Jeff wrote:
Sugar Free wrote :-
in message

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Whaddya think?


.....the world is run by idiots

Err, Yes! I agree 100 percent with you here :-((

at home I can use ladders without restriction, at work I have to be 'ladder
trained', fill in a ladder log and have someone foot the ladder.

Me too :-(
Can any one tell me what a ladder footer can do in the event of a ladder
slipping?

at home I cannot do my own electrical work, at work I do occasional
installations and daily 110, 240 and 3 phase work and fault finding

Me too again :-(
I also have a City and Guild certificate and a licence issued by the
home office that legalizes me to work on high powered, high voltage
systems, but I am not allowed to re-wire some of my house. :-(

imho the biggest mistake was changing fire extinguisher colours from easily
identifiable colours to all red

I have to agree with you on this. A quick glance told you what fire the
extinguisher was capable of containing.

and the idiots are daft enough to do the
same with wiring

Perhaps we should have all cores coloured red, with sleeving to define
what runs through it. :-)

Red insulator with a blue sleeve denotes neutral
Red insulator with a brown sleeve denotes live
Red insulator with no sleeve denotes a switched live
Red insulator with no sleeve denotes a bell wire that runs at low voltage.
etc. ;-)

Going back to the fire extinguisher problem. I once asked a Lancashire
Fire Brigade officer why the sound of a fire alarm had never been
standardized. He looked very sheepish and claimed that it was not needed.
Well before, I asked this question I had been in MFI when their alarm
went off and I thought that it was just a door open alarm. Just goes to
show how quick you could get fried.

I am led to believe that buy and spew were amazed at how quick one of
their stores went up in a fire a couple of years ago.

Perhaps they didn't know they were selling anything inflammable in their
stores and how warm it was before the fire :-(

Dave