Rich Rule

That’s the spirit soldier. I expect a full report on my desk by 21 hundred hours tomorrow.

Heinz has been living on that 57 varieties fairy tale for too long! Standards are slipping. Imagine the amount of lost fart ratio when eating a tin of Heinz compared to Branstons?

You will be a old, experienced climber by the time the kit arrives from Northern Arb Supplies. I would, as others have suggested, try a harness before you buy.

Ty, what was wrong with your GM? I have used plenty of Scheislings, never owned one but used a fair few in their range. Solid, Robust, Heavy but they tend to chip well and are really, really expensive.

On both side my Grandparents were farming stock so no direct war stories apart from my Great Aunt was knocked up by an American GI who was stationed in their farm and subsequently I had an Aunt who was actually my mothers cousin... child out of wedlock and all that malarkey. I did however have to do a project for GCSE English when I was at school. We had been covering the War Poets and we had to interview someone who had served and then write an essay on the discussions. As a baby the old couple over the road had acted as baby sitters and were almost like Grandparents. Old Joe had served during the war so my mother suggested I interview him. I sat down with him, and asked the first question. This old man who I had loved and looked up to as a child just sat down and put his head in his hands and started sobbing uncontrollably. His wife later said that he had been captured by the Japanese whilst in Burma IIRC and served 3 or 4 years as a Japanese POW. I never did get the interview. That is why we should never forget!

Why not have a go freehand and perfect that method? There will be a time and a place in the future, not unlike now, where you will need to sharpen said chains and don’t have the file guide. My first boss drilled that into me. File guides should be for workshops and not sharpening in the field. My first day, he kept me there for half a day sharpening an 026 until he was happy with how it cut. He was pretty old school. It has been my chosen method though for the last 18 years. Sometimes if the chain is proper gashed then I might use a guide, on occasion I use the depth gauge guide, but had the same one for 15 years now... that’s shows how often I use it.

Hit the nail on the head there. Rings are cool and work well to add a bit of friction. That bit of friction can help so much or hinder a lot more. Depends on the task. To say that blocks are obsolete is a pretty narrow minded statement IMO. Both have their place in my kit bag. The blocks tend to be used 95% of the time though.

Bump. Good times.

My oldest boy is 12 years old and currently homeschooled. He grew up in south London and we moved to Norway 3 years ago. He has home economics homework and has been doing different dishes. Last week it was Jamaican Patties, Rice and Peas and Jerk chicken. Bloody tasty it was. Ital is Vital, Jah Rastafari. I guess you can take the boy out of South London but can’t get South London out of the boy.

It doesn’t bother me. I have most apps disabled access to microphone. I don’t get that many coincidences of discussing stuff with the wife and then it appearing in google... Thats ‘cos I don’t talk to the wife.

What do you suggest then? Any ideas?

You need to restrict access to the microphone in settings.

The Chinese Party in power have a habit of extraditing people from Hong Kong to the mainland, never to be seen or heard of again. There is a level of mistrust between the Cantonese and Mandarin people. I agree about the US though. Half of them think that the tin foil hat will protect them.

It wouldn’t surprise me. One of my old friends and housemates is from Hong Kong and moved back there a few years ago. I contacted him when the news from China first broke. iIRC they had claimed 20000 infections. His comment was if they have got to the stage that they feel they need to tell the world the figure will be 10* that. Could explain why Hong Kong has such low cases... they shut the border and implemented lockdown straight away. They have a history of lack of trust.

In what way? People in large gatherings getting lashed? People walking in groups of 2 and 3 for exercise with 2 metres between them? It is very civilised in the Oslo area. Roads are quiet, only people who need to be out seem to be out. Supermarkets are pretty well stocked and only once have I had to go to another store to get something.

FFS, Can’t you leave politics out of it? There are people seriously ill. I hope for your own sakes and your loved ones that the people who think this is a joke, get a grip and grow up! Sorry to hear about your wife David. The laddish culture in the UK could literally be the death of them! Sad but true. And before the snowflake comments start floating in my GD... I am far from a snowflake!

Yes mate. In the Oslo area it is a dry cold for the most part. The west coast is a different story. We have had a very mild winter for Norway. Not much snow, in fact it was the first year since records began where there was no snow in Oslo for the entire month of January. I much prefer the climate here. Much more stable than the UK. Layer up as you know it will be cold. -6 or colder. It is much more comfortable working than +6, rain and wind like in the UK.

I live in Norway. All Pines are called Furu. Essentially they are all Scots Pines unless in an Arboretum/Botanical Gardens. You are correct there are loads of species of Pine, but IME that tree in that location will most probably be a Furu

What do I win?

It looks like a Furu. Or Scots Pine to you and I. Branch structure and colour but not the foliage. I think the lack of resolution and the snow makes the needles look like leaves. I am probably wrong though.

I used to work for a guy in the Uk. He paid your day rate for 8 hours work. Anything over he paid per hour. We started early and finished early, if the job ran over we got weighed in.

Norway is on lockdown for non essential things. Not forced, as I hear France is but the whole place is very quiet. I have been working. The kids school has closed. The missus is home working, as are most people. My missus was in Munich working, she has been in isolation since they made the ruling. 14 days is up tomorrow, she has no symptoms. She also travelled to Sweden with work last week, they only enforced the isolation after she got back so as far as I am aware after tomorrow she can get out and about for essential things. Pretty civilised here in the shops. The shelves are a bit bare but you can generally get what you need. I don’t live in the centre of Oslo though, that might be a different story. So yes, you can tell something isnt quite right but there is a long way to go yet. What’s with all the pictures of the UK military moving about? Is BJ declaring martial law?

Usual suspects true romance it’s a wonderful life the good, the bad and the ugly so many good films out there though.

Sorry for this dumb question... but I inherited my Stove (it was in the house when I bought it) what is an air wash vent? And what is the main vent? we have a vent at the very bottom which I set to fully open when firing up. It says no longer than 5 minutes fully open on a big red sticker. After 5 I push it half way in. Then when there is sufficient embers I can load it up and have it pushed anywhere from half way to almost fully in (closed) depending on the species and number of embers.

There you go. How did not having 2 ropes cause arterial bleeding? I was referring to the rule makers who have said 2 ropes should be the norm. As a few people have said, myself included we are supposed to be discussing the 2 ropes and not the banning of top handles. Back to what I have said all along on this issues, education. Is the key point. There are other factors of course, commercial pressures, people being expected to do a job when the don’t have the experience. We could go on.