Recent content by Walter R

I don't know whether to be happy or sad, sad about all the vitreol directed and reciprocated by various members on here at each other, or happy by the frank admission in the opening thread by the OP that he is full of shite.

Well it made her damp

Youve bloody gone and brought ladders into the thread, its gonna go all health and safety on us now.

Beef farmer,, buying clusters,, collecting semen.... It almost made some sort of humouress line of thought in my head, but my head admittedly is a bit strange Back to the script writing board.

Why? Are you gonna start trading semen?

I spend a little time on a few other forums, but this one seems to attract this sort of thread, I suppose it might be a consequence of its success, or maybe the reason for its success, or possibly the start of its downfall....?

Not sensible at all, since putting them there suggests that it is appropiate to use the surface to stand on, if it is to be stood on it should have railings around the area to prevent falling in the case of a slip.

Not flippant at all, as I understnd it the gentleman was of an age where he probably shouldnt have been cleaning a combine window at all. If i remember correctly my combine had anti slip pads on the header, whether they were standard issue or fitted by the previous owner i'm not sure. The fact...

Exactly, but it is in the rare cases that that risk transforms into an accident that we have to put up with all the sanctimoneous twaddle from the perfection brigade. I spent 30 years combining, always cleaned the windscreen off the header, which was raised to the optimium height and level...

We all carry out risk assessments, all day, everyday. If we didnt we wouldnt last long. All the accidents / incidents referred to above will have been assessed consciously or unconciously by the injured person, they will have decided that their actions might be risky but a risk they were...

Its an interesting scientific fact that when people choose books, magazine articles, or other media, they tend to choose a source that is likely to be broadly in agreement with their own beliefs. For instance Vegans can find any number of authors that have written about the virtues of veganism...

No, but discussing it might expose questions that need to be asked that the OP hadn't considered, so when he seeks professional help he can cover all aspects. I thought that was what forums were for, to discuss things. Sometimes wonder how brave you need to be to raise your head above the...

Ì Although that bit seems to have had a recent hiccup

GODWINS LAW STRIKES AGAIN.

We had a shaggers field, I don't think that needs explaining. It was called that at least as far back as the 70's, so it must've gone on in them days as well