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I should have explained earlier I meant just for stem chunking. Wrote in a hurry.
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Negative rigging a stem. Climber is always at the rigging point.
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Portawraps already exist. People already use them aloft. I'm just wondering why it isn't more common, considering the predominance of pros and the sparsity of cons. I suspect because it's always been done like this.
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You and Mick have got hung up on the climber doing it, probably because I put that too high up my list. The groundsman can do it like normal. It's just that the friction is up rather than down.
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You want to see the selfies he sends me.
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Is this the stand-in beverargino thread? Until the eroticisim evaporates from the main one.
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It looks like it's made by the Red Stripe people.
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And down to the last bottle of Chateau Gemma. I’m on the cusp of a better future.
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I’ve got the bits out for a chorizo pasta thing. It’s that or the sixteen bore. Had a portion of curry for lunch. I reckon only four left. Nearly there!
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Broadly concur. Groundsman can still do it. It’s just the device is next to the climber rather than next to him.
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A hot take for a Sunday afternoon: Why not put the portawrap at the cut? Pros: Climber can control it, either immediately or after the catch. You save an expensive pulley/ring/thimble/safebloc. You only need half the length of fat rope. You could alternate ends. It wouldn’t hockle. Your top strop only needs to be half as strong. Climber can set the friction (pro and con - he’s probably choosing the piece size but he can’t see it in as good context as groundsman - he can still ask for an opinion though). Rigger can be anywhere. Cons: A tiny bit more weight for the climber to manipulate. MUCH less rope in the system to absorb shock. A pro when you want to catch a piece dead though. As long as you’re mindful of how big the piece is. Aware not a new argument but have we thought about it recently? I’m seeing more pros than cons.
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I once attached a 6” rubber cock to the front bumper of my mate’s car, largely because I was so in awe of how little attention he paid to it once he’d parked. It took three days for someone to point it out to him. He gave me a few lifts in the intervening time. I nearly cracked when he was stopped, first in line at a pelican crossing and about fifteen confused looking pedestrians passed in front of it, staring. Best six quid I’ve ever spent.
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Do you also do horoscopes?
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Anyone that gets that after arbtalk resized the photo and crushed the resolution is probably sniper material.
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Here we go. Spot the dog. Last drive of the last day today.
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He was in the van, miraculously not eating the box of mince pies I left in the door card.
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Of course you’re gluten free, you lefty metrosexual stain. I got yellow curry on my grey jacket earlier. That’ll be there forever.
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£36.50?
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That’s what she said.
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And as if by magic, Facebook immediately shows me the correct photo to advance this discussion.
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For the uninitiated and unaware.
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https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HpMsQtvBv/?mibextid=wwXIfr Something for arbtalk’s second sexiest squarewearer. An English staple and the voice of an English rose. edit: I honestly didn’t realise she wasn’t singing yet. I could hear it.
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I assume it’s more than six years ago so they’ve got away with it but for future reference there’s a lovely bit of law for this. Claim their representation induced you to contract with them. Misrepresention Act 1980, s 2 shifts the burden to them to prove they didn’t diddle you, rather than the normal position where you have to prove they did. They’d probably cave rather than have the uphill fight. Nice little legal quirk.
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Last shoot of the season. Not too soon. It’s the curate’s egg. Or similar to the adage about the happiest days in boat owners’ lives. Second happiest when they buy it and happiest when they sell it. Before long I’ll be looking forward to it again. The human condition eh.
