The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

[Slammed]

At minus 35 even the brass monkey is holding them in place.

 

[CiG]

I dont mind winter, but there was one brutal winter we had a year or two back where there was a couple nights of -35 C° and that was rough to be outside in. Naturally, I was out walking cause I'm a savage.

You fucking snow monkeys over there are mental.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

-35°C qualifies as a brutal winter to you? Phh. In my hometown we had temps as low as -50°C.

 

[Slammed]

Sounds like a dick swinging contest is starting, although at those temps shrinkage must be a real bitch.

 

[The Butt]

-35°C qualifies as a brutal winter to you? Phh. In my hometown we had temps as low as -50°C.

in -50 I'd be staying inside.

In those nights of -35 there was a Pokemon event so I was out walking lmao. Got frostbite through my gloves but worth it.

 

[Sophii]

Just got home from work. My crew's foreman has me climbing more and more to get better practice and he had me limb walk out on a lead.

Lemme tell ya; limb walking feels like an aerial CBT.

 

[Slammed]

Good stuff! You'll be a regular Tarzan in no time!

 

[Sophii]

I got some fucking massive blisters pn my hands from the rope usage. I put peroxide on it and I wanted to fucking scream. But man, it was a damn good day. I'm happy someone is willing to work with me on how to do this shit.

 

[Slammed]

Riggers gloves (leather gloves) do help with rope burn and blisters but so many jobs in this world are made harder by wearing gloves. I hate using a chainsaw with gloves, and they wont protect you from the chain, but they do protect you from the tree, branches etc so they are a necessarily evil, they just suck. The worst job ever for gloves is stringing a barbed wire fence, no gloves in the world stop you from getting stabbed by the barbs, some make the stings less, but tying off a strand of wire with gloves on is fucking near on impossible.

 

[Sophii]

Maan fuck barbed wire, I'm not even about to fuck with that shit.

And yeah I've learned gloves don't help at all when Im trying to hunch up the tree with my rope and harness. My hands just slip down the rope. But they are considered needed PPE for our jobs now so -shrug- I'll work with what I have.

 

[Sophii]

Rotten Records stopped blue balling the world so I'm enjoying my free streaming of Acid Bath

 

[Slammed]

Maan fuck barbed wire, I'm not even about to fuck with that shit.

And yeah I've learned gloves don't help at all when Im trying to hunch up the tree with my rope and harness. My hands just slip down the rope. But they are considered needed PPE for our jobs now so -shrug- I'll work with what I have.

When you have cows barbed wire is the cheapest and easiest option. Solar electric fences are good but barbed wire is more reliable. We used to us a mix of both, electric internal and barbed boundary. Like everything you get used to handling it, but it still fucking hurts.

Worn riggers gloves are the best, brand new ones are as slippery as shit. My brother used to do mines rescue and the gloves they wore were great for rope work, but they were bloody expensive too, I've only got a few pairs left, which sucks since he changed job.

 

[Sophii]

So you recommend rigger gloves? I'm thinking about investing in some sort of glove and better boots - particularly loggers.

 

[Slammed]

We call them Rigger's gloves, not sure if that's their brand name or not. They are yellow leather, non lined, thin gloves but the they need a bit of dirt and grit in the leather to help them grip. They are only about $10 a pair so they aren't unaffordable. The ones my brother used to get were about $60 a pair, but they were good gloves.

I've always worn steel toed boots in the truck, different brands come with different quality, but when logging and timber falling we always wore full lace up steelies that come up the shins and have the material covers to stop wood chips falling down into the boot.

But the 'safety boot' market in this country has such a wide variety of stuff these days you can get just about any style and fit for any purpose, and a good boot can always have cleats added to them for tree walking.

 

[Sophii]

We're just recommended to wear boots with prominent heels so the gaffs can fit against the pit of your boot, that middle part. Mine shifted upward and onto my heel today, making it super uncomfortable.

And that sounds about a good price for gloves! Just gotta get em dirty is all, eh?

 

[Slammed]

Dirt helps everything

 

[Sophii]

Dirt is my favorite wound cleaner.

 

[Slammed]

Haha it gets a bit like that some days. You can come home a different colour every day

 

[Sophii]

Man right now I'm gettin scorched and look like I've been drug out of the gutter. Real blue collar vibes

 

[Slammed]

Being dragged out of the gutter is better than being left there