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Old 15 September 2010, 17:59   #1
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What a job!

Anyone scared of heights?



Make sure you watch to the end, I felt sick just watching.

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Old 15 September 2010, 18:41   #2
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Not for me, made my stomach turn.
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Old 15 September 2010, 18:52   #3
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Looks pretty scary, but i think working at heights is like most things, in as much as you get used to it to the point of complacancy, then you either die or scare yourself into being more careful
I know from working on 4 storey farm house roof for a week you definetley get used to it, i was sh*t scared the first day, but by the end of the week was happy to walk along the ridge rather than crawling and farting with every movement.
i dont suppose the actual height make alot of difference really, just dictates how dead you are. 50 feet....dead 1700feet very dead

certainly wouldnt even want the oportunity to get used to it!
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Old 15 September 2010, 19:07   #4
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Old 15 September 2010, 19:19   #5
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Hope they get properly paid....! In that job you don't forget to bring the correct tools twice?
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Old 15 September 2010, 19:46   #6
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Holy sheet good job he doesnt get a panick attack at the top
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Old 15 September 2010, 21:17   #7
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And just to change a light bulb! We still didn't find out how many people it took?
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Old 15 September 2010, 21:42   #8
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I'd do it.

I'd want a better fall restraint system though.Clip on/clip off every 10 feet would do me.
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Old 15 September 2010, 22:12   #11
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I'd do it.

I'd want a better fall restraint system though.Clip on/clip off every 10 feet would do me.
Aye lad .. so you want to spent 'tnight on beacon do you ?
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Old 15 September 2010, 23:17   #12
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I'd want a better fall restraint system though...
A couple of guys on the ground with a blanket?

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Old 16 September 2010, 09:23   #14
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I'd do it.

I'd want a better fall restraint system though.Clip on/clip off every 10 feet would do me.
It would be dark before you got to the top!
Clip on, climb a few feet, clip on, clip off, clip on, roll a fag, smoke fag,climb a few feet, clip off, clip on, use inhaler, roll another fag........ "I can see the pub from here"
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as fred Dibnah the steeplejack once said ,,you only fall off once .
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Old 17 September 2010, 17:56   #16
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as fred Dibnah the steeplejack once said ,,you only fall off once .

and its half a day out with t undertaker

IIRC from one of his after dinner talks he did fall off once(or a mate of his), through an asbestos roof into a laundry basket.
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It would be a great place to base jump from!
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Old 17 September 2010, 19:18   #18
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...might be a few cheese-cutters on the way down
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Old 18 September 2010, 00:44   #19
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...might be a few cheese-cutters on the way down
Just adds to the rush
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Old 18 September 2010, 08:13   #20
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I reckon it's this:
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