On 2010-10-19, Steve B wrote:

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:25:57 -0400, "J. Clarke"
wrote:

I used to have a lot of respect for the knowledge of the people in this
newsgroup. However the recent discussion of safety chains, and the
inability of the whole lot of you to figure out how to shorten one
without a huge amount of sturm und drang, and the abuse that you have
heaped upon me over the method that I showed, that I learned from my
father who sailed before the mast back when that meant literally
sailing, and who learned to do such things in the school of hard knocks
known at the "Seabees" during WWII, and which any competent engineer
would be able to tell you is structurally sound, has revealed to me that
you're all blithering idiots who talk a good game but don't have a lick
of common sense between you.

I can't believe that you bunch of IDIOTs can't figure out how to shorten
a damned chain.

I usually use a torch if the chain is too big for my bolt cutters.

Or if it's a G70 chain.

I got a set of 4' long Made in USA bolt cutters, and I've even used them
with a cheater pipe to cut some things. But then, they won't cut
EVERYTHING, and it's smoke wrench time.

Just be careful not to affect the next link.

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