Horses Arse
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Building sites are now unrecognisable from what I first experienced. Construction industry has changed so much but still has its nutters
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[Misc] Things you used to be able to do before "Health & Safety" took over
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warmleyseagull
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Not wear a stupid jacket that doubles up as Albion away kit of a few seasons ago.
Spam fritters.
Take aways without a gluten free and vegan option
French bangers
Take aways without a gluten free and vegan option
French bangers
Horses Arse
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Didn't some Liverpool fan get his head knocked off by a train when departing Brighton station after a match in the 80's? Vague memories of that happening. Probably just got a clip round the ear for it......
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
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For all the H&S OTT stuff today, I didn't know or hear of a single kid that was killed in an accident whilst I was growing up. Knew one who was severely injured and left brain damaged aged about 12 whilst riding around on the back of a motorbike but lets face it, you gonna do that, then you're gonna do that regardless of what the law states. Definitely safer environments today but I do wonder when I see teenagers in high vis for walking between 2 points of the compass as part of a 'youth group' and think it's ridiculous insurance and suing has caused the need for that. There again, an entire generation now knows no different and accepts it as normal so really, it's no longer an issue. I was the last generation to have freedom and innocence before technology, parental paranoia and outsourcing self-responsibility eroded what remained of a care-free childhood. I'm glad I was born when I was, hate to be a child of the 21st century. No thanks at all!
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
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More than likely an urban myth.
Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
No, there really were trains back then.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
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Saucisse?
Eva Green
maltaseagull
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I am not a lesbian but would not accept that.Actually 66 year old male.
Hopefully I will get a whoosh.
If not, you are a d**k
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
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Change a plug.
I had to ask for authorisation from head office's H&S Lead rep before changing a plug on a vacuum cleaner because the sealed one was damaged after being slammed in a door.
No vacuuming for 3 days while the suspense killed me.
I had to ask for authorisation from head office's H&S Lead rep before changing a plug on a vacuum cleaner because the sealed one was damaged after being slammed in a door.
No vacuuming for 3 days while the suspense killed me.
I was thinking this when I was an apprentice what seems a hundread years ago every carpenter I met had part of a finger missing accidents were common and seen as par for the course, the improvements in onsite safety maybe a costly inconvenience to some, probably the same nutters who have benifited most from it.
Super Steve Earle
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I still have a tick shaped scar on my arm from barbed wire. Stuck in my arm then tore the flesh. Good times!
Super Steve Earle
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I can. My parents bought their first fridge in the early 60's when I was a nipper, a Prestcold if I recall correctly.
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I got a chemistry set when I was about 10 which had a bunsen burner which connected to the little gas wand on the cooker. I would mix all sorts of chemicals together, in a flask on a tripod being heated by the bunsen burner. I used to splash these bubbling concoctions onto my shirt which ended up as holes when my shirt was washed by my mum.