*** Quoting bob klahn from a message to CAROL SHENKENBERGER ***

 CS>> antennas are at no more than 20 feet up and quite a few you can r
 CS>> standing on a chair.

bk>  People I know afraid of heights can't even do that without fear.
bk>  One of my co-workers is acrophobic, and sometimes we have to
bk>  work 40 feet up in a cherry picker.

Yes, fortunately I have few like that in my shop.  (Actually, it's not 'my
¨shop' anymore as i shifted jobs but I still help out).

 CS> I get scared on a 40ft ladder just propped against a wall.

bk>  Ladders propped up against almost anything scare me. But I've
bk>  seen to much go wrong. You actually have to know how to use a
bk>  ladder. There are rules. Too many people think you hold onto the
bk>  side rails. Here's a hint, fellas, you hold onto the rungs.

Especially on the ones bolted to the ship that go straight up.  Yes.

 CS> I do _not_ get scared suspended upside down from a rope 20
 CS> feet from a yardarm that is 200ft up or more (but i do

bk>  Damn! Kinky lady!

Not really.  It's work related stuff!  And I'm very careful the whole time
to ¨check my gear and do nothing silly.  I did slip once and bash my elbow
really ¨bad but I didnt fall.

 CS> check the rope and attachment first like any sane person
 CS> would!).

bk>  And sane is???

Me .  I am told one is far more likely to get hurt on a 10ft
ladder than ¨anything else.  It's because it doesnt feel that high so
people get careless.

 CS> Western ethic is 'have to find a body'.  Eastern isnt quite
 CS> the same.  They move on, not that there is much choice in
 CS> the matter.

bk>  That last is the fact. Millenia of not having a choice in the
bk>  matter. Tsunami's have that effect. Just watching a TV show on a
bk>  nature channel about a Tsunami that hit Hawaii about 50 years
bk>  ago. Hit a school just as the students were assembled in the
bk>  school yard. There's a marker for the students and adults who
bk>  were never found.

Thats sad.  I hadnt heard of it before.
                                       xxcarol

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