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    mungo1972
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      Hi !sinner69! ,
      I think your right in what you say ….but i think in general through out government there is a serious lack of common sense . And Health and safety and any “$£$% safety . Take General Lighting’s place of work for example …….say there was a fire and my lot turned up ……..we’d ask advice from the General as he knows his site or any worker or out of hours theres normally a phone number . Okay so the General gets sorry mate but frame room what ever has just gone up how do we isolated the supply …….General……not some pen pushing , clip boards wearing twat that may come once a year but has to every year come up with some stupid idea that this is wrong etc

      I think all Health and safety ….fuck it “£$£$% what ever safety should be placed in an inch glass air tight cabinet and only broke in an emergency !!!!!! you with me …..lets make it so 🙂

      regards
      Mungo

      #1184863
      mungo1972
      Participant

        Hi !sinner69! ,
        I think your right in what you say ….but i think in general through out government there is a serious lack of common sense . And Health and safety and any “$£$% safety . Take General Lighting’s place of work for example …….say there was a fire and my lot turned up ……..we’d ask advice from the General as he knows his site or any worker or out of hours theres normally a phone number . Okay so the General gets sorry mate but frame room what ever has just gone up how do we isolated the supply …….General……not some pen pushing , clip boards wearing twat that may come once a year but has to every year come up with some stupid idea that this is wrong etc

        I think all Health and safety ….fuck it “£$£$% what ever safety should be placed in an inch glass air tight cabinet and only broke in an emergency !!!!!! you with me …..lets make it so 🙂

        regards
        Mungo

        #1129257
        General Lighting
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          @mungo1972 434025 wrote:

          you got bt frame room , authorized personnel only , high vaultage keep out …..or words to that effect

          yep there’s a big sign on there warning against unauthorised persons and electric hazard as there is a lot of mains wiring and some equipment will stay energised from the UPS even if the power is cut.

          ironically another bit of cost cutting is that BT didn’t even bother to mount the NTE5 (telephone sockets) on the wall or provide us with a proper frame, they left them dangling on the end of cable at the bottom of our rack unit, there are much better and tidier ways of connecting up the phone lines which if I’d had a chance to have a proper discussion with Openreach I could have sorted out in advance, but they don’t let you speak directly to engineers as the contract is between Openreach and another bit of BT..

          And of course the fire safety lot sees all this as well and thinks the wiring is even more sketchy and dangerous than it is..

          to be fair another Openreach engineer was there last week and didn’t approve of what the others had done, but because the building is now active its too late to remount the sockets as all the lines are carrying live data or phone calls and I’d have to go there specially and redo all the phone cabling and re-test everything..

          there was a time in England you’d try to make the next persons job easier rather than more difficult…

          #1151030
          General Lighting
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            @mungo1972 434025 wrote:

            you got bt frame room , authorized personnel only , high vaultage keep out …..or words to that effect

            yep there’s a big sign on there warning against unauthorised persons and electric hazard as there is a lot of mains wiring and some equipment will stay energised from the UPS even if the power is cut.

            ironically another bit of cost cutting is that BT didn’t even bother to mount the NTE5 (telephone sockets) on the wall or provide us with a proper frame, they left them dangling on the end of cable at the bottom of our rack unit, there are much better and tidier ways of connecting up the phone lines which if I’d had a chance to have a proper discussion with Openreach I could have sorted out in advance, but they don’t let you speak directly to engineers as the contract is between Openreach and another bit of BT..

            And of course the fire safety lot sees all this as well and thinks the wiring is even more sketchy and dangerous than it is..

            to be fair another Openreach engineer was there last week and didn’t approve of what the others had done, but because the building is now active its too late to remount the sockets as all the lines are carrying live data or phone calls and I’d have to go there specially and redo all the phone cabling and re-test everything..

            there was a time in England you’d try to make the next persons job easier rather than more difficult…

            #1129258
            General Lighting
            Moderator

              @mungo1972 434030 wrote:

              Take General Lighting’s place of work for example …….say there was a fire and my lot turned up ……..we’d ask advice from the General as he knows his site or any worker or out of hours theres normally a phone number . Okay so the General gets sorry mate but frame room what ever has just gone up how do we isolated the supply

              We actually thought about that, there’s a proper smoke/fire detector in there linked to the main panel, and on Friday I was checking the paperwork the sparky’s left in each dis board so I know exactly where all the isolators are… I’ve seen power supplies in IT kit go up before and they are nasty as the low voltage high current can create a lot of heat, and toxic smoke too (actually one what went up took TV2 denmark off air for a bit, they sent it back with a note “there have been a fire”)

              #1151032
              General Lighting
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                @mungo1972 434030 wrote:

                Take General Lighting’s place of work for example …….say there was a fire and my lot turned up ……..we’d ask advice from the General as he knows his site or any worker or out of hours theres normally a phone number . Okay so the General gets sorry mate but frame room what ever has just gone up how do we isolated the supply

                We actually thought about that, there’s a proper smoke/fire detector in there linked to the main panel, and on Friday I was checking the paperwork the sparky’s left in each dis board so I know exactly where all the isolators are… I’ve seen power supplies in IT kit go up before and they are nasty as the low voltage high current can create a lot of heat, and toxic smoke too (actually one what went up took TV2 denmark off air for a bit, they sent it back with a note “there have been a fire”)

                #1150032
                mungo1972
                Participant

                  Hi General Lighting ,
                  Yes your right , it wasnt all about you bit of the job but every one finnishing the job and ……correctly . Now its im only contracted to do this and that little bit of line an inch on is not my resposibilty …….you fix phone lines yes ….yes but not that bit ….!!!! . I see it in all parts of my job , as before it was one number for gas , one number for electricity , one for water . Now its a series of managers comming out and going no thats the nexts companies bit etc ……Fuck me ill just switch the switch …..turn the valve or shut the cock myself………inch glass tight cabinet 🙂 …..sounding better all the time lol

                  regards
                  Mungo

                  #1184867
                  mungo1972
                  Participant

                    Hi General Lighting ,
                    Yes your right , it wasnt all about you bit of the job but every one finnishing the job and ……correctly . Now its im only contracted to do this and that little bit of line an inch on is not my resposibilty …….you fix phone lines yes ….yes but not that bit ….!!!! . I see it in all parts of my job , as before it was one number for gas , one number for electricity , one for water . Now its a series of managers comming out and going no thats the nexts companies bit etc ……Fuck me ill just switch the switch …..turn the valve or shut the cock myself………inch glass tight cabinet 🙂 …..sounding better all the time lol

                    regards
                    Mungo

                    #1128692
                    Anonymous

                      walking is such a loooong mode of transport 🙁

                      #1150018
                      Anonymous

                        walking is such a loooong mode of transport 🙁

                        #1150033
                        mungo1972
                        Participant

                          Hi Harr!et ,
                          No you gotta skip like michael mcintyre says 😉

                          regards
                          Mungo

                          #1184871
                          mungo1972
                          Participant

                            Hi Harr!et ,
                            No you gotta skip like michael mcintyre says 😉

                            regards
                            Mungo

                            #1128693
                            Anonymous

                              im actually considering purchasing a space hopper :p

                              #1150019
                              Anonymous

                                im actually considering purchasing a space hopper :p

                                #1132784
                                p0ly
                                Participant

                                  @mungo1972 434108 wrote:

                                  Hi Harr!et ,
                                  No you gotta skip like michael mcintyre says 😉

                                  regards
                                  Mungo

                                  he’s a complete pleb

                                  #1169617
                                  p0ly
                                  Participant

                                    @mungo1972 434108 wrote:

                                    Hi Harr!et ,
                                    No you gotta skip like michael mcintyre says 😉

                                    regards
                                    Mungo

                                    he’s a complete pleb

                                    #1149920
                                    Sychonaut
                                    Participant

                                      Walking isnt that bad. Its the safest AND most dangerous way to get around if you think about it. :laugh_at:

                                      #1184636
                                      Sychonaut
                                      Participant

                                        Walking isnt that bad. Its the safest AND most dangerous way to get around if you think about it. :laugh_at:

                                        #1149863
                                        cozmic
                                        Participant

                                          BoReD oUt mE NuT! Gonna try and kick the bad K habbit for the long run this time. The gym and sunbed after work tomoro. Am turning gayer by the minute. U gotta love it haha

                                          #1184518
                                          cozmic
                                          Participant

                                            BoReD oUt mE NuT! Gonna try and kick the bad K habbit for the long run this time. The gym and sunbed after work tomoro. Am turning gayer by the minute. U gotta love it haha

                                            #1129259
                                            General Lighting
                                            Moderator

                                              @harr!et 434105 wrote:

                                              walking is such a loooong mode of transport 🙁

                                              @Hesh 434160 wrote:

                                              Walking isnt that bad. Its the safest AND most dangerous way to get around if you think about it. :laugh_at:

                                              it seems a lot more distance than it is in London because the place is crowded. In fact in comparison with most provincial towns, pedestrians aren’t going very far at all.

                                              #1151034
                                              General Lighting
                                              Moderator

                                                @harr!et 434105 wrote:

                                                walking is such a loooong mode of transport 🙁

                                                @Hesh 434160 wrote:

                                                Walking isnt that bad. Its the safest AND most dangerous way to get around if you think about it. :laugh_at:

                                                it seems a lot more distance than it is in London because the place is crowded. In fact in comparison with most provincial towns, pedestrians aren’t going very far at all.

                                                #1128694
                                                Anonymous

                                                  it is long 😐 i spent a total of 2 hours walking today (that’s 1/12th of my day!), to get to college and back. it just drags onnnnn. i have too much time to think and i end up putting myself in a bad mood with the things i think about.

                                                  #1150021
                                                  Anonymous

                                                    it is long 😐 i spent a total of 2 hours walking today (that’s 1/12th of my day!), to get to college and back. it just drags onnnnn. i have too much time to think and i end up putting myself in a bad mood with the things i think about.

                                                    #1150035
                                                    mungo1972
                                                    Participant

                                                      Hi Harr!et ,
                                                      Try and think of things that make you smile 🙂 . Many years ago when i was at wittering we some times had to walk back from Stamford after a night out . There is this long road on a slight hill out of stamford , the path was wide and on the left it had a high stone wall . Well one night i decided if i closed my eyes and kept my left hand on the wall i would not notice the distance and be up that road in no time at all . Now wether its cos i had a few but it did seem to work and it seemed alot quicker .

                                                      Yes i know not very sensible but i was young and stupid ……now im just old and stupid . I wouldn’t recommend this so please dont try this and certainly not in London or any built up area for that matter !!!!!

                                                      regards
                                                      Mungo

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