At 11/23/09 12:49 PM, Elfer wrote:
For comparison, you do light rigging, right? Let's say one weekend you go sport climbing, and you use a rope that your friend bought that is technically past its expiration period but was used so lightly that it's not really important. Then you send an email to someone else in which you say "Yeah, the rope was past expiry but we used it anyway, and it was completely fine." The person you're emailing understands the context, so there's no need for you to explain that you were out doing recreational climbing at this point.
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To start with, Yes I rig for a living.
Without trying to be an ass...there are somethings that are not allowed EVER !
So there is no way I will be rock climbing, unless someone is "paying me to do so"....I've done it in the past, we have the equipment necessary to do it in the future.
Second, I do not keep expired rope around, I no longer give it away either, I cut it up into small unusable pieces, that goes for slings & wire rope as well as shackles, carabiners & all other hardware & clamps.
There is absolutely no excuse for having a piece of equipment on site that could cause harm. >period<
There is no deviation allowed to this concept /rule. >period<
Third I never use another riggers equipment unless that rigger is there & is a rigger I know & trust...that's why I'm still alive.
To get back to the e-mails.
THere are only some e-mails that are really.... hmmm.... lets say problematic.
IF there is a outcry, I believe its in several news spots, then the date of the e-mail & the paper that may or may have not have been published that the info refered to in the e-mail "might make it suspect" can easily be produced & the conspiracy folks will get their bubble burst once again.
My whole tack on Newgrounds & elsewhere has been on how I personally believe Global Warming is a crock of shit name.Al Gore's video is worse, its a made up infected pile of feces
It IMO should be called what it actually is, "climate change" on this point I stand firm, & will take whatever criticism that comes at me, because I can see it in my own backyard !
Which let's me believe ,without actual proof about the rest of the planet, that it is going on elsewhere & I have seen the lack of ice in the Gulf of St. Lawerence personally. So reading/hearing there's less ice up North isn't hard to imagine it being true.
But that still doesn't mean we are completely responsible for all that is going on.
People are confused, worried & upset about this subject. Having even unproven out of context rumors which these e-mails help fuel is IMO also very serious .