High Scale

True, but it's still death.

You can't be with both of us, Mick has a different view.

I wonder if they reused those prussics they used to slide down the rope.

I didn't think any less of him crying over Shep, that dog was his best mate.

“…observing the hypocrites as they would mingle with the good ... Pigs are usually slaughtered after 4-7 months. Pigs intended for pork are usually slaughtered 1-2 months younger than pigs for bacon. Over 9.5 million pigs (9,503,900) were slaughtered in the UK in 2009, (9,426,800 in 2008)(1). Pigs are stunned first then killed by being shackled and hoisted before having the blood vessels in their throat slit (sticking). The animal dies by being bled to death. Pigs are usually stunned electrically whereby an electric current is applied by means of two electrodes in the form of tongs. These are placed on either side of the brain, usually either side of the neck behind the ears so that sufficient current is passed through it. The current should induce a state of immediate epilepsy (electroplectic shock) in the brain, during which time the animal is unconscious(8). A survey of pig slaughtering procedures was carried out in the UK by Anil and McKinstry in 1993, Bristol University (9). The factors affecting slaughter included the placement of tongs on the animal, the average current strength passed through the animal’s brain and also the length of time that the tongs are in place for. The survey showed that a significant percentage of the tong applications observed in the traditional stunning pen did not span the brain. This would result in animals not being stunned adequately and also lead to many pigs regaining consciousness during bleeding out or even before throat-slitting. Some pigs may be re-stunned due to the initial stunning failure and to suppress the spontaneous kicking to aid the hoisting and shackling of the animals. This also reduces the interval of the stunning-to-sticking and helps prevent the incidence of inadequate sticking as it is more difficult to stick a kicking/convulsing animal.

I do, Ive seen a puppy poisoned with rat poison.

I would rather fire a small boiling hot chunk of lead through it's head, a much more honorable death. Oh wait, it's still death isn't it.

Oh really?

Maybe he was teaching it how to swim?

Man fined for drowning squirrel - Crime, UK - The Independent Apparently if he had just stoved it's head in with a short length of lead pipe he would have been OK but...if he had not killed it with the first blow and had gone back to finish it off that would have been cruelty also. Crazy freaks.

Well I'm glad I just finished my tea.

I have been warned off those big bore kits in the past, apparently the casting can be a little haphazard.

So you mean there is a place for custom splicing? It's a shame that there are dark forces out there that don't agree:sneaky2: If you are thinking of learning to splice rope please get some instruction if you can, you wouldn't climb on a incorrectly tied attachment knot and the same applies to an eye splice, if it is not spliced correctly it could fail.

Works here.

My bad:blushing:, that Simon guy, he was a dairy farmer right? Went back to it after his time in the limelight.

OK, so he may have broke down on live TV when his famous dog Shep died but he was also a 100% headcase who would do all manner of crazy stunts to entertain us, the children of the 1970's, but, the trouble is, I can't find any trace of the film of him doing the Tower Bridge deathslide on the tinterweb, shame really for I remember it still as being one of the insanest things I have ever seen.

I use mild soap flaked into my washing machine that I keep in the garage just for washing rope, I thought the understanding was no detergents but this could be unwarranted caution.

This is what piston damage looks like, Homelite that was given to me to sort out, now in the bin and a damaged piston from a 441.

I reckon he's cooked the rings.

Yeah man it's the first council van in the UK with a straight through exhaust. He sure pisses me off when he leaves at 6 am every week day.

Yeah, fuel stored in the other side which is separate.

My neighbors work truck, I have never seen this done before, maybe it's a common thing and I have been less than observant but a great idea all the same, to dry your kit in the winter.

I have one and the quick release, I rarely use either. Actually I never use the quick release.

Happy Birthday old fart!

That's the trouble with the HSE the people who advise them and those snakes in top hats, ( compensation lawyers). They are the people responsible with helping to dilute the human gene pool with the foolish.