Has the world gone crazy?!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

o the mad part is we actually allow people to tell us how to do our jobs, that is insanity, and not just because the guys telling us havent the first idea!

[Spruce Pirate]

Out of curiosity Tim, how much does it actually weigh?

 

Health and Safety will bankrupt this country, causes more delay and cost than anything else.

[cornish wood burner]

Great wrapping.Probably worried about the dust in the lorry.

 

Some of the replies reminded me when I used to work for a high tech company that used to have a lot of government contracts, was big on heath and safety,accountability etc etc.

A brake press operator managed to bypass the guard and cut the ends of his figures off. He was off work for about 6 weeks and when he returned there was a big enquiry as to how he did it. Present at the investigation were, his foreman, the safety officer, the engineering director and the managing director.He was asked how he managed to do it, so he showed all present. However this time he trimmed his figures down to the second knuckle.

 

Be carefull out there!

[PeteB]

Ahem, our post knocker was so heavy, it was a two man job when doing a long stretch in dry stony ground. The one I used recently was defo a one man job and it was that light I did 50 x 3" round with only a little sweat. I hadn't done any for 15 years so I can vouch for it's lightness!

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

I thought the mad part was the fact it's made by silverline

 

Cheapest one, and with a lifetime guarantee (that I know that they honor through experience, as lets face it, it's silverline)

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

Out of curiosity Tim, how much does it actually weigh?

 

Health and Safety will bankrupt this country, causes more delay and cost than anything else.

 

I'm not sure, I'll check, but it's a one man tool, definitely.

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

Great wrapping.Probably worried about the dust in the lorry.

 

It came in a box, again with team lift stickers, but that didn't make a very good photo, then it was cling wrapped. I do wonder who would use a post knocker, who would be worried about a a scratch or two, but they wrapped it all the same!

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

I know what you mean Graham.

 

 

 

I was walking in a town the other day, and all the people were walking on the pavements AND crossing the road on the Zebra crossings. IDIOTS!

 

 

 

I walked down the middle of the road just to demonstrate how smart I was - i bet all those townies were impressed

 

 

Hiya Matt!

 

There is a really valid counter to the point (I think) you're making....

 

Poundbury in Dorset, from my memory only, and happy to be corrected, no (or at least minimal) white lines, junction markings, road side signs, crossings etc. It struck me that there were no guidelines / instructions / directions, people were left (and expected) to make sensible decisions and take the actions based upon their individual judgement. Surprisingly, it wasn't chaotic, quite the contrary, my opinion from observation was that people were courteous in their parking, yielding rather than bullish at road intersections, patient at pedestrian crossing points. I've only been there once, I don't live there, it might be different on a different day but the lasting impression I took away from visiting that town was that with all the orders, directions, instructions taken away (or at least minimised), people behaved in an altogether responsible and courteous manner.

 

Makes me wonder if we're over signed, directed, ordered etc??

[10 Bears]

I thought I had read that the UK has more signs then anywhere in Europe - a quick search found this:

 

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin to axe pointless traffic signs | Mail Online

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

Hiya Matt!

 

There is a really valid counter to the point (I think) you're making....

 

Poundbury in Dorset, from my memory only, and happy to be corrected, no (or at least minimal) white lines, junction markings, road side signs, crossings etc. It struck me that there were no guidelines / instructions / directions, people were left (and expected) to make sensible decisions and take the actions based upon their individual judgement. Surprisingly, it wasn't chaotic, quite the contrary, my opinion from observation was that people were courteous in their parking, yielding rather than bullish at road intersections, patient at pedestrian crossing points. I've only been there once, I don't live there, it might be different on a different day but the lasting impression I took away from visiting that town was that with all the orders, directions, instructions taken away (or at least minimised), people behaved in an altogether responsible and courteous manner.

 

Makes me wonder if we're over signed, directed, ordered etc??

 

Very much so, there is a move on the continent to do exactly this, remove all direction and force people to drive/walk more cautiously. It sounds like a bad idea, but it works!

 

Often in this country, you're not watching the road because you're to busy reading the signs!