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Maaan, remember being 14 and not feeling sick when you went on the roundabout at the park when drunk? The wife and I had a go on the roundabout near where I grew up a couple of years ago, we nearly threw up. Getting older is bloody hard! Edit I'd never actuality heard of stugeron, I'll look into it. Sounds like the kind of thing that'd be good to have around for a quiet night in anyway.
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A half hour flying lesson... which, oddly enough, I also got for my dad. Anyone ever fly a tiny plane? Any advice?
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Cheers dude! Same day, same beach, ten minutes earlier...
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Err, that doesn't sound very humane. You'd be better off placing the log in the freezer for forty minutes until you can be sure all the larvae have been knocked out, or even better, running a strong electric current through it to stun them all. You really don't want anyone from PETA knocking on your door...
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Good eye you've got there, those photos were actually taken during our historic first ski descent of the north east ridge of Meagram Top. Visible in the background is the fearsome south face of Bluestone Heath.
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Braque d'Auvergne x (Boxer x Lab x Rhodesian Ridgeback). Mother was a fairly slight pointer, dad was an incredibly-gentle hulking great brute. He got his mother's build and his father's bravado. Real shame we had his balls cut off, because he is genuinely one of the best dogs I've ever known, and would have produced great puppies.
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Really interesting exchange over the last few pages dudes, exactly the kind of thing I joined up to read. Lots to think about. Cheers.
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Still no job for me, but last night I went to see the guy who offered me work aaall the way back in the end of August, and he said he still wants me to start as soon as I'm healthy enough again, so I'm pretty fucking thrilled at that. Looking at getting going in the middle of January, on a couple of jobs I think he had to put on hold until he had another climber available. But today's job was getting this carbon fiber frame taken off my wrist, which is awesome. Now I can get my throwbag out and get up in the trees again!
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I did mine (plus stump grinder and some bullshit business module that wasn't worth the day) over 20 days with accomodation for three grand. It'd be a bit of a squeeze to cram it all into a week.
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Slow day at work guys?
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We had a go at spiking up an overhanging pole on our CS38. Great fun!
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Yes yes, we know, but what exactly were you given for lunch? That could make or break the deal!
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Come on, you're in France... you know that there's some pretty spectacular lunches out there. I'd trim the lawn at Manoir aux Quat'Saisons with my teeth if I got three courses at the end of it.
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^^ please see post above, it's hard to see but he has an anchor high up in the left stem, visible in the longer video (2 min 45ish)
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So it's hard to see in the short and blurry 8 second clip posted at the start of this thread, but there's a much longer version available in AO on Facebook that clearly shows a rope high up in the left stem... so he (or someone else?!) had already gone up to a decent height and could have taken the right stem from much higher up... Give me a second and I'll see if I can link the longer video. Edit: Tricky to embed the video, follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1521424731466112/permalink/2214678398807405/ The guy is also working for a good minute on what looks to be a gob before making his final cut, although it is hard to tell from this angle and distance.
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^^ He looks like he knows what he's about. I'm due to get another dog next year, if there's something like that going spare near here then it's a brilliant idea.
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Having bathed a cat before, and learned that they actually have an extra, secret level of claw retraction, only to be used in emergencies, I think I'd rather have the rats.
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Well, shit! I set the alarm nice and early so I can have a relaxed sit down with a coffee before the wife and two children are awake, perch myself atop the throne, and as soon as I open the floodgates there's the sound of someone pissing on the floor behind me... after pulling the emergency shutoff valve I crouch down and have a look... It seems the bastards have chewed through the shitty plastic connection between the u-bend and the wall. That's just not fair sportsmanship, toying with a man so early in the morning.
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Absolutely, if the right way to do a job takes a hundred times longer but you get to keep all your vertebrae intact, people should know why they need to take the longer option.
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Bloody hell! Any news on the guy?
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I'll be desperately trying to squeeze that into every conversation for the next two weeks, thanks.
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Bad enough being lost in Wales on the ground, let alone in the air.
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Yeah, you can't say you were unable to get out of the sky, your standards for how to achieve it were just too high.
