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11th December 2010, 10:20 AM
Personally being a lazy little s.. I quite welcome links & info and what is wrong with a bit of commission we all have to make a living incuding Mr Hosty. I am sure you are happy to take your wages as am I :face-stir:. Looks like everyone has got out of bed the wrong side this morning
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11th December 2010, 01:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 11th December 2010, 06:10 PM by deadlylampshade.)
As you were posting in the wee small hours Mr Vulpes, I may assume you were in a desperate mood to be on a Forum at that time...but not sure why I deserve to be called a twerp?
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
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11th December 2010, 03:08 PM
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Yeah, sorry deadly. Too much Merlot!
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13th December 2010, 11:55 AM
Thanks for this clear statement. Things have got better, but yes, oversize waterproofs are not OK, jackets with cuffs down to the knees are inneficient. I had, quite recently, to wear a pair of oversize (and overheavy) site boots through the winter on a very claggy site. By the end of it I had seriously damaged the articulations of my toes becase the toe-cap (under pressure from a continuous 10-20cm claggy sole build-up) had stressed the joints: the overheavy and ill fitting boots had also caused tendon strain in the knees.
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13th December 2010, 12:37 PM
A serious issue that should be addressed. so hopefully will be... and in a union, is more likely to be dealt with.
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13th December 2010, 01:19 PM
Strangely, even in a very unionised environment, not so easy. Les 'medecins de travail', dont understand at all the physical demands of our work, and dont listen: if it does nt show up on an X-ray, as most things to do with articulations dont (ie its not broken!), we are back to the old malingering question.... even when we are too desperately busy to be even thinking of trying to take time off work, even if limping at a jog trot round the site we're managing/machining/trying to save from the bull-dozers etc!
So no, my feet more or less recovered after a year or so, with a little more arthritis in the pipeline (and my climbing shoes dont fit anymore). But boots are a serious issue. If work doctors wont take our health seriously, we have to be forewarned, assertive and do it ourselves!
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13th December 2010, 06:01 PM
We just get a boot allowance and can buy our own (so long as they comply) - means you end up with stuff that fits, and if you want to get delux you can chuck in some of your own cash, and if you don't you don't. Seems like the best route, issued boots never fit everyone, and quite often no one
