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Mate at Horningtops knocked it up for me, . Very useful tool! CE Metal Fabrications Ltd – Steelwork for the South West WWW.CEMETALFABRICATIONS.CO.UK

A bit of COVID compliant work:

Anyway, if we could just ease ourselves away from the Margaret Thatcher Appreciation Society back towards the matter under discussion..... [yes K, I AM looking at YOU] Latest from HSE: Social distancing, keeping businesses open and in-work activities during coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak - HSE news WWW.HSE.GOV.UK Guidelines on social distancing, essential and non-essential work and in-work activity during the outbreak. A little less hysteria, some common bloody sense and a little more economic activity is what is needed!

That’s a pulling line if ever I heard one - get in the barrel Mr Cropper ?

He near on ruined my Greenmech factory visit with beer swilling, late night raconteur ways...

Not his MO. If he had a gripe he’d deal with it himself. Always better to have a pint anyway.

Does depend what you are using it for. Don't want to speculate too much but if it's firewood and not at unsocial hours then crack on. TPO trees felling in the middle of the night not recommended. Was he chopping up bodies? That would be bloody reckless without PPE whilst all this Chogi flu is about....

Look at you two chatting away like oppo’s.... ?

Got a better shot today @topchippyles I don’t think you’d be impressed!

From Farage to the Guardian, now there's a unlikely alliance of consensus: UK coronavirus lockdown: police reissued with guidance on enforcement | World news | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM New guidance aims to quell heavy-handed enforcement and bring consistency across forces

I know ‘daily’ is a flawed basis for analysis. It should perhaps be pa or even longer and the consequence of needing it is also relevant. Slightly aside, I consider the rescue climber requirement to be a fairly dull consideration anyway (minor injury = self recover, major injury wait 5-10 minutes for rescue whilst bleeding out or self recover - get to ground by route alpha) but that’s for another day.

It’s just a guess, but I’d take a punt on the risk of cross infection being vastly higher for those getting on the buses, trains, underground to go to work than it would be for a climber / rescuer.

Agreed. We’re at about 1700 UK deaths attributed to C19 so far - granted, unfortunately, there is huge potential for that to go through a steep upward curve. We already, routinely, have 50,000 excess winter cold deaths pa and I’d guess a lot of people have never even heard of EWD. All I’m thinking is, is there parity in our approach to premature mortality? Maybe this situation will make us think differently.

There’s theory and there is practice..... The 2 rarely meet nicely in the middle because theory will almost always play second fiddle. Firstly, staff working (esp climbing) should only be those without symptoms (of any sort not just C19.) Yes, you ‘could’ be asymptomatic but what is the probability? Second, how many genuine aerial rescues are conducted daily in UK Arb? Answer, nobody knows but I’d take a punt it’s between 0 and zero. Also, if we ‘know’ we have additional considerations we should moderate our working behaviour accordingly - add higher levels of risk mitigation. Don’t do the more complex tasks. If you combine the probability of those 2 adverse situations, factor in the likelihood of them BOTH being present at the same time, consider the potential impact of infection for a (presumed) young, fit and healthy worker then balance it all out against the financial, physiological and physical impact of NOT continuing in employment for the individual, the potential cumulative deleterious effect upon national GDP - and the consequential life expectancy effect of a >6% drop in GDP.... Then you’ll have your own personal answer! Good luck, let us know what you come up with ?

2017/18 >50,000 cold related deaths in UK Excess winter mortality in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics WWW.ONS.GOV.UK Excess winter mortality in England and Wales, by region, sex, age group and local authority. That 50,000 people can’t afford to put the heating on...

Purely coincidence ?

I had a similar thought Mark. Obesity is missing. I presume there’s a ‘message’ being sponsored by the source of the data compilation which is why abortion is featured. If we rise above what appears to be a sponsored message, it left me thinking.... With so much ‘routine’, dare say preventable, premature death, are the levels of effort disproportionate in relation to our current predicament? Is it because all the routine premature deaths are fragmented and generally isolated, or perhaps more prevalent in the margins of society? Dont know, none of the above are direct questions, just some of the thoughts in my head. Luckily, physical work tomorrow so less pondering....

I saw “here” before I saw “nowhere”

I’m not back there til the morrow, but I wouldn’t know a good un from a bad un either way. Be interesting to hear though. I won’t pass in on to homeowner, his Mrs just left him so he’s had enough bad news of late!

Interesting Ti....

ICF guidance: COVID-19: Essential Working Information - Institute of Chartered Foresters WWW.CHARTEREDFORESTERS.ORG The Institute has received a significant number of enquiries from our members seeking clarification around the recently... Easy enough really.....

There's one in Liskeard. I'm part way through a job there at the moment.

And everything else, like Sturgeon's 'interpretation', is just that, an interpretation. In my mind, such interpretation by the likes of Sturgeon is based upon the luxury of knowing they will never have the responsibility for being held to account for the negative effect on the long term economy (and the potential higher rate of death associated with a significant drop in GDP) so they can blab off without proper thought or accountability relying upon the apathy and ignorance of the masses to carry them forward on a wave of popular rabble rousing. I see the 'warnings' to the police to act responsibly have started to roll in. Searching shopping bags for non-essential items and questioning whether journeys are essential etc. This is a tough one, yes they need to act where there are clearly idiotic examples of stupidity but some of the actions to date are clearly poorly considered. I just know I'm gonna get a tug on my way to work soon, that will be an interesting experience, I hope it's a wise old head rather than a young spunker.