What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9

How are you preparing
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baling twine. We use it for everything :lol: get enough of it at the yard!
when it comes to catastrophic events, we never know when the day before is the day before. So we prepare for tomorrow

Prepping on a small island
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Yorkshire Andy wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 9:06 pm
Kiwififer wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 8:16 pm They both obviously sit in the psyche of country folk!

Using what they have to fix things. A make do attitude to life if you like.

My old man was a scout, even at 69 he’s pretty handy at knots. I really should start learning more advanced stuff than a reef and bowline….

The transport hitch is THE knot to learn from lashing a load to a trailer or Ute bed ;) or tensioning a guy rope without the plastic toggle it's a good knot to learn
Yeah he knows that one, I’ve watched him tie down loads of stuff on his bogey over the years and I’m sure that’s the knot he uses.

It’s a daft notion I have, I wish to learn to sail and obviously learning knots will be a must. I doubt I will get anywhere near it as it’s expensive and my wage doesn’t cover that lifestyle but learning knots will still be a good skill to learn.
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My local egg shop :mrgreen:
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diamond lil wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 3:28 pm My local egg shop :mrgreen:
That honesty box restores my faith in humanity. :D
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diamond lil wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 3:28 pm My local egg shop :mrgreen:
That's fantastic! And it's pretty as well 🌈
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Arzosah wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 4:28 pm
diamond lil wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 3:28 pm My local egg shop :mrgreen:
That's fantastic! And it's pretty as well 🌈
Isn’t it just? :D
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Yorkshire Andy wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 9:06 pm
Kiwififer wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 8:16 pm They both obviously sit in the psyche of country folk!

Using what they have to fix things. A make do attitude to life if you like.

My old man was a scout, even at 69 he’s pretty handy at knots. I really should start learning more advanced stuff than a reef and bowline….

The transport hitch is THE knot to learn from lashing a load to a trailer or Ute bed ;) or tensioning a guy rope without the plastic toggle it's a good knot to learn
Here’s the knot I use everyday at work, many hundreds of times on a bad day :lol: Its useful as a civvy too. It’s called a butchers knot. Look it up on YouTube; my original link didn’t isolate from my own history there. I am a butcher,not Bill Gates! :lol:
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Been refurbishing the wood stove in our new house. Came up nice. Waiting on new flue parts to arrive (existing flue had rotted through)
Sadly the family refuse to rename the stove "home Secretary" (it's made by "pritty"), I thought it was funny :roll:
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jansman wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 4:51 pm
Yorkshire Andy wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 9:06 pm
Kiwififer wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 8:16 pm They both obviously sit in the psyche of country folk!

Using what they have to fix things. A make do attitude to life if you like.

My old man was a scout, even at 69 he’s pretty handy at knots. I really should start learning more advanced stuff than a reef and bowline….

The transport hitch is THE knot to learn from lashing a load to a trailer or Ute bed ;) or tensioning a guy rope without the plastic toggle it's a good knot to learn
Here’s the knot I use everyday at work, many hundreds of times on a bad day :lol: Its useful as a civvy too. It’s called a butchers knot. Look it up on YouTube; my original link didn’t isolate from my own history there. I am a butcher,not Bill Gates! :lol:
A good selection of knots to learn
Reef
Bowline
Transport hitch (trucker's hitch, carter's hitch, trucker's/carter's dolly.... There are more names)
Butcher's knot (thanks Jansman, I hadn't thought about that one)
Clove Hitch (there are two ways to tie this, you should learn both)
Sheet bend
Figure 8 ( has several different uses as stopper knot, fixed loop and tackle hitch to name a few)
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ForgeCorvus wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 6:29 pm
jansman wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 4:51 pm
Yorkshire Andy wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 9:06 pm


The transport hitch is THE knot to learn from lashing a load to a trailer or Ute bed ;) or tensioning a guy rope without the plastic toggle it's a good knot to learn
Here’s the knot I use everyday at work, many hundreds of times on a bad day :lol: Its useful as a civvy too. It’s called a butchers knot. Look it up on YouTube; my original link didn’t isolate from my own history there. I am a butcher,not Bill Gates! :lol:
A good selection of knots to learn
Reef
Bowline
Transport hitch (trucker's hitch, carter's hitch, trucker's/carter's dolly.... There are more names)
Butcher's knot (thanks Jansman, I hadn't thought about that one)
Clove Hitch (there are two ways to tie this, you should learn both)
Sheet bend
Figure 8 ( has several different uses as stopper knot, fixed loop and tackle hitch to name a few)
Clove hitch is one I use regularly. :D
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.

Robert Frost.

Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.

Me.