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  1. Dan Cobb

    Tree in Texas

    OMG, I feel publicly shamed. My intent was good natured; observations on things I find amusing. I have no idea why you think I use voice. I never use it. I can keep my opinions to myself in the future.
  2. Dan Cobb

    Near Miss Today

    I like the "Swiss cheese" analogy. Think of the different layers of protection as slices of Swiss cheese. A layer of protection might be doing a visual inspection of your attachments. It's not 100% effective, as you might forget to look at one or you do look and it doesn't register that...
  3. Dan Cobb

    Today....

    A neighbor wanted his overgrown silverthorn hedge trimmed again. I've trimmed it once before by leaning an extension ladder into it and using a pole trimmer which worked marginally and was exhausting, as it's about 12 ft wide. It had some growth 18+ ft tall, but needed to come down to about 10...
  4. Dan Cobb

    Tree in Texas

    I have a little device in my pocket which can access the collective knowledge of all mankind, but I'd rather use it to ask a question. (Okay, so tree identification isn't necessarily straightforward, but I do shake my head at people who ask questions online that they could easily answer for...
  5. Dan Cobb

    New Ascender from Reg Coates

    When did you start climbing SRT? What kind of system did you start with? I started SRT in '84 IIRC. On prusiks for a brief while until I could afford some Jumars and a Gossett box for a Mitchell System. I got into rope work through caving, where SRT is pretty much mandatory. I'm guessing you...
  6. Dan Cobb

    Gurley pocket solar compass

    A neat instrument, but it seems pale in comparison to the capabilities of an astrolabe. I've always been impressed that someone invented such a clever analog computer over two thousand years ago. I haven't used mine in years and should brush up on its operation. An astrolabe can be used to tell...
  7. Dan Cobb

    Mom

    Cherish the loving memories as I know she'll constantly be in your thoughts for some time to come.
  8. Dan Cobb

    Lets see some shit... Shitty tree work picks from other companies in your area.

    I've pruned the large crape myrtle in my front yard twice in 30 something years, mainly to keep it out of the utility lines and from getting too far out over the lawn. I see some around that are routinely pruned by people who have a clue, which have nice branching structure. Then, there are...
  9. Dan Cobb

    Bartlett Antidote rope

    (Continuation of shoe derail....) For many years, I kept a minimum shoe inventory until I realized I wasn't saving much of anything other than closet space. If you have one pair of shoes and they last a year, you buy a new pair annually. If you have 10 pairs (and wear them equally), you buy 10...
  10. Dan Cobb

    Bartlett Antidote rope

    8 new unworn pairs or 8 pair total? Whichever, I think she's at a far end of the spectrum.
  11. Dan Cobb

    Today....

    GET OFF OF MY LAWN! Are you sure you're getting cranky? Or just realizing life is too short to put up with BS?
  12. Dan Cobb

    Today....

    I shot our Thanksgiving turkey with a rifle one year, but I caused such a commotion in the Krogers, I'm not doing that again!
  13. Dan Cobb

    Food Thread

    I didn’t know you could be on land and 35 miles away from pizza! Isn't that prohibited by the Constitution?
  14. Dan Cobb

    Food Thread

    We didn't have anything on hand for dinner and my wife started talking about pizza delivery, Uber Eats, etc. I commented that for that kind of money, I'd rather run up to the store and grab a couple of steaks.
  15. Dan Cobb

    Lesson Learned

    Dog = 4 legged search warrant
  16. Dan Cobb

    Make Us Laugh :)

    In the South, we prefer Buck Ass Nekkid. (Naked means you ain't got no clothes on. Nekkid means you ain't got no clothes on and you're up to somethin'.)
  17. Dan Cobb

    Pulley One

    I see what you're getting at as far as the radius of where the friction is applied to the ring with regards to retarding the rotation of the ring. I was considering the rigging ring arrangent where the ring is anchored by (for lack of better terminology) the "sheave" rather than the "hole" and...
  18. Dan Cobb

    Emergency storm work billing.

    I tried watching one of his videos. I was not successful.
  19. Dan Cobb

    Make Us Laugh :)

    Anyone know how to treat ballerina fungus?
  20. Dan Cobb

    Pulley One

    Can you draw me a force diagram showing the torque or lever arm forces applicable to this ring situation? If a ring has straight, parallel sides, the rope may be in full contact with the sides when bending the rope through 180 degrees, but with (ideally) zero pressure resulting in zero...

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