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Very nice pictures Anna.

Here is the video of my nephew's group. This was recorded a couple of years before my nephew joined them. In Nashville the stars usually use studio musicians for the recording of the album. Guys like my nephew only play on the concerts on the road. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9wOtytISn4&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9wOtytISn4&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>

Thanks, my computer monitor has developed a green hue to it so I can't really tell how good the pictures are.

That's pretty good.

Yeah, and unlike Bodean I only put the tail through once. That's how I was taught, if that isn't correct, straighten me out Deva. I use it on smaller trunks because it uses up the extra rope and spreads the force out on a wider area with the extra wrap around the tree.

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I use a cow hitch if the trunk is small or a timber hitch if the trunk is large with a 3/4" tenex sling. Planning on purchasing a whoopie.

You're right Roller, the Russians beating us to space was a huge blow to our national pride. I was in high school then and remember my Father and Uncle discussing that. I however, was too immersed in fantasies involving girls in short skirts, and how am I going to explain my report card to my parents, to be very concerned about such matters. I think you give us (the US) too much credit in our secret keeping abilities, we can't keep our President's dalliances with his intern secret, and only a few people knew about that. I think our leaders spend 99% of their time and energy reacting to events and 1% creating them.

It made me perspire. Nice and quiet though.

There are two others in our neighborhood that are just as big.

I removed some broken branches from this Cedar tree about a week ago.

Here is another one from the same concert. That is my daughter yelling for her cousin toward the end. [ame] [/ame]

He has been playing the guitar since Jr. high or so and he is now 29 years old. He was playing for money in his hometown while in high school at the local yogurt shop and places like that. He got a degree in music with a minor in music business at Belmont college in Nashville TN and was playing in several bands while going to college. He was taking a break and working as a analyst for a health care consulting company in Nashville and he heard that his company was losing their contract with the State of Tennessee. He also heard that Josh Turner was looking for a new steel guitar player. He had never played one, so he borrowed one, started practicing every night after work for 3 weeks and then tried out and got the job. This was about 6 months ago. He and Josh Turner actually went to the same college and graduated in the same class but weren't buddies or anything. It's who you know also in that my nephew had someone in the band that was acquianted with him and could vouch for him that he was dependable and wasn't a drama queen or anything.

Here is a video I took last Friday at Fresno, CA. It's Josh Turner, my nephew is the pedal steel guitar player. For you Brits that's the twangy thing in the background. That's him sitting down toward the left side of the stage. Sorry about the quality, I took it with my digital camera. [ame] [/ame]

If I can do it, you can too.

Attaching the pulley, timber hitch on large trunks and cow hitch on smaller trunks Lowering down big section, running bowline with half hitch Tying to truck or tractor, I use a port-a-wrap attached to my tractor and put the rope on it with 4 wraps and a couple of half hitches around the little stubs. You can pull as hard as you want and there is no knot to tighten and it doesn't bend the rope a lot.

No, I'll try and find out.

That's how I receive my instructions.

Last one.

Here is my stuff. It's all old.

My Uncle who passed away 3 years ago had 68 missions from England in a B-17 as a navigator. He was an extremely quiet man, you would never know that he had done something like that.

Thanks!

Here is some pictures I took at a storm related job a week or so ago. A cottonwood limb broken onto a tile roof. We even tarped the roof when we were done as it was starting to rain. How's that for service?

ISA here, and the local chapter ISA.

I agree with Peter.