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I'm thinking "hip" was supposed to have a "c" in front of it, but the touchscreen didn't register.

I was given a horse Chestnut stem last year. Getting near burning the last of it now, it gave adequate heat, for my purposes. Burns so quickly though. Bad use of storage space for energy return...

How do people still fall prey to cold callers? I know they're elderly etc ... But I'd have thought the penny would drop in the collective awareness at some point.

Better than having a episode at the wheel. Carry aspirin for the heart attack and make sure your descent device is one hand operated in case a stroke takes out an arm. Always have your main line set up and ready to rock if you have to bail out in a hurry. And carry a panic button device of some sort that will alert a reliable contact.

They grab the rope less hard than a prussic. Better feedback. Advance easier than a prussic as well, and can be advanced one handed with a micro pulley. Somewhere between an English 4 wrap prussic and a valdotan tress, or so I'm led to believe.

Try a distal hitch. Also easy to tie and a bit more forgiving than a prussic.

Maybe this product & service exists. If not, how bout this: A dedicated "rugged" comms device with a dedicated tactile button. Ware it on your chest where it's accessable by both hands. It's perma-linked to a call center, partially automated service. You check in with them when you start the day's work. They have all your details and a copy of your risk assessment. The device rings loudly and vibrates (really powerfully, moreso than a phone) every half hour. You hit the button to silence it. If you don't hit the button connects to a human at the call center and they speak to you. If you don't reply, the emergency plan is activated. It can also tell the call center if you are upright or horizontal. It tells the call center if you are moving or not. If you link it to your fitbit it tells them about your heart rate etc. This device would be an indestructible chunk of polymer and metal with a high capacity replaceable battery. Could even have a Satallite link for areas with low cell coverage.

Took us around 4 hours, but we weren't giving it anything like wellie, as my pal was a bit poorly. Probably two hours of proper work for two vigorous men. Client will be treated fairly though, as always. I just love Tirfors. Love everything about them. It's bordering on a fetish... If anyone has a link to Simon Foure and the history of the development of the Tirfor please send it my way.

I'd be for grinding but grinders are in short supply in my hood. Just never caught on I suppose. I suppose you could say it's a cultural thing....

I'm gonna leave it there and forget about it. Actually this was not my job, was just helping out a fellow tree guy. I believe the client is going to deal with it himself, it was actually his tirfor we were using. All he wanted was it out of the ground.

The ms201 (the back handle ground version of the top handle saw) has a 3/4 wrap handle as standard. The 3/4 makes it great in the tree for chogging, better than a top handle.

They're handy for felling timber onna slope and access from the left side of the stem is restricted. I had a full wrap on my 461 before it blew up. It did make life easier at times.

Tirfed out an alder this afternoon, root ball and all. Had to re-rig three times for different angles etc. The snatch block came out to play, which is a rare occurrence.

That's what I saying. Recycling (proper) might make economic sense soon. Reusing jars and bottles etc. When it's cheaper for industry to collect and reuse glass jars instead of buying new ones. Part of the great reset is central control of ALL recourses. Everything to be cataloged and accounted for, every fencepost, half block, used tuna can etc. Eliminate waste. Reuse and redistribute everything. One man's rubbish another man's treasure, but to put "rubbish" to use we need an all knowing database of what exists and who needs what. Yes, distopian in a normal world, but I can understand the thinking behind the vision. If we are energy and commodity impoverished, then using what we have most efficiently would be a way to lessen the hurt.

Makes me wonder... If all the hoopla about global warming, recycling, "circular economy" etc was seeded years ago in preparation for this. If the west and east split, we will have to be more self sufficient, like we were 40 years ago. But we have become dependent, to a degree, on the east. China for goods and Russia for energy and commodities, so a simple switch back to 1980 won't work. In this scenario, one can see recycling in a new light. Not to "save the planet" per-se, but just to keep raw materials in circulation. A currency collapse, roll on the digital credit, rationing by another name. All of this stuff was pushed as trendy and green over the years, but maybe it was in preparation for this?

She got a taste of her own potion. J.K was a rabid SJW in the early Trump years, fully on the bandwagon... I have no sympathy for her.

If NATO gets seriously involved, aren't we all basically dead?

Used the tree jack to great effect on a project last week. Breaking down a large fir...

Set a rope in the canopy and test load it. Get a friend to hand off the rope as well, put a couple hundred kilos on it.

Gotta save the planet for future generations.

I met him in a pub once, was around '98 probably. I asked him "Are you Alexi Sayle?" and he got off his bar stool and did a little dance and talked gibberish!! Mad lad, altogether. Bought him a rum & coke.

The Ukraine Mess That Nuland Made TRUTHOUT.ORG Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland engineered... From 2015. I'm still learning the Ukraine backstory. At the time I had no interest in social media and hadn't watched the news in 20 years, so it passed me by. This author is clearly partisan, but who isn't? The most disturbing thing, moreso than the possibility of nukes, is the instantaneous lockstep of nearly every politician, down to the local councilor level. It's like a ****************ing hive mind.

I wonder how young he was when he was in the young leaders program? Surely he signed up to get a seat at the table, rub elbows and network, like everyone else? Would be nice to have audio recordings of the kind of stuff that went down at the get togethers over the years...

He's had his honorary black belt revoked by the world Taekwondo Federation as well. But everyone and their uncle was in the Young Global Leaders. It was/is a corrospondence course, with annual get-togethers. Just a networking club really. The ones who showed promise were groomed further and inducted into the Shwab inner circle.

Isn't it strange, how the last six years or so, everyone kind of got a taste of their own medicine, in one way or another... Whether it's been taken on board or not, that's up to individuals. 60 years ago this October, the Cuban missile crisis...