be paying for his jail.

Eh, why? Thirsty or something?

I remember the ladybirds started biting people.

'76 Remember it vividly. As a cub scout camping in a sea of golden grass.

Did you rate it as a grinder though Josh? Pretty sure that’s the one Ross White had, and thought it was mentally good, possibly too good for the size/weight. Like an animal 8” chipper that weighed 400kg.