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1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip
over the kerb. 2) Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a low level rose bush. This will result in comments like 'Oh botheration' and cause a 80mm scar from left eye to cheek bone. Fortunately my sister in law ( senior staff nurse) and daughter (paramedic) were on hand to pull assorted thorns from my cranium and stem the bleeding. Risk assessment; If carrying shopping wear suitable face protection & non slip footwear. Don't you feel like a complete prat when you do something like that? -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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In message , The Medway
Handyman writes 1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip over the kerb. 2) Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a low level rose bush. This will result in comments like 'Oh botheration' and cause a 80mm scar from left eye to cheek bone. Fortunately my sister in law ( senior staff nurse) and daughter (paramedic) were on hand to pull assorted thorns from my cranium and stem the bleeding. Risk assessment; If carrying shopping wear suitable face protection & non slip footwear. Don't you feel like a complete prat when you do something like that? Don't you have a Mrs to do these things for you ? -- geoff |
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Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a low
level rose bush. Done in the true spirit of "face-plant" :-) |
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"Colin Wilson" wrote in message ... Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a low level rose bush. Done in the true spirit of "face-plant" :-) Are you claiming compensation from the bush grower? |
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On 07/03/2010 01:25, The Medway Handyman wrote:
1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip over the kerb. ...... Don't you feel like a complete prat when you do something like that? Someone else's tradegy he "When carrying ridiculous quantities of stuff the short distance from your car to the office, take an extra moment to use the shoulder strap on your laptop case. If you don’t, you will trip over said shoulder strap, fracture your ankle on your wheel-arch, smash your laptop on the concrete and – because you are carrying too many things and can’t put your arms out – land flat on your face in front of eight builders, breaking a tooth and permanently damaging your ego. #LFMF From the 'Learn from my fail' blog, that sits on the top of my FeedDemon RSS reading list. -- Adrian C |
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Adrian C wrote:
On 07/03/2010 01:25, The Medway Handyman wrote: 1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip over the kerb. ..... Don't you feel like a complete prat when you do something like that? Someone else's tradegy he "When carrying ridiculous quantities of stuff the short distance from your car to the office, take an extra moment to use the shoulder strap on your laptop case. If you don’t, you will trip over said shoulder strap, fracture your ankle on your wheel-arch, smash your laptop on the concrete and – because you are carrying too many things and can’t put your arms out – land flat on your face in front of eight builders, breaking a tooth and permanently damaging your ego. #LFMF The most 'pratty' thing I ever did (in that vein, at least) was a few years ago when walking along a busy street minding my own business, when I stepped on one of those bits of stiff plastic strapping used by the the likes of newspaper vendors to bundle up newspapers. This bit had been pulled off, than cut off, so was lying on the pavement was a hoop about 18" in diameter. When my left foot stepped on the hoop, it immediately flipped up perpendicular to the ground. By this time, my right foot was already moving through the air, and entered the hoop, which was firmly anchored to the ground by my body weight. All within a single ohnosecond, I stumbled, and as my right foot came off the ground, the hoop was yanked up and over my foot by the force of my left leg moving forward. At this point my upper body was still making onward progress at walking pace, while woefully at the same time my ankles were firmly anchored together by the plastic hoop. So naturally, down I went in the manner of a felled telegraph pole. No lasting damage done, but not the most elegant moment of my life. David |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Lobster saying something like: When my left foot stepped on the hoop, it immediately flipped up perpendicular to the ground. By this time, my right foot was already moving through the air, and entered the hoop, which was firmly anchored to the ground by my body weight. All within a single ohnosecond, I stumbled, and as my right foot came off the ground, the hoop was yanked up and over my foot by the force of my left leg moving forward. At this point my upper body was still making onward progress at walking pace, while woefully at the same time my ankles were firmly anchored together by the plastic hoop. So naturally, down I went in the manner of a felled telegraph pole. Had an accident at work? www.sueing_*******s_and_sharks.com You keep every penny! |
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wibbled on Sunday 07 March 2010 13:40 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Lobster saying something like: When my left foot stepped on the hoop, it immediately flipped up perpendicular to the ground. By this time, my right foot was already moving through the air, and entered the hoop, which was firmly anchored to the ground by my body weight. All within a single ohnosecond, I stumbled, and as my right foot came off the ground, the hoop was yanked up and over my foot by the force of my left leg moving forward. At this point my upper body was still making onward progress at walking pace, while woefully at the same time my ankles were firmly anchored together by the plastic hoop. So naturally, down I went in the manner of a felled telegraph pole. Had an accident at work? www.sueing_*******s_and_sharks.com You keep every penny! Oh I hate those. Joys of flu (now getting better) is watching daytime TV semi comatose (that's the right way BTW and thank heavens for Virgin channel and infinite Star Trek). So many adverts. One was a woman (it's always women???) getting tangled and tripping on some some banding tape as another poster mentioned. OK - that does point towards sloppy procedures. But another, some other woman (??) slipping on a washed floor. FFS - don't her eyes work? Why are we unable to find the happy medium between "Asbestos company doesn't give a rat's" and "stupid pillock can't see water on floor". Biggest mistake they ever made was allowing solicitors to advertise. No-win, no fee has it's place but the advertising just encourages the morons. -- Tim Watts Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer. |
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:14:24 +0000, Tim Watts wrote:
Why are we unable to find the happy medium between "Asbestos company doesn't give a rat's" and "stupid pillock can't see water on floor". 'Woman' in merkinland threw a drink in her boyfriend's face, got up to storm out and slipped on the liquid that she'd spilt. Sued the resteraunt and won! Biggest sewers in the world. -- Peter. 2x4 - thick plank; 4x4 - two of 'em. |
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Tim Watts wrote:
Grimly Curmudgeon wibbled on Sunday 07 March 2010 13:40 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Lobster saying something like: When my left foot stepped on the hoop, it immediately flipped up perpendicular to the ground. By this time, my right foot was already moving through the air, and entered the hoop, which was firmly anchored to the ground by my body weight. All within a single ohnosecond, I stumbled, and as my right foot came off the ground, the hoop was yanked up and over my foot by the force of my left leg moving forward. At this point my upper body was still making onward progress at walking pace, while woefully at the same time my ankles were firmly anchored together by the plastic hoop. So naturally, down I went in the manner of a felled telegraph pole. Had an accident at work? www.sueing_*******s_and_sharks.com You keep every penny! Oh I hate those. Joys of flu (now getting better) is watching daytime TV semi comatose (that's the right way BTW and thank heavens for Virgin channel and infinite Star Trek). So many adverts. One was a woman (it's always women???) getting tangled and tripping on some some banding tape as another poster mentioned. OK - that does point towards sloppy procedures. But another, some other woman (??) slipping on a washed floor. FFS - don't her eyes work? Why are we unable to find the happy medium between "Asbestos company doesn't give a rat's" and "stupid pillock can't see water on floor". Biggest mistake they ever made was allowing solicitors to advertise. No-win, no fee has it's place but the advertising just encourages the morons. which is reflected in spiralling insurance costs on yer car ... |
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On 07/03/2010 01:25, The Medway Handyman wrote:
1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip over the kerb. 2) Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a low level rose bush. This will result in comments like 'Oh botheration' and cause a 80mm scar from left eye to cheek bone. Fortunately my sister in law ( senior staff nurse) and daughter (paramedic) were on hand to pull assorted thorns from my cranium and stem the bleeding. Risk assessment; If carrying shopping wear suitable face protection& non slip footwear. Don't you feel like a complete prat when you do something like that? Oh *ouch* ! In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. That caused blood on one occasion. -- Tim "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament" Bill of Rights 1689 |
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On 07/03/2010 13:13, Tim Streater wrote:
In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. Doing a Rowan Atkinson? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-RkuXPj3Q4 -- Adrian C |
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On 07/03/2010 13:24, Adrian C wrote:
On 07/03/2010 13:13, Tim Streater wrote: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. Doing a Rowan Atkinson? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-RkuXPj3Q4 :-) I've done the first (not the second). Worse was walking into one of those upside-down-conical flower tubs that come up the the upper shin. Head first over the tub and lots of blood running down the leg. -- Tim "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament" Bill of Rights 1689 |
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Tim Streater wrote:
On 07/03/2010 13:24, Adrian C wrote: On 07/03/2010 13:13, Tim Streater wrote: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. Doing a Rowan Atkinson? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-RkuXPj3Q4 :-) I've done the first (not the second). Worse was walking into one of those upside-down-conical flower tubs that come up the the upper shin. Head first over the tub and lots of blood running down the leg. What about those black chains you get (not so often these days) hanging between knee-high concrete posts, esp in car parks - with sharp-pointed metal studs poking at right-angles through the links (there's no doubt a name for it). My Dad came home one evening having tripped over a length of it in a dark car park, when I was a kid; and I still have vivid memories of the damage those studs had done to his shins. |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Tim Streater saying something like: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. That caused blood on one occasion. Your missus clouted you? |
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On 07/03/2010 14:25, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Tim Streater saying something like: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. That caused blood on one occasion. Your missus clouted you? Nah. See other post. -- Tim "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament" Bill of Rights 1689 |
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:04:47 +0000, Huge wrote:
On 2010-03-07, Tim Streater wrote: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. BTDTGTTS. I once walked into a (closed) plate glass door in Canterbury, doing the same thing. I bounced off, injured! -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org |
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On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote:
On 2010-03-07, Tim wrote: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. BTDTGTTS. Are you a TECO user? -- Tim "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament" Bill of Rights 1689 |
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:
On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote: On 2010-03-07, Tim wrote: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. BTDTGTTS. Are you a TECO user? I am. Learned it in 1973... -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org |
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On 07/03/2010 18:07, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote: On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote: On 2010-03-07, Tim wrote: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. BTDTGTTS. Are you a TECO user? I am. Learned it in 1973... Ok, that accounts for it. How about: "But Tim did the girl try to smile" ?? -- Tim "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament" Bill of Rights 1689 |
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:11:13 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:
On 07/03/2010 18:07, Bob Eager wrote: On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote: On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote: On 2010-03-07, Tim wrote: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. BTDTGTTS. Are you a TECO user? I am. Learned it in 1973... Ok, that accounts for it. How about: "But Tim did the girl try to smile" ?? Sorry, I was jumping in there. But as it happens, Huge probably was exposed to TECO... -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org |
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:
On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote: On 2010-03-07, Tim wrote: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. BTDTGTTS. Are you a TECO user? Or, to put it another way: *iS $-LIE$0JiY$0lt$$ -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org |
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On 07/03/2010 18:12, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote: On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote: On 2010-03-07, Tim wrote: In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at the girl and not where I was going. BTDTGTTS. Are you a TECO user? Or, to put it another way: *iS $-LIE$0JiY$0lt$$ Well you're no help are you? :-) -- Tim "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament" Bill of Rights 1689 |
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On 7 Mar, 01:25, "The Medway Handyman" davidl...@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Risk assessment; *If carrying shopping wear suitable face protection & non slip footwear. Shouldn't you be out doing something safer, like removing asbestos garages? |
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