On Jan 28, 7:07*pm, Bruce wrote:
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On 28/01/2012 04:41, Bruce wrote:
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On 27/01/2012 21:49, Bruce wrote:
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Yes, I think that I have seen pictures of one in Ontario, in Canada..
That'd be cool to have that in Britain, but three words come to mind
that will undoubtedly ruin the whole concept.

Any guesses?

H&S. *;-)

It's almost a given, isn't it?

It is, and it's a shame, but you can imagine a very long list of
reasons why that could not possibly be allowed to happen here.

I'm sure I could. How much does that list need to correspond with
reality in H&S' case, though, I wonder?

It depends on whose definition of reality you adopt. *The paranoid H&S
people believe in their version of reality. *I'm not sure I do.

Some H&S intervention should be welcomed. *The HSE people have worked
wonders in the construction industry and have saved hundreds of lives.
I would not want to turn the clock back to the 1970s.

But it is in other areas that H&S appears to have gone mad, with the
lamination of all risk of any kind seemingly their objective. *Local
authorities seem particularly badly afflicted, with schools being a
particular bone of contention.

very little of the 'elf'n'safetygornmadinnit' comes from the HSE and
much of it would be seen as overkill by a properly trained H+S
practitioner or HSE inspector, but while people think a short course
makes them a H+S practitioner ...