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Working at heights

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Working at heights

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » April 22nd, 2021, 9:59 pm

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At that height I'd want a parachute, not a harness :lol:

It's an incredible job - respect.

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby csearle » April 22nd, 2021, 10:41 pm

Wow!!

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby AleisterCrowley » April 22nd, 2021, 10:49 pm

Above about 20ft I get jelly legs
I'd probably pass out at that height

(and the actual bridge is...missing. During construction I assume?)
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Re: Working at heights

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » April 22nd, 2021, 10:50 pm

csearle wrote:Wow!!

My uncle worked on the Humber Bridge when it was built. At height.

They had to tie their harness' to the safety wire above them. But the funny part was how he described that the wire wasn't continuous. So at certain places they had to unhook. Then step across a gap of about a metre without any safey harness connection. They then had to re-attach.

Apparently, they achieved the fastest harness changes in history :lol:

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby csearle » April 22nd, 2021, 10:51 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:Above about 20ft I get jelly legs
I'd probably pass out at that height
So that was why you were so often found asleep on the back row of the lecture theatres on the Comms floor (3rd storey IIRC) at Plymouth Poly! C.

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby AleisterCrowley » April 22nd, 2021, 10:55 pm

Viscious rumour. I rarely made it to lectures....

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby csearle » April 22nd, 2021, 10:59 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:Viscious rumour. I rarely made it to lectures....
Can imagine. With a 20' ceiling you would have been limited to our floor. Surprised I didn't see more of you. C.

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » April 22nd, 2021, 11:00 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:Above about 20ft I get jelly legs
I'd probably pass out at that height

(and the actual bridge is...missing. During construction I assume?)

Yup. Early stages. I work in construction and sometimes have to go up "high". I wouldn't go that high though. I don't mind going up a scaffold to the top of a house. But after that I need medication :lol:

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby csearle » April 22nd, 2021, 11:06 pm

AsleepInYorkshire wrote:I wouldn't go that high though. I don't mind going up a scaffold to the top of a house. But after that I need medication
Never flown*? C.

*Without medication?

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby AleisterCrowley » April 22nd, 2021, 11:07 pm

Fred Dibnah managed without any 'daft stuff'
Flat cap and a load of ladders roped together - right ooop the bloody chimney and stand on top eating a pork pie or something

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » April 22nd, 2021, 11:09 pm

csearle wrote:
AsleepInYorkshire wrote:I wouldn't go that high though. I don't mind going up a scaffold to the top of a house. But after that I need medication
Never flown*? C.

*Without medication?

I only fly after liquid medication :lol:

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby Mike4 » April 22nd, 2021, 11:18 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:Fred Dibnah managed without any 'daft stuff'
Flat cap and a load of ladders roped together - right ooop the bloody chimney and stand on top eating a pork pie or something


As did the late great John Noakes on Blue Peter!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGZ-h70 ... =MarkoKaar

"How's the ladder fixed on?"

"They're roped on, quite firmly, around the column itself...", the guy answers, hesitantly!

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby csearle » April 22nd, 2021, 11:25 pm

Mike4 wrote:
AleisterCrowley wrote:Fred Dibnah managed without any 'daft stuff'
Flat cap and a load of ladders roped together - right ooop the bloody chimney and stand on top eating a pork pie or something


As did the late great John Noakes on Blue Peter!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGZ-h70 ... =MarkoKaar

"How's the ladder fixed on?"

"They're roped on, quite firmly, around the column itself...", the guy answers, hesitantly!
My thoughts immediately turned to the same video. I can't watch it again. Felt queasy enough the first time. C.

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby stewamax » April 27th, 2021, 10:17 am

Wimps. He's just the electrician and the cables he is standing on are at a mere 275 kV.

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby dragnips » April 27th, 2021, 2:42 pm

stewamax wrote:Wimps. He's just the electrician and the cables he is standing on are at a mere 275 kV.


2 more electricians but they are only working on low voltage:
https://youtu.be/f1BgzIZRfT8

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Re: Working at heights

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » April 27th, 2021, 6:28 pm

dragnips wrote:
stewamax wrote:Wimps. He's just the electrician and the cables he is standing on are at a mere 275 kV.


2 more electricians but they are only working on low voltage:
https://youtu.be/f1BgzIZRfT8

Can't the guy use a satellite dish like the rest of us :lol:

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