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[rmb]

For **** sake it wasn't a commentary on Nicks experience I thought the statement was very thought provoking and God forbid got me reconciling my own experiences. The writer without intention helped me pick open a gangrenous scab. No offence meant to anyone.

So who/what does a man owe?

[Yuke Hunt]

So who/what does a man owe?

A man owes it to himself to drink nice wine.

[Davros]

rmb, the point I'm making is that womanhood owes a man nothing and a manhood owes women nothing. There is no deal, there isn't a contract of human nature. They owe each other fuck all. Your your own universe, God, ameba what ever, there is no inverse relationship.As nialistic as that sounds once you boil it down to the marrow it's the cold fact. Without that primal consciousness there would be no us we wouldn't have made it this far. Amongst all the homogenous clutter of a usual week Nicks comment jumped out and thumped into my rib cage.

[Drailed]

Ummm yep I am and I do them myself, my business is very simple and it doesn't require intricate bookwork. I always put it off as long as I can but also always take an odd pleasure in doing it, this worries me in a way, am I really an accountant? Did I miss my true calling? what a shame if so.

Perhaps the pleasure I take in it is a bit more disturbing -- perhaps it is the pleasure of a natural conformist finding his little niche in the exercising of a small bureaucratic necessity.

I feel the same.. The procrastination about doing it is awful and I dread it. The relief and pleasure from completing it remarkable.

[BA]

So who/what does a man owe?

A man owes it to himself to drink nice wine.

Amen.

[marauding mullet]

And to strain, or have someone else strain, his spuds occasionaly.

[Natho]

Well I've got the nice wine open. Now who wants to drain me spuds?

[rmb]

rmb, the point I'm making is that womanhood owes a man nothing and a manhood owes women nothing. There is no deal, there isn't a contract of human nature. They owe each other **** all. Your your own universe, God, ameba what ever, there is no inverse relationship.As nialistic as that sounds once you boil it down to the marrow it's the cold fact. Without that primal consciousness there would be no us we wouldn't have made it this far. Amongst all the homogenous clutter of a usual week Nicks comment jumped out and thumped into my rib cage.

Thanks Davros was actually interested in expanding on what your original point was nothing more nothing less. Good stuff.

[Davros]

All goodness, long week, think I need my spuds drained as well and a good prostrate massage.

[PeepeelaPew]

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[Nick Carroll]

The Legrope Fixing Knot only exists in fantasies I'm afraid

I've tied 'em, I've melted 'em, I've tied and melted 'em, I've screamed in rage at the Gods and never have I managed to keep a broken legrope together for more than a coupla wipeouts.

It's exacerbated these days because most leggies seem to go at the join, either near the ankle strap or the rail saver. Actually it's better that way because you just chuck the fcuken thing away immediately without wasting time trying to fix it.

Maybe someone else has had more luck in this area.

[8]

If they melt when you heat them up they are thermoplastics and you can weld them back together. Challenge is keeping the join clean - use a lighter or flame and it can get too hot....if the plastic smokes youve contaminated it .

Best bet is to clean whole area with alcohol wipes and then use a hot air gun, or one of those little lighter blow torches. Tie a reef knot and melt the whole thing together....but don't let it get so hot it smokes.

Or youse could just buy a new leggy.

[Beanpole]

If they are polyethylene then they should be able to be welded back together by heat. I had a mate who was a crazy industrial designer and he used to do this with limited success. I'd look at using acetone because it dissolves polyethylene.
Re: knots generally. If you want a really easy to remember tough knot and your not a sailor or boyscout try a surgeons knot. It's just a regular reef knot with one extra loop each way. No good for leggies however.

[rmb]

Nick what is your favourite sea shanty?

[alakaboo]

Figure of eight on the long end, bowline on the short end. It'll end up a foot shorter, though.

Guys he's in cranking surf and doesn't want to go back to the car, he's not carrying acetone and a blowtorch

[Beanpole]

What serious Realsurfer doesn't carry acetone and a blowtorch?
My mate usually used a cigarette lighter.......and how do you get your nail polish off if you don't have acetone?

[PeepeelaPew]

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[8]

I've given the fishos knot a bash in the water plus a reef with like a fisho on either side, can never pull it tight enough in the water to get it to hold. If you get the knot tight enough so the leggy stretches out and gets thinner it will bite on itself and hold for a while. Pretty hard to get that tension on a know in the water though what with all the slipperiness and all