yeh i see where your coming from at the endive cleaned windows like that in the past now you wanna see annoying?uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm7WUs4RrGE&feature=related
Iv`e got to agree,i don`t think he`s annoying,but the topic title is right "a fool" is dead right,that is an accident waiting to happen working at that height running up a ladder then leaning like that That`s a big NO NO !
Quote from: Pole King on October 26, 2008, 05:32:41 pmIv`e got to agree,i don`t think he`s annoying,but the topic title is right "a fool" is dead right,that is an accident waiting to happen working at that height running up a ladder then leaning like that That`s a big NO NO ! it is a big no no now but that is the way all good window cleaners used to work, you can lean of a ladder as much as you want as long as you use your other leg as balaced it is very safe but not allowed now we all used to run up and down ladders two rungs at a time, some of the old tricks to stop ladders slipping would be considered not safe now but they worked and often better than the devices they sell now, more often than not the people who have accidents on ladders are people who dont know how to use them or lack experience. these are just my thoughts based on 25yrs experience and being taught by someone with 50 yrs experience i do understand that wfp is definately safer and if you do fall from height it can be very nasty but when wfp wasnt about then this was common practice and these ones whernt called stupid but called skilled at their job.