On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:12:19 -0000, Rod Speed wrote:



"Liam Roberts" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:27:21 -0000, charles
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 16/12/2018 22:09, Kristy Ogilvie wrote:
What's the world coming to? I just bought 2 bags of seed for my
parrots. Each one is 12.75kg. I picked both up at once and carried
them easily, yet each ONE says on the back, "it is recommended two
people carry this bag together". I find it very hard to believe I'm 4
times stronger than the average person.

Elfin safety. so you dnt sue them for picking two up and
doing yer back in.


A cwt sack - about 50kg -is beyind most peoles limits and IIRC 35kg is
the most workers in coureir firms are allowed to process off a pallet.

Squaddies are trained to carry around 50kg on their backs IIRC

when I was in my 20s, I often carried 1 cwt sacks of cement and the
coalman
carried that amount of coal, I think that the change is due to people
discovering the longterm effects of such loads; as they have done with
loud
noises.

All we need is common sense. Your body tells you if you're straining it.

Not with back injurys it doesn't.

It most certainly does unless you have a 2 digit IQ. I've lifted heavy stuff and my back feels strained, so I simply stop.

Since everyone is different in their capabilities, we should just make our
own decisions

That's what you do with those sacks of parrot seed.

I don't need the text to tell me what to do.

and sack the nanny state.

That text has nothing to do with any nanny state.

The nanny state requires the text for the benefit of the ****wits who can't judge their own abilities and the weight of something they're carrying. Those ****wits should be left to kill themselves.