i am new here and new to welding...

[Kent]

how does a guy with no head blame anyone To be fair I get your point but it puts other out clearing up the mess they leave and costs all taxpayers money

 

[Landy101fc]

My vehicles don't have seatbelts, i drive with more care then most do who think abs and belts will save them from any crash.
my job used to be in restoration, i put myself up for dangerous jobs in half rotten roof constructions that meant death if it went wrong. I knew what i was doing and got the job done how i saw fit.
i calculate risks per situation. A wooden slaters ladder nailed on to a roof was enough to stand on with a 240mm disc grinder... No safety and two discs in it cutting through lead. 100m high scaffold was no problem too. I seen carpenters cut off their fingers, a man fall and die in front of me. First it makes a impression on you, after a while you think thank **** it is him and not me. I have given support at major accidents and seen people hate themselfs because they survived and need to adjust in their wheelchair. The wobbly stones get replaced, it cost a bit but worth it. I went for wider ones and a finer one.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

On a lighter note, what 101 variant do you have? GS? Ambi? Radio?

 

[Kent]

Ah, there's another way of looking at that though...

The paramedic who puts all the bits in bags to try and tape them back on is doing his job (as are all the others involved in cleaning up). This means he has a job, can pay tax and support himself. It also means they can buy stuff, thereby keeping multiple other people gainfully employed.

Taxpayer's money goes on the healing equipment, which is made by somebody else earning a wage.

It's all part of the great circle of economy

Of course, the system breaks down when:
-Someone else is injured
-The main culprit decides to blame someone else and make a profit...

Wow now, the taxes paid by someone employed by the government do not actually contribute to the nations wealth as they are paid more than their taxes by the employer totally funded by taxpayers. No gripes about this but in many respects there is an argument to pay them a non taxable income of less due to the cost of collection.
Only created wealth can support our NHS, Police, Fire service etc. and take our country further, in fact there is some argument that only exports counts the rest is just a re-distribution exersize of the same cash

 

[Kent]

My vehicles don't have seatbelts, i drive with more care then most do who think abs and belts will save them from any crash.
my job used to be in restoration, i put myself up for dangerous jobs in half rotten roof constructions that meant death if it went wrong. I knew what i was doing and got the job done how i saw fit.
i calculate risks per situation. A wooden slaters ladder nailed on to a roof was enough to stand on with a 240mm disc grinder... No safety and two discs in it cutting through lead. 100m high scaffold was no problem too. I seen carpenters cut off their fingers, a man fall and die in front of me. First it makes a impression on you, after a while you think thank **** it is him and not me. I have given support at major accidents and seen people hate themselfs because they survived and need to adjust in their wheelchair. The wobbly stones get replaced, it cost a bit but worth it. I went for wider ones and a finer one.

I don't think anyone thinks they will be saved in all crashes by safety features, the fact is they are in many each day. People do drive more careful when they no they are without these features though, I know I certainly do take things very easy indeed but didn't before I was used to all the airbags and belts. Perhaps it when you haven't got something you had rather than comfort in the newer features? (sorry some people I cant quite get who go hell for leather with only a crash hat and leathers some bikers that think all they need is more speed )
Glad you replaced the stones, no point killing or harming yourself when it can be easy avoided. Can certainly see why the untrained might think it wasn't so bad a thing to have a wobbly wheel.

 

[Kent]

Even worldwide it's mainly redistribution, just more or less remote and on different timescales. The countries we export to don't 'create' more of our currency to buy things - if we don't stick to a relatively constant and finite number of units the currency is devalued.

It's about turnover though. The more times you can turn it over (the more people/businesses it goes through) the better the figures look...........

Turnover is vanity profit is sanity. Foreign money is more into our economy, frankly I am British and balance of trade is mega important

 

[Landy101fc]

On a lighter note, what 101 variant do you have? GS? Ambi? Radio?

Me, my wife and my dad... All got a ambulance

 

[Landy101fc]

Don't get me wrong, if you're happy to assess the risks and deem them acceptable for you then job's a goodun, just don't go blaming the stones/weather/government!

If you really are prepared to take responsibility for your own actions (and it doesn't affect a bystander, say) then good, we need more like that.

To be fair, better than the people who ask advice, ignore it, then blame everyone else when they lose a head.

In all my actions, it is only me to blame for it.
the government, the former employer could not get a grip on me as i do things i like to do. Like Fred Dibnah did with chimneys

 

[cumbriasteve]

I am a bit old school I suppose and I did things in the past I should not, like not wearing the correct PPE, accessing heights by dubious means, using equipment I knew was dodgy, messing with electrics and a few other possible life altering or ending tasks, always confident I would be ok in the end.

I also had the thought process that if anything went wrong it was all my own fault and only me to blame, what a shame that at those times I was also a total selfish idiot, had I died or ended up in a wheelchair then my daughters, wife, grandkids and parents would have had their live's drastically changed due to my lack of self preservation.

Not to mention of course workmates and the medical teams who would have had to clean up the mess, or the youngster copying my work methods because they thought it was normal practice.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Me, my wife and my dad... All got a ambulance

Well if you have a spare knocking about

 

[Landy101fc]

I am a bit old school I suppose and I did things in the past I should not, like not wearing the correct PPE, accessing heights by dubious means, using equipment I knew was dodgy, messing with electrics and a few other possible life altering or ending tasks, always confident I would be ok in the end.

I also had the thought process that if anything went wrong it was all my own fault and only me to blame, what a shame that at those times I was also a total selfish idiot, had I died or ended up in a wheelchair then my daughters, wife, grandkids and parents would have had their live's drastically changed due to my lack of self preservation.

Not to mention of course workmates and the medical teams who would have had to clean up the mess, or the youngster copying my work methods because they thought it was normal practice.

The funny thing is, i did end up with a serious back injury and semi in a wheelchair.
all that work on dodgy stuff and driving without seatbelts.... It was de icing that got me.
a simple slip and fall accident while getting my land rover ice free, that sidewalk edge made sure i could not get up, sit, sleep or walk. I use 4 tramadol a day, and a hand full of other medication. All of my co workers and so called friends let me fall as hard as i could, no one effing cares.
i moved country to be with my ex, i married her.
As for the ambulances.. this one came with a auto arc welding inverter for those jobbies on the go.