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I'll have forgotten other ones too. Like overhands for people who can't tie knots but need to send you something up. Easy to instruct someone to tie from afar. "Double it up. Tie a knot." Usually yields something that they can clip a saw to.

Sheet bend for joining ropes for moderate pulls. Marlin spike for tools or jamming something temporarily.

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Not often. The most useful application I've found is for a lifty zipline. Othwerwise just little hacks like grabbing something under tension if you need to reset a winch or anchor or something, spider leg balancer, hanging several branches like mackerel feathers. The klemheist is the grabbiest of the prussiks. Doesn't release nicely like a springy VT.

My climbing systems are all pulleys and VTs (or something very close if anyone's going to be a purist for what crosses over, what crosses under etc). Never bothered learning the distels, michoachans etc because a VT always works well enough. If I cobble up a rope tail, hip thrusting type system, it's probably a tautline hitch or something like one. Just whatever grabs on whatever rope is in my hand. English prussik if I have a loop. Bowline with a steel biner for most rigging. If no biner, usually a daisy chain hitch. Otherwise clove, cow or even a round turn and two half hitches. Whatever is proving easiest to untie for whoever is on the ground or just whatever feels right when the rope hits the wood. Bowlines on bights midline. Rigging prussiks usually end up being a klemheist. Progress captures french/VT or english. Just whatever works with whatever bit of tat I have in my hand. Cow or timber for base tie choking or rings/pulleys up trees. Running bowline if I'm short on tail. Cloves for pulling ropes through with throwlines. I think that's mostly it. I probably make up others or just use wraps, boat cleat type hitches round stubs etc on the go. All very jazz. The one knot I really should learn is something for joining two ropes for heavy winch pulls etc that unties easily, probably a zeppelin bend.

Harder. Especially on bigger, vertical timber when the wraps droop and you have to visualise what crosses over what. Less of a difference on a 6" branch.

Couple of half hitches, much like you'd put on a clove anyway. Comes undone easier. Easier to tie on large diameter stuff. Easier to learn I'd say too.

Just have a fight.

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Yeah, I feared it would be one of those, "It depends." answers.

Belly strips for special occasions. We had a load of family over for either my 18th or 21st birthday. Hungover as hell.

Is a hock the same as a hand btw? Mum used to swear by hands as a cheap cut that punches above its weight because of the bone.

I've acquired the peppers but I also only got in the door from band practice twenty minutes ago. The allure of the 10p bargain was too strong.

Aspirations have tonight not been reflected in reality.

Crass + Decking Astro Patio heater Hot tub - Tolerable

Most decking is outrageously dangerous (slippery). Crasser than astroturf. From a liability point of view, I'd sooner install nuclear power stations.

Haven't got any photos but here he is limbering up for one. He actually goes all the way round like an owl.

Pffft. Sailor stretches like a javelin. Best dog lunges in christendom.

Nice. Neat work on the bird disassembly. I'll probably use pheasant. Your chook meat looks a bit that way. Are they some kind of gamey chicken?

Thanks. I'll need to read that again in daylight. Sounds like more than one thing to prep. And yeah. Sod paneer.

Warning heeded

That looks spot on. Not sure I've ever had one. I've been needing to add a new tomato one to the repertoire. Go on then. You get typing and I'll work out where I can get some tamarind. Pretty sure I have fenugreek in some form.

Aye, that does look a bit bleak now I see it written down. I cooked myself out perfecting spaghetti alla peds last week and the week before.

Mick started it.

Was thinking the other day I haven't done a curry for ages. Will locate a bit of ginger and sort it out. In a bit of a rut with cooking atm. It's usually a fry up at lunchtime and peanuts for dinner atm.