Haironyourchest

Yeah...I been taking a sabbatical from the internet last few days - phone trouble.. had a long rant on the other Global Warming thread. Heard a thing on YouTube the other day that made sense to me, to paraphrase: The most powerful institutions in the world are banks. Banks care about money, and nothing else. Banks make money by lending money intelligently. They have the resources to hire people who are very very good at making accurate predictions about the long term future. Yes, they occasionally get it wrong, but mostly they get it right, or they wouldn't have such vast wealth. Banks have been, and continue to invest in seafront realestate and development to the tune of trillions a year. Some of these investments are decades long loans. Twenty years ago the "climate scientists" were telling us many of these seafront areas would be underwater by the year 2000. They were wrong. In 2000, they were saying they would be underwater by 2020. We're not there yet, 8 months to go, but I think it's safe to say, they were wrong. A lot of angst was suffered for years by millions of people because of predictions that were just plain wrong. And the banks knew it the whole time. The kept investing, and continue to invest, in seafront development. Just a thought...

If you ate bread this morning, you ate glyphosate! They spray is on cereal crops to stop the growth and essentially kill the plant, for drying on the stalk before harvest (I don't like it either, but we've all been eating it for decades) Injection is preferable because knotweed is such a hardy plant, leaf spraying may just kill the upper portion of the plant and not get absorbed far down enough to kill the rhizome. If the plants are a first year infestation from imported nodes, then the rhizome may not have developed much, and maybe just painting the leaves with a soft brush will kill it. If it's been around more than a few years, you should inject. Regular concentration roundup prep, injected into the centre of each and every stalk, preferably at or just after growth peak, near the ground. Use an agri syringe and big needle, and cut or sleeve the needle so only 5mm or so is bare, so you can press it right onto the stalk without the chance of it going clear through the other side - will speed things up. Don't know what amount to inject, sure it's easily found by googling.

The patent for gyphosate (roundup) expired a few years ago, spawning cheap generic roundup. This put a dent in Monsanto earnings. I'd not be surprised if some big chem company is behind this to ban glyphosate so they can corner the market for the latest greatest safer, expensise (and patented) herbicide. Bare in mind the court was trial by a jury of hippies and the victim was a minority, in California, where hammers can cause cancer (no joke).

Yes, indeed that's the salient paragraph. So, I read this as government control over the economy. To paraphrase "The people won't change vouluntarily, so we will force them to change". This is communism. Rationing. No travel without a permit. The end of growth, private enterprise, personal wealth etc. Do you read it differently?

Did you read the article? He's essentially arguing for a government controlled economic model - ie. Socialism (Communism), same as Alexandria Occasio Cortez.

Just read this piece by George Monibot. He finally lays the agenda on the table: "To stop global warming we must stop economic growth." In short, they are agitating for communism. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/26/economic-growth-fossil-fuels-habit-oil-industry?CMP=share_btn_tw

Yeah! That's a great application! I saw some other gadget that was a essentially a battery powered Frog clip, remote activated to disingage.

Just stumbled upon this. A very clever gadget for certain applications - but not really something I'd be keen to experiment with. Just figured I'd share it.

I did. Bought a Hank of 11mm kernmantle and hand ascenders and a cammed descender and learned how to climb on a RADS or "YoYo" set up. I'm getting sick of it now. It's fine for straight up and down, but very fiddly for limb walking. Hard to operate one handed. Lots of taking ascenders on and off... I find I usey 5m lanyard more that the climbing line for advancing and positioning, which is just a very short Ddrt system.

Climbing helmet Stein Kask, ground helmet Husqvarna branded. The ear defenders make a poor seal on the head with the climbing helmet, I don't know why, but others have found the same problem. Very sensitive ears.

Me. Chipper ear defenders on both, but they work better on the ground helmet. It saved my last week several times from blackthorn and have branches crashing down in me while hedge clearing.

Emotional topic. At least they're not asking you to ware an ankle tracker like Amazon does. From their end, they have a responsibility to their shareholders and customers to keep costs down while maximizing profits, and they believe the ipad is the most efficient way to achieve that. Of course, it won't work in practice, as the guys who would have skived anyway will just go slow I instead. There is no way to quantify value for money in a diverse and un-repetitive work environment, other than human observation coupled with experience - which also costs money. And then, who watches the watchers? Free market and free contract means you know what you're getting into and you takes your choice.

This one was a rope that had been left in a tree for 19 years...

Shows how tenacious climbing line can be.

I've got the portable metal cutting bamdsaw, if that's the one you mean, but from Aldi, not Lidl. Haven't used it yet, apart from testing that it works, and it does.

Cheap fix and keep it as a stumper and for really dirty jobs, and as a loaner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permethrin

Just out of interest, what is the result of the poll so far? (Never lived in UK so have no opinion)

No way would I consider poitin as an option, what with fine weather forecast tomorrow...

Yes, that's the one! It's in generic fly spray. It doesn't harm synthetic fabrics. Feet is not really effective against ticks I've read, but works well against midges and mosquitos. Deet is evil stuff. I bought some 96% stuff which is illegal in some countries. Used it to remove some graffiti from a utilities kiosk, and will never again use it on my skin. They recommend not touching your polycarbonate spectacle lenses if it's on your hands, as it melts the plastic and leaves a permanent finger print. For midges I've been using Autan Tropical, which is 20% Icaridine, which is a synthetic pepper, or something. I looked into it and seems much less toxic than Deet, and doesn't affect plastics or fabrics. Works as well as Deet, for me.

It will be twice as slow but half as hard.

Is it false though? You are not reading the message because you don't like the messenger. It's data - the IPCC have backpedelled. It's true, it's there in black and white.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/01/ipcc-silently-slashes-its-global-warming-predictions-in-the-ar5-final-draft/ The IPCC have actually admitted that their models have been wrong. (going beddie byes now)

examples?