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[TheBoy]

Walked past a Sky installer/repairer swearing away loudly, clearly a bit miffed, that the whomever had installed the dish had mounted it above waist height.

He weren't happy, and I couldn't help it, but I chuckled. Which annoyed him further

[Kevin Wood]

Had he neatly clipped the wire to the wall instead of just leaving it to dangle? Oh, well, was starting to sound too good to be true.

[iansoutham]

You joke about hem installer but I watched one the other day putting a dish up at a house over the road from me. He backed the an on the drive, put cones out round his work area, got the ladder out and laid it against the wall before promptly putting himself into his vi-vis and harness. This was hen promptly attached to the loose/standing ladder and he put hebdish up. Every time he had to come down to do something he had to unhook himself and reattach before going back up.

Best thing was, the dish was littlerally 10 foot in the air and just out of hand reach above the downstairs window 😅😅

[TheBoy]

You joke about hem installer but I watched one the other day putting a dish up at a house over the road from me. He backed the an on the drive, put cones out round his work area, got the ladder out and laid it against the wall before promptly putting himself into his vi-vis and harness. This was hen promptly attached to the loose/standing ladder and he put hebdish up. Every time he had to come down to do something he had to unhook himself and reattach before going back up.

Best thing was, the dish was littlerally 10 foot in the air and just out of hand reach above the downstairs window 😅😅

Probably had been tipped off his manager was on the way to do a safety inspection.

That was the only time I used to put on a hardhat, or tie the ladder...

[iansoutham]

You joke about hem installer but I watched one the other day putting a dish up at a house over the road from me. He backed the an on the drive, put cones out round his work area, got the ladder out and laid it against the wall before promptly putting himself into his vi-vis and harness. This was hen promptly attached to the loose/standing ladder and he put hebdish up. Every time he had to come down to do something he had to unhook himself and reattach before going back up.

Best thing was, the dish was littlerally 10 foot in the air and just out of hand reach above the downstairs window 😅😅

Probably had been tipped off his manager was on the way to do a safety inspection.

That was the only time I used to put on a hardhat, or tie the ladder...

But if he had fallen, all he would have done is pull the ladder on top of himself as the ladder was not tied to anything.

[TheBoy]

You joke about hem installer but I watched one the other day putting a dish up at a house over the road from me. He backed the an on the drive, put cones out round his work area, got the ladder out and laid it against the wall before promptly putting himself into his vi-vis and harness. This was hen promptly attached to the loose/standing ladder and he put hebdish up. Every time he had to come down to do something he had to unhook himself and reattach before going back up.

Best thing was, the dish was littlerally 10 foot in the air and just out of hand reach above the downstairs window 😅😅

Probably had been tipped off his manager was on the way to do a safety inspection.

That was the only time I used to put on a hardhat, or tie the ladder...

But if he had fallen, all he would have done is pull the ladder on top of himself as the ladder was not tied to anything.

Our lot now are supposed to tie the ladder to the house. 'elf and safety gone mad

[Doctor Gollum]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

[Automaticman]

All ya need is a set of skyhooks 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

I saw a Sky fella up a ladder a while back, and he'd drilled a big hole in the side of the house so he could screw a hook in to tie the ladder too!    I wouldn't have been very impressed if it was my house, Elf n Safety or no bloody Elf n Safety! 

[aaronjb]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

You (the hypothetical you) wanted Sky so.. you do. If you don't want it done then .. you don't get Sky.

Simples

[Doctor Gollum]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

You (the hypothetical you) wanted Sky so.. you do. If you don't want it done then .. you don't get Sky.

Simples

I wonder if the liability is in the small print...

Hypothetically...

[Kevin Wood]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

I saw a Sky fella up a ladder a while back, and he'd drilled a big hole in the side of the house so he could screw a hook in to tie the ladder too!    I wouldn't have been very impressed if it was my house, Elf n Safety or no bloody Elf n Safety! 

How did he get up there to drill the hole? Cherry picker?

[Sir Tigger KC]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

I saw a Sky fella up a ladder a while back, and he'd drilled a big hole in the side of the house so he could screw a hook in to tie the ladder too!    I wouldn't have been very impressed if it was my house, Elf n Safety or no bloody Elf n Safety! 

How did he get up there to drill the hole? Cherry picker?

No it was about 5 feet up, so he had his cake and ate it!   

[Doctor Gollum]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

I saw a Sky fella up a ladder a while back, and he'd drilled a big hole in the side of the house so he could screw a hook in to tie the ladder too!    I wouldn't have been very impressed if it was my house, Elf n Safety or no bloody Elf n Safety! 

How did he get up there to drill the hole? Cherry picker?

No it was about 5 feet up, so he had his cake and ate it!   

Up a ladder? That can't be healthy

[Sir Tigger KC]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

I saw a Sky fella up a ladder a while back, and he'd drilled a big hole in the side of the house so he could screw a hook in to tie the ladder too!    I wouldn't have been very impressed if it was my house, Elf n Safety or no bloody Elf n Safety! 

How did he get up there to drill the hole? Cherry picker?

No it was about 5 feet up, so he had his cake and ate it!   

Up a ladder? That can't be healthy

Maybe he was afraid of heights?   

[Andy B]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

I saw a Sky fella up a ladder a while back, and he'd drilled a big hole in the side of the house so he could screw a hook in to tie the ladder too!    I wouldn't have been very impressed if it was my house, Elf n Safety or no bloody Elf n Safety! 

How did he get up there to drill the hole? Cherry picker?

No it was about 5 feet up, so he had his cake and ate it!   

Up a ladder? That can't be healthy

Fred managed it without a cherry picker    ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=917D47hh_9k

[Kevin Wood]

The average Sky fitter's uncercrackers would be soiled before they got 10' up one of Fred's ladders! 

As would mine, in fairness.

[STEMO]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

I saw a Sky fella up a ladder a while back, and he'd drilled a big hole in the side of the house so he could screw a hook in to tie the ladder too!    I wouldn't have been very impressed if it was my house, Elf n Safety or no bloody Elf n Safety! 

How did he get up there to drill the hole? Cherry picker?

No it was about 5 feet up, so he had his cake and ate it!   

Up a ladder? That can't be healthy

Fred managed it without a cherry picker    ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=917D47hh_9k

O M F G

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

 I Watched an old film of Fred Dibnah were he said "I climb better after a pint or three"

[Andy B]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

I saw a Sky fella up a ladder a while back, and he'd drilled a big hole in the side of the house so he could screw a hook in to tie the ladder too!    I wouldn't have been very impressed if it was my house, Elf n Safety or no bloody Elf n Safety! 

How did he get up there to drill the hole? Cherry picker?

No it was about 5 feet up, so he had his cake and ate it!   

Up a ladder? That can't be healthy

Fred managed it without a cherry picker    ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=917D47hh_9k

O M F G

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮

Did you watch it all? Erecting the platform at the top is unbelievable

[STEMO]

Who pays for that and the subsequent repair?

I saw a Sky fella up a ladder a while back, and he'd drilled a big hole in the side of the house so he could screw a hook in to tie the ladder too!    I wouldn't have been very impressed if it was my house, Elf n Safety or no bloody Elf n Safety! 

How did he get up there to drill the hole? Cherry picker?

No it was about 5 feet up, so he had his cake and ate it!   

Up a ladder? That can't be healthy

Fred managed it without a cherry picker    ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=917D47hh_9k

O M F G

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮

Did you watch it all? Erecting the platform at the top is unbelievable

No, Andy, I only got to the bit where he's tapping the headers. I'll have a look at the rest when I'm in bed, right in the middle of the bed, where I'm sure I can't fall down. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

I Watched an old film of Fred Dibnah were he said "I climb better after a pint or three"

Yes, and that was the case with another steeple jack we knew on my husbands side of the family, whom I have spoken about before.

He was an alcoholic, but regularly worked at high level, on the top of chimneys etc.

Being "jolly" seemed to help him as well!

[Kevin Wood]

I Watched an old film of Fred Dibnah were he said "I climb better after a pint or three"

In his book he describes how, as an apprentice, he'd pass another steeplejack's ladders up a chimney on the way home from the pub and climb them just to see how they'd done it.

[Doctor Gollum]

We are officially meant to fully lower our tail lifts before assembling the rails on them because someone in either Glasgow or Mancchester managed to walk backwards off a tail lift with a wheelchair whilst it was 5' off the ground... (Not sure quite how they did this as the frames are stowed across the doors ).

Technically, going by COP it must literally be on the ground, yet the tail lift instructions say in black and white that rails must be used at heights of over 2 metres. COP also completely over looks the fact that the body cannot be raised from the chassis without being completely stowed and that even if the tail lift could be opened without the body being fully lowered, the door lock won't release until the body is fully down... 

[Kevin Wood]

.. and Fred moaned about his hard hat.

[Doctor Gollum]

.. and Fred moaned about his hard hat.

I suspect that his manager couldn't afford to be too picky

[Rods2]

Certain industries seem to have ingrained drinking cultures where they often have long leave periods or non-working days due to bad weather. These include: Construction workers, armed forces, acting and entertainment profession and aircraft crew.

Two of the worst alcoholics I've known were both BA aircrew. One took early retirement and would drink 9 pints every day 4 every lunch time and 5 in an evening with an additional bottle of wine with his Sunday lunch. He had a rigid timetable and would be at the pub at noon on the dot and leave at 1pm to go home for lunch and out again at 9pm for the evening session on the dot and leave 10:30pm. He used to smoke small cigars and would always buy them singly across the bar The other one is now a retired pilot on health grounds where drinking and smoking meant he had major heart issues by the time he was 50 and was grounded. He is always down the pub as it opens in a morning and then drinks until he can drink no more and must drink at least 20 pints everyday, maybe more. He has a bright red pub tan and I can't see him making old bones.

[biggriffin]

I thought sky, were doing away with dishes.

[TheBoy]

Certain industries seem to have ingrained drinking cultures where they often have long leave periods or non-working days due to bad weather. These include: Construction workers, armed forces, acting and entertainment profession and aircraft crew.

I think can be summed up with "The Civil Service".  Including those ex civil service industries like rail companies etc

[Kevin Wood]

Certain industries seem to have ingrained drinking cultures where they often have long leave periods or non-working days due to bad weather. These include: Construction workers, armed forces, acting and entertainment profession and aircraft crew.

I think can be summed up with "The Civil Service".  Including those ex civil service industries like rail companies etc

I have a mate who used to work for BR in the "good old days". Apparently, it was considered normal for a train to pull into Waterloo, on a hot day, whereby the driver and fireman would nip across the road for half a dozen pints before driving the train back out. I think that might raise some eyebrows these days. Still, the world didn't end.

[Doctor Gollum]

Even 20 years ago, the BAA canteen served beer and wine...