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David Goss

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  1. its no bother to me mate i just need to make a skype call I think the wife is heading over to Rome next week as well but she would probably come back with leaves from a cactus or something I will see if i can explain it well enough to her and then see if she can find a cork oak in Rome. I know there are plenty because i have worked on a few of them but lets just say her tree ident aint the best!
  2. haha you might need to wait till the summer mate! Just had a thought however, if your stuck and really cant get any leaves i could get her old man to nip out and gather a few and send them over. Let me know if your stuck and i will see what i can do:thumbup1:
  3. mmmmm Jamon:drool: I could do a spain trip just for that alone:thumbup:
  4. Cracking work I like the first one a lot
  5. Sempre bravo Gio Smooth flawless work my friend:congrats: Liscio come olio e sensa errori amico mio
  6. not so natural harvesting them though... I have had words with my father in law and hopefully he can get me on to a squad when they go out to do the harvest. I am more curious as to how it all works more than anything, should be a good experience and i will get to eat the best cheeses in the world for lunch break:thumbup:
  7. Sorry mate dont know of any close but i can say they make a real horrible squeaking sound when you prune them with a silky. Also if you go to Sardinia you will see plenty looking like this...
  8. One name springs to mind... Silvio Berlusconi Oh yes life is good without the tv:thumbup:
  9. See now i was almost giving you some credit and then you go and insult everyone and act like the only super tree cutter there has ever been. If you just stayed quiet this thread could have gone to your favour. Now i see why your videos get so much bad press, its not actually the video itself its just your "i am better than everyone else" attitude Classic american stereotype:sneaky2: My last post on a dadio thread for sure....
  10. never a truer word spoken Tony. Gutted for you and for the wood
  11. Well said jammy dude, Dadio's videos are very controversial and spark many heated debates which i have not yet joined in on because i have a big mouth and will just get myself into trouble but to me he seems to have a very good grasp of the physics behind it all and although he does some pretty dodgey looking stuff, he is still alive:001_rolleyes:
  12. Had another look just now and i am 99.9% sure its an elm stump due to elm regrowth coming out from beside it (could be self seeded from other elms close by but i doubt it) I will try and get some more pics of it tomorrow or tuesday so you can see for yourself.
  13. Funding can be very difficult if not impossible to get. Bank loans are pretty much the only way and even then are not so easy to get. I prefer to build up slowly and buy equipment as and when i have saved enough money to do so. Paying back loans can be crippling and not worth it imo unless you have a huge contract with guaranteed cash flow.
  14. When i went to Italy i sent my kit by post but it does cost a lot. When i came back i just left my kit there and bought new here. Now i am an international arborist. Kinda spoils my holidays to Rome when i end up working for most of the time there
  15. Cheers mate:thumbup: To be honest that was a pretty silly branch walk seeing both of those branches were split and could pop at any time. I had a serious sigh of relief when i finally got the ends off the telephone wires and could cut them off from the trunk:001_smile:
  16. I change to a grigri when working down a stem with my climbing line choked on the stem. I tried the SJ once on srt for that very purpose but its no good and tends to be very difficult to break when your weight is on it, maybe with the RW it will be ok? I get the feeling it will be difficult to get close to the stem and will be always at too much of a distance. With the grigri i can get right in to where my rope is choked without any bother. I know its primarily just for descent if needed but it can help a lot if the stem is at an angle and it stops you barn dooring round the stem.
  17. Thats a very good point. Might not be the legal part thats in question but your own safety.
  18. What on earth is belgium hoover rave? is it like hot potato dancing when you all look like your juggling hot potatoes except now its gone a step further and you juggle imaginary hoovers from belgium?
  19. Apologise for what? Thats what we are all in it for, otherwise we would all be working in offices or factories imo. As for the legal side of things for you i cannot comment sorry.
  20. Been through many a musical phase... Rock, Punk, Thrash Metal, Ska, Reggae and the list goes on but never arrived at techno or dance! Now i am a complete funkaholic and proud of it
  21. My Kleins are still going strong and will be so for many years to come i guess, so i have no need for new spikes. BUT if there is a free pair on offer to trial then i would be happy to give my honest opinion on here free of charge
  22. I live with a woman and still have no idea what your on about:confused1: mind you i did ban the tv a long time ago and it seems i was well justified to do so
  23. I do agree it is not good when climbing above your anchor point but then your not supposed to be climbing above your anchor point either:sneaky2: Also its not good for chogging down stems but hey thats why we have so many choices is it not
  24. yea it is:blushing: The SJ is expensive and thats why it took me so long to buy one but i dont regret the cost at all and it will outlive many many prusiks and save a lot on sweat also. As above, apologies to OP for the slight derail:001_rolleyes: Also the SJ rocks with Imori rope:001_tongue:
  25. i hear ya try this to understand what its all about... granted the guy doing the climbing is one of the best comp climbers in the world but you get the idea of what its about:thumbup: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB0KZKADMTY]Spiderjackery HD - YouTube[/ame]

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