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Thanks Rich.

Where's the best place to buy it Rupe? I really fancy having a look at this but I can't bear to pay £66 for it!

You tie it to a side D-ring on your harness and then clip your flipline to it. Its probably made of Dyneema so plenty strong enough.

It's a "cut-away" strap. For use with a wirecore flip line.................. So that you can cut yourself free in case you ever need to.

That's got to be man made surely. Perhaps someone tied it in a knot as a young whippy seeding. I think it would be possible.

Do you mean two life lines, (Doubled Rope Technique) Alex? Maybe the guy you saw was using a Hitch Climber, triple attachment pulley. The third hole can be used for the second Life line or a work positioning lanyard. I'd highly recommend a Hitch Climber. Makes the front of your harness much less cluttered and the self tending aspect is a dream.

Hedge porn is extinct?!! [emoji26]

Bloody hell!

Go away?

Urghh

Seems like I haven't lived. Tree Dildo, munitions and syringes certainly make my day seem tame! Really wouldn't fancy any of them. I've just remembered a job I worked on clearing beside the M6, the number of plastic bottles part filled with yellow liquid was amazing. Is it Lorry Driver Shandy they call it?

So I've this afternoon been strimming down a much overgrown lawn for a customer. It was going well, despite the miserable drizzle, until bang; I realise that I've strimmed right through a pile of dog sh*t! It took a second or so to react so the pile was pretty much sprayed everywhere. Including me no doubt. It's hard to tell given how much debris is spattered up anyway when strimming, but hopefully not too much went in my face. Rank! It happened one more time during the job but not so bad the second time as I was primed to find more by then. Not much you can do to avoid it when the grass is 6 - 12 in high as far as I can think. If there was too much then I'd refuse to do the job. I can't of much else worse to find doing this particular job, except cat sh*t! Anyway this got me thinking;- what is the worst thing others have found or are afraid to find? I'm starting with grass cutting since that's what triggered this but I'm expecting to hear about Tree work as well. (Sh*t of any type comes high on my list when I'm working on a tree as well. If unseen it rapidly moves from boots to tree to ropes to hands and everywhere!).

I like this theory. I think it really makes sense. I'm not feeling clever enough at the moment to analyse the numbers your proposing but I completely understand the basic principle of you idea. Nice.

Very interesting. Thanks Sloth. Agreed, the Staghorn Sumac sounds amazing.

Cheers guys Nice bowls there. That's something I need to develop, bowl turning. Not done any for years. That's a nice hard shine you've got there se7enthdevil? What did you finish them with? Apparently Robinia is a lot more widely used in America where it originates from. For things such as you suggest. Never heard of it being used in nightclubs though! The glowing is an interesting property. On the negative side the trees can sometimes be a problem. They grow as weeds in some areas where they're really comfortable. And have even been classified as invasive species in some places I think. They're all over the world now.

Hello all This is my latest bit of wood turning. It's an earing stand for the Mrs. I started off with a log of unknown wood from some tree I cut down a while ago and then forgot about. Once I'd finished the turning I was curious about the ID so after a bit of research I worked out that it's Robinia Pseudoacacia or Black Locust as it's often called. Anyway I was really pleased with the way the wood works and finishes. It's come up lovely. Very close grained, no faults that I found and kind of waxy to cut on the lathe. The only downside is that the end grain was bloody hard to sand by hand, (to remove a parting off mark). Apparently it's some kind of wonder wood in terms of strength, hardness, toughness, durability etc etc. It rivals Hickory for tool handles for instance. All news to me. Anyone else got any experience of using this for woodworking? I can highly recommend it.

Maybe I meant 30/31? It's Saturday night after a couple or few beers.

How many of us do have tickets? I have what I thought was the minimum (CS31/32/38/39), cos I thought they were necessary. I've always wanted to do more but time and money have prohibited it. I completely agree that there is never a substitute for practical experience, but I've always thought that some initial theoretical knowledge is worth learning. I'm surprised by the idea that some others don't even bother.

Nice

Cheap and dodgy! Beware.

I think it's for cutting something softer than wood. As others have said. Peat or turf or clay or something. What's the story? Where did you find it?

Nice slippers!

Fair point about the size of the branch. Though I figure that if it fits in the hook of the pruner then I should be able to cut it. I've always had a saw to fit on the pole pruner, but never used it. I don't quite get the concept to be honest. If the branch is just slightly too big for the pruner head then it's much too whippy to cut with the saw. If it's large enough to be steady then I might as well just climb the tree and do it by hand.

Ok, cheers Bill.

Sorry, I meant to say I see the Trump picture when I look at the participated tab.