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Owencf

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Owencf

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My mate is studying At Aberdeen Uni recieved and email with a flashing High importance thingy on it basically saying.

consider not going through with any plans to travel to South Korea in the immediate future.

My only thoughts were No sh*t. not without one of these

and some 4 million sunblock

paul_5 Grand Master

paul_5

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It'll all be over by [s]Xmas[/s] Wednesday....
[URL=http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/Norris_zps3c30f68c.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/Norris_zps3c30f68c.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

icastle Veteran

icastle

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[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1365705556' post='2043330']
Bah! When Chuck Norris goes to bed he checks under it for Liam Neeson!

And Chuck Norris is a rightwing, bigoted fruitcake...
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Don't tell us.

Tell him. :rolleyes:

neepheid Grand Master

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[quote name='Owencf' timestamp='1365701837' post='2043256']
My mate is studying At Aberdeen Uni recieved and email with a flashing High importance thingy on it basically saying.

consider not going through with any plans to travel to South Korea in the immediate future.

My only thoughts were No sh*t.
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You'd think that, but I work in a building at Aberdeen Uni where students can't even figure out how fire doors work. Getting negative feedback and resistance from one half of a fire door? Try the other half? No, push harder! ;)

Owencf Contributor

Owencf

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[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1365715948' post='2043534']
You'd think that, but I work in a building at Aberdeen Uni where students can't even figure out how fire doors work. Getting negative feedback and resistance from one half of a fire door? Try the other half? No, push harder! ;)
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I have run into a similar issue with "Engineers" on a major gas plant...Can't operate firedoors with simple instructions, is building massive complex to process volatile hydrocarbons, What me worry.

xgsjx Grand Master

xgsjx

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In a previous job, a "Health & Safety advisor" told me that I need to wear a lanyard if I'm climbing above 2 meters. I was going up about 3 meters so I put my pass on.

timmo Rising Star

timmo

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[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1365750180' post='2043754']
In a previous job, a "Health & Safety advisor" told me that I need to wear a lanyard if I'm climbing above 2 meters. I was going up about 3 meters so I put my pass on.
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The health and safety officer was correct to be fair.You are still around to tell the tale, so the pass probably saved you from a nasty accident

xgsjx Grand Master

xgsjx

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[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1365752653' post='2043790']
The health and safety officer was correct to be fair.You are still around to tell the tale, so the pass probably saved you from a nasty accident
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I think he meant this...



& not this...



:lol:

xgsjx Grand Master

xgsjx

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[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1365758154' post='2043904']
well I know which I'd rather wear :P
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Now I'm picturing you swinging about in a harness playing your bass! :lol:

DorsetBlue Enthusiast

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[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1365759298' post='2043937']
Now I'm picturing you swinging about in a harness playing your bass! :lol:
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Hmm, I have done my working from heights course with harnesses. They are designed to keep you alive for max 15 mins (just the fall bit really). If you don't get rescued from the harness within 15 mins you will normally die, due to restriction of the blood flow through the major vessels in your upper legs/groin. Happy Friday everyone!!! :lol:

xgsjx Grand Master

xgsjx

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[quote name='DorsetBlue' timestamp='1365760434' post='2043966']
Hmm, I have done my working from heights course with harnesses. They are designed to keep you alive for max 15 mins (just the fall bit really). If you don't get rescued from the harness within 15 mins you will normally die, due to restriction of the blood flow through the major vessels in your upper legs/groin. Happy Friday everyone!!! :lol:
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I think I'll take my chances falling 8 foot with an ID holder.

the_skezz Enthusiast

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[quote name='DorsetBlue' timestamp='1365760434' post='2043966']
Hmm, I have done my working from heights course with harnesses. They are designed to keep you alive for max 15 mins (just the fall bit really). If you don't get rescued from the harness within 15 mins you will normally die, due to restriction of the blood flow through the major vessels in your upper legs/groin. Happy Friday everyone!!! :lol:
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What we were made to remember on my supervisor course was that they're not intended to catch you if you fall - they're supposed to be adjusted to a length that stops you being able to go over the edge in the first place. Which makes more sense of the whole blood-flow-cutting-off-thing.

DorsetBlue Enthusiast

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[quote name='the_skezz' timestamp='1365787051' post='2044622']
What we were made to remember on my supervisor course was that they're not intended to catch you if you fall - they're supposed to be adjusted to a length that stops you being able to go over the edge in the first place. Which makes more sense of the whole blood-flow-cutting-off-thing.
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I work on ships, sometimes you are over a large drop and ours include drop speed reducers to help (not me, I prefer to stay inside but I do have to venture on top of the bridge on rare occasions). The dockyard has a team dedicated to getting people down within (ideally) 10 mins I believe. Basically I don't want to test it. :)

Big_Stu Proficient

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[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1365759298' post='2043937']
Now I'm picturing you swinging about in a harness playing your bass! :lol:
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With optional "blood"..........
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVGytqpWmKM[/media]

or balloons...............(@ 4:37) ??
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do9QFucoIDY[/media]

icastle Veteran

icastle

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[quote name='DorsetBlue' timestamp='1365788965' post='2044658']
I work on ships, sometimes you are over a large drop and ours include drop speed reducers to help (not me, I prefer to stay inside but I do have to venture on top of the bridge on rare occasions). The dockyard has a team dedicated to getting people down within (ideally) 10 mins I believe. Basically I don't want to test it. :)
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I've not tried the mechanical fall arrestors but I did some work many years ago where we were issued with fall arrest lanyards - a length of webbing folded back and forth over itself with a plastic sheath over it so it would unravel as it was pulled and slow you down.

I've always found it far easier not to fall in the first place. :D

xgsjx Grand Master

xgsjx

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[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1365795040' post='2044749']
With optional "blood"..........
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVGytqpWmKM[/media]

or balloons...............(@ 4:37) ??
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do9QFucoIDY[/media]
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Yeah, but are they wearing BC lanyards?

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