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No you're right on, we have the latest version. It certainly wasnt cheap, was 400 ish, and it's big. It does fold away but even when folded it's still big and it's a hassle. We found that if we put it away we just didn't use it, so it's set up 24-7 in the kitchen/living room. Sharing our space and lives with the gadget makes us use it every day - herself twice a day. We got used to its presence. My folks tried it and acquired one too. The way we look at the cost is to decide it by two, and then decide by the many thousands of sessions we are likely to get out of it, and it's heavy duty built for life. Works out at 1 cent per minute. That's cheap back protection, if it keeps us trouble free. Experiments suggest that people who invert regularly don't shrink as they age, as the disks stay plump. Good for the inner organs as well. It's true it does put a bit of a strain on the knees, but that can be fixed with a hip belt and strap to the ankle clamp, so the knees and ankles don't take any weight. We feel it benefits our knees, but maybe that's only if your knees aren't too bad in the first place, I don't know. Also, you can set the gradient so you needn't invert completely they say 60 degrees gives the same benefits. I'd try the harness thing, set up a plank against a tree at 45-60 degrees and just hang - it hurt the first time, as the disks have seldom if ever been reverse loaded. Can't recommend it enough. Plus, it makes your woman look like a cartoon character, if you know what I mean.

Anyone on here tried Inversion Therapy for back pain? We discovered it a few months ago, bought an inversion table - a Teeter - and use it every day for a few minutes. It sorted out our backs. You hang from your ankles, and the weight of your own head and upper body puts your spine under gentle traction - allowing the disks to decompress and hydrate. If you want to try it, just hang upside down in your climbing harness and ankle lock the rope, gives much the same effect but the table is way more pleasant.

Subscribed to your channel, what a great resource! I just bought a SRT system yesterday, haven't tried it yet. New to rope access in general but spent too many years messing around on ladders. Will start slow and small. Looking forward to watching the rest of your vids, cheers.

x27, but get the long handle version, the shorter handled one (silver coloured head) could be dangerous to your legs if you miss. So light, what a joy.

Well, it wouldn't be the first time....maybe they ran out? He also claimed to have seen a flying saucer. Not in Saudi tho.

The fact that you now feel depressed and, as you say, are "quickly going to think of something more fun" tells me that my observation was spot on - you are fleeing from yourself. Stefan you may be a tough guy, able to work like a Trojan night and day, but you are afraid of taking a deep long loom within your own soul. Instead of diving in the ocean, distracting yourself with more activity, try diving inside. It will not be a happy experience - it never is. How to do it I cannot say, everyone must find their own way. I really wasn't judging you, I was just suggesting that you are judging - and punishing - yourself, and looking for people to tell you that everything is fine.

I get the feeling that this is a subconscious cry for help Stefan. Workaholism is as damaging as any other olism, the problem is instead of draining wealth it generates it, is scocietally approved of, and doesn't necessarily ruin your health. But its still a symptom of something amiss at a deep level. That feeling of success, of the triumph of pulling off yet another job, the endorphin kick of pocketing the cheque, and the self congradualting that ensues can, in the end, become a shallow parody of true fulfilment. There may be people who are constitutionally built to work long hours, and really don't need a family life (not kids necessarily, but just some kind of companionship), I don't think you are one of them. The very fact that you asked for reinforcement of your self imposed non-stop work ethic makes me think that you are not happy. In other words, it feels like theres a bit of denial going on. Some people flee from deep seated unconscious self-esteem issues by compulsively working. As long as they are busy and productive the feel ok about themselves - their self worth is dependant on their productivity. This is particularly the case culturally in northern and middle Europe - the so called protestant work ethic. I have known many germans, in particular (my own grandfather included) who feel "guilty" if they don't rise before seven. This quirk of mass psychology helped the west become a powerhouse of industry, and is now helping the eastern nations do the same. But at an individual level it can be damaging. What Im trying to say is, this is not about your fiancé, or the wedding, its about your own soul and journey through life. We all have our cross to bare, psychologically speaking - we all have issues and most of the time our issues remain unresolved - and probably unresolvable. But its key that we acknowledge that we HAVE issues, that we are aware of them.

HAHAHA!!! https://plantintelligence.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/im-in-love-with-a-tree-its-the-best-sex-i-ever-had/

I know a guy who put up factory siding in Saudi. In the work camp there was no booze, and also no petrol, for some reason. Way out in the desert. Some of the guys were into trial bikes and had their bikes there, but no petrol to run them, so they decided to make their own by harvesting the abundant wild dates that grew round about, fermenting them and distilling the mash in a ramshackle still. I suppose they'd have been flogged and thrown in the hole if the authorities had found out, but they weren't making moonshine to drink, only to power the bikes! He said the went like rockets on it.

Too many blue lagoons...yuck.

Get a couple of cats-eye road studs and implant them in the eyes. Would be truly awesome.

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered "Man.... Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived." - The Dalai Lama - Yes, BUT........has His Holiness ever experienced the power and bliss of a Predator38RX Radio Controlled Tracked Stump Grinder at FUUULL THROTTLE!!!!11!......if not....he has never really lived.

Ok, so my lady says its not a big deal, but she probably didn't really want to go either, but was more or less obliged to. She may have felt like it wouldn't be too boring if you went together, but you left her in the lurch, standing alone at the buffet table with a glass of cheap wine, looking wistfully at all the other happy couples. Looks like you'll be doing some grovelling.

Just asked my girlfriend....it depends how close your fiance is to the happy couple. If they close friends then you in trouble. On the other hand, she says, if the work was for a super important cliant and couldn't wait, then that balances out a bit.

Holy Mackerel!

Yeah thats true, obviously the kids are selected for their "stage presence" and some scripting goes on. Maybe its not a truly scientific experiment but I believe the kids are genuine enough. Even if its not "true" so to say, at least it might make people think. Kiddies in the doldrums might watch the shows and it might trigger something in their minds like "Wow, I never knew there was such a thing as tree planting! - if that rocker guy could do it, maybe I could...." - maybe start them on a positive train of thought.

Ever since Theresa May took the reigns of the Brexit wagon I've been fancying her more and more by the day...no joke!

Ive been thinking a lot about this issue. I believe its a major societal problem in the making, but can be remedied in time, with social awareness and political will. There's a series called "Worlds Toughest Jobs" where they take three British layabout kids who want to get on in their lives but lack direction and motivation - they send them to do hard manual labour. Very interesting how they react. Very, very interesting experiment. I strongly recommend this series, I was absolutely fascinated. [ame] [/ame]

For farmers and industrial level operators, yes, I agree, but garden guys? really? They sell the stuff in a squeeze bottle like 2-stroke oil, x number of capfuls per gallon of water. If someone offered me a free course I'd be glad to take it, but no way would I pay £200+ I mean where does it stop? I hear in Belgium, if you build your own house, you have to pay 6% VAT on your OWN labour. If you're a registered builder, you pay the full whack. Where is our civilisation going? Roll on deglobalisation I say, sack the pen pushers and send them into the potato fields.

I see your location is "Middle Earth"....pray tell, are you a Guardian reader by any chance, Inthewoods? Idiot though I may be, I have done hours of research, both scientific and anecdotal on glyphosate when the issue reared its head in May - mainly because I was worried about my own health. Some (14) scientists in France were paid to produce evidence that glyphosate is a human carcinogen. The best they could do was "probable". Previous studies found no health danger. I don't like the way big AG use herbicides and I try to eat organic - when it comes to grain based foods - as much as poss. But the reality is roundup, as used by granny, or granny's garden guy, is as safe as any other household chemical. Gloves, mask, no problem. Do your research - try the dry boring scientific papers, instead of Natural News. Is it good for the environment, no, its not, but a gravel yard is not a productive piece of ground anyway, and the amount of glyphosate used by homeowners is minuscule compared to AG. If you want to entertain the conspiracy side of things - which I do - the agenda behind the control of gyphosate was simply pressure by chemical companies to push their new patented expensive products. The patent on glyphosate expired a few years ago and generic brands or mix-your-own would have really eaten into monsanto's bottom line. The fact that granny can still legally buy a litter bottle at huge expense should tell us something. The ticket thing is just another UE boondoggle. I can legally spray roundup for granny, so long as I don't accept payment for it - a load of bureaucratic foolishness....

Problem solved. As for the ticket thing, sure if you want to be a professional weed controller then go for it, but if its a case of helping out a client now and then with some domestic spraying, then the ticket is simply another stealth tax, IMO (and, I'd wager, 99% of the Ag. sector) We sprayed roundup for decades without mishap or undue environmental impact. Paying 300-700 odd bucks for a licence will not make domestic spraying better or safer. When it comes to agricultural spraying, maybe the courses are a good thing, maybe not, I don't presume to say. Glyphosate is a pretty low level chemical, they use it to kill cereal crops before harvest for goodness sake, thats why there's roundup in our systems, breastmilk etc - its residues are in flour because it was sprayed on purpose, not contamination drift from granny's bottle sprayer.

But seriously, as I understand it, plastic hard hats have a lifespan of five years from "when they are put into service". Its the UV light, temperature changes, chemicals and general ware and tare that degrades the plastic material. In a stable environment, they should not chemically change much in two years from date of manufacture. Even if they were exposed to light in the shop, it wouldn't be UV as normal window glass blocks most of that, hence why you can't tan indoors. If we're talking construction helmets, the support strapping should be changed every 12 months. The constant flexion of the plastic head bands weakens them. When it comes to higher quality special trades helmets, I don't know.

Standard retail practice - stack the freshest helmets at the back of the shelf...gotta reach further back next time.

Roundup in 5 liter jerrycans at around £50. If the UK has the same new laws as Ireland the shop won't sell you the 5lt unless you provide your licence OR a "name and address". How stringently this will be required depends on the shop. I would bet my bottom dollar there are shops around who won't ask too many questions, its just a case of finding them. Ask around the immigrant community, there may even be a black market for roundup. I stocked up before the new rules came in, roundup is stable for at least a decade. If anyone with a clipboard and yellow vest shows up, you're the landowner.