To asses risk you first must look at scale. Up a bank souns like a lot
more than 8 feet. It held a lot more than 300 pounds.

If a half-knowledgeable person could not design a safe way of lifting
300 pounds with complete safety, the world would be in a very backward
state. How were the pyramids built without Milwaukee Tools? We are
becoming a nation of timid people who need experts to tell them how to
live.

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