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  1. Rich Rule
    Received my Oregon duds and multi tool yesterday. Thanks to everyone involved in the raffle. Cheers.
  2. Rich Rule
    Tommy will tell you that you need bleached blonde hair and a sausage dog to be a successful spliced...
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    Tie it off to an anchor. I use the tow hitch on my truck. Get a decent length of rope and then attach the fid to that. Shock the bugger by whipping it up and then pulling with momentum and body weight and it should pop out. I have caught strands before and still got the fid out. I did pull about 3-4 strands out and had to mik them back in but it is doeable. If your hands are sore, wait till the morning hen you are fresh. I also wear gripper gloves for this.
  4. Rich Rule
    Do you srt or access to the mines? I have always had a fascination with disused buildings. Probably from seeing an old odeon cinema that closed in my home town when I was about 12 or 13. Didn't fancy entering then though as it was full of gluey's in those days. There is a nuclear bunker in south east London nr crystal palace. It was the Lambeth and south easy crisis centre if it ever kicked off. My mate lived about 5 doors up from Pear Tree House.
  5. Rich Rule
    Might have to pop up to Northhamptonshire for a meet up... I remember once going into a disused Nuclear Bunker facility left from the cold war paranoia. about 300 foot down IIRC in Kent. We were down there officially but I loved it, all the unused dumb terminal still there and the power gennies. They were the size of Locomotive engines and there was about 8 of them...
  6. Rich Rule
    Quality. Love this sort of stuff. Have done since I was a kid. I have only recently had my eyes opened to this sort of community. Thanks.
  7. Rich Rule
    Come to think of it ... it may have been Sherry not Cherry. Ooops! What in a letter anyway... HIC!
  8. Rich Rule
    I also seem to recall from the Whiskey Trail that the casks were made from Oak or Cherry. The longer the liqueur is stored the darker it gets due to the tannins. They poured 1 year old single malt and it was almost water like in colour.
  9. Rich Rule
    Freelance Climber or Contract Climber.
  10. Rich Rule
    Just 'cos it says 12 on the packaging and you have had it 6 doesnt make it 18 y/old whiskey does it? I though the aging process was in the Cask? Dean, I am sure some of those North of the great wall, may class it as a tourist thing. BUT I did the whiskey trail up in the Highlands with my old man when I was younger. Great fun it was but a harsh awakening for a 15 year old.
  11. Rich Rule
    Not really a whiskey drinker. I used to enjoy a JD or JB. As for whiskey's I drank quite a lot of Chivas whilst in Thailand. Not quite as much a my old mate Hunter. but a Chivas all the same.
  12. Rich Rule
    As you get more experienced and understanding of different timber types your choice of anchor will change accordingly. I regularly anchor into branches or stems. It depends on the type of climb, what work required and species of tree.
  13. Rich Rule
    Never a truer word spoken or typed. I have done this sort of working plenty of times. Imagine doing it day in day out, attempting to complete 6 or 8 of these trees in a day just to make basic wage. You would need an extra truck just for the signs and cones alone. Let alone the time taken to setup and dismantle the Tm for every tree. I am glad I don't do this type of work anymore.
  14. Rich Rule
    I wonder how many of the people spouting about traffic management or lack of, have actually worked in that situation in Central London..?
  15. Rich Rule
    Surely the cyclist should have been paying attention and stopped where everyone else did?
  16. Rich Rule
    Sorry it is unclear from your ad. Do you have 5,000,000 PL insurance or do you require your freelance climber to have 5,000,000 pl cover?
  17. Rich Rule
    That is why I don't work for the likes of the company in the video. High pressure jobs to complete or you don't get paid. Usually not enough staff to do safely and traffic is a nightmare. I don't want to tar every cyclist with the same brush, but Central London has it's fair share of idiots on 2 wheels. A lot of people cycle, use mopeds or motor cycles to save time getting around. A lot seem to think that red lights, zebra crossing and junctions don't apply to them. So why would an inadequately coned work area on a busy road be any different? To some it is just another thing they might see as an obstacle to navigate around or through to continue saving a bit of time. FTR I have been ridden into by a cyclist as I was crossing the road outside Euston Station. Pedestrian crossing, the lights were red, Green man said go and the cyclist carried on but eventually wobbled and fell off.
  18. Rich Rule
    Hello mate, interested in hearing of you shoulder rehab problems. I have a torn rotator cuff in my left shoulder. Probably an RSI from cutting and chucking and simply overuse. I have been to an Osteo a couple of times and with a bit of prompting she eventually recommended some exercises. It feels stronger and the ROM is slowly increasing without the pain. What exercises were you doing. BTW I dont do weights, usually body resistance exercises but most of the ones for the shoulder I am using one of the coloured elastic bands to provide resistance. Cheers. Rich.
  19. Rich Rule
    I reckon Ill pop over for this event. Hopefully the weather will be hold out. Tony, is there camping on site? or do you need to know someone?
  20. Rich Rule
    TCD, Try Pilates. I have a mate who was booked in for a lower back operation after 2 different specialists said it was the only option. He decided it wasnt for him, quit the pain killers. Started on some natural pain killer muscle relaxation combo and started Pilates. 6 or so years later and he is swimming, running, cycling and even snowboarding again. Heal quick, and remember Pilates is just not for women with incontinence problems.
  21. Rich Rule
    The post office didn't pull their socks up delivering the London. Not arrived yet Dean. Ill keep an eye out tomorrow.
  22. Rich Rule
    They drive like nutters round your way mate!
  23. Rich Rule
    Didn't realise 9mm was a shotgun cartridge???
  24. Rich Rule
    Steve, Not received my Oregon Chainsaw pants from Les yet. Hopefully he will see this and respond. Rich.
  25. Rich Rule
    Your not wrong there mate. What with having the same ringtone as my alarm and this bloody recession. I get so eager and before i know it the missus thinks someone has a gun to her back.

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