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You're on the right track there.

No no, I'm not saying that. Import some children and have them resole your boots for cheaper.

You are paying for someone's time, not the product. The shoes are put together for pennies by children living in a slum. They are resoled by an adult professional with a mortgage.

I don't think it's Mick. Proper attention paid to punctuation, which takes several members off the list. Could be me, I suppose. Any guesses?

What if we had a local farrier knock one together out of cast iron, would you be interested then? Speaking of new gear, how about these for spicy little slings... Skinnier than my pinky, 49kN... didn't get a photo, but there was another one only slightly fatter, say an index finger, 100kN...

...by labeling Zelenskyy a dictator. Absolute f*cking fruit loop. Well, that's the US out of the game. Europe really needs to pull this one out of the bag now!

I wish you'd learn how to use apostrophes. Anyway, neither the EU nor NATO are responsible for Russia invading any part of Ukraine, at any moment in time. But, in the interests of fostering discussion, lgo ahead and tell us why they are.

Not so. It is an approved technique, especially among circles where redundancy is favoured. Your wheels will be fine. At the risk of offending some people... leave your fattest groundie in the vehicle when using it as an anchor. It works for stakes, pickets, hedgehogs, ice axes etc... a nice reliable "meat anchor". Every little helps.

Have you tried a sling through each wheel, equalised, sideways on; instead of through the towing eye or the ball hitch?

Where are we going?

Struggling to think of a place where a locked maillon wouldn't be superior, unless you've got 4 or more simultaneous directions of pull... given oval and triangular maillons. Replaceable ring on a sewn loop or spliced eye for a cambium saver... removable bridge ring? I don't think the "permanent" attachment should be emphasised, the spring pin is very easy to open with any thin-nosed bit of metal, some people could probably open it with a particularly gnarly and unbitten thumbnail (so not me). And the spring pin is captive, unlike the removable screw on the aluminium green or black version, so I'd be happy to open it up a tree...

You heard it correctly, he's getting his talking points straight from the Kremlin. Trump is still a Russian asset, the same as he has been for decades. The only thing you need to appreciate to get it is just how monumentally stupid everyone who voted for him is.

Back in the Alps I would be dealing with minus double digit temperatures all the time, certainly when playing up the mountain but often down in the valley, too. Minus 25 by the front door one year. But I have never felt as cold as a 3 degree damp day here in Ireland. It cuts right through you.

I've just been given this to play with for a little while. Anyone got one? What do you use it for, what don't you like about it? Why do we need them? Why don't we just use [insert alternative from 30 years ago]?