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Bringing a 357 from Birmingham to Belfast next Sunday, hopefully. Will follow all advice already given on this thread... drain, breathe, clean, etc... Anyone lost a chainsaw at an airport in the decade since this thread was last current?

Ahhhh yes. Well remembered.

Ah right, yeah I think I see how that would cause a problem... instead of the braid squeezing the twist out as it happens, so it were, having a swivel would kind of carry it along and drop it somewhere else that can't deal with it... if that makes sense.

You found it caused twisting? I'd have thought that was the one single problem they've been designed to solve! Are you sure you didn't have it on upside down, back to front, or inside out?

Wow, really? I'm game to try it, but I'd say the best hopes for long-term survival are leaving it supine... the tree is right on the west coast, it's definitely got more storms in the future, whether it stays on the ground or is dragged upright again... I don't think it'd cope with another gust like the one that knocked it...

The idea was that a third of the population was informed they'd be sent off to colonise a new planet, and so departed in a fleet of starships. It turns out the entire crew consisted of what we might consider useless professions... car salesmen, hairdressers, I forget who exactly. There was no planet, they just flew around the galaxy in circles.

Yo Rich, are you asking about swivels in general, or specifically in this application, on the Rope Runner? I flipping LOVE using a swivel at the masterpoint in our rope rescue setup, joining a Clutch or an ID to our bear paw or BFK at the anchors, they are a huge help in getting everything set out smoothly. Well worth the money if you're stuck with a few spare quid. On my climbing harness though, I only have a cheapo Zigzag with no built-in swivel, but I've got around this by attaching it to the bridge ring with a short sling, either doubled or quadrupled over, which also puts it at a more ergonomic position. It doesn't give infinite rotations through 360° like a bought swivel would, but it definitely takes the brunt of it. Decent budget alternative.

Storm Darragh says no flying today. Have booked a new flight from Belfast tomorrow, instead.

Gonna bump this one, with a different kind of unhealthy apple tree. A previous customer just sent me these, his apple tree got eaten by Darragh (I did his spruce and sycamore, didn't touch the apple tree except mulching it with chip... I definitely didn't knock it over!). I've seen sideways apple trees still growing decades after they've fallen though, so I'm not writing it off just yet. What I've recommended, IF he wants to try and preserve the tree, is pruning a bit of the oldest and densest growth from the crown, covering the exposed root plate still in the ground with soil/compost/chip, feeding it heavily in early spring, and pruning out any dead wood when (IF) the tree wakes up later in the spring. I'm going to try and graft any good wood I can find onto some rootstocks I have spare, too, just for the hell of it. The tree has sentimental value, it's a childhood home, so I think he'd like to try and keep it if reasonably possible. Anything else you'd recommend?

Try singing to her.

Bump Anyone hate the Edelrid Talon? I guess Swinny would, as the spike looks pretty high...

Ah, f*ck off then, ya bollox.

I was just making conversation, I won't bother then.

Remind me which bit of the world you're in?

Still here! Calm before the storm this morning, got a good bit of work done... dropping overhanging limbs onto the road... we finished up the first job as the rain turned from vertical to diagonal... then over lunch, they upgraded us from an orange weather warning to a red one, and we decided not to bother with the second job of the day. It's actually fine at the moment, the gusts of 120kph aren't due until the small hours of the morning. I'm supposed to be flying from Ireland West Airport (formerly Knock, for any Pope fans among us) at lunch tomorrow... I guess we'll see about that.

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Still no significant leads in the hunt for the gunman who killed Brian Thompson... I guess no-one saw anything, huh... Rather funny: the relative quantities of laugh reactions against crying or hugs on this Facebook post. And I think it's well north of 70,000 by now...

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Jesus, how long was their extension cable?!

Of course the whole thing is a fake, they filmed it all on a soundstage on Mars.

Mine is second hand, I'm not exactly precious about it, and it's still holding together just fine! I have heard, from other people, that the toeless tensioner is a little bit better than similar Stihls, but I wouldn't be able to compare them I'm afraid. And for the record, I find the Stihl vs. Husky superiority battle tedious and unnecessary. Just something I've heard.

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Much tidier than my day. 40-odd ash either pushed into the field and gently snipped to 3 ton digger sized pieces; or dropped onto the road, snipper, then smashed back through the hedge with said digger. Same thing tomorrow. Rain all day today, vertical. Worse rain tomorrow, horizontal, with orange weather warnings in place for Storm Darragh. Might bring a spare pair gloves.

Ah, the poor wee thing. The dog, not Kevin.