Waddo

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  1. I think on my dad's side of the family, they had a bit of a royalist theme going, grandad was Harry Spencer, grandma was Elizabeth Nora and dad was Harry Geoffrey and I ended up as Stephen Jeffrey. My mother (grrr) was Amy Molly and my sister was just Juliet. Btw perhaps Ann could have a connection with Nottingham ie St Ann's Well rd.

  2. On 9/22/2018 at 9:10 PM, plantfit said:

    Two types of lanyard that is fastened to the harness, a fall arrest lanyard is a self retracting lanyard that when in use will slowly release more lanyard if you fall from height, little or no shock loading,these have to be worn when working at any height,

    The other type is called a rescue lanyard, these are a fixed length lanyard but are fastened to the harness in the same way as the fall arrest, wear this type for working in confined spaces where, in the event of something happening to the wearer ie: collasped, taken ill or unable to escape by own means.the harness has to be adjusted to the wearer,if it's too loose and the wearer falls certain body parts could be become trapped in the straps which don't bear thinking about (I have seen actual photo's of that) if the harness is too tight then it becomes uncomfortable and the wearer won't be able to carry out the task safely

    In order to wear any of this equipment safely you need to be trained by specialist companies and need to take refresher training every three or five years, I did my rescue training etc at the Mines Rescue Center in Mansfield

     

    Rog

    Just to correct a few points, a fall arrest lanyard does not retract in the event of a fall, it actually extends slowly to prevent the person receiving a shock to the body.(5kn) whereas, a fall restraint lanyard stops you from falling in the first place!. a confined space harness has a different attachment point, so that the casualty can be retrieved vertically. There is more technical stuff i could go into, but the basics are as above.

  3. Hi folks, I'm back. Had problems with the old tablet, then got involved with work and doing jobs at home so didn't get time to get on the site. Now I'm on vacation for a few well earned months.got the tablet sorted but forgot my password,durr, now just reset it and back up and running again. Hope you're all fine and looking forward to Christmas, methinks that they should start the countdown earlier so that people don't forget.they seem to have left it till at least a week before bonfire night this year. About Easter time would be about right,anyone else agree/disagree?

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  4. 47 minutes ago, radfordred said:

    An old rag used for a petrol cap?

    Whatever happened to those old rags?

    When I had my mini van, i lost my fuel cap, or more likely,left it at the petrol station. I stuffed a rag in the hole, on the way down maid Marion way I got pulled by a copper on a motor cycle who proceeded to lecture me on the dangers of such a practice, namely driving around with a sick sticking out of a potential bomb!!!!

  5. 13 hours ago, loppylugs said:

    You'd have to wonder how deep it is at Trent bridge?  Diving in there from a good height might result in a headache if it's shallow.  It was always so murky when I lived there you never had any idea how deep it was.

    I used to do a bit of scuba diving many years back,and have dived the Trent a few times. I can't ever remember the Trent being more than 15ft deep at normal levels. Some places near Clifton bridge were shallower than that!.

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  6. It was a wonderful service, and a fine eulogy from his friend David. It made me feel as though I knew Dave personally. It was also good to meet Kath, although would have liked it to be under better circumstances. Hopefully I will get to meet more of you all at one of the meets. R.I.P. Chulla.

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  7. On 3/29/2018 at 11:56 PM, IAN123. said:

    Chase pub was just above the church St.Anns Inn..think the New Westminster was at St.Anns Well rd.end of the chase.

    The new Westminster aka the wessy was at the end of St Ann's well rd near Ransom rd, was a shippos pub. The one at the end of the Chase was the Gate, that was a home ale's pub.