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maybe a bit cumbersome down the garden path, but the technology is getting there “Workers will soon be effortlessly carrying around ship parts that weigh more than they do” https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329803-900-robotic-suit-gives-shipyard-workers-super-strength/

wont help next week, but these exoskeletons in development look promising for heavy manual handling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSo6C_gE4w8

just looking at the graphic above there are loads of bandwagon currencies popping up - Einsteinium , Vertcoin, Powerledger, a bit like Matelots fancy coloured must have tulip varieties.

Its funny that since the dip caused by the last financial crisis the FTSE100 has approximately doubled off its lows, but the US equivalent the Dow Jones Industrial Average has nearly quadrupled. All my savings are in my ISA, but I'm only paying a fixed 3% on my mortgage - so not much incentive to clear that first when some big companies yielding 5 or 6% dividends, if global interest rates normalize to historical levels my ISA is going to take a hit - I will still get my dividend income though. Capital at hazard, as they say.

payment of choice for parasitic criminal scum who still go down the doctors when ill and send their kids to schools funded by the taxpayer

RobD has bought a few quids worth, once the Arbtalk massive pile in and hike the price he'll be out - pump and dump lol

oh right so in 2040 on chainsawbars.uk I will be able to order a new battery topper and pay 0.000000437456 BTC

so a computer farm wired up to the mains and the net can use its processing power to run mathematical software that slowly churns out new bitcoins - these bitcoin 'mining' operations ruin it for me - its not like real mining where there is only so much metal in the ground, theoretically unlimited number of computers can be made to 'mine' new bitcoins, the demand may increase further with media hype, but so can the supply. an early purchase of Amazon, Google or Ebay would have been nice, needle in a haystack, as you say nearly all were lossmaking and most of the companies shares went to zero. Like with anything if it is a real winner the temptation to sell the lot when its gone up a bit prevents people from hitting a home run. I can imaging what with how volatile bitcoin is if Id bought £100 worth at say $50 each I'd have sold the lot way before it ever hit $1000, people buying now to get the same bonanza only need bitcoin to get to $200000 each, maybe one bitcoin will soon be worth a cool million

thanks for the reply - that is a bargain if the apta is worth having that is - was retailing at $199 I thought, if you're saying the big shot is better i will stick with that, havent tried fitting a bigshot trigger yet, possibly would help

he will have to nail his colours to the mast, or simply pull the trigger

If a hit man is asked to bump someone off who he thinks should live, he can refuse the job, but if he's a professional he will keep his mouth shut about it

£800 isnt a lot for an all in SRT set up, people on XTC+(even 2017 vintage) will need rope too, I bet youve spent near on £2000 on all the bits youve tried - didnt you have a bigshot AND an APTA launcher? Is the APTA launcher better than the bigshot for accuracy?

interesting about suggesting the TO take a look and a TPO being placed - I can imagine if a 'potential' customer wants to fell a really decent specimen tree, the contractor does have privileged information in that they know something the TO doesnt - a really nice unprotected tree is about to be cut down. The homeowners should get contractors to sign a confidentiality document ' I want a quote to get rid of this, but you mustn't mention my intentions to anyone at the council or anyone connected with them'.

this system looks good, not tried it myself (only due to the cost) - he makes SRT work positioning look easy with this rig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUWM5IcDC5g like MattyF said above - he has two SRT systems on the go, a shorter rope for the redirects

a big shot, static rope, friction system (rope runner, bulldog bone, rope wrench with tether and e2e hitch cord, or ZZ RW combo), foot ascender plus HAAS knee ascender, neck tether to tend, or chest harness, lanyard over the shoulder. An investment of maybe £800 all in and you have something to save you spiking up huge ivy covered nightmare trees (that have to be section felled)

draping a line over the top of the whole thing with a big shot and bounce testing a base tie is crude but worked for me, can damage a few bits and bobs if its just a prune

thanks for replies guys - i wish i'd kept my mouth shut and stuck with his trees and hedges, said i could do it for £100 - thought a couple of sacks of mortar mix at a £10 tops, looks like if it needs two tubs I'll be doing the job for £30, or less if I use up a diamond wheel or whatever on the angle grinder, still be a learner job. never imagined to regrout a patio of say 25m2 would be so dear. Sounds like a pro quote would be over £200 if a tub only does 7.5m2, I wont walk now ive said a price, but seems like ive messed up badly, or actually I may try to wriggle out of it - havent been to do trees and hedges yet so may have to separate that part - discretion the better part of valor and all that

not done a whole patio before - this one is square slabs, nothing fancy how to rake, chisel or machine the old mortar out where it remains ( without chipping the slabs)? best method to repoint after cleaning up? there is a lot of missing pointing and weeds at the moment My initial thoughts are gently with a bolster to remove, possibly a battery cut off saw too? And what about just brushing dry mortar mix into the joins after cleaning? Or is it best with a tub of stuff or one of those oversize mastic guns thanks to anyone who does this work and tells me all their trade secrets

looking at his pics in today's job thread Ian Flatters is still using his Vermeer, carries about 50 sheets of ply around so as not to damage the lawn, those with hiab just lift the avants over the hedge or wall

both the two trees above and the big elm what a waste - brutality and greed - thats all the economy is, England looked much nicer in the days of horse and cart, although I'd probably have died of a stroke by now, as there were no blood pressure meds

the pull up bollards sound a good addition - although someone from up north I met during an ebay purchase had one at his yard - he said the gyp will use a petrol cut off saw on them - not sure of the ease of this operation, a bit worrying as they make battery cut off saws now too. So bollard out front, internal cage, blaster, thick motorbike chain connecting all handles together - take starter motor or similar off tracked chipper, how about a removable front section to the drawbar of a wheeled chipper, must be a way of engineering it so there is no ball hitch at night. Sometimes it is simply worth the effort and inconvenience to take saws indoors - Im sure I saw a photo from Big tree Don with all his Huskys in the hallway, sure I would rather have HT131 and long handled hedgecutters outside as they are cumbersome, but if your store is likely to get done over dont leave chainsaws in there, sort of defeats the object of having a store, but if it only contains bulk oil and a chipper minus the front part of drawbar or starter motor. If the drawbar mod not possible - how much time to get really good at mechanics so it can be jacked and a wheel hub removed each night, leave the wheel on floor but take the hub home, surely a battery impact wrench and normal torque wrench to refit, maybe a split pin or so, if the process was repeated each night with wheeled chippers the pit stop would be quick and soon the theives would have common hubs on their vans just in case

good vid - looks like it can help a lot on some branch walks

why no close up of the remaining leaves and buds? Didnt want to make it too easy

nasty about the rigging line and metal hooks, hadnt considered it, at least some e. g rock exotica transporter will lock firm if you remember each time:(

The OP Old Mill was advertising - probably a good bet, he wrote on here some time ago about a massive lombardy they did - sounds like they get some good climbs