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hedge · Post by **hedge** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:37 am

And look at the meat on that upper right arm. That's not an arm you'd want to be headlocked by (a fact of which his boy is no doubt painfully aware)...

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:41 am

He's worn that helmet since 3rd grade.

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:10 am

from the second picture , if you're wondering how it works, the upper knot catches on the main support rope from your weight, the foot loop also catches from weight, so to move up the rope, you step into the foot loop to straighten out your body (raising you up the rope and relieving pressure on the upper knot) and while you do that you raise the upper knot up the rope. So at that point you are parallel to the rope with the upper knot above your head, the you use the harness to get into a sitting position to relieve pressure on the foot loop and bring the foot loop up the rope you so can step into it again.

You raise yourself about 18 inches each time that way.

To lower yourself you loosen the foot loop and then pinch the upper knot. The harder you clasp the more give it has and your body weight slides you down the rope.

We looked up what it costs to get a starting setup. The harness is about $80. The helmet, if you think its necessary is about $60 and then you'll need a heavy duty rope for about another $60.

The two knots are variations of a Blake's Hitch which with a little practice you can learn to tie.

it was $35 to screw around for 2 hours.

sardis · Post by **sardis** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:47 am

It seems for that tree all you need is a ladder to get you to that first branch and then you're set.

It looks like the pulley system set up is more for handicap people who want to climb trees.

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:57 am

true

but you're trying to learn the technique here that can be applied to less climber friendly situations.

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Fri May 15, 2015 3:28 pm

well since I'm blowing my deductible out of the water this year, I went ahead and scheduled them to put a camera up my ass.

If he has to do some snippy snippy while he is up there violating me, I want insurance to cover it.

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Fri May 15, 2015 4:44 pm

Sounds like you're going to be blowing something out of your ass this year...

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Fri May 15, 2015 11:35 pm

eCat wrote:well since I'm blowing my deductible out of the water this year, I went ahead and scheduled them to put a camera up my ass.

If he has to do some snippy snippy while he is up there violating me, I want insurance to cover it.

Absolutely not. The only way that happens to me is if I'm under major sleepy drugs.

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Sat May 16, 2015 10:52 am

Bitcoin

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/bu ... tcoin.html

BigRedMan · Post by **BigRedMan** » Mon May 18, 2015 8:12 am

The night of 1000 waterfalls should be fun for Ecat. This should be a good story.

Saint · Post by **Saint** » Fri May 22, 2015 5:22 pm

eCat wrote:well since I'm blowing my deductible out of the water this year, I went ahead and scheduled them to put a camera up my ass.

If he has to do some snippy snippy while he is up there violating me, I want insurance to cover it.

It won't if yours is like mine. They'll call that "additional surgery" and you'll get the bill.

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Fri May 22, 2015 5:35 pm

His last post was on May 15th. Today is the 22nd. Sorry dipshits, eCat is dead.

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Fri May 22, 2015 7:46 pm

Saint wrote:
eCat wrote:well since I'm blowing my deductible out of the water this year, I went ahead and scheduled them to put a camera up my ass.

If he has to do some snippy snippy while he is up there violating me, I want insurance to cover it.
It won't if yours is like mine. They'll call that "additional surgery" and you'll get the bill.

your story is why I'm doing it - I've hit my deductible this year.

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:29 pm

HE HAS RISEN!!!!!!!

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Fri May 22, 2015 10:48 pm

I've been at a lameass convention all week.

Saint · Post by **Saint** » Sat May 23, 2015 1:34 am

eCat wrote:
Saint wrote:
eCat wrote:well since I'm blowing my deductible out of the water this year, I went ahead and scheduled them to put a camera up my ass.

If he has to do some snippy snippy while he is up there violating me, I want insurance to cover it.
It won't if yours is like mine. They'll call that "additional surgery" and you'll get the bill.
your story is why I'm doing it - I've hit my deductible this year.

They'll still charge ye.

Saint · Post by **Saint** » Sat May 23, 2015 1:35 am

eCat wrote:I've been at a lameass convention all week.

Your ass will be lame after they poke around it in for 30-45 min.

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:56 pm

It's long, but I thought it was incredibly cool...

http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla ... -life.html

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:11 am

Bklyn wrote:It's long, but I thought it was incredibly cool...

http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla ... -life.html

Musk is an amazing man - I'm especially interested in his house lithium battery

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:49 pm

so my dog bit my neighbor tonight

This guy has tried for the past 2 years to pet this dog. We've told him to not do it twice and he still tries. Tonight he was in his yard, walked across the street, while my dog was barking at him, stuck his hand in the fence and my dog nipped his finger and drew blood.

I wasn't there, but my daughter saw it. I haven't heard from him but now that my dog has bit someone I can't take the chance of a school kid walking by and doing the same thing so this weekend I'm going to build a dog run in my yard that will keep them away from the road.

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