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  1. WorcsWuss
    Very neat
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    Offer's open if you're ever over this way It would be a shame if I ended up sent down for torching the offices of a no win no fee solicitors. While everyone was still in there....
  3. WorcsWuss
    Except the only way to move it is to re-tie it.... Besides, not very 'bling' is it... :001_rolleyes:
  4. WorcsWuss
    Now you mention it!
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    Yes, saves tying an alpine butterfly to clip the crab into, or cross loading it by just clipping it back into the line itself.
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    That's exactly the look I was going for The ring won't live on it all the time, will be in the way most of the time, but on the odd occasion when I want to use it a bit longer for work positioning it will be handier than taking my second line up....
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    Bit of a resurrect but it's nice to keep a good thread going.... My new one.... 5m of 10mm OP, 8mm Sirius into a vt, pinto and rock-o and Sirius prusik loop with ISC anchorage ring, all tied and hanging on a pirate. Oh to be able to splice!
  8. WorcsWuss
    If I can ever stop spending all my spare time cocking around with stuff which already exists!
  9. WorcsWuss
    I reckon it will look the shizzle! shame I can't get a black wrench....
  10. WorcsWuss
    NATO black pinto waiting on my desk for me this morning, seriously cool, along with a green 8mm OP e2e, both for my wrench set up. Also a couple of m of Sirius to knock up some prusik loops, will attach one to an anchor ring on my lanyard, and some gaff guards. What will next week bring I wonder.....
  11. WorcsWuss
    If I was starting from scratch now I'd probably settle on: Multisaver Hitch climber pulley Small pulley for strop 2x oval crabs, 4x d crabs 5 or 6m strop rope 35 or 45m rope Couple of eye to eye cords (1 each for climbing hitch and strop) Throwline / bag / cube Rope bag Kit bag That'll give you enough gear for a low friction climbing line and lanyard and won't break the bank. Much.
  12. WorcsWuss
    I drive a range rover Now. Where's my Cuban...
  13. WorcsWuss
    That's not eggs with eggs is it? I thought prado was the disco equivalent, and they're hateful camels of things. Amazon toes up to the range rover, and I know which i'd rather have...!
  14. WorcsWuss
    So which one have you ordered....?
  15. WorcsWuss
    Sorry, I missed this one Justin. Is there not an 'overhead works' sign? Think I saw a tree surgery one, that would do it....
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    That's where it comes down to the nitty gritty. Strictly speaking, training differs from assessment and if you have done the course but not the assessment (and hence have no tickets) you could still argue that you have been formally trained. All it needs is the trainer to stand up in court and say as much. You could also go so far as paying for your own training from a qualified person, working to industry standard best practice without having anything to do with city & guilds. Tickets are simply a quick way to check what training has been undertaken rather than a legal requirement. All that aside, they have been accepted as the industry standard and, cost aside which I think is utterly ludicrous frankly, I like the current system the main.
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    I can't recall all the details but I don't think that he was charged and convicted of 'not having any tickets'. Wasn't he simply working dangerously and could not evidence having had any formal training....? From what I remember, an NPTC card in his wallet wouldn't have gained him any leniency!
  18. WorcsWuss
    Try KeepVid: Download and save any video from Youtube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm and more! Dirty old man!
  19. WorcsWuss
    Who is she? Google 'rip videos from YouTube' and see what comes up. Quite often these things are a bit tricky to use though....
  20. WorcsWuss
    But more expensive to fix when they go wrong...... And not as nice to drive. And more expensive to buy. Nor as good in the dirt. So everything is relative....
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    I'm not sure I'd spend the money on the assessment if I was in your position. What are you going to do if you fail.... Do the course again? Of course not, just do the training, that's the important bit. Buy another day's training if you feel you need it instead of the assessment, would be more useful....
  22. WorcsWuss
    Oh, and to answer your question, yes, you are safe, but making it hard for yourself!
  23. WorcsWuss
    Ah, a prusik loop, not an eye to eye. Is it sewn or tied? If it's tied you could undo it and tie a fisherman's each end and make your own eye to eye... Fishermans single - Knots Guide | Arbtalk.co.uk You can hen have a play with some other hitches....Photo Knots Guide - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists Knots Guide
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    If you have that cord try it in a vt...
  25. WorcsWuss
    Exactly right. Common sense filed in triplicate is not common sense at all. As you say, you either got it or you ain't, and no crappy little plastic sign in reception can change that! IIP was seized in my LA's, quangos and other top heavy organisations, but I have yet to see an example of IIP status causing growth. I'm (against my will and better judgement) doing our constructionline application at the moment, what a load of balls....

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