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    Firewood Shortage in Europe

    I think that’s less than I do lose per cord, if I count my labour - thank goodness it is so rewarding health wise for both me and my bush, and I think I can afford to do it.
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    Firewood Shortage in Europe

    The trick is to buck, split, and deliver it, then they may take it off your hands :cry:.
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    Bicep fatigue in rope walking

    Speaking as a misshapen human, congenitally unsuited to tree climbing (but with a spirit that craves the branches and boughs), I can assure you for some of us the use of the arms to climb is not optional. At 6 feet tall with a 30” inseam (thank goodness my wife likes hemming pants) and a 6’-5”...
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    Frustrating things people do on a job......

    Flaking and stuffing are absolutely the ways to go, but when bagging 3 strand (i.e. Maasdam type) rope letting it coil naturally clockwise into the bag works a charm.
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    Deadliest tree....

    Yes, and I find they do like similar soil and drainage, and are often neighbours.
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    Ring on bridge?

    Last winter I tried a Rock Exotica Omni-Block 1.1" Pulley as my primary SRS rope bridge attachment point, and after at first finding it “scary” grew to like to so much I wouldn’t consider going back to a ring or a carabiner. Now that I’ve became accustomed to it I find it pleasantly fluid...
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    Crataegus

    Many years ago when I was in the architectural millwork business, one of my employees, over time, became so sensitized to wood, that almost any species of splinter that perforated and stayed under his skin for an extended period would cause a severe reaction, for example, his whole hand would...
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    This is rigging!

    Thinking through the physics here (which like my mind is not a fast moving dynamic system) I think we can agree that for a given payload-lift the total forces on the anchor points and lines will be the same regardless of how stretchy the ropes are. The more dynamic lines will just need more...
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    Can't get belts for my old Bandit 65, big headache!

    For drive belts I’ve found these guys excellent in all the desirable aspects - inventory, speed at fulfilling orders, shipping charges, and price: https://www.vbeltsupply.com/
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    Going in for surgery

    All the best Tom. :laola: We’re all cheering for ya.
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    Important Message

    You’re about right Tom. Unfortunately, though statistically improbable, from the instructor’s perspective it appears that the 10% “transmission success” occur most frequently when we stumble, and say “diameter”, when we intended to say “radius” or heaven forbid “circumference”: hence half the...
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    Important Message

    Any person who takes up teaching needs to foster a profound appreciation of all criticism. Much of that criticism will be from careless, ignorant or occasionally, malicious students who’s input may easily derail the teacher’s lesson, or in the worst case, the teacher. This type of...
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    A Simple Solution...

    Sorry Kid, though I absolutely love sketchy solutions to weighty problems I’m just not feeling the buzz for this one.
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    THE MOST INTERESTING TREE CLIMBER IN THE WORLD.

    The trees cherish her so much they provide intrinsic full coverage medical and liability insurance for her and her loved ones.
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    “Unusual Birds” & Trees in your area ?

    Truly amazing - great documentation of an elusive behaviour - bravo!
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    Mulch practices

    This isn’t a viable option here ‘round about as all our glass beverage bottles have a $0.25 refundable deposit. That makes that mulch pile a $700 temptation, by my estimate.
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    “Unusual Birds” & Trees in your area ?

    I cheat - I’ve got an 800mm F/5.6 lens and still enough passion to heft it - some days.
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    “Unusual Birds” & Trees in your area ?

    This guy’s work might be of interest to the arborist. Here he is in January 2008 carving out a nice rectangular hole about 3”x 4” x 4”deep, as they are want to do, in my favourite eastern cedar. I presumed my tree was on a downward spiral toward sawdust but, as is my want, never intervened...
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    “Unusual Birds” & Trees in your area ?

    This fellow is entering the lawn care industry.
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    Morning Gratitude…

    I would say the same to you. Although in your work you must have to look on the bright side, it’s very good of you to share that attitude with the members here. Speaking for myself, I’ve been recently much disheartened by the rapidity and frequency of the onset of acrimony, here and in the...

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