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Chicks basically teenagers now. IMG_5764.MOV
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A mushroom from under the tomato jungle canopy. And some stuff on the bench that you can actually see. Did find a cucumber in said tomato jungle the other day too. There are squash plants in there as well.
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I once drove to Birmingham and the guy didn't show. His client wasn't too impressed either. It mainly meant I had an extra day at the APF but I'm still going to kill him one day. Changed terms immediately.
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I was in the shed earlier, having a miserable time looking for a chuck key (that turned up in the dining room obviously) but a lovely time blowing things clean. Got thinking what the highest priority tools in there are. I think setting up another I'd start with a bin, then a compressor, then a bench. It's that important.
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Yep. Good rinse, hot, then blow out to hopefully get it as dry as possible as quickly as possible. Further drying on least hot bit of stovetop (radiator for you plebs with central heating). WD40 and blow out. Wipe off. I know there are better lubricants than WD40 but a biner doesn't need to be super well lubed. Plus you get the water displacement, which you want. I can't imagine life without an airline. I'm about to clean some saws and then the kitchen floor while I'm at it. Dig it out, treat yourself.
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Of course. But where there isn't enough, the deal is happening on my terms or not happening. That's the approach eggs's contractor is taking. Or maybe he's just dodgy.
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And for the opposition, what's the guarantee that when the bloke takes the time to come over he doesn't find that eggs has gone to the pub, changed his mind, got someone else in quicker etc and not said anything? People will muck you about like that. Fewer and fewer people are willing to do trade work. Tradesmen are in demand and in strong negotiating positions.
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I do agree to a good extent. You wouldn't expect a chain to do seven months without being sharpened. But manufacturers should be pushing to be more and more idiot proof, lest they rest on their laurels instead.
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If you bought a Toyota Corolla and didn't change the oil for fiteen years, it would probably still work. Climbing gear users shouldn't be taking the piss like that but climbing gear manufacturers should be building resiliency into their products.
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I agree. Complain if it isn't. Gear should last.
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I'm now moving into engaging freelancers more than being one so that was clever of me.
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Pedsanesca (peds's puttanesca recipe) except I forgot to buy olives so I used a big mushroom I found growing under the tomato plant jungle in the polytunnel. Tinned tomatoes I'm afraid. Aforementioned tunnel ones aren't ripe yet. Photographed before adding a layer of cheese that would meet building regs. On peds, I spoke to the cheerful little hobbler the other day. He plays whist with the black bloke from the BBC televison programme interludes and has teamed up with a guy with bad arms to service their respective wives as one aggregate unit. He didn't wish anyone well but don't take it personally.
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I do it sometimes where it's not even necessary for my protection - to normalise it. I'm fed up hearing about scum clients taking tradesmen for a ride so I'm nudging the market towards being safer for us. Similar activism as charging what I dayrate charge for freelance climbing (usually starts with a 4 or 5, sometimes a 3 or 6). I decided rates were a piss-take and I was going to push them up. You're welcome. Or I'm a chancer. Whichever.
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Vote for 'Bare ended, no splice' if you haven't already please.
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Cleaning in the washing up and blowing out will do most of the work.
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50% or 100%, depending on client, mood, weather etc.
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It's what I do for people I don't know or trust enough.
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Vote for 'Bare ended, no splice' if you haven't already please.
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I so nearly added that one and then for some reason didn't. Now have. Could you vote for it please.
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You can vote for more than one option if you have more than one rigging rope, kept differently. If your answer isn't in the poll, reply in writing instead please. If it depends on who used it last, vote for all the possible ways you might find it.
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OP. It's not going to be worth the hassle asking. Just find a tree you like and decide whether you respect the owner's property rights or not. Or indeed if the tree is on public property, remember that you're the public. The same logic by which you may shelter from rain under a traffic warden's skin stretched onto a frame btw.
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Yeah, approach a golf club as a grown man wanting to climb trees. That'll work.
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Last time I had to send my licence in, I took photos etc to make sure they didn’t rescind my permission to drive a traction engine or submarine or whatever. To my surprise, it instead came back with the updated B+E. They must know I’m out there, hard at work turning the wheels of the economy.
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Rich, I imagine the DVLA pinch entitlements knowing that a lot of people won't fight back because they're backed into those sorts of corners. Rules upon rules. They want you to trip up. Bullies.
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Meeting a machinist this morning to see about producing a proper prototype of the handiest thing in treework since child tax credits. Obviously I made a fairly significant (0.5kg) change to the design at 02:10 and haven't been to bed yet.
