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I'll check the quadcopter forums. If he's still alive I might even register and stalk him. Could be fun....

Nah, the electoral collage works well. The USA is not a country, but a federation of States. Some of those states are small, with massive urban populations, whereas others are large with small populations or mostly rural agricultural types. The needs of the 'minorities' in this case, the people who actually grow the food, harvest the timber, mine the minerals and so on, are vastly different to the needs of the urban coastal populations. If the POTUS was decided by majority every time, the urban centers, which lean Democrat for various reasons, would dictate policy over the heartland in perpetuity. The electoral collage system may not be as relevant now as it was back in the day, but its actually fairer then outright majority. Cities have wide scope for setting their own bylaws, taxes and so on anyway, so the reverse doesn't hold true.

Ask Barack Obama [ame] [/ame]

I predict the next big thing in self-developement for men will be actual lumberjack camps for recovering lumbersexuals. Real Work - the final frontier... Pay through the nose-ring to camp out with other web developer guys in the woods, learn to do manly things with axes and maybe build something out of logs. All under the fatherly care of a genuine retired lumberjack.

Nuts. I thought this was going to be another controversy filled thread about US politics...oh well.

If we consider the repeat voters, illegal immigrant votes and whatever other skullduggery the Dems pulled, Trump has likely won the (real) popular vote as well, by several million.

You mentioned that you were grounded for a number of years due to injury - shoulder presumably. If this is a factor that could recurr, think hard about whether it's worth the risk. Shoulders are a bugger to fix when they go bad. Reg Coats recently did a video about converting to SRT and how it saved his back. Might be relevant. Also horses can be utilised in woodland management as low impact extraction option.

This is such a good thread - it really makes one appreciate life! Tomorrow, when I get some line in my glove and feel like I should have tried harder in school, I'll just think of pounding stakes in a blizzard, or that tractor, and everything will be good again!

Ah, the auld psychedelics! I tried acid twice - hated it both times. It did teach me something about myself though, made me realise that I actually wasn't the devil-may-care rebel I fancied myself, but rather a overly-concientious nanny! Did what it said on the tin, opened my mind, but was not pleasant. I was into the occult, still am really. Experiments in divination of future events yielded concrete and indisputable results that science cannot explain. I may not know much about anything, but I know this: information transference is not necessarily dependant on the physical brain, or linear time.

Hi Jennie, you've been around quite a while but don't chime in much How much income do you need to live? If you can tolerate a downturn in earnings why not just be a jobbing maintenance worker for a while, lawn mowing, hedges, cleaning gutters all that kind of thing. Plenty of tree work will come your way again once you have a few regular clients and you let them know you are an experienced arborist. Often times people forget their trees need care until they realise they're talking to a tree surgeon, then its "Oh! That branch over the conservatory! etc etc"

A lot of people feel this way, but the funny thing is, when they actually experience the reality of "spirit", be it an out of body event or whatever, they chalk it up to hallucination or indigestion, because the white-coats don't support it. If 'scientifically verifiable' means that white coated men believe its true, then we base out own belief on the belief of other men. In short, we cede our own innate ability to determine for ourselves what is real, to someone else - just like in traditional religion. And by the way, leprechauns are real - over fifty percent of the Irish economy is derived from leprechaun gold, (long may it last).

The Yanks have bull-riding. The Spaniards have bull running-away-from and bull-sword-fighting. The Kazacks have bull-baiting with bull-dogs. We Irish never really managed to work the bull into a national sport, in fact we're generally pretty wary around em...we do bullshit a lot though

My favourite is Numbers 31, the Vengance on the Midianites. I love to "ask" the Jehova's Witnesses to 'clarify' this chapter for me when they call - to recap: 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. 13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. (!!!) Holy mackerel, Andy!

Now I think of it the AV had a double wall construction for inserting flak plates, I would guess, making it customisable for chest protection as well. If I can make the plates....

Was in the army surplus store today looking at an assault vest, maybe 6 big pockets, E45.00. Thinking it might come in handy for arial work, not necessarily tree work, but other tasks involving a harness, as the vest pockets ride high and would be out of the harness tackle, unlike a workman's belt. Pockets big enough to hold hand tools, the biggest would probably hold a medium size paint tin. The only problem though is the pocket flaps are huge and stiff, would probably have to cut them off, and also the masses of webbing straps which seem to festoon the thing, as they would constitute a snagging hazerd on scaffolding and so on. It's 45 bucks though, and would not like to ruin it as a throwaway experiment:001_huh: Anyone here ever tried using an AV for building work?

So would I, but then I'd have to buy one!

I was wondering about that actually - have the double blade myself and its great, but notices the tri-muchler in the shop and wondered if I would have been better off with it. Here's an idea - I want to try to convert my brushcutter into a leaf blower - wouldn't simply attaching a fan do the trick? If they made such a thing it would be ever so handy. The Stihl kombi-system blower attachment is €400!!! for essentially a tube with a fan inside.

Its not what you do, its how you do it and who you do it with. The nicest job in the world can be an ordeal if the team dynamics are nasty. Abusive boss, backstabbing colleagues that kind of nonsense. Whereas tough, brutal work can be a pleasant memory later, when everyone pulls together and the camaraderie is bang on...with the exception of war, maybe.

Secular Humanist Neo-Liberalism has become something very much like a religion if you want my opinion (which you probably don't but what the hey).

Where do we sign up to volunteer? A ratio of 10 to 1 feels about right to me but we'll have to get expert guidance on the optimum for the future health of the colony gene pool. Hyper fertility will be a pre-requisit of course. Will there be trees on the new planet, or will we have to plant them ourselves? To early to know, I suppose.

I just peeled an egg but then didn't fancy it...I'll let it rest awhile. Will probably slice it on toast later.

Excellent vid. I presume the pins are removable for changing out the webbing straps?

[ame] [/ame] Think this proves it:biggrin:

The internet never forgets :big grin: This my all time most sphincter-clenching tree fall vid. Its great that these vids exist - since when have we had the possibility of 'witnessing' real accidents? Ok to read about stuff, but the reality of seeing - wow - just so fast. Makes us be careful... [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTV2onIYmCI[/ame]

So theres a new thing now - "transracial" - its when a person identifies as a member of a different race then what they're born into. Born with the wrong colour skin, in other words. Black inside, white outside...don't laugh! If you poke fun, you're a deplorable transracialphobic....