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  1. Haironyourchest
    They start around 30 grand and run to half a million for the big models! Pretty darn cool though, in fairness....
  2. Haironyourchest
    Holy mackerel. Pretty grusome, I hope he was up to no good.... Yeah the boards I got were well beefier than those.
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    True, I wouldn't lend klimbing kit either - too much liability and moral issues. But some people are fine jumping in the deep end - watch a few vids and just go for it, that's how I learned. Can't say it's the best way, but sometimes the only realistic way depending on the situation. But then again, I'm very physically cautious, have ample free time to mess around and generally have gotten into things for which I already had transferable skills and muscle memory. If a guy is compenant at roofing, let's say, it's not a million miles away from tree surgery. The variables being the site is random, moving, and the wood it green and subject to unpredictable (at first) forces. But an experienced roofer would be able to adapt much more quickly than eg. a plumber. Just rambling thoughts..
  4. Haironyourchest
    Cool. Are we talking about the same thing? By morticed do you mean grooved like shiplap or log-cabin style timbers, where the baords mate, or does the mortice refer to the post? The posts I got were morticed, about 5x5 inch with four rebars and two inch deep mortice grooves the length of the post. Posts came 8 foot long.
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    Just what I was going to suggest. I think it's very good advice, really don't understand the negativity. While kit is certainly expensive, there are bound to be ways and means. Second hand, borrow, rent, buy and re-sell, whatever, where there's a will there's a way. If you can get some informal coaching great, but even if you can, be sure to watch loads of YouTube tutorials as well. You might get hooked, and even if climbing trees turns out to not be your thing, you could go sideways into industrial rope access work.
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    By "gravel boards" we're talking about ferrocement 2x12 six-foot planks right? I made some raised beds with them last year, they weigh 70kg apiece, three rebars in each one. No way could they be damaged, only with a sledgehammer maybe. The ones I used were wood imprint on one side, look really nice when they're painted with water based stain, hard to tell they're not wood.
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    Depends very much on the locality. The more rural, the more laid back, generally, but not always. Proximity to certain "problem" towns, or communities on mojor roads, and vigilance goes up. Rural Ireland, bicycles - yes, cars running - yes, chainsaws - no, houses unlocked - no. Farm produce honesty boxes - yes, but uncommon.
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    Not a joke guys, and it happens more than you'd think. Double deckers are especially at risk of hitting sagging branches. A few decades ago no cars had air bags, crumple zones, ABS or seat belts. Nothing wrong with progress. Better to have the protection and not need it than the other. I bet the driver would agree with me.
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    BBC (!!!) and The Guardian were denied entry to Trump's press "gaggle" the other day. Apparently they loitered in the hallway with the tabloids, the Sun, Mirror etc. until secret service moved them away.
  10. Haironyourchest
    Maybe consider forgetting about an off-the-shelf arb helmet and try mountaineering helmets instead, there's bound to be more options. Then retrofit a mesh visor and just use earplugs, or forgo the visor altogether and use mesh goggles with it?
  11. Haironyourchest
    Can someone please repost the post where Mark J (alledgedly) threatened to kill Matelot? I can't find it. Thanks in advance.
  12. Haironyourchest
    My 2 cents - its your duty to clear the tree, if only to buck the culture of passivity that seems to be growing all the time. You could call the police and tell them whats going on. Maybe keep a couple of LED road beacons in the van for you safety. One would have to consult a lawyer to find out who the wood really belonged to, the land owner from whence it originated or the roads authority - but thats another matter.
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    Wouldn't the simple thing be, to build public transport vehicles a bit tougher? You'd think with the materials available today one could retrofit a low profile reinforcement over the cab. All kinds of crumple zones to protect against front and side impacts but nothing on top?
  14. Haironyourchest
    Yeah the "why" matters. Are the other guys undercutting you? What kind of work exactly do you do on site, and how much is your rate?
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    ...Black Forest? (might as well keep it arb related)
  16. Haironyourchest
    Tell us more about the Russian ballet dancer!
  17. Haironyourchest
    If you're going to leave a band at the road edge for last, be aware of the microclimate of the area, as high winds could potentially take some of them out while they're not sheltered by the rest of the stand.
  18. Haironyourchest
    Balding with a ponytail, and shirtless.
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    I think he was alluding to a 55 yo man who set himself in fire in a Stockholm plaza on Fraday. He was a white man, most probably a native Swede (watch the video) holding a sign that read "I am 100% sane - the secret police are killers!!" From what I could see, he looked like a pissed off liberal.
  20. Haironyourchest
    Bringing the perp to justice will be a long shot, unless they can get a confession. What a scumbag....
  21. Haironyourchest
    Site generator strapped to the drawbar running an electric motor?
  22. Haironyourchest
    Isn't lawn sand Iron Sulphate? Hence the rust coloured stain? An agri-store guy told me never use Iron Sulphate on tarmac to kill moss, because "You'll never get the stain out"
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    I'd guess its been tried a million times! Id say it wouldn't work though as the reading or divination would be "contaminated" by base desire. It only works when the the dowser, or deviner seeks information which is academic, that is to say, to which he has no personal attachment. The location of someone else's pipe, for instance.
  24. Haironyourchest
    It works on the same principle as a pendulum or Ouija board, the nervous system recieves information from the unconscious mind and moves the hand-arm muscles which move the rods, but it feels involuntary because the conscious mind tricks itself into being sidelined. What dowsers are actually doing is tapping into universal information, but they don't realise it. If you experiment with it, you can "find" abstract things, like the location of missing people and even knowledge of future events by asking the visual amplifier - the rods or pendulum or whatever, Yes or No questions, and use a system of elimination to arrive at answers to all kinds of stuff. Potentially very dangerous for the experimenter. As long as dowsers think it's about magnetism and stick to finding pipes, they're safe enough...
  25. Haironyourchest
    We (the royal we) noticed that as well, replayed it four or five times. When he gave Gorsuch the podium his expression was .... Like pulling teeth. On much thought I take it this way: Gorsuch told him in no uncertain terms that he would, if confirmed, not be Donald's bitch. But he would (will) stick to the constitution. Maybe he also gave the Don a bollocking, who knows? I take it to be an indicator of maturity that Donald nominated him anyway, knowing that Gorsuch won't give him a free pass, simply because Gorsuch is the best nan for the job. Trump knows it's bigger than him, and did it anyway even though it obviously hurt his ego. Makes me like him all the more - if I'm reading it the right way, that is.

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