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The whole of the 'fake industry' is scarry, many years ago AP lockheed investigated their brake pads being faked up and found people in the far east making the brake compound in a large bowl in a back kitchen, even the packageing was good. Now even surgical instruments are made up in back streets with fake UK brand names and sold to the NHS. It is going to be difficult to buy the 'real thing' soon for any product with confidence.
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Smarties work for me:thumbup:
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When your wife has to 'log on' and put on a 'new post' to remind you 'it;s your wedding anniversary today Blazer'
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Interesting exchange of knowledge but OK latin spelling lesson over - are the other trees at risk of the same type standing nearby? Have seen a few 'healthy' oaks fall over with root failure over the years, always a bit mystified Also a few where they have died off but still standing - could the latter be sudden oak death? what are the symptoms, noticed and increase. Tree fell over at 2:30pm kids come out of school at 3:00pm and head for the park on a sunny day - lucky.
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Would love to, but he is off out on it tonight. It's me that should feel old I fitted a new back tyre to the XT before he went down to the 'ace' and realized it was the first one I had fitted to a bike in 40 yrs - doesn't time fly. I think with him going to the 'ace' it's abit like me going down to the 59club in the father bill shergold days - just got to be done. The strange part was getting back on a bike after so long and settled into it, skills just came back. When he brought it I took it out for a test ride felt brill, then got him to put me down as a named rider.I swore blind I would never go back to bikes but it's always in you. I have a quad on a large estate I use for gamekeeping with my dogs on the back, free offroading and they give me petrol:thumbup1: But the bike bug is starting to bit again - is there a know cure?
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Interested, may borrow my son's XT660R bike or now he's on the forum he will want to come along sometime. Friday evening he went down to the 'Ace cafe' for a quiet evening:sneaky2: Cops were checking bike and had two speed traps set up - untill 8:30pm, as they were packing up an R1 did a burn out past them He's off to a bike meet near Aylebury tonight something like Lugershall:001_cool:
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One the 'flywheel key' part - it reminds me that if the timing slips a two-stroke can run backwards = triple underpants:sad:. old rule of thumb was to only work on 'ign or carb' one at a time as you can put faults in, and get into a total mixup:confused1: If the plug gets wet, leave the plug out to dry the piston & lower crank far say 30 min and use a new hot plug.
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Store it carefully - I remember my dad saying," that new toothpaste of yours tasts funny"? I can still see his facxe when she told him it was pile cream. When I used to work on deepsea tankers we often had,'Dhobi rash' caused by sweating 2 gallons per day in the engine room at 60 deg C and not rincing out our pants well enough, in the 'twin beercan cycle washing m/c's'. Basic merchantnavy cloths washing cycle - put days washing in m/c, sit at back of ship with beer can, when empty go back and put on rince, again sit on back of ship with another beer can when finished put cloths over engineroom rails, go back to ships bar:thumbup1:
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Great what time is it on C4 - love student cleavage:sneaky2:
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Hi Sue - careful ducky, HRT gave my wife headaches. Just a quick tip for you to stop your 'bodyform' slipping under your helmet use a pair of size 8 nickers over your head oh - carry a budgie mirror to check you haven't left them on as you drive home - biggest loss of 'man-points'
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I have to sleep with one eye open - my wife sleeps with an axe under our bed:sneaky2: If I go up an octave - you know whats happened:blushing: Hope you get some sleep soon Big J:thumbup1:
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I'm 62 family guy not unsociable or I wouldn't be on here but spent of my working life on my own just turned out that way, in many ways prefere it against working with somebody new. Working alone I tend to make a pre - plan, work at a more steady pace and feel more in control, park my truck so it can be seen and now carry a phone, text where I'm working but if it's clearly a x2 man job it has to wait. I have worked alone in large factories, ships, airfields, hi-voltage construction overseas, packpacking and aid work in the contra war in Nicaragua in the past - now it's hospitals and woods. Yes it's a risk but we all drive alone and are often unaware of risks we often accept alone but the one thing that did scare me was living on my own yrs ago, as if I fell off some steps indoors I would rot.
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If you kept your wife up till 3:00am - just hang on, she will 'knock you out":001_tt2:
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According to a guy that was 'in'. It's the only thing that worries the SAS - who is going into a shop to buy some tampax? they fit bullet holes. Single guys be careful buying tampax - you may get sold a lawn mover - old joke:confused1: working in oil tanker engine rooms sweating 2 gallons/day I used to use a large J- cloth worked fine, change it every day no rash probs. ok tampax may work fine for sweat but you will lose 'man points' if spotted:thumbdown:
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glad to hear both are ok. Bet your glad it wasn't a Doctor of mathamatics:thumbup1:
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If joining two ropes of very different sizes, it can slip but if you go through a couple of times (or more) with the smaller rope it will hold alot better. Can't remember but I'm sure I have seen this difference in use or in an old 'salty' book.
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Death knot - I found it in an old rock climbing mag, some years ago many guys had strong feelings for it. I will have another play around with some rope and see what happens. Still it raised your comments which is always good, any minor error can 'hurt'. I have only done some single pitch rock climbing and although enjoy learning different knots I'm a bit limited on range. I started off in the mid 60's with 'bowlines' for a harness, by the early 70's was erecting high voltage switchgear 400kv etc, the other guys had the old 'leather safety belts' but I brought a 'Willians harness' and a load of gear and applied rock climbing techniques to construction, which I could do pre-HSE. My best bit was using a large overhead crane with ground controls, I looped my harness over the hook while holding the controls and went 'flying around the factory'
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ulitmate boyscout knot:blushing: Like many knots it has a set past - used to reef or shorten sails, quick to tie and comes undone if in rigging with old hemp rope. I would rate it as a 'low load knot'. There is a slight variation, althouth they look almost the same the 'thief knot'. the reef knot has both load ends on one side but the thief knot has one either side. Don't know a use other than 'betting' - as in a fiver if you can tell me what knot this is, most go for a reef knot - wrong a thief knot:sneaky2:
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Correct me if I'm wrong but some rock climbers refer to the 'figure of 8' as the death knot. As a knot it works well if under tension as a loop and comes undone after being under load, but if used to join two ropes as in absailing it can come undone and doesn't run through a karabiner. The simple overhand knot will hold better according to many climbers and will run through a karabiner. One good use for the 'figure of 8' is to fix a static belay, although often tied as a 'double rope' and can be tied with a 'single rope' where another rope needs to be attached to a karabiner with an existing rope already in it - so there is no need to 'open the gate' putting the guy on the other rope at risk if he fell.
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Really good idea Steve, I enjoy learning new knots plus my son needs to learn some bacic knots and these are clear guide pictures - easy to follow:thumbup1:. I expect some knots have multiple names, I know of a 'packers knot' and a ' hippy hitch'. All I would like to add is to include some notes on on knots,eg, rock climbers refer to the 'figure of 8' as the death knot when used in the wrong situation - it can come undone. plus the simple overhand knot being one sided can run through a karabina, plus some have used two overhand knots, when not too happy.
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Yep my two have long lines of FTCH on both sides and are full of energy, one did 4 days on different shoots last season no probs. They live inside but are true working dogs. Lovely pup looks like he's going to be a big dog when he grows into his feet:thumbup1:
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.. The monitor lizard went for research at London Zoo..swapped for a free entry for the family (well - more a case of go in through the research building and out their back door) reminds me of an ex sas mate who recieved a VIP invite back, said it came down to they bring you a cup of tea instead of fetching your own cup.
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Bit dodgy mate, you would need to check your traps every few hours if baited with an empty beer as you could wipe out the 'ginger gene'
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Quality work:thumbup1: I love working oak and the smell, don't know why but it makes me relax to do a better job than working on softwoods.
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Sorry but that's up the valley's mate:thumbdown: My mums family come from the Conwy area, and to them anywhere from the hills behind Conwy area to the south wales coast is 'up the valleys' and many words in welsh are different. I off up to the Lynn area next week:thumbup1: Just love both north and south wales - and Mid of course.
