Job security

Armistead · 08-04-12, 05:15 PM

I believe this guy has it.

eddie · 08-04-12, 05:31 PM

I'd say he does!!! There isn't enough money on this planet to get me to go up there,lol I was getting nervous just watching the video!!!

Weiss Pinguin · 08-04-12, 05:38 PM

Hol-eee piss

I can barely get on a roof without my brain going haywire... I probably would have pissed myself just taking the elevator up that tower.

mapuc · 08-04-12, 07:39 PM

saw about 10 seconds of the movie, then I had to shut down the page.
Suffering from severe form of Acrophobia

Markus

August · 08-04-12, 09:51 PM

Those guys make good coin. If I were 20 years younger and in much better physical shape I'd take that job in a heart beat.

Platapus · 08-04-12, 10:17 PM

That is a whole lot of down.

I would have expected the tower to be swaying more.

and of course, it does not always have a happy ending

Takeda Shingen · 08-04-12, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I would have expected the tower to be swaying more.

It probably is, we just can't tell from the camera.

08-05-12, 01:21 AM

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That is a whole lot of down.

A fall from height is a fall from height, being very high doesn't make it more fatal.

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and of course, it does not always have a happy ending

It is why they are paid more due to the hazard, though of course early death from heart failure is just a normal bonus of the job.

Betonov · 08-05-12, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

A fall from height is a fall from height, being very high doesn't make it more fatal.

It's the added time of horror till you hit the ground

Ducimus · 08-05-12, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I would have expected the tower to be swaying more.

I'd be worried about a big gust of wind.

u crank · 08-05-12, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

It's the added time of horror till you hit the ground

As a person who worked in the construction trade for many years, I have found that there are those who will and those who won't. Of course I was never any where near that high but a twenty foot fall will kill you just as well. At one time I thought nothing of walking on a 2x6 wall plate 30 feet up with no safety harness but I get dizzy just thinking about it now.

Those guys have my ultimate respect.

Great post Armistead.

Jimbuna · 08-05-12, 08:53 AM

I once climbed a 300 foot cooling tower at the Esso oil refinery in Antwerp and made a vow to my maker I'd never do that again if he allowed me to get back down to earth safely.

Never broken that vow to this day.

Respect to those tower workers, they deserve all the coin they make.

kiwi_2005 · 08-05-12, 08:59 AM

seen this before still makes me dizzy just watching it, i would have safety cables all over the damn place and a parachute on my back!

nikimcbee · 08-05-12, 09:36 AM

No thank-you.

STEED · 08-05-12, 09:46 AM

On the up side he can have hell of a whizz up there.

08-04-12, 05:15 PM	#1
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Job security I believe this guy has it.

08-04-12, 05:31 PM	#2
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	I'd say he does!!! There isn't enough money on this planet to get me to go up there,lol I was getting nervous just watching the video!!! __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

08-04-12, 05:38 PM	#3
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Hol-eee piss I can barely get on a roof without my brain going haywire... I probably would have pissed myself just taking the elevator up that tower. __________________

08-04-12, 09:51 PM	#5
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Those guys make good coin. If I were 20 years younger and in much better physical shape I'd take that job in a heart beat. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

08-04-12, 10:17 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	That is a whole lot of down. I would have expected the tower to be swaying more. and of course, it does not always have a happy ending __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-04-12, 07:39 PM	#4
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	saw about 10 seconds of the movie, then I had to shut down the page. Suffering from severe form of Acrophobia Markus

08-05-12, 08:53 AM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I once climbed a 300 foot cooling tower at the Esso oil refinery in Antwerp and made a vow to my maker I'd never do that again if he allowed me to get back down to earth safely. Never broken that vow to this day. Respect to those tower workers, they deserve all the coin they make. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-05-12, 08:59 AM	#13
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	seen this before still makes me dizzy just watching it, i would have safety cables all over the damn place and a parachute on my back! __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

08-05-12, 09:36 AM	#14
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	No thank-you.

08-05-12, 09:46 AM	#15
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	On the up side he can have hell of a whizz up there. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!