Joe Newton
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It is demoralising if you bust a gut to get a job done and other people are dragging their feet. Not only do you have to work harder and longer to compensate for it but it looks bad on the team as a whole. I, like you am employed, and have had new lads come (and go) because they haven't pulled their weight with the rest. It's doubly frustrating since there's not a lot you can do about it, short of letting the boss know the reason why a job took longer. From the other perspective, it's rare to find people that have the competitiveness and team spirit to work hard and fast, when the majority of employed workers don't get paid commensurate to what is expected of them. A good way to point this out to slow workers is that their objective is to work hard and earn good money for their company, and hopefully this gets noticed and will come back around.
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... You are a terrible person for that
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No throw bag, no ladders... Are you an accountant? If not you must wear really high heels
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Shake your legs down after a full day on spikes, I have a very flamboyant stretching routine when I come down at the end of the day. The ground lads find it hilarious, but it seems to prevent the horrendous leg cramps I'd otherwise get when I go to bed!
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Nope, ladders pretty much always do it for me. On the occasion that the big shot comes into play I normally get it stuck and have to resort back to ladders. I am just AWFUL with a throw line.
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Aah cheers, I don't do firewood, so I only split rings so they're light enough to shift, didn't make sense to me!
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Quick question: whats the benefit in splitting one handed? So you can have a rolly or cuppa? I get it for tapping felling wedges, especially if you're up a tree, but for busting lumps on the deck I really don't get it...
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Except the micks. Bunch of happy go lucky drunken fools... Does my half Irish heritage allow me to get away with saying that tongue in cheek? If not I'll go back to my potato soup and wind my neck in
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You ought to try searching for the numerous threads on the toppers, you should find everything you need there. The short version is that they are both good saws, the husky is a bit more powerful, but the stihl has had more time to be tried and tested. I find my 201 to be a decent reliable climbing saw.
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I stand happily corrected
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I don't understand how that happened, they used their scabbards!
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Well most places you have to be 18 to buy a saw (b&q and the like). I imagine so long as you have your tickets you can purchase a saw through a dealer since you have your certificate of competence regardless of your age. Is this right?
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Hope it works for you bud, yet with all things with large retailers, I'm skeptical...
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If you're still happy to use their "defective" product I doubt they'll swap it after all this time. Something about having your cake and eating it?
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Meindl Woodwalkers vs Meindl Airstream vs SIP Pro Innovation
Joe Newton replied to BP75's topic in General chat
Woodwalkers. Had mine eighteen months, very comfy, have worn well, but I'll need to replace mine in the new year. I'll probably go with airstreams. -
Not particularly, but imagine if you wanted the pull line tied round a limb high up, you would have to throw a line up, isolate a limb, pull your rope up and back down, running bowline around itself, and pull the bowline back up so it cinched tight around the desired limb. A base tie means you can just fire your line through the crown without isolating a limb, and just pull your rope through the crown, down and tie at the bottom. A picture would be more helpful.
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Looked like a Buckingham porta wrap floating bollard type thingy. Base tying the pull line means you don't have to isolate a limb.
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I hear ya man, but climbing trees as a kid, and working timber with a chainsaw are very different ballparks. Don't want to put you off, and it's not as tough as a lot will make out, but I'd hate to think that someone took advice from this forum as substitute for training and injured themselves. Good luck if you get training fella, it's a good buzz.
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...then you probably shouldn't be climbing unsupervised. Not being funny mate, I'm just considering your safety. The Climbers companion is a good start. It should tell you what you need for a starting setup. And please don't go spiking trees unless the tree in question is to be removed.
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Tough one with that hinge on the side leaner: Too thick and it can barber chair (evidently) Too thin and the hinge could have sheared anyway. The safe control of the rigging made sure it went where you wanted it. Impressive. Belt and braces.
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Yeah bjj rocks, I'm not so into striking. A decent ground game is like a violent (albeit slightly homoerotic) game of chess . Never used a gi. Something incredibly satisfying when you spar with someone of a similar experience (or better) and are able to counter/reverse submissions! Sponsored Arbtalk punch-up anyone?
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Used to do kickboxing and bjj. Haven't done anything in over a year now. I'd like to start Krav Maga (though not technically a martial art)
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Look like the "tegera" gloves clerked sell.
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Sweet rigging, climbing looked smooth. Gotta love nice sloppy ash on a wet day! Nicely done mate. Out of interest, why the whopping great sling on the rigging? Would have thought a cheap Lyon sling would have been easier?
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201t x2, 560xp, 660
