William Gothberg" "William Gothberg wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:12:19 -0000, Rod Speed
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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.

Says the unemployed prick.