n Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:17:32 -0000, Bob Eager wrote:

On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:59:37 +0000, GB wrote:

On 14/03/2016 11:48, michael adams wrote:
The angle of the chute needs to be steep enough to shoot Norman Wisdom
onto a hospital trolley 10ft away, and launch the trolley down a 50ft
hospital corridor at around 10 mph.

HTH

michael adams

We've never had one, but they seem quite a good idea. The main problem I
foresee is stopping small children climbing in.

And the interesting fire regulations that are no doubt required.

Surely you could just call it a fire escape.

And it lets no more smoke through than say a.... stairwell!

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