What's new? Everything, it seems to me!

[hazzygawa]

There's a few mickey takers out there ol boy.

[Grandad]

There's a few mickey takers out there ol boy.

 

Yes, fair enough but didn't want any misunderstandings, I realised I hadn't said my age and that it wasn't obvious just how old an old timer I was.

[Mark Bolam]

58! Wow! You must be. like, the oldest man in the World Dude!

 

[Grandad]

58! Wow! You must be. like, the oldest man in the World Dude!

 

 

Feels like it sometimes mate.

[Graham]

Just a kid at 58. I'm only 4 behind ya and been climbing since 19ish.

[Mark James]

Just a kid at 58. I'm only 4 behind ya and been climbing since 19ish.

 

Would have loved to see the gear people climbed with 30 year ago. 1 piece of rope for everything I bet.

 

 

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[White Noise]

Welcome Grandad.

 

If you could get some pics out of your old Box Brownie onto this forum we would all appreciate it!

 

Aye up Grandad . Pics would be cool . 3 strand and a bow saw

[Grandad]

Would have loved to see the gear people climbed with 30 year ago. 1 piece of rope for everything I bet.

 

 

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I knew a bloke who used to do a lot of forestry/tree work using a triple ladder and a McCulloch Powermac 6 saw, his safety gear consisted of a weightlifters belt and a heavy rope which came from round a boxing ring, (I'm not joking). If he judged it necessary he would put the rope around a handy branch and tie it to his belt, his groundie used to hold the other end of the rope. Most of his work was done from the top of this damn ladder. Made you sick to watch him but he'd been doing it that way for years.

[Mark Bolam]

Feels like it sometimes mate.

 

 

It's a number Grandad, nowt else.

 

I was at Centreparcs a couple of weeks ago and there were some ugly sights in the pool. Blokes who looked physically past it at 30, stick-thin arms and big fat bellies.

 

The women were worse!

[Grandad]

Aye up Grandad . Pics would be cool . 3 strand and a bow saw

 

I have only a few pics and these on film, scanner not working so difficult to post the few I have. I will post some as and when...

 

Bow saw? Bow saw? We couldn't afford a bow saw, we had a trained beaver...