Mark loading up the truck at Bass Pro (it's hard getting pictures when your on the outside looking in)
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Clinton Fights Back

On news stands today!
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Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga
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Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga: James organizing truck.
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Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga: Hiding from the heat at lunch.
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Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga: Forman Frank Martinez documents Walker Duct bank.
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Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga: Blue skys, and Hot days
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James continues to clean truck, now that job dedication!!!
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Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga, Camera zapped by laser while Theresa Fosdick adjusts the receiver.
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Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga
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Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga, Early morning start beats the heat (a little)
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Mike and Al, while running pipe found a giant hard hat.
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Mike Forbes, Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga
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Rick and Al
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Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga (Morrow Meadows, sign of the Muffin)
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Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga
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Crane Failure

Rush to complete new stadium blamed for deaths of three US construction workers

Bass Pro Shops

The Bass Pro Shop in Rancho Cucamonga, located just west of the 15 freeway and south of Baseline Ave, will be the first of three stores planned for California, with the majority of stores located in the eastern half of the United States. Each Bass Pro Shop is unique, and is designed correspond to the indigenous habitat of the area the store is located in. There will be a large area for custom boat sales, an indoor aquarium with indigenous species of fish, an indoor pond for fishing demonstrations and classes, and rumored to have an indoor shooting, archery, and golf range. It will also include a restaurant and gift shop. The project is scheduled to be completed in May of 2007. Click the "Bass Pro Shops" title above this photo for a map of locations, and below the map there is a interesting video of what goes into designing a Bass Pro Shop.
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Installing floor boxes in the Bass Pro Shop in Cucamonga.
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Truckers Hitch

The Truckers Hitch looks complicated, but once you try it a few times is should be one of the easier hitches to tie. To begin, pull a Bight over the top of the post. (note: I left the working end of the rope/cord short to make it easier to photograph, you will need a longer piece of working end to finish the hitch)

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Lay the bight over the back of the post

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Pull another bight from the standing end of the rope, and push it though the bight you laid over the back of the post
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Pull another bight in the working end of the rope

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And push it though the bight from the standing part of the rope
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Pull the standing part of the rope tight. A sharp tug on the working end of the rope will pull the hitch completely free from the post. I've put this hitch under a lot of strain and while it hasn't come loose, it can bind up on itself and make it tough to release. This would be a good hitch for hauling up a bucket or a power tool that won't slide off.
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Double Clove Hitch

This Clove hitch is a little more snug than the regular Clove Hitch. Begin the Double Clove Hitch by looping the working end over the post and to the right as shown
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Loop the working end over and to the left of the standing part of the rope/cord
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Loop working end around a second time to the left of the first loop
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tuck working end underneath both loops and to the left of the standing end of the rope/cord
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Pull knot as tight as possible
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Where's OSHA when you need them?
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The following knot is called a constrictor knot, because like the snake, it squeezes against itself. This knot is useful for keeping the ends of rope from unraveling or around a cloth bag to keep it closed. Pass working end of cord over, behind, and to the right of the object to be bound.

Anonymous said...
Scott, The knot you are showing is called a clove hitch. If you go to realknots.com you will see the difference in the two knots.

Scott Said...
OK smarty pants, I tied from the wrong page, happy now? ; )
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Pass the working end of the cord over the top and to the left of the standing part of the rope
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Pass the working end of the cord around the back of the object.
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Tuck the working end of the cord under the loop, to the left of the standing end of the cord.
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Pull both ends together as tight as possible. Since this knot binds against itself, it will be both very secure, and difficult to remove. Using a knife to cut the cord that passes over the top will release the knot.
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Toasting a job well done!
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Fred Delpino
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Hanging lights with the temperature well above 100 degrees near the roof
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