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TIMON

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  1. Nice beats and grooves. Looks like Clyde managed to escape fame and fortune by the the skin of his teeth. Like your taste in music.... I think funk and black gospel drummers are the the best.
  2. Started in punk bands but graduated to blues (played a lot with Victor Brox) who was the lead singer/keyboard/ pocket cornet for the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation. Sorry for the name drop. These days I play a few times a week in a gospel band.
  3. Sorry to hear about your grandfather, Andy. Sounds like he lived life to the full.
  4. I did wonder if anyone would notice Nice one Jon, look forward to seeing you on Saturday
  5. The next door neighbours is a pub so no worries there
  6. Yeah.,, I used to be really reckless with the noise. Played in a lot of punk bands. Back line amps and oversized monitors. That aviom personal mixer in the last pic lets me choose what instruments I can hear and at what level. Still partial to a bit of fast noise
  7. 5'9. 13 stone 8 pounds
  8. A couple of shots of my set up
  9. Definitely no superman.. Makes me wonder what kind of shape I would be in if if been climbing 5 days a week for the last 30 years. I have to agree with Huck that attitude plays a big part in how health/fitness/quality if life pans out in later life.
  10. How do you account for the likes of me then?
  11. Well put Huck. I'm 50 in a few weeks. I climb 3 or 4 times a week. Did my rigging course earlier this year and am finding that it really helps to conserve energy. The other climber in our team is younger, and faster but has a different style and approach. We are finding that our different styles and approaches to climbing and working are complementing each other and really paying off. For example he can process a large crown reduction much quicker than me yet I took on a monkey puzzle dismantle that he was struggling with. As a 1st and 2nd climber combo we are learning to work smarter, not harder thereby ensuring that we are preserving ourselves and working to our respective strengths. Providing my health and fitness don't evaporate over night I reckon I've got 10 years (enjoyable, productive) climbing in the tank.
  12. Great post Adam... Running your own show is not for the feint hearted, for sure.
  13. TIMON

    Loler

    Another point to consider is that climbing kit (PPE) items should have a CE mark (certificate of conformity)
  14. Morning Mike. I've lived in Birmingham for 3 and a half years since I got married. I was in Derby before then but used to travel into BHAM a couple of times a week. I remember some of the building being half built and then just left. We've been to the miller and carter in Shirley, must try the one in Sutton Coldfield. Nice one mate.
  15. Hi Mike , hope you are well. Someone told me the other day that Birmingham is the second greenest city in Europe.... Don't know if that is correct but it keeps us busy.
  16. Aye... Large lime 80ft, maiden pollard to about 30ft. Didn't post any pics cos I didn't think it was a nice thing to do to a tree. Pays the bills and the customer was happy though. Enjoyed rigging the pieces down
  17. Alice Springs.... Is that where the original Mad Max films were shot?
  18. TIMON

    Sugihara bars

    They just landed today Will post pics and feedback tomorrow ..... Thanks again
  19. A view of the Birmingham skyline.
  20. TIMON

    Sugihara bars

    S'right.... Might just keep it for church. Be a shame to get it dirty.
  21. TIMON

    Sugihara bars

    Hi Richie Can't wait.. 560 is the best all round saw I've ever used even with standard bar.
  22. TIMON

    Sugihara bars

    Just splashed out on the following MS201T. 14" Sugihara pro 560xp. 18". Sugihara pro T540xp. 14". Sugihara pro Can't wait to use them! Will post feedback. Thanks for excellent service.
  23. Agreed! I let my mate borrow mine on a recce climb at our place yesterday and he really didn't want to give it back
  24. TIMON

    Isuzu Grafter

    This is a really interesting thread. As I've mentioned on other threads the constant frustration with transits/LDV etc.. Getting more and more flimsy with each new upgrade. (I hate to think what the new transits will perform/look like when they are over 5 yrs old). We not long ago bought a single cab transit 02 with ally high sides and 5t springs. It's a reasonable truck but at 90ps it's gutless. We also run a mog and a fiat cargo for quotes etc... When the time comes to renew the tranny we will definitely be looking at the Isuzu.
  25. We got done a few years ago. The person that did it took every working machine we had and left every tool that wasn't working..... Two weeks previously a guy working with us quit suddenly, abandoning the team he was meant to be leading and nipping off with the job takings. It didn't take a detective to work out who was responsible. The sad thing about it is that he would of sold the machines for next to nothing to buy drugs. Last I heard the guy in question was in a really bad way, it doesn't bring me any satisfaction to know that. I hate to admit it but our security measures in those days were pretty slack and we were taught a lesson. We've come a long way since then.

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