Good People, I have a present for you. If you tie yourself up in knots, I will show you the ropes.

[QuintessentiallyQS]

Cute.

You know what I do for a living.

I once used 400 feet of rope and 12 hitches to secure a high precision measuring tool. It took an hour to get it on, and 30 minutes to get it off. The rope had to be coiled under tension around the tapered base, and as each hitch was tied two coils had to go under it to keep the coil from moving up.

That, and driving a roadsweeper to Rotterdam are the highlights of my career.

Sounds like you have a fascinating job!

But can you do the trucker hitch?

Love it. Thanks for starting my day with a smile.

My " dollies" are the stuff of legends. So much so they gave me a curtain sider.

I keep in practice by using them to tension the washing line.

I hope your washing line is not 400ft!

About 30; I wouldn't fancy taking up the slack on much more.

BlueBrightBlue: I hope you're not depending on just the curtain, you wicked creature

Fab. I'm a big user of the Constrictor Knot to tie up all the firewood faggots that we make for our earth oven fuel.