Bolt
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...but....but you got a new fan! What better reason to spark up the stove than that?
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I would smoke 'em out using this old 020 I got, only I seem to be missing some of the starter housing....
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....and an 020t starter housing I was rather fond of (square Stihl badge rather than round Stihl badge) sacrilegious bastards.
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far better to find yourself being a grockle than an emmet!
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Not to be mistaken for 'dracks', which are all those little tiny shards of plastic you see scattered about on the ground after a crash test or road accident.
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'Drax' has provided the best name for a power station EVER. Clearly it was wasted as a village name.
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Hell yeah. More coffee!
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I think you may have missed out the step where current (amps) is converted into power (watts).
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Once again Mr Bolt i thank you. You are welcome. If you do nothing else, do the course with Vince though. He is the most 'positive' person I have ever met! https://www.atlasttrainingwestmids.com/instructors https://www.atlasttrainingwestmids.com/coursebenefits
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Regarding train-the-trainer, talk to lantra about doing an 'instructional techniques' with Vince Holley. Incredible bloke, you will love him.
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I went down the lantra route and have never regreted it. These days Lantra assessments carry identical weight as NPTC assessments. Regardless of that, you are better off doing the training and letting someone else assess, as you can get more days work out of training, you get more opportunity to make a difference to the candidates, and it's stuff you can get your teeth into.
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Looking for experienced sun contracted climbers Hertfordshire
Bolt replied to Chipperclown's topic in Climbers talk
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Marc Lewis is who i meant. Sorry for all the de-railing. At least you only had nice things to say about #Mark..Lewis It wouldn't have been so good if you had slagged him off lol.
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It deployed ok. If you look closely at the before footage, there is no red webbing above or below the absorber, after, there is a few inches of red above and below. It doesn't seem overly generous though, so at the moment I think I would prefer to use the Canadian option!
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I thought he was getting confused with Marc Lewis..... He is different again.
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Climb safe, or to quote the sarcastic worker in the video background "don't get parra-p-plegic-ized there". Yeah great, buddy - thanks for the concern.
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Here is one... Never tried it myself or seen it done. Must be a good 75% chance of a supremely crushed bollock. Additional thoughts would be... What do you anchor to? How do you get rescued from it? What stops you twating into the chimney like a conker? Is there enough room for the thing to fully deploy beforeally you hit the roof / a ledge? That Dibnah fella knew a fair bit about chimneys.... think he preferred ladders.
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I guess it depends on the visor you are considering. It would probably help if you were to include a post of a link for that. TBH, the replacement visor at FR Jones is only about 8 quid. If it were me, I would just order that. https://www.frjonesandson.co.uk/products/sordin-husqvarnapetzl-visor/
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Bucket Trucks / MEWPs etc - safer than climbing?
Bolt replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Climbers talk
Clearly "The HSE's" viewpoint would be that a risk assessment should be made of both techniques, and the most appropriate one chosen. I don't think they are stupid enough to state the one or the other is safer, as it depends on so many variables, not least the specification of the MEWP and the capability of the climber. Anyone who feels that "climbing is safer, period." is as embarrassing as all the jumped up petty bureaucrats who foolishly claim that "mewps are safer". There is no legislation currently in force in the UK that favours MEWPS over climbing, so that is OK. As long as you can justify climbing, climb. -
I would also contact the employer of the 'health and safety expert' and let them know that by employing said 'expert' they are failing in their duties under section 7 of the Management of health and safety at work regs 1999 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3242/regulation/7/made That should win you a few friends. :- )
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I would refer him back to the suitable and sufficient training he received when he started overseing the use of this type of equipment. Clearly the PPE does not benefit from chain blocking material as a hedgetrimmer is lacking a chain.
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Slings is a good shout. Step cuts on the sides is a good shout. Also have a go at doing the top cut first, and then the bottom cut outboard of the top... if it doesn't go, cut a little more into the bottom, never the top. Never fails* *well, I guess it may fail if you are particularly kift
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Good on you fella! Clearly a rear handled saw is the tool for you! It is good to see that the current training and assessment regime is working for at least one of our kind. :-)
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Regardless of the whys or wherefores, a number of lads have recently set out to work in the morning, to do something no more challenging than we do everyday, and have not gone home to their parents / wives/ girlfriends / kids. It seems a crying shame, and my heart goes out to all those involved. I am not convinced that simply telling people not to do something (when we ALL know that that thing is being done on a daily basis) is really working, is it? It doesn't hurt our industry to take a little introspective contemplation of ourselves, and consider if we (as in our industry) really are 'the best that we can be'. Collectively, I give us 4/10. That is for steadfastly looking the other way.
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well, if we don't get our act together, maybe stupid little 'rear handers' will be all we have left available. At that point, I either go 'black opps' or I quit. :-)
