Jamie
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I'll have a go one day.....now just to find some time. Jamie
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What are the ropes, 5 splices is easy, a damn site easier and quicker than teaching the boss. Jamie
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I've got a walnut Skin for firefox, makes it all look quite woody Jamie
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don't know of any courses Bob, what do you want to learn? Jamie
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just the one with a feew filters and the sun in the right place
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here is my take on Scotlands most photographed hill. Any comments? I'll leave the tech talk out. Jamie
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pic 1... I'd prefer teh background a little more out of focus. pic 2... I like it. maybe a bit more contrast to make it stand out more. pic 3... I'd prefer the car to be razor sharp but the background panned with motion blur pic 4... Doesn't work for me, sorry. a sponser on teh car would be good, motion blur on the wheels would be good but on the car it looks out of focus, even though the nose is sharp. the fire extinguisher and daffys are distracting. pic 5... I like it, maybe get a bit closer so the bike is a bit more prominant but still retaining the wide angle with teh trees and the crowd. the barrier and the huge expanse down to the left are empty and don't really improve the picture. like all the sky dominating the frame it adds space to the picture is that ok or is it too 'Stuffy' i use the canon fodder forums to be photographically abused. Jamie
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A splice is way way stronger than a standard bowline. A splice has generally upwards of 90% strength of the rope. a bowline generally weakens the rope by 40%. I.e a breaking strain of a 1000kgs with a splice may be reduced to 900kgs whereas a bowline would drop it to around 600kgs. these are rough numbers etc. go look em up if you want greater accuracy. a thinble in the eye will improve the strength of the splice over a 'soft eye' but i don't know rough numbers for this. get your new rope send it to me and i'll put a tasty splice in it if you want. oh and you shouldn't be loading karabiners that way. it aint good for them. Jamie
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Last week i taught the boss to splice 16 strand climbing line and double braids. just goes to show you can teach an old dog new tricks. just thought i'd share that with the world. just got to wait for him to find this and make a comment at work on it:001_tt2: Jamie
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a hard eye with a thimble like Mr Blairs won't go through a pulley but a soft eye should fit through a pulley. They won't splice lowering ropes as i'd imagine most folk tie knots. Splices cost more to make (and may limit what you do with one end) and take more time than cutting a rope with a hot knife. Jamie
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i've never had a problem with opening krabs, the bottom one always has the gate to the right the top to the left. the bottom always faces down the top always faces up. if it moves just check teh gate, not rocket science Jamie
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no, mine are knitted they have snowflakes on them to remind me that it's chilly outside. Jamie
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Just noticed that. Anyway they're not gloves they're mittens with a string through my sleeves so i don't lose em. Jamie
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whaddya think? Jamie
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i thought his original question put that system out oof the question though john. Jamie
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i'd say the pay is comparably low because at the end of the day, joe public sees it as 'just a tree' why pay 3k to get it pruned by an AA, ISA, RFS approved contractor with every NPTC ticket when some guy with a ladder and chainsaw will do it cheaper. Get a less that reputable plumber in to do a job all your pipes leak ruining the house. get your tree topped every other year by a cowboy and who cares. It's not like correct tree care is heavily enforced is it. low willingness to pay = Low rates = low pay thats how i see it Jamie
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on another forum i'm a member of if you ask an often asked question they'll tell you once to search, after that they ignore the post. but for this, it comes down to what your local dealer stocks Jamie
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I'd say go for which ever cap your dealer stocks, that way you can get spares and repairs locally and easily. Also you'd be supporting the local economy. remember agenda 21, think global act local. remember when the first cap breaks keep it in the workshop so you have a full shelf of spare parts for when you get a breakdown on your new cap. my preference is the stihl cap as it matches my trousers and i find it helps shade the sun out of my eyes better. it's definatly more streamlined and i find it catches the ladies eye better. i reckon i get eyed up 30% more often wearing a stihl cap than i would if i was wearing a husky cap. Jamie
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if they're anchord onto the tree with no means of lowering them. if you can climb past them you could get up, set up a lowering system for them, descend to them and cut their rope when they're safely under control of the ground staff. Jamie
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you could clip em to you, add an ascender above you. clip a krab into the ascender pass a foot lopp through the krab. attach the footlopp to them then stand on it to unweight their ascenders and get them out, then decend. don't know if it'd work, just what i thought. Jamie
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are you doing the rest of the chess set? Jamie
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was it St georges day?.....what's that all about then? Jamie
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out of all those sites i now only use the treehouse and arbtalk. Jamie
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we have the finger teeth on teh small grinder and the greens on the big 'un. they are a lot easier to change and maintain, don't bend and from what i gather keep their edge better, not that the tractor notices though. i'd say go for it. Jamie
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two pics of some willow and elm. I've not played with my camera for a long time. i like the idea of macro work but i'm not quite there yet. need to work on everthing somewhat. here are two pics though I love seeing teh buds burst and 'life' coming back to the world Jamie
