BillConner wrote on Sep 27^th, 2011 at 6:01pm:

I mean my rigging a tarp - rope between two trees with half hitches, toss tarp over on a diagonal - and guy out two lines to a tree or root or log - usually with half hitches.  3 pieces of rope and a few minutes and no skills I didn't learn 50 years ago in Scouts. I must be doing it wrong.

Unless it's failed you when you need it, your doing it YOUR way, not necessarily the wrong way ;)
What works for one might be a pain for others.
I've learned a lot here from hearing how others do things. Sometimes they're things I already tried and rejected but often they make me slap my head and say " DUH" ;D
Everyone has they're individual style in how they do things.
Unless your dissatisfied then your way is the right way for you 8-)