The Health and Safety can be alittle strange at times

[John Gill]

nice to observe that homophobia is still alive ( and kicking) on here.

[John Pruden]

to be fair I am or never would have a go at any of our emergency services but just one case while working on the installation of the Liverpool landing stage we were often having people trying to do themselves in? one case the man was reading his paper folded his coat up ran and dived over the railings the tide was out he impaled himself on the old timber shutters years old some 25 ft below and he was hanging over the chains that kept the stage in place not a nice sight a pointed piece of wood sticking through him anyway me and my brother pulled him of blood every were laid him flat by this time he was gone I did the artificial stuff and he coughed and by this time a copper from the small station came down and put a hanky over the hole in him next the firemen came down shoved us out of the way that was fine then the fun started they put him in a lewis stretcher I said to the man in charge I will lower the hook on the crane and lift him right to the awaiting ambulance? we are here now we will take over anyway a crew on the top tied a line on the lewis and a crew at the bottom had a line on him as the crew on the top were pulling the crew on the bottom were slipping in the mud the poor fella was bouncing of the sea wall crack they broke his shoulder bang opened his head up after about 20 minutes he got to the ambulance we were all disgusted at the way it went. the next night in the Liverpool echo hero police man tried in vane to save mans life? not that we wanted any publicity but putting a hanky over a wound I think never made much of a difference the fella passed away later that day? while I worked down there many tried to kill themselves and its true about a full moon most were at that time?jp

[robpage]

ho·mo·pho·bi·a

1. Fear of or contempt for lesbians and gay men.
2. Behavior based on such a feeling.

I have never been afraid of a six foot guy in stockings and heels , I could run faster in those days , especially with the heels taken into consideration . No , John I am not politically correct , but if my comment on the happenings of what was then an illegal act in a shipping company defunct thirty years go offends anyone , then I humbly apologise , but would comment that when on several ships up until the mid 1980s , Gay humour was exercised mainly by men whose preferences did not include females . I have always been " straight " whatever that is , but regard others wants , needs and desires to be strictly their own choices , whether , by nature , nurture or design . Phobia is a word meaning Fear , I do not fear , I do not chose my sexualpreferences either , I have seen too much bullying in my life of ethnic minorities , of religious minorities , of sexual minorities . I work on live and let live . SO my attempt at lightening my day was meant as light humour , I can still visualize the cross dressers some with stubble some gorgeous , some that were out of this World gorgeous , and my reminiscences was of a larger than life community escaping the legal bounds of an oppressive country by associating with their fellow man at sea , and I think , honestly that that comment would have been found humorous , and not offensive .


Now blow us a kiss

[j.sabourn]

Rob nothing to do with your post. There has been some talk about putting a sticky on a post. I am really showing my ignorance now, but if I don't ask will never know. What the hell is a sticky. John Sabourn No rude remarks

[Captain Kong]

I have a mate who works on Rigs, he is a fully qualified Elctrician of many years experience, with all kinds of letters behind his name.
To change a light bulb in a cabin or in the allyway it takes two men, a Risk assessment form to be filled in and signed by two people, , a line manager, the Safety Officer, the appropiate ladders and harness, even tho` it can be reached from deck level The whole operation takes more than two hours.
I could shin up a top mast that was swinging like crazy in a mid Atlantic storm with a bulb stuck in my mouth, in the middle of the night and no harness no nothing cling on and open a rusty light fitting and take out the old bulb and fit the new one, whilst gripping the ladder with just my legs , no hands.
No wonder we are being priced out of the market.
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As regards kids going to school in cars . when I was five I had to walk three miles to school and another 3 going home, through the wreckage of the Blitz, dragging a gas mask on a piece of string, I was always losing mine, sometimes in deep snow, we had no cold weather gear then. my clogs full of snow giving chliblains, chapped legs, we wound brown paper round our legs in the winter snow, a jersey with holes in and a shiny sleeve, no hankies then.We just thought it was normal then,
A load of whimps today.
Brian.

[robpage]

It sticks the Thread to the top of the List so you can find it easily but Tony can probably give a better explanation

[happy daze john in oz]

Rob nothing to do with your post. There has been some talk about putting a sticky on a post. I am really showing my ignorance now, but if I don't ask will never know. What the hell is a sticky. John Sabourn No rude remarks

Well years ago a UCL stewrad could have explained that very well.
But as Rob says there were thousands of them at sea in our day but they never interfered with any one who did not want to be interfered with. Many were very sad people who often went to sea to escape procecution and to be with others of the same ilk. Many were very good fun and all from what i observed were excellent workers who took great pride in their work and apperance. More than can be said of some of todays society.

[ray-c]

H&S, New York style

[Ivan Cloherty]

I like the bloke at the right of the picture, holding his glass bottle, cause a bit of a splatter if he dropped that

[j.sabourn]

#67... Brian re rigs and safety. Have heard of cases in the North Sea of workers being sent back ashore and sacked for someone catching them outside the accommodation block without their hard hat on. These were by people where a little bit of power and authority went to their heads. One of these muffins tried the bullshit with me on a rig out here. I used to wear the Norwegian safety shoe with just a strap at the back. Told him to eff off. Could take it further if he wanted. As I was out there to shift the rig for them, think he must have been told to keep his trap shut, as the costs involved would far supercede the cost of a pair of safety boots. The Norwegian safety boots worn by their seamen was good enough for me, as well as their safety rules. Some of the H and S is a lot of crap in any case. Cheers John Sabourn