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Either I'm in a different universe or the competition is over. I don't get anything when I click on the banner. And going to their main website, the only competition, is a choose if you win to the value of £3,000. So I entered that one.

If you want to stay clipped in, then it's a ports-ledge and a zipped entry sleeping bag. Either get one that is or waterproof the sleeping bag once you've got it. You could stay clipped in, in DD but would not be able to use a mosi net. Well actually you could, as some come with a zipped-in net. But as the little blighters only need a tiny entry gap to make life hell. What would be the point in zipping up to your lifeline, and still be eaten alive? With an enclosed type ports-ledge, you could dispense with having to have a waterproof bag and still be clipped in but this would be adding weight. For everything hammock, look here https://hammockforums.net/forum/content.php For everything tarps, look here http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/forum.php and ask about tarps.

Something I forgot to mention. If you have a sleeping bag without a zip and a Hennessy. You have to enter the bag BEFORE the hammock and exit the hammock BEFORE exiting the bag. If you presently have a zipless bag and are looking at getting your first hammock, don't get a Hennessy. Especially, if you have to go to the toilet half way through a sleep-in. I really like mine but it can be a real chore in wet weather, when there's puddles & mud galore.

If you answer a mate's enquiry as to how much you paid for this or that. You'll then learn, that if you had just been to "that other place", you'd have paid two quid less.

No. It couldn't possibly be that. More like, it's proved ineffectual for banging in nails.

If you're responsible for servicing a saw/other equipment. Make sure you have had enough training to do it properly. Don't be tempted to bluff your way through having done routine maintenance. If it hasn't been done or done badly, someone will find out sooner rather than later. If the top cover is off for whatever reason, clean the air filter. You work better when you can breath easily. It's the same with a saw or the like.

Your lid will have ear muffs, use them. You only have one pair of ears and they have to last you a lifetime. You only have one pair of eyes too. Lower your visor and or use safety glasses when cutting or are near someone else who's cutting. If someone asks you to do a final check before leaving site. You will need that: chainsaw, rope, winch, gloves, etc. tomorrow. So don't assume someone else will pack it away. Learn how to 'accurately' mix fuel. Seizure is not funny and neither is having to do a mini service, every time the tank is throwing too much oil into the pot.

I agree with the seller, I wouldn't want it as a present either.

Got a Hennessy and it's great, though the supplied tarp is a little small. Enough for shelter but leaves no view unseen when changing clothes. Bit of advice for Hennessy users; pop a wp bag over your footwear as you enter the hammock. Otherwise they'll be full of water or insects in the morning. DDs tend to come with larger tarps and the mosi nets if integrated, are larger than the Hennessy. So you can sit or lay on top of the mosi net if just relaxing. Unlike the Hennessy, where the mosi nets are too small to be lead on top of, as they tend to rip from their stitching. If you want to sleep, get a Hennessy or DD. If you want to sleep and maybe just relax and hangout, get a DD. If you intend sleeping out in cold weather. Treat yourself to a wp quilted under-blanket. Nothing worse than having a cold back in the hammock.

As in another thread - do your best not to feed tools through the chipper. They tend to work better, having not tested the strength of rotating blades. If you notice someone's in a danger zone/about to get clobbered. Alert them to their impending demise. It's good if you get to go home safe. It's better, if everyone gets to go home safe.

I wear braces but my saw trousers also have belt loops. I make use of the loops in various ways, one being a secondary attachment point for a 1st aid kit. No reason for me to be bothered about attachment in this manner, as I don't climb trees with a saw, so the kit is not obscured by a harness or ropes, etc. All my personal 1st aid kits, except one, has started out as a basic bag for the intended activity. Then has be modified and or been added to, as I've seen fit. So my kits have paracetamol amongst other mods. I'm fully aware, that it would be ill advised to administer them and or a cream I may carry to someone else. But I carry them, as I may well use the kit for the benefit of my 'own' health. Not every need for 1st aid will require I whip out multiple large wound/field dressings. I may just need a padded plaster to ease chafing on a finger or other, until I can do something more effective and longer lasting. Good sense has a hand in 1st aid. You don't suck a finger injury, as you could well contaminate the injury or swallow something unsettling or maybe get a metal splinter in your mouth. But no body's suggesting you don't take/produce saliva. My rock climbing kit is mainly bandages and plasters but there's other stuff too. My cycling kit has a number of ordinary plasters and blister plasters too but that's not its only content. Paddling kits are fitted out for either touring or ww. The one I carry in the car, is 90% bandages and lots of them. If I carry a rucksack, there's a 1st aid kit suitable for the intended main activity or for minor & general injuries in the case of my day-sac. I attended the arb show, took my day-sac and in one of the side pockets, was that sac's 1st aid kit. All my 1st aid kits have various plasters, bandages, steri-strips & a re-sus aid as a minimum. The HSE can dictate certain things in a workplace. What else I add and whether I choose to administer them, is up to me. If you're afraid of coffin-chasing-lawyers, I suggest you leave helping people/animals to others. You can still be supportive & helpful, without having to touch a living/recently deceased soul. But even being a designated 1st Aider, does not obligate you in law to help others. If you choose to, you do; if you choose not to, you do not.

Not had a problem with my bright orange Stein 1st aid kit. Just like your, except I added a small acceccory krab to the plastic ring. The velcro strap goes through a trouser belt loop and the popper clasped Then the krab is clipped to the next belt loop along; so the bag lies sideways. Never had it detach and it's still accessible if needed.

Yesterday was great, (even if it was disconcertingly dry) at the show. Had meant to get round to meeting Jon and some of his cizzer but the queue seemed to be getting longer by the minute. Today is slightly different - yes it's raining but not in biblical terms. So I'm glad I watered the garden last night.

Sorry, I missed those but then PPE and clothing in general were not on my shopping list. Didn't get nearly as much as I though I might but still got a few bargains.

I live in in a country, where on the whole, I can think and say what I like. Yes there are problems but more than less I live in peace. If it were not for people who gave so much, I would not be here now; would not be allowed to think and openly express my views; would not live in a predominantly free society. I don't agree with the concept of war on the whole. Yet, sometimes the means does justify the the goal. And it seems to me, that WWII is a prime example of a just fight, against maniacal nations gone mad with a sense if revenge and or a lust for domineering power.

Don't feed the chipper from directly inline with it. Learn how to hand sharpen a chain & and keep the chain sharp. A touch up now and then takes minutes. Leaving it until it won't cut butter on a hot day, takes a hell of a lot longer. Don't throw tools, especially someone else's.

Ah, the sun and heat! Had forgotten what that was like. But worryingly no rain. Perhaps the chanting wasn't quite right or the dancing ceased too early or the live sacrifice not quite up to spec. Perhaps the sacrificial body has to be willing. Anyone know a good hypnotist?

The main difference between your rain and our rain Jon. Is ours has a 1000' of fall before getting to the sea. Whereas your has very little fall. So when it rains here, there's no worries about flooding. I hope yours doesn't turn into a deluge again.

Not going to need the hose, as it's now raining. But at least it's raining all over. Misery loves company, as the saying goes.

Personally I prefer plastic, as it won't rust and is hardly likely to get punctured, plus there's quite a few uses for a used medium size plastic container. Though a temporary exhaust mend is not one of them, (unless you drive a Lego car).

Yesterday was good; started warm and built to a downpour, then was cool but not cold. Good day for processing and garden weeding in the evening. Was a dry night, so will have to water garden later.

Edited out as misread a post.

No. It's when you make a right mess of things and someone supplies a software fix.

Give it a moment. He hasn't finished drinking his tea yet.

Not a problem for me. I just make sure the cans are empty, (at the price, you need to be). Then leave the top off for couple of days to evaporated residue, remove labels, flatten containers and when I next visit the recycling centre with stuff, I just pop then in the hard plastics container.