Jamie
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i'm gonna sit here and watch the Scottish English fight go on. Jamie
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I cocked up my first chunk on a crane, it went from picture a to picture b in a couple of seconds was paying attention but not enough obviously. lesson learnt oh and dont cock it up like that. its a tad on the scary side. Jamie
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from my kitchen days. if you have time to lean you have time to clean i'm sure there is a moral in there somewhere Jamie
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me too Jamie
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someone complained that the trees were blocking the sun from their house. i told them that i doubted it. the trees were on teh north side of their property and we all know in teh northern hempishere the sun is on the southern side of the sky. Jamie
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well done. now get ready to start the eternal endless drag to the chipper Jamie
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a fid length for class 1 fibres is 21x the rope diameter and for class 2 fibres 42x rope diameter. Class 1 is polyester, nylon etc class 2 includes dyneema (spectra), kevlar, vectran technora etc. As a guess i'd say its a class 1 rope (cheaper) and bury 2 fid lengths. back splices dont require such a long bury as they are non load bearing. i only use short fid lengths on my double braids. If you want steve send me it and i'll make it for ya. Jamie
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What do you need to climb. harness, i'd say 4 3-way krabs, climbing line, 2 prussics, flip line (pole strop etc) with a prussic, some spikes. the prussic on teh flip line will act as a 'soft link' and can be released under load unlike a rope grab. add more to taste. pullys cambium savers are all extra. Jamie
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3 chains and running them all in conjunction so that tehy all wear at approximatly the smae speed. in reality, when its shagged Jamie
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I'm not a royalist by any stretch, but i do think him gong was the right thing to do. I also know litle about the armed forces. If he had sat back and let 'his' men go without him the backlash would have been greater. I have respect for him for that. Private, Officer, rich boy, Poor boy, royal we all die the same when shot. Jamie
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i had a minor court case. afterwards i heard nothing. no invoices, till today, tehy sent me a letter to say that tehy had a new helpline:proud: i wont boast too much, i'd like to think that my little blessing goes some of teh way to righting the wrongs of their pricing Jamie
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how did i get into it, bored one day 4 years ago and just started. the only thing i cant do is wire... but i'm working on that. thanks for the well wishing Jamie
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I'm kinda setting myself up for a go at taking my weird passion for splicing on a step. here is my very basic site so far it will get updated very soon. My basic aim is to sell tehm to yacht folks first. Jamie
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think of all the compaction that those poor roots are now under. Jamie
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next time you come up give us a shout Jamie
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I went out on a rec climb one day. got bored and went home. Tree climbing to me is now solely work. I enjoy the climbing but there aint a challenge to just climbing anymore. I know i'm not your target audience though Jamie
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I'll have to go and get a picture of a YEW we have up here, known as the whittinghame Yew. really nice just a bit dark inside Jamie
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....and thats why teh girls love me. its obviously not due to my spelling anyhow. Jamie
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I'll stop laughing sometime on monday (oh its saturday just now) Jamie
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not classed as safety glasses but they look a damn site better. Such a pity they cost so much oh they are prescription polarised oakley juliets for anyone who cares. Jamie
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call me what you want but i've just picked up my parcel of a whole stack of new climbing line. i can't wait to get into splicing it. it was long over due and i had forgotten what new rope smells like, mmmmmm:proud: Oh i've got a arbormaster, XTC some tenex and some beal stuff, the black green and white. my old climbing lines are going towards my slackline that i'm making
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thats ok i cant read english Jamie
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thats some beast of an engine. bet the stress control on your chipper never kicks in. Jamie
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our 090 is an auto oiler. its a big old beast, not used too often. its only got a small bar on it but some numpty put the bar on upside down Jamie
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we use 3/8 full chisel on 56 link bars same reasons as everyone else Jamie
