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I had an English girlfriend for a while and worked with a bunch of Brits and other international (including Australians) conservation volunteers prior to tree climbing. The regular day to day saying are one thing, the Cockney rhyming slang was a whole 'nother thing. Stitch in time and such.

That's how I've taken it. Its an odd turn of phrase. I like odd turns of phrase, personally. Its doesn't help me make myself clearly understood to some people, some times.

You use that term, cyphering. What is it you mean by that, exactly? I've heard it used, but may miss nuance.

I can't work with untrained ground workers. Unclipping is easier than untying. Clipping is easier than tying with less room for human error, and easier to check. Both are easy enough, but as Stig mentioned, its the ease and efficiency. Since I provide all my own gear, I'm game to learn new and...

Are you speaking of using round slings and carabiners? What knotless system are you referencing? I don't work with large, wet gloves. I'm an Atlas blue or gray latex palm guy. Is the important point that you have two large, stiff tool to operate, on in either hand, rather than a rigging rope...

How, please? Seems like a bad bend radius at the first, worse than the working/ non-eye end of the carabiner.

Are you saying that this works better than just clipping right to the bowline on the end, where a splice could be, or simply putting the biner on the end and clipping back to the mid-line?