Sorted?

       Since G P O had severely taped the end (Possible join, because they can't splice?) - SO - all I had to do was hack off the raggedy bits from one end and add an Eye-splice to the other.
       Somewhat akin to riding a Bike?  You never forget.  I remember Dad's last Bike ride; the circumstances, but not the year.  He'd been virtually wheelchair bound for a few years but he would walk and push it until tired then Mam, at about 4'-10" had Dad, at 5'-10" (Before he "went into little room") to push home in the Chair.
       I can not now, if my life depended on it, remember WHY but he ended up on my Racer-style, drop handlebars Bike, with me trotting behind him hand close to saddle, as he did with me ALL THOSE YEARS AGO (In excess of 70 now)
       B T W I stole the raggedy end(s) from another photo for comparison (Before & after sort of thing)

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