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They do look like a fairly straightforward tree to dismantle, given the size of it. Doesn't look like there's much head scratching to be done, which is a good thing for a Friday. I got a mewp earlier in the week to take these gristly ash apart. It'll be firewood for the owner's neighbour up the lane, but my God, the ivy. I've had enough of it for one week.
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Best thing for them. Reduce them down to ground level and start again 🌳
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C J Ashby Forestry bowled over by the clean power of Aspen Fuel
peds commented on Steve Bullman's record in News
I'm into things like organic eggs and free range chicken, so obviously I'm the sort of guy who uses Aspen. -
Snow out here at some point soon, they say!
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Fair enough, I'm worried about the same thing. I saw it on a honeybrothers clip the other day though, speaking on this exact same topic, so it must be an industry-wide thing... It's just interesting how two communities (arborists and alpinists) have taken to using a different term for the same thing. What other names or phrases could be shortened one of two ways... Crunchy ... frog Rusty ... trombone Ah, enough of this. Kids to school, then off to work.
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I was, but only because I'm too cheap to pay full price for anything. Then a zigzag came along at 50% of the usual price and I've never looked back. I still prusik up and around things occasionally though.
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I hate that the Alpine butterfly seems to have found an abbreviation among tree climbers as the alpine, rather than the abbreviation preferred by mountaineers (or in fact, alpinists), the butterfly. It's as disappointing as the shortening of "golden retriever" to simply a "golden". Golden what? Handshake? Umbrella? Shower?
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Exactly, an occasional rope on rope is fine, but if it's habitual it creates unnecessary wear. Knots are great, but sometimes they need help.
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Is there no room for improvement on a bowline cinched up?
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That's a good idea. Attached with a shred of accessory cord or wire or what?
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Just flip it the other way up, then it will float downwards 👍
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I am thrilled. Up next: teasel.
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BUMP Help me out here, what's the difference between the 400 and the 401? One is a screw, one is a push button? Which do people prefer? Edit: Lanex website suggests 400 for rope, 401 for cable. Seems like something they might want to put in the paper catalogue.
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Here's the 3 pictures for quick reference. Im not sure I follow your meaning on the hedge thing... would you care to elucidate? As for the ladder... lots of people own ladders! Don't get me wrong, I love a good auld conspiracy as much as the next guy, but you're going to do more to convince me on this one Steve.
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Just the one, or will you be getting a matched pair in the future? Enjoy the tramadoliday, ham it up and get some sympathy.
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Was it one of the important ones?
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The best bolognese/ragu/lasagne etc is made with stewing beef, cooked low and slow until it falls apart to threads. I've been known to cook bits of beef for 24 hours at around 80°c in the past until they disintegrate. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who isn't into their Quorn bolognese. These days, I'm a lentil lasagne kind of guy!
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Nice tree, real shame. I'd be pissed. As others have said, back to the boundary is fine and legal, despite what the tree looks like. The real question is about your long-term future relationship with the neighbour, which will depend on what you do about it...
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I had to cut a few metres off an 11.5mm semi-static... still a good few years left in it... so I might try bending a skinny scrap of rebar I've got hanging about... and see if I can come up with anything worthwhile.
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Replacement rate only, an heir and a spare, and the most reasonable thing I've ever seen Gareth type by a country mile. Still not sure how many other non-existent babies he'd trade either of his own kids for.
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Sigh. No, we don't. Look, Gareth, I really think you need to consider just hushing up for a bit, if you can't keep it on topic. You're not bringing anything to the table here. How about you? Married, kids? How many non-existent but potentially-viable children would you trade your daughter's life for?
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I believe the medical term is "jiggled about a bit too much", and the mechanism by which it occurs is the fact that they are there, dangling, by a pair of very thin threads. I like how you are trying to divert from your abhorrent opinion about women's lives being worthless by making small talk about ballsacks. I hesitate to ask, crossing my fingers that the answer is no, for their sake... but... are you married, do you have children?
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This statement right here is quite possibly the most repulsive thing I've ever read on this site, and it's a strong field to be playing against. "F*ck your daughter, f*ck your wife, f*ck your mother, all of these wombs are expendable and replaceable, and we've got loads more where that came from." That's what you just said. Frankly, you aught to be ashamed of yourself, but that won't happen because as we have observed time and time again, you are incapable of shame, empathy, or remorse. Jesus H F*cking Christ, you people. To answer your second question, wear a jockstrap or other supportive undergarments, especially when doing anything active like sports or manual labour 👍
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First frost here too! As is traditional at this stage, I failed to bring the lemon trees in, but I think they like a bit of tough love. Pricing a job, then digging a hole outside my house to add a goose-neck gully.
