I've never been so frustrated with two pieces of rope in my life! I'm trying to join two pieces of rope togther, but ARGH! The picture above makes it look so easy, but gaddangit, I can't get those two pieces of rope to come together like that for the life of me. And I think part of the reason is because it is for the life of me. Or maybe a finger or an eye. I read that knots decrease the strength of rope significantly, but splices are way stronger. So I want to be able to splice the ropes instead of using all the wonderful bends I've learned to join two ropes together. I went to Home Despot tonight and tried to find a 100' length of rope but they only had 50' lengths, so I was like, well I'll just get two and then splice them together. I mean, in theory and in pictures it looks so easy, but it's not. SHeesh! There's something wrong with my brain that prevents me from following one strand of rope through those twists and turns. I'd like to say I have ADD but it's been confirmed time and time again that I have OCD.How could it be so hard to keep 100' lengths of 3/8" manila rope in stock?!!
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