Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoYou need to secure a load onto trailer using just plain rope and then untie it later without using a knife - how screwed are you?message-squaremessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down16
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareYou need to secure a load onto trailer using just plain rope and then untie it later without using a knife - how screwed are you?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoCutting ropes is a thing that only happens in movies. They don’t have Boyscouts in California I guess. Every conceivable use for a rope has a knot that will accommodate it. Knots that don’t bind when under tension are a whole genre.
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoI think you’re vastly overestimating the average person’s knowledge about knots.
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI know all about Knots! He played Barney Fife and Mr. Furley.
Cutting ropes is a thing that only happens in movies. They don’t have Boyscouts in California I guess.
Every conceivable use for a rope has a knot that will accommodate it. Knots that don’t bind when under tension are a whole genre.
I think you’re vastly overestimating the average person’s knowledge about knots.
I know all about Knots! He played Barney Fife and Mr. Furley.