Mr. Squirrel
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Ha ha, not wearing a mask is hardly revolutionary... Health professionals widely agree that a simple face mask is of benefit. Countries where this advice has been followed have generally faired relatively well. The UK has obviously not. It’s hardly surprising when there are so many who view it as their right to potentially endanger others...
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Inconsistent, sure. But unjustifiable? Really? You say you have an aversion to rules you deem unreasonable. What’s so unreasonable about wearing a mask in a shop? How does this negatively affect you? You’ve already acknowledged how little of an issue it is to wear one, and that they may be of benefit. To then say you won’t wear one seems pretty childish really. I feel like perhaps there should be options. People can not bother with a mask, go to the pub etc. But when they catch it they just stay put at home and die quietly. Hopefully the memory of how they stuck it to the man will help them pull through...
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Stihl were still doing the 880 in mainland Europe after they stopped selling them here. It might be an EU emissions law or whatever, but it was implemented earlier and more abruptly in the UK than anywhere else I'm aware of. You might still be able to pick one up over the water.
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Yeah, which presumably means if you shoot it out it'll fall apart. Which would make shooting it out a terrible idea, unless you can just deck the thing, in which case don't bother. Clearly a MEWP is a much better idea ?
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Shoot out the bracing... and then what? Just not sure I see the logic in shooting out bracing, (besides it being entertaining) to then presumably either climb the tree to replace the bracing, or climb to dismantle the tree... It sounds like a hoot, but one way or the other, you're going to have to climb it...
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As above really. If you have experience and knowledge of felling then that's a great start. You'll have tree knowledge beyond what most start out climbing with and probably better than some who've been doing it for years. I always say the same to people considering a career in Arb, but don't neglect the knowledge. Learning how to climb is great, but knowing what you're doing to trees is just as, if not more important. Go for it.
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I was put off Salewa by the old version of these, which in my case fell to bits way too quickly. All the hooks snapped off within a couple of months, and they punched holes through the goretex to attach new ones. Not an enormous deal, but it was a shoddy fix for a dear pair of boots. La sportiva on the other hand, have always been solid for me.
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Wow. Read through a fair bit of this thread and I can't decide if you're serious. You keep calling him unprofessional, but YOU poached a client of his. It doesn't matter how great your tool is, you've ****************ed up. You don't have a leg to stand on. Own up to it. 'probably knew it was wrong?' bloody pathetic.
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So loads of people were saying the folk breaking lockdown to protest for racial equality were selfish, awful people etc etc. Then this crowd of knuckle draggers came out to give us all a bit of perspective...
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Perhaps, but it's extremely telling that a large number of businesses had essentially shut down before the government introduced lockdown measures. They were going on some mad 'herd immunity' at the time, completely ignoring what was happening in other countries which were being hit hard. They were following what many of the public were already doing rather than having a bright idea. On a side note though, the UK does seem to have been hit disproportionately hard by covid. Yes, the governments strategy was a joke. But the likes of Germany have been less strict on lockdown, and have fared far better. Their health system obviously plays some part, but I wonder if they're just generally healthier too?
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What's Brexit again? ?
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I understand where you're coming from, but you've not given examples of racism. That guy sound like a prick, but there's an enormous difference between someone being unkind to you and living your entire life at a disadvantage because of your skin colour. Racism is more than these incidents you've mentioned, it's this power and oppression that's normalised in society. No matter how unkind someone is to you because you're white, they still won't have the same power. Since you've used that example, are you therefore of the opinion that Western countries should shoulder less responsibility for slavery, as they were just buying what was being sold?
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As shitty as that is, even if it was a racially aggravated attack, it still isn't the same. A white person can be mistreated by a person of colour, but that's very different to the systematic and institutionalised mistreatment of an entire race. There isn't the same dynamic of oppression against white people in Britain, and so there will never be the same power. Which is what racism is, it's power over another person or persons because of your skin colour. So I'm not saying what happened to your friend wasn't racially aggravated, but there's quite a large difference between experiencing that as an incident and being marginalised your entire life.
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Anti-white black racism? Cry me a river. Racism against white people isn't a thing in the UK.
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Not having a go. Tbh I think you've taken some degree of unwarranted flack in this thread.
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You have a lot of opinions about this job considering you've never seen it in person.
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I took down a few with this last year, I'd never heard of it in ten years on the tools. I only realised how bad it was when we were done, didn't have any issues but a heads up from the boss would've been nice eh...
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What sort is it? You basically want it to be long enough that the wrench can't be pushing on your knot when it's facing down. ISC have an official recommendation for clearance, but I can't remember what it is... I got a shorty at first but it didn't allow enough space for the knot, and worse, I kept pinching my fingers in it. Bloody awful.
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Everyone has their own ideas and as said that's fine. Some companies are better able to deal with some jobs than others. That being said, £4,500 seems steep. Are they planning on getting a crane in or something?
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Petzl and black diamond both do women's specific helmets for climbing etc. They're a bit smaller, slightly differently shaped and the band's round the back are designed to accommodate long hair tied back. You'd have to screw visor/ear defender mounts on but that's hardly the end of the world if the helmet fits properly. No idea if they're actually any better though tbf.
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Yeah I know a lot of folk have something like a chalk bag for theirs, seems a good solution. But still too much bulk for me. I ended up ditching it and going for a different style knee ascender.
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I made my own, pretty similar to the 4srt one, and it was fine. My only issue was it was too much stuff hanging off my harness, and since the haas looks bulkier I can't imagine it helping out on that front.
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I'd try the updates first off. When I got my Sena it was awful at first, I'm not sure it could even sync properly, but following an update it's worked perfectly.
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Nope! Seems like she's a good story teller, but a crap scientist.
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I better get a water pistol. Ain't no robot taking my job ?
