Mark Bolam

I bet that was fun over a slate roof in the rain Dave!

Don’t turn my words around, and I’m sure my Noggy mates will back me , ski resorts or not. They are loving the non- mask wearing freedom they are enduring day to day in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim, C19 rates are pretty low. You keep skipping the question WHY they are low? Yours sincerely, Bolam Head of Virology, WHO

Andy, you forget that I have mates in Norway. Saying there are no restrictions in ski resorts is a lie, don’t make me make you look like a fool. I’m interested in how you think the UK response could be more effective? (Big J has already covered we should be less obese compared to say OH HOLY FUCK ! countries like Norway.) Just fucking hug each other? Get. A. Fucking. Grip. Andy.

I apologise for the language Sime, I don’t don’t understand the empathy thing? It’s not my strong point.

Andy, this is a Covid thread, can we get back on track please? You constantly berate lockdown and the fact we have had massive death figures. I totally agree, both are shite. You then constantly bang on about Norway being the land of the free, no masks, no lockdowns, much better death figures. Again, I totally agree, you are right. My problem, and I think it is actually a World problem, is that you can’t give a single reason what the fuck we should do about it is? If you knew front line ICU staff in the SE, what they are going through, and have been going through, since last March, maybe you’d hum a different tune? They are stretched tight as a drum. Lockdown is really about protecting the NHS, not the over 80’s who have had their lives. Lockdown is shite, I hate it, but I truly believe we’d be much worse without it. Stop banging on about Norway, get your brain to work here and give us solutions, not problems. I’m not digging you mate, anyone on Arbtalk who has met me will will vouch for the fact that I’m a boozy opinionated twat, and I will happily buy you a pint of overpriced beer at a show some day. Until then Andy, please just look at other people’s experiences of the pandemic rather than just as your own. Most of my mates have been like you, covid is fuck-all, or hellish cold, asymptomatic, the four now dead were maybe heading that way anyway, but don’t take this thing lightly.

I really, really hope this isn’t true.

But you are mental Stu. With hindsight the bigger FSI would have been a better bet € for € ?

What happened to that 900 in the end mate? Gone gone?

Have you looked at the FSI’s? I’ve not used one, but @Ty Korrigan has the baby one and he’s done some mental stumps with his (although he is mental). I would imagine the fully hydraulic FSI would be at least as good as the Predator 460, if not better. My mate has the 460 and it’s an awesome machine, but he’s an owner/operator and knows his way around spanners and grease. I would pay more for a bigger machine knowing what I know now. 2” is neither here nor there.

Should do mate, but @Rob D is the best man to ask.

It cuts fine, just not as well as the 1/4! Try it, you’ll soon know.

It’s overrated Dan.

Why would you Tom? It’s numb on 3/8. Joe has nailed the perfect combo, Stihl 150 10” bar with Stihl 57 dl chain.

@Steve Bullman?

Nice one Timon!

Finally, someone addresses the root cause of what this shit-show is actually all about.

We could be on to something here. Finally, a great reason to not top connies anymore! Removals only. YES!

You’re not alone Wayne!

If I get a quid for every time someone (and I include myself and the wife here) has a meltdown over a ‘fronted adverbial’ or ‘grapheme’, we won’t have to work again. See you later suckers!

What will really cripple the economy is when I submit my invoice for home schooling.

I meant your single line with just a hitch and a hitchclimber? Really hard to descend on just that. Found out one morning 50’ up a pop when I’d forgotten to connect my Ropewrench. I was very, very hungover. Don't tell the HSE.

Wouldn’t you struggle to bale on that line if you had to Mike?

Some of the heartless bastards didn’t even have any drums! RIP Sir Tom, you achieved more in a year than most of us can aspire to achieve in a lifetime. What a man, they don’t make many like him any more. Take it easy up there Captain, you have earned your rest.

Paddy is getting too much stick for simply pointing out the HSE position. The reason the rest of us get so riled up about it is that it has very obviously been thought up by desk jockeys who have no comprehension of what climbing trees to make money is all about. I think we should get back on track to discussing the Gyro. I can’t really add anything because I won’t be using one, as Rich said I tried bridge swivels years ago and they seemed to twist things up more, not less. Not saying the Gyro will, like.

Ah, ok. I’ll never need it then.