tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post4143495757186122052..comments2024-01-19T11:41:09.359+13:00Comments on A Hebridean in New Zealand: Would You Do This?GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-49926406692502586572013-12-21T17:04:55.764+13:002013-12-21T17:04:55.764+13:00You're a better man - oops, woman - than I am ...You're a better man - oops, woman - than I am Gunga Virginia.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-38051710562640637512013-12-21T17:03:58.507+13:002013-12-21T17:03:58.507+13:00Adrian it's always good to have one of your ra...Adrian it's always good to have one of your rants, oops, sorry, informed and unbiased comments. Whatever else they are always entertaining. I fully understand how you feel about chopper pilots but I've always loved helicopter travel. It's just the idea of dangling beneath one and mending powerlines that I'm not so keen on..GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-49870859851056905312013-12-20T12:47:39.052+13:002013-12-20T12:47:39.052+13:00Looks like fun....I'd get up every day to go t...Looks like fun....I'd get up every day to go to work.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-9225368271695851512013-12-20T12:42:10.062+13:002013-12-20T12:42:10.062+13:00A good pilot hovers over you and works the cyclic ...A good pilot hovers over you and works the cyclic control so you shouldn't ever feel downwash. The only reason you see it on films is because folk are disembarking and he has to keep the rotors flat. I wait till they have stopped going round. Then I get off.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-58944561432155426492013-12-20T12:33:42.907+13:002013-12-20T12:33:42.907+13:00Now this looks a perfect job to me. I wish I'd...Now this looks a perfect job to me. I wish I'd had the opportunity. I worked steel rigging one Christmas holiday and loved being high up on a cement cooling tower skeleton......Good money as well. Even in 1972, We didn't have to go up till the ice had melted from the RSJ's. That was real Elf & Safety. Thatcher demeaned bottle and destroyed all industry that needed a bit of spirit, terrified she was as are our politicians and business owners of people they regard as mad. They put their trust in bankers and lawyers. Shylocks and Liars more like. Bring back an honest days pay for an honest job done and lets be done with the Ditheries.<br /> They were good to us, gave us plastic hats and work gloves with little plastic bobbles on. They blew a whistle if the wind picked up. T'was a really good job. If the Ganger said fuck it today lads. Then we did and away to the pub we went....We still got paid basic less height money. <br />Looking at your other comments I can see why folk could think such a job could be Shocking. It can't be too bad a way to earn a living on a balmy summers day.<br />As you know I have good reason not to trust helicopter pilots. They is nearly as bad as the bankers.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-47989789992803825992013-12-20T08:45:16.255+13:002013-12-20T08:45:16.255+13:00It won't even get near any of my lists Monica....It won't even get near any of my lists Monica.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-22962065603283997632013-12-20T08:44:47.113+13:002013-12-20T08:44:47.113+13:00I'm with you Red.I'm with you Red.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-36403350138123450322013-12-20T08:44:27.944+13:002013-12-20T08:44:27.944+13:00You may well be correct Meike and, as always, your...You may well be correct Meike and, as always, your logic is perfect.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-62312230687274793062013-12-20T08:43:15.505+13:002013-12-20T08:43:15.505+13:00stiefbeen Ik ben niet verbaasd dat je het niet zou...stiefbeen Ik ben niet verbaasd dat je het niet zou doen.<br /><br />GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-77704890359738345212013-12-20T08:28:49.201+13:002013-12-20T08:28:49.201+13:00Frances you really would be too under the downwash...Frances you really would be too under the downwash from the chopper rotors.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-41281681545599470002013-12-20T08:27:39.148+13:002013-12-20T08:27:39.148+13:00You are so right Pat. You wouldn't get me up ...You are so right Pat. You wouldn't get me up there for a big clock. Which is odd really 'cos the most awesome thing I have ever done is paragliding. I loved that.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-4197551490687230812013-12-20T08:13:47.527+13:002013-12-20T08:13:47.527+13:00I think I can safely add that one to my "neve...I think I can safely add that one to my "never" list...DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-63998693726459199852013-12-20T07:10:31.246+13:002013-12-20T07:10:31.246+13:00Well, the helicopter ride would be something I cou...Well, the helicopter ride would be something I could do without. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-23309998703678288632013-12-20T07:10:20.384+13:002013-12-20T07:10:20.384+13:00I have never been afraid of heights and I guess al...I have never been afraid of heights and I guess all the gear they wear, the cable between them and the helicopter, etc., is all regularly checked to make sure it is in top condition and as secure as you can get. So I guess that, yes, I would do it.<br />If you consider how many people die in road accidents every year, and yet people get into their cars daily without wasting a thought on the risks - and then compare this to the number of people who get injured or die while working on power lines, suspended from a helicopter, I think working on the power lines is much, much safer!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-46049752300794514892013-12-20T03:20:38.276+13:002013-12-20T03:20:38.276+13:00nee dit zou ik ook nooit doen maar je hebt er wel ...nee dit zou ik ook nooit doen maar je hebt er wel prachtige foto,s van kunnen maken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-59624719120093469272013-12-19T23:17:46.196+13:002013-12-19T23:17:46.196+13:00Shudder.Shudder.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-76999488504154430412013-12-19T22:47:34.427+13:002013-12-19T22:47:34.427+13:00There is getting a buzz from your job and then the...There is getting a buzz from your job and then there is just enjoying it. Never in a million, million years would I do that. I thought Kate was mad enough when she went skydiving in New Zealand but that is something else.Spesh 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07044378302911602273noreply@blogger.com