Rich Rule

I read this today and it definitely has some interesting points. Food for thought. Man-Made "Climate Change" Hoax | NWOrdered WWW.NEWWORLDORDERED.CO.UK

Surely it shouldn’t matter? You are based in Portugal, correct?

I know. Certainly doesn’t help when the person on the other end of the phone is a brain dead millennial who can barely read the script, let alone understand common sense and reason.

I feared it and took precautions. I photocopied my old license. I called them and they assured me all my entitlements would remain. i even took a screen shot of the DVLA website showing which entitlements I had. It came back with the towing restrictions. I raised it with their team, supervisor and then a final escalation, a letter advised from a transport consultant to the Chief Exec. Everytime, they just replied they had no record of me every sitting a trailer test or HGV. Even though Inprovided them with full evidence, I explained the grandfather rights, their response was that after 97 it was blah blah blah. I asked them to look at the entitlements from when I actually passed my test in January 92. it was like talking a to a brick wall... same response. The only other thing left to do was to raise it with The Ombudsman IIRC. Nothing was going to change their decision, they were real arseholes. It wasn’t like I could go to their competitor now was it? Then I moved country.

Warren, where do you work mate? I see your based in Maidstone, Kent. I know a few firms in that area.

It would have either crushed his pelvis, ripped him in two or snapped the other anchor out and insult to injury a second top lands on him when he eventually hits the deck.

Here is an example of double SRT from a guy in the US. It doesn't look too bad in this scenario. He ascends on the one anchor point and two ropes. He isn't in a tight, multiple times reduced, plane tree in South London though. Also, he isn't using CE marked equipment, so don't go copying or the HSE and tree police will be after you.

That is exactly what happened to me about 5 years ago. Luckily I was only 10 foot in the air or something when the anchor (60+ foot) failed. I never bounce test with two men.

Thanks for that Paul. A number of years ago a good friend of mine had a serious fall and broke several bones, pelvis, ribs leg/ankle. He was airlifted to hospital. I was contracting elsewhere but got a call later that day. I went to site and had to sort the mess out after the investigators had arrived and police had closed the area off. All his kit was taken away for investigation. I was told afterwards that there would not be taking it further as he was the director of the company. Yet, had a employee had a similar accident they would have been grounds for prosecution. I must add, that the two suits from the HSE who were responsible for the investigation didn’t have a background in treework and didn’t really have a grasp of what was going on and what had happened.

This is a question for Paul or HSE reading this ... I have heard in the past that if an Employer sends out an employee with inadequate kit, no LOLER etc and there is an accident. If the HSE get involved then the employer can be prosecuted. However, if the same employer has the same accident with the same Kit they would be exempt from prosecution by the HSE as they are the director of the company. Will this be the same situation if a director investigated by the HSE for not following the new guidelines?

Found this today whilst avoiding paperwork and accounts. It covers a lot of the basic, but you see so many issues crop up with the wrong choice of tie off or choice or rigging points and redirects. Someone must find it useful...

Eggs. Those holes in the Crocs are where a grown, Croc wearing man’s dignity escapes from. Personally I wear these. They are called Lester or Norwegian House socks. It isn’t the beginning of the end or even the end of the beginning for me. They aren’t technically slippers so I am still Peter Pan!

Ouch. What actual happened?

Sadist.

Continued training is there mate. I agree pretty much with what you say apart from the validity of the quals you did in 2000. You are supposed to do refresher training or up training every 5 years. AfAIK they are still valid but if you have an accident or are going for some larger contracts evidence of refresher training is required.

Yes, it looks like used OP 10mm. No, I wouldn't splice it new let alone when used. Yes, it does melt. Here is a thread I did about this a few years ago... https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/33401-for-those-that-climb-on-a-knut/

I am so glad I don’t live in the UK anymore.

Nice. At least the trees were not growing through the roof of a barn LOL.

Is that the one we use on the Multiple Syc job last year Mike? Good bit of kit.

I am guessing it was pretty dirty and you washed it above 30C? higher temps turn the jacket into a teabag. The high temp melts the waterproof coating within the fibre. my first jacket was covered in crap one day and I hosed it down in the shower after work. Leaked like mad after that. the second jacket I wash on cold and it still it waterproof after 4 years.

No trees up there though mate in Svalbard. I only saw one tree and it was an Xmas tree by the bins.

Did you see the Malinois in John Wick 3? Amazing dogs. A friend of mine back in the UK has just got a trained Mailnois as a family protection dog. PBK9 Protection dogs. They have documented the stages of the dogs training Instagram.

I have a couple. Swazi Korona from NZ. Also a cut and climb. i like the Swazi for the colder weather and heavy rain as it has a skirt and is awesome in the snow. Also don’t let the price fool you. If you order from NZ site they drop the VAT and the price drops by a significant amount. Add delivery and I paid a shade over 190 gbp and it arrived in a week.