Rich Rule

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Haha. Not what you think. It is an electric cable set in the concrete. Have it set to about 10c, just stops the cars freezing or any run off freezing. Fairly standard here. I say we have, it is actually being built at the moment.

Again, not exactly sure mate. The Varmepumper is like an aircon system, you can set it to cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The other thing we have is pretty common here and that just circulates and filters air though the rooms... Every room is connected with vents in the roof. You don't adjust temperature at all it just tries to keep a constant ambient temperature throughout the house. Considering there is no natural gas to houses here in Norway, they certainly know how to keep a house warm. A lot of places have underfloor heating as well. We only have that in the bathrooms and the garage.

Soapstone I think it is called. Sorry to be vague, but it was all in when I bought the house. I am sure I would have been a bit more knowledgeable if I had sourced it and had it fitted myself.

Probably in a slight different situation to others in here. The house is 10 years old so retains the heat pretty well. I am also in Norway so we don’t have mains gas to residential properties. There is a Varmepumper (like AC but hot or cool) to circulate warm air and an air system to circulate the air in the property. We have one stove in the kitchen living area and it does very nicely in heating the whole house. If we don’t open the upstairs doors it is such a heat you could sit in ya pants and still sweat. I try and squirrel away decent hardwoods over the year and split and stack for the coming winter. Spruce, Pine and Birch is everywhere so that is a back up. -6c here today but feels lovely and warm in the house proper nips outside. We had the fire going last night but didn’t really stuff anything in after 21.30. Nice residual heat in the downstairs when I got up for an eye lash at 0430. Relit again today about 1100 and have a couple of oak and elm logs on there.

Another couple from the same trip. Taken at Eggum Beach, Lofoten. 01.40.

Cheers. I like this one as well. Midnight sun and moon in the same picture.

Today’s sunset. Well not exactly today’s. The sun, technically didn’t set either. Bodo, Norway. Midnight sun this summer. Lofoten, Norway. Midnight sun.

Well done John, that was probably the most efficient demonstration of 2 rope climbing to the new guidelines. I can't help but feel sorry for you guys as lecturers and the students having to conform to these regs. Good video, albeit of IMO a clumsy and inefficient way to climb a tree.

Why not just stack the rounds 3 high all around you? That way you can split 2 lots of logs and the bottom one acts as a block. Thing is, my Chi is pretty strong right now and I end up splitting all three in one hit... Chuck Norris Stylee!

I used to graft with a guy who had HARD C.NT tatted on his knuckles. He was from a rough area of Middlesbrough and met him whilst working briefly at British Steel, Redcar. I always wondered if he would ever regret them... not only were they jobstoppers but offensive with it.

Tommy, I checked the good times site and Nikole’s Instagram and low and behold... my mates leg was in there. I haven’t seen it for a while, only outlines last time I was back in the UK. Check the quality of this out. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFgxkLJHnnf/?igshid=va7na9g6revk

His tattoos are awesome pieces of art. He has spent thousands though.

Sadly, some artists who get a good rep get so into their niche they won’t deviate. Another friend went to Good Times tattoo and had Nicole Lowe from London Ink do his first sleeve. He did research and it is really difficult to get to even see her. He went in after a long wait, took in a picture of Sawasvarti (sp) (Indian goddess) . He is a clever sod my Mate and he reeled her in hook line and sinker. Apparently there are two incarnation of the Goddess, one showing he left nipple and one showing the right nipple. One is Hindi the other is Tibetan Buddhist. Nicole Lowe specialises in Tibetan Buddhist Iconography. When she questioned the showing nipple, he explained it all to her, which she already knew and then insisted she had to do it. He has had both sleeves done now and both legs, all by her. No waiting as he is a valued customer. I think when they get to that level they will pick and choose who to be their canvas. Edit: only one leg.

My friend and her husband own that place. They do some great work. Say hello to Renea from Rich if you go there.

I really like the Bdb. The RRP is different, equally good, a bit more refined. The bdb is simple and bombproof. Mine is very worn now so doesn’t handle thinner ropes. I still use it on an older piece of tachyon when I am doing sappy trees like pine and spruce.

Not sure what you mean? Hence the confused look in the little face at the bottom of your message.

Bit like the Riots in London a few years ago. A woman (rather overweight) running out of Asda in Croydon with a box of Monster munch and a pack of 6 *2L Bottles of Coke. Looters gotta eat as well you know!

Cool. I picked up a copy on Amazon about 12 years ago. I paid 12 dollars for it and when it arrived it was a hardback version in immaculate condition. Just bear in mind when they are talking about SWL and WLL it is in US Imperial.

Personally I would punt for a 230. Not that the 160 isn’t a good machine but up there in my list of pet hates, is shedding branches and standing behind a slow machine. Bigger the better IMO. Obviously bigger costs so a happy medium has to be struck. By the biggest the budget will allow.

The Fundamentals of General Tree Work - Digital Edition by G.F. Beranek - Educated Climber.com WWW.EDUCATEDCLIMBER.COM Here it is folks, the bible of tree work from the legend himself, G.F. “Jerry” Beranek! Filled with over 200...

If you are after practical side of things. The Fundamentals of General Treework by Jerry Beranek is the bible. Sadly it is out of print and at one point some were going on Amazon and eBay for silly money. 400usd at one point. BUT Someone has released a pdf version which I think it is about 20usd. IMO it is a must for anyone working in the practical side of the tree industry. He also has a Working Climber DVD set which is very good.

Good job it isnt a tipper. We used to get the same guy every time. He would announce his plans. We’d wait a minute or two and then tip the back up. Never failed to amuse us. He went mental every time, for some reason he never saw the funny side of it.

That and the obligatory ‘full English in a french stick and black coffee’ on the way to the job - meant incoming.