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I was sorry to hear you'd lost your house - hopefully you can get a 75% mortgage again one day

they were both out when I got mine - the reason I went Rock Exotica is the screw down mounting plate - it does hold it really well , my Caritool used to slide around the webbing. These locking hooks are ok, but if I forget to lock them I can imagine its not good for the rigging load to be transferred mid flight to the harness

I've been mincing around with these Rock Exotica ones on my Dragonfly; they lock unlike a wiregate - so as long as you remember to lock them when rigging... I had to buy slightly longer machine screws for the double thickness webbing(ebay) It does say expert use only - so you can't sue unless you can identify 75% of the arboretum

paid per tree? I'd pay to have a go - 100 dollars for a 250ft conifer 125 for a similar size mountain ash

in the old days a good punishment was to be pulled apart by horses - in the modern era pulled apart by tractor winch would help stop them re-offending

I wasnt taking the piss - my estimate of 12hrs for me was serious. Matty F has said elsewhere hes done 22 years of it. I wouldnt be surprised if hes at least twice as quick as me. He must be worth a few quid now hes spent the time to get good at something

Its not easier to prune than section fell, dismantling youre not out on the tips at all

Impressive eh? I could have maybe gave it a hair cut in half day i.e 12 hours

wanted to talk about various skills, but it made me so unhappy, all I ever wanted was to be famous, have a state funeral and be buried in Westminster Abbey.

beautiful - what a place to retire. Joan Collins holed up just along the coast

just come back from hols in France - was told about blockades in Vendee and all over, seems people power forced Macrons hand into a permanent U turn on the fuel duty. If it was here the Conservatives would have cleared the trouble makers with tanks - at least I like to think so lol

no I think it's like Stihl 4-mix - they work best with the valve gaps about 0.1mm, but will stihl run rough when they are way out

there's a fine line between the jailer and the jailed

crikey peds, thats tough. The real world is just too dangerous, isnt there a videogame for that?

ha ha that line has a double meaning in the metoo era, compliment a woman these days and they more than likely will hold it against you. The female primates in effect

Its best not to go solo in all aspects, if he's still got those boxing gloves try wearing them to bed

if money is no object you could snatch some fair size lumps and self lower with one of these attached to a sling around the top of the stem, has the benefits of being both lightweight and midline attachable. They say don't mix climbing and rigging gear, so may try plasma cutting a heavier version just for self lowering

that's excellent - if you have installed a nice pulley that would come up easy, leaving the one groundsman to pull stuff clear with the tagline, or finish knocking up the sauce for the steak bearnaise if you are solo then tie off the end of the rigging line in the tree, clip the pieces into a loop of the rigging line and just untie the end and pull the rope back up to you through the carabiner once the piece is down. Much slower than more people, but if you can't find anyone who doesn' think £35 a day is a pisstake for a groundie

And if the rambo knives were drawn while youre feeding the chipper at roadside just politely unhitch it for them then detonate the radio controlled bomb as they drive off

lucky you I always get it wrong and end up feeling sad when it takes too long. Nice house in the photo too I bet the whole lot outbuildings etc all for 80k GBP? I

I was just thinking about this driving home - if their chipper had a tracker they could have had someone in hot persuit presumably possibly. Is there really a scanner device that thieves have to find a tracker so they can cut it out? Suppose there must be or it wouldnt have been mentioned before.

that is a very good point and the best reason to abandon my silly idea.

and also yourn, how cares about suicide rates? I don't anyway. The world is becoming overcrowded, and the countryside disappearing. You know it

oh come on, how can you say that? the mini machine gun could be under your jacket, so you wouldn't have to run back to the cab. Think how much tax payers money it would save if robbers were shot dead. How much do you think it costs to keep an armed robber in prison? Much easier to eliminate any chance of them re- offending

I used to weld and fabricate full time, but have had no need of a machine until last year - I needed a suspension bracket for my tipper Iveco and at the time completely ouf of stock in UK, ten day delivery, so I thought good excuse to get a machine (can put it on my tax return. Got a Parweld inverter stick and DC tig (I skimped and spent about 400, wish I'd doubled that and got the ACDC so I can tig ally if anything crops up. So next on the list is a mig for bodywork (I prefer stick for thicker steel its easier to do outside where terrible fumes arent an issue. Having considered Jasic Rtech, MIller, Esab, Portamig the lot I've currently possibly nearly got to the point of making a decision (this one goes down nice and low and works fine off a long extension lead) but it is also synergic (Jasic etc do synergic too) the GYS is currently winning because of the low amps (lower than other inverters I believe, checked specs carefully) and it takes a big spool https://www.weldingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/welding-equipment/mig-welders/gys-pearl-200-4-xl-compact-mig-welder.html my tig inverter is kept indoors, if I get a bodywork mig that will be too. An old transformer machine may survive the damp winter air of a shed, not so sure about inverters at least not after years and years (I ve already had a mower engine in storage seize up on me) should have put that in the lounge too