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My first uses of it was glacier crossings, it only had to take one body weight. Haven't used it for big pulls. Maybe I have to revisit. Looking at it closely it seems to be in effect an alpine butterfly in one direction of pull but with an extra buffer in the other direction.

Can't have everything! It looks very close to being an alpine butterfly and has a directional aspect to it. And looks horrible. I'd be learning the alpine butterfly if I was you. It is an easy visual check

Me neither but I used it in sailing years ago as a quick and easy way to shorten a rope. It can also be used to isolate a damaged section of rope, which I had to do during a mountaineering incident a few years ago. Alpine butterfly can be used for the same purpose.

Looks like a sheep shank

One additional property I think of is that a good knot is one where you can immediately see if it's wrong. A few knots have dangerous fake versions if you don't tie them right. Good to be able to check visually if it looks wrong.

This is what I was hinting at, if you remove trees before suspensive conditions are signed off then the tree works cannot legally be commencement of development. And strictly speaking their removal in a conservaiton area, reliant only on the planning permission to give them statutory exemption, is unlawful. AMSs have no particular legal status. They only have whatever status is conferred on them by conditions, but they can also be used (in my experience and interpretation of legislation) as implied permission. So can approved planning drawings. But only if all the suspensive conditions have been met. You''' have seen the kind of thing "No development will commence until the applicant has submitted a blahdeblah for whatever to be approved in writing by the Council" Having planning permission and being allowed to start are different things. No start, no permission after several years. Some big expensive legal cases have been fought, and lost, on this.

There's always a slightly better knot for each situation, but the differences are slight. I'd use Zeppelin - joiing 2 ropes securely Reef - joining 2 ropes lightly Sheet bend - joining 2 ropes of different diameter Alpine butterfly - midline, takes pull in any of 3 directions Swabian for climbing line. Prussik or klemheist for shunting Tautline or Blakes for emergency extra tie-in Marlin hitch for sending stuff up. Bowline for almost everything Double figure of 8 for permanent end of lowering rope. Clove hitch for all sorts but not if getting pulled hard. Great for sending combi-spanner up a tree. Highwaymans hitch for quick release of any rope that has to be tied out of the way for a few minutes. Anchor hitch for krab on end of rope. Fishermans for same. And as stopper knot. Double fishermans for making up loops. Water knot for slings from tape. Italian (munter) hitch for impromptu descents or lowering. Round turn anad 2 half hitches for tieing off to stem Girth hitch for lowering. Didn't realise I use so many. I read a study somewhere that tested each knot for its effect on loss of rope strength. Bowline came in at 65% ish. But easier to untie after loading. Double figure of 8 came in very high, about 85%, but a pig to untie after loading. And it all goes to hell when ropes are wet, knots can set forever, sometimes have to cut them off.

NIAB says this. Overcoming biennial bearing With varieties that have developed a biennial pattern of cropping growers should: Prune away excessive spurs in the winter prior to an ‘on’ year. Thin blossoms on biennial varieties in the ‘on’ year. Thin, preferably at flowering time, using ATS. No chemical treatments, other than thinning treatments are approved for use against biennial bearing

Is someone saying that the tree works are NOT commencement? There is a lot of case law about this sort of thing, since commencement kees a valuable planning permission alive forever otherwise it would expire within the period stated in the permission. If trees are removed but there are outstanding suspensive conditions (e.g. approval of building materials, contamination reports) then the tree works are not commencement. Indeed, if they are only authorised by the planning permission, starting the tree works while other conditions are not yet met would make them unlawful. One of the tests is whether the works (in this case, trees) could have gone ahead anyway without the planning permission then they might not qualify as commencement of development. Are they TPOd or in a consevation area? Could be significant. Quite a complicated business really.

Not even that clearcut. Tree work only comes under CDM if the trees are being used as a structure for construction. Or so I have been informed.

When you say 'dry' how dry do you mean?

I'll tell you how. Because lots of people in Scotland voted for them. Because SNP needed them. Your cheap opinions on Harvie are of Sun-reader quality, and irrelevant. At least he believes in something and is willing to make a stand for the wellbeing of future generations, a refreshing contrast to the me,me, now attitude of most. Cast your vote, spare us the crap. I think you've already made up your mind.

My guess would eb that all teh buds on one side were rubbed off during transpartation or planting.

I will force myself to go down the consonant route then. I think T,D ,S and R are always contenders. DARTS! LUNCH. Footnote, and spoiler alert, tried it today, disaster. Reverted to vowels on 3rd guess (OGIVE), got it 4th guess.

Yes but I can't be bothereed with not having the vowels. Once I have them I try to be clever.

Well if first guess of daisy gives me ****D i might guess OUTER rather than ROUTE, because lots of words end with ED. I can't be bothered getting too clever about it until I have all the vowels and Y out.

I used to play this until a couple of months ago I go it it first guess. "DAISY". Kind of taken the excitement out of it for me. Second word was usually "ROUTE" or "OUTER" depending on clues.

I got my start by writing a nice letter to every consultant within 30 miles of me. Got 3 responses, one of them became a regular client, he became my main sponsor for ICF chartership. I am snowed under and have 2 regular subbies. You have to make it easy for them to get in touch with you (business card, mobile no. and email) at short notice when they're short-handed. Then put in a whinge-free shift with good clean data in the most useful format.

I like the old favourite (although not fussed about the God bit). “I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.” ― Joyce Kilmer, Trees & Other Poems But I also like the Ogden Nash parody that seems more pertinent to modern life "I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.

might be what's known as a sphaeroblast.

A few have just started turning up in my garden and now regulars at the feeder.

best ignore him, we're all just waiting till he runs out of smartass comments and buggers off.

I think I hit it dead on target. The OP specified various aspirations for the statement tree. Monkey puzzle would have been a very poor choice on several of those. "F#*k it ... Wack in a monkey puzzle 😭" was not even vaguely on point. Not helped by the unnecessary vulgarity. I hope the OP realises that you are not representative of the industry.

not native, no autumn show, does badly on level poorly drained sites.

not native