Albedo
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It merely remains to agree the degree of madness..... I would say, it's at least as mad as a very mad thing in a mad house:001_smile:
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If some wollah in a suit has put a time limit on working off ladders, I really begin to despair. I won't give it a moments notice and anybody that does, IMO does not know what a days work is. Unreal and total utter bureaucracy gone mad.
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Hi Pedro...I feel a rant coming on:thumbup1: I think I'll have a couple more glasses of Cab Sav and build up to it a bit:001_smile:
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This is the real world. The people that make these reg's must have a cushty pay cheque...we have to win our work and make it pay.
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The main danger to the back of the legs, when climbing, is leaving the saw running when dangling on its strop. I've known a few people cut this way. For this reason I turn it off when dangling most of the time, or have a well maintained and 'used' chain break. Also ensure that the tuning is good so ..no chain creep on tick over.
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It's a bit like farting in a restaurant
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I get 100% of the ones I get and 0% of the ones I don't get. Hope this helps:001_smile:
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Posed it as a question to see what people thought, not to make Skyhuck look bad or anything. I haven't got any better ideas. All planted as whips 20 years ago at the same time. Just posted to show that the proposed system has variables. The fat one looks much older than the thin one going by girth. Be interesting to see what you find when you start chopping and counting rings.
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Three wild cherries (or whichever one is native ) planted 5 metres apart in a row. One is 56cm circumference at 1.5 metres or chest height, one is 74cm and the last is 65cm. Which is the oldest? Photo to follow, can't find at the moment.
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No hate from me bud. I been away for a while but if you'd seen my other posts you'd know I'm a dinosaur. I'd put a cable tie on the purple thing with holes in, so it don't fall off when you unclip your main line, as Drew pointed out. I'd simplify for the reason I stated, about possible confusion on clipping in, specially when it gets all dirty. Otherwise good luck to you mate, you could be the future:thumbup1: You clearly have a tidy rig which you have put effort and thought into. Although I suspect some of the newbies do like to go a bit crazy with the credit card:sneaky2: Edit: I mean the blue thing with holes in
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Christ almighty! Looks like you're about to attempt the north face of the Eiger. Is this what you lot are climbing on these days? How on earth do you work out if you're clipped in or not?
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To be an Arbtalker you need to be a smooth machine:thumbup1:
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Thou shalt rake before thy blow. It's amazing how many folk don't get this, usually ex office wollas not ex military like yourself. The point is to take instruction and not to deem some instruction too simple to take notice of. Because then what happens is you don't realise the importance of said simple instruction, don't take it on board then do stuff wrong. I'm talking about the way you pile branches by the chipper here and such like. So my advice is to take instruction seriously even if it doesn't seem very important on first hearing. With due respect to your own past experience of course.
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Cheers mate... I'll toss ya for the raffle sponsor tag... God only knows what that could mean in the States:001_smile:
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I did a bit of googling on this last night but couldn't find the answer to my question. I was looking into the supply and demand side of this dairy milk thing. Is it possible that the dairy farmers are producing too much milk so they can't command the higher price due to a glut. If some go out of business and a shortage results would the price go up? I don't know if this is the case with this particular commodity but isn't this normally the way things work in our loving caring society.
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Hows the two finger chin push going Jammy, any luck? I had to exert myself and do it today as the shoulder was twanging again, sometimes it works straight away and today it did:thumbup1:
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Sounds like we may have to start a fund to fix Gnarlyoak as well:001_smile:
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Hi ELG I hope you don’t mind if I donate my prize to the AT Xmas raffle. This will give me a rare opportunity to get into Steve’s good books if only for a short while. I think the best way is for you to stick one of your fine tool things aside till then and send it direct to the winner. Steve might be along at some point to confirm but I think this is the way it’s done. Thanks again for your generosity ELG.
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Cheers Jammy. Its going to the Arbtalk Xmas raffle for my past sins if ELG agrees:001_smile:
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HA HA sorry mate. Believe me I was wracked with shoulder and back pain and this simple thing fixed it. You can do a bit of side to side as well but the old 2 finger chin push is less hassle. I do it when I'm driving along in the truck. My shoulder has the pain a bit right now. I can fix it with this exercise but I'm too lazy even to do this one little thing. I just hate exercise:001_smile:
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Hi Jammy Try this wee trick for the old shoulder pain thing. Push chin right down pushing your chin down to adams apple with 2 fingers It just stretches the neck vertebrae a bit and you won't believe the aches and pains it gets rid of. I guess it's a trapped nerve thing but it works for me. Thought I was knackered for tree work till the physio gave me this one to do. It can't hurt to try it.
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Great service FR Jones - shame about my Stein mini-reach
Albedo replied to Andrew Barrett's topic in General chat
Fair enough mate. I’m not in the habit of putting personal stuff on the internet, or making excuses for that matter. However, I was in the foulest of foul moods last night as my brothers missus, was blaming me for my two teenage nieces taking up smoking cigarettes. I had also had a few red wines. I couldn’t be rude to my brothers missus so I was rude to you instead…. Sorry about that. -
Great service FR Jones - shame about my Stein mini-reach
Albedo replied to Andrew Barrett's topic in General chat
Care to elaborate:confused1: This forums getting to be a place where anyone can attack but no one can defend. I'm on my last legs -
Great service FR Jones - shame about my Stein mini-reach
Albedo replied to Andrew Barrett's topic in General chat
I would add that a brand like Stein should not sell any kit at any price that is not fit for purpose. Its dragging them down and I'm doing them a favour putting my neck on the line to give them a heads up. -
Great service FR Jones - shame about my Stein mini-reach
Albedo replied to Andrew Barrett's topic in General chat
No Steve. With respect... I've read a lot of posts on this forum about , mainly peripheral type Stein branded kit breaking. I do think they are in danger of 'dropping the ball' because otherwise they are a top brand for the more core equipment. I did write a post along these lines a while ago, but didn't post it and now I've done an abbreviated version. I'm saying good kit but the peripherals are letting them down.
