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Had a jar for years. Never found much to do with it.
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We horsed it right up. It wasn't going to be enough so I started shoehorning other stuff in. Mission creep took hold quickly. Then Josh overcooked the pasta. Perfectly edible but not what you described by some margin. Still have some capers and olives left. Attempt two when I've got another tin of anchovies.
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Answer to OP so far is basically helmet comms are still good, no major advances.
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I make them wear a helmet because I still haven't found a headband to take the spare helmet muffs and I'm too tight to buy another comms set to go in some normal muffs. I am good enough to take the visor off for them. When I first became evangelical about headset comms, I considered supplying/installing them commercially. Going round building sites with a workshop in the back of the van etc. Then realised just about anybody with a dremel could do it.
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Minimalist. No onion! Have lemon. Dog ate the butter overnight, the bastard.
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Come on, chef @peds. Someone's coming for dinner tonight and I won't get him into bed with just any old pasta.
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Forestry contractors: "Forestry is so hard to make money at." Also forestry contractors: "The first five grand of those headsets didn't last long. Neither did the second five grand. Hello, 3M? Another five grand's worth, please."
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Technology and comms products are no doubt evolving. How are we keeping up? What's out there now that wasn't out there five years ago? I'm still using ebay Freedconn motorcycle intercoms self-fitted into a pair of helmets. Haven't felt much need in the six or seven years I've probably used comms to have more than two way conversation. Certainly never wanted comms outside of my helmet. Was just pushed an advert for these. https://www.okmilo.com/en-gb/ They won't be any good on loud sites. Helmets are still king there. One of the underrated benefits of helmet comms is being able to talk to someone three feet away, muffs down, over a background din or facing different directions etc. Perhaps these might be useful for a site with a load of battery and silky pruning happening all over the place, a few climbers up and one groundsman nipping round untying the odd bit of tail rigging etc. Easy to hand out to whoever, no hygiene issues sharing helmets. Major downside is lack of privacy. Client will hear your group chat... Nothing groundbreaking. Just saw them and got me thinking.
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I watched DMM's video on it and I still can't tell what it does. Could you take a picture or something of it all in use please. Make it obvious. I'm clearly not very intelligent today.
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Puttanesca. I've done a load of things I've called puttanesca before. Basically if it's pasta with all the usual plus black olives, it's puttanesca. Have procured a tin of anchovies and a jar of a capers for the particular purpose of making a relatively authentic one. Recipes abound. Which one to follow? Nominate @peds. While I'm on the subject, a story about puttanesca and life. At uni, the least popular lecturer teaching the least popular module demanded a bit of coursework be completed in groups. I'd kicked off about this with other lecturers and done all mine solo but this time I was for some reason amenable to a joint venture. I forget exactly how it came to pass but I approached a girl who had fallen back a year to do the work with me. She was a bit of an outsider, a bit goth, all her mates moving on and her held back but she had something about her. It wasn't pity but I felt some compulsion. She came over to my digs to do the work. She told me about the various troubles she was having with life: long commute in, working nights on the front desk of a lapdancing club, trouble with the rent, scum neighbours, difficult family etc etc. The poor girl was not having a great time. I whipped us up a spaghetti puttanesca (because I always had olives in) and listened to her woes. She was living on toast and supernoodles so a decent meal was a revelation I think. We had the nicest couple of evenings writing some shit about whatever but most of all bonding and making her feel human. Anyway. Assignment went in, did fine, move on. Spoke every now and then but we both had things to get on with. Roll on the end of uni. We've all graduated and are out on the piss. She came up to me in some bar and poured her heart out. She was at the time feeling totally shit about life, about to ditch the course etc and it was basically a restorative feed and a few hours of shared time that pulled her round. Man, I've never felt so good. The little things you can do for someone that can make such a big difference. I have tears in my eyes thinking about it. I felt like a father. She's doing fine now. Married, professional job and all that. We talk occasionally. We're not bezzies because that would be weird. I'm a fair bit older and we have very different lifestyles. But we've got this lovely little bond, just from cooking her dinner.
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FullSizeRender.MOV Just to keep tensions running high... He was actually pretty non-flighty today, despite deer everywhere. His walk this morning was on the lead following yesterday's fairly major transgression. Plus in this video he was probably still blissed out from all the attention the girls in the hardware shop lavished upon him.
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Me walking somewhere with the lead over my shoulder, @Mick Dempsey
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Don't pay the extra for the premium backup. You probably won't need it and a phone number was next to impossible to find anyway.
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Only on days containing the letters of the alphabet. Off up the town now as it happens. Good luck, everybody.
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Tractive works, quickly. Relatively ubiquitous and good reputation. Andrew Camarata uses them after finding others weren't good enough. I got a Pitpat first because it's a one off payment, no subscription. Sent it straight back. They have a dedicated section of the website for returns for a reason. I was waiting over three minutes for it to come online. Tractive is usually ten seconds or so. Trust me. I don't buy or endorse subscription model bollocks lightly. Tractive is the one.
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@5thelement @Rich Rule Do you class a 194 as closer to a 150 or a 200?
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Sailor sets the alarm off and looks for dashboard biscuits. I was nervous about taking him to work to be honest. I pride myself on diligent service to whoever I'm climbing for and spending time fiddling with my dog when they're paying me by the time unit seems cheeky. I reckon he only took 30-60 seconds ten times the other day though. Maybe not unreasonable. Dog GPS. Cheap peace of mind. I can probably send you a code for 35% off a Tractive. I paid about forty quid for the unit and £100 for two years of subscription. £1.35 a week for chase recovery and an amount of theft resistance. That's a bargain in my book.
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This site was too crash and bash and Sailor's too thick. He'd be under something heavy immediately. Tied up with the kit makes most sense except that where there's kit, there's sandwiches. Back of the van good for kit security there but less good if I have to send an uninitiated groundsman to get something.
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Climbing was not as straightforward. Mini site clearance. Tractor and trailer, 8t digger, tracked chipper and several saws in a back garden. I tied him to a stump and went climbing. He squeaked for a while and then protested further by tying himself in an atrocious knot with his lead and screaming for the RSPCA. Luckily my ropeman at this outfit is an experienced houndhusband and could sort him out. He got better sat a bit closer and eventually accepted his fate of having a fairly boring day. By late morning, I was round the front and he was apparently fine just watching them chip. A result, I'd say. He won't have to put up with much busier than that.
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Is that a snow gum?
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They look better than nothing. Probably better in standing tree orientation rather than boat deck orientation too.
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MS 194 T Petrol Chainsaw | STIHL WWW.STIHL.CO.UK Versatile tree maintenance power saw with 2-MIX engine ✓ Use the MS 194 T for professional tree maintenance! 1/4 picco.
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What saws do you use, Rich? I go from 16" 220 to 25" 500i. Hardly ever feel the need for anything inbetween. Sold my 18" 261 for that reason. If I had nothing else to spend money on I'd get a 20" 362/400 but it's a want, not a need. That's climbing btw. I've done more grounding on site clearances recently where I've enjoyed having a smaller petrol saw but it still wasn't that necessary.