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GPGuy Senior Enthusiast

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You don't get used to it. You just learn to deal with it in your own way

 

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I could imagine....They just seems to take it all in stride and stay so calm....maybe that's easier when you don't know the person? I dunno..

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zach1990 Senior Enthusiast

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I could imagine....They just seems to take it all in stride and stay so calm....maybe that's easier when you don't know the person? I dunno..

No it don't bud. It's hard to explain how it works for emergency workers.

 

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02suburbanZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Septic cleaner...no thanks...

My friend and his brother do it. They really enjoy it, its not that bad just take the cap off and the truck sucks it up

Warehouse or construction

'01LS1 Senior Enthusiast

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Iron Worker, the fact that I'm afraid of heights with anything above a 6 foot ladder would pretty much count me out haha! Id rather jump in a small pool with a big shark then climb a really tall ladder, that's how bad I am! Pitiful....I know :(

 

Heights never use to bother me so much. Granted, never was stuck on I-beam several stories up, so cannot speak to that. But the older I get, the more heights bother me these days.

Matter of fact, watched *some of* this video a year or so ago. The reality is these guys are flippin' insane & there is no way you could get me up there.

 

 

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Heights never use to bother me so much. Granted, never was stuck on I-beam several stories up, so cannot speak to that. But the older I get, the more heights bother me these days.

Matter of fact, watched *some of* this video a year or so ago. The reality is these guys are flippin' insane & there is no way you could get me up there.

 

 

I'm in my early 30's, and I get worse and worse as time goes on too. About 10 years ago I worked HVAC, and I used to climb up some very steep and tall residential roofs carrying 30 foot + chimney liner behind me flapping in the wind with no issue. I didn't like doing it, but I could still manage to get the job done. Now I can get frozen with fear just getting the Christmas lights down off my 1 story house! I am definitely getting worse with time. If I'm up on a roof with a not so crazy pitch I'm ok, its the ladders and the getting on and off the roof that terrifies me now.

 

That video was INSANE. I would have passed out from fear about 15 feet up lol.

barry G Senior Enthusiast

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Flight line maintenance...... lmao.

 

if no war, it's ok.

 

 

I cannot do pets after flightline. Its a mystery.

septic is drama.

or medic flights on old aircraft.

 

I may even talk to radon.

 

There is a cannibal among us. May it haunt you.

 

A very interesting modern chain ... cut a hole through a 20 year old gmc bed to access the fuel pump.

'01LS1 Senior Enthusiast

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I'm in my early 30's, and I get worse and worse as time goes on too. About 10 years ago I worked HVAC, and I used to climb up some very steep and tall residential roofs carrying 30 foot + chimney liner behind me flapping in the wind with no issue. I didn't like doing it, but I could still manage to get the job done. Now I can get frozen with fear just getting the Christmas lights down off my 1 story house! I am definitely getting worse with time. If I'm up on a roof with a not so crazy pitch I'm ok, its the ladders and the getting on and off the roof that terrifies me now.

 

That video was INSANE. I would have passed out from fear about 15 feet up lol.

 

Have not even watched all of it. That guy could have bailed & would not have been able to warn you guys. Just assumed since the video posted...

 

 

Mortuary

 

I'm good with living things, but afterwards just kinda freaks me out a lil.

 

Same here, this is rude, but try to avoid funerals at all costs. I do not want to see a person in a casket like that.

dirtfan21 Senior Enthusiast

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The heights don't bother me but hopping on cable with this many volts scares the bajesus out of me. Crazy to think that as long as you aren't grounded you can establish and break connection to this high of voltage without it hurting you. My best buddy is a union electrician and showed me this job, had his wife believing he was leaving his current job and taking one to do this.

 

Being a construction project manager I can tell you that the job I would least want is a utilities locator. If you are wrong it could kill someone.

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Security. NEVER AGAIN! 2 and a half years as the graveyard supervisor did me in.

Blue2500CC Enthusiast

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The heights don't bother me but hopping on cable with this many volts scares the bajesus out of me. Crazy to think that as long as you aren't grounded you can establish and break connection to this high of voltage without it hurting you. My best buddy is a union electrician and showed me this job, had his wife believing he was leaving his current job and taking one to do this.

 

Being a construction project manager I can tell you that the job I would least want is a utilities locator. If you are wrong it could kill someone.

I have seen that video or one similar. I am not crazy about heights either, but have actually gotten better as I have gotten older. Still not great though! Lol

 

I went to an orientation to be a lineman (knowing heights issue), and was doing ok even at 30' up (feet have to be at least height they tell you, not your head). Was leaning out left and right at that height, BUT then they said- "free climb down", and knew it wasn't for me. So the gas department it is for me! Lol

 

As for locating utilities and possibly being mismarked, that is why you call in for a restake if you don't find the utility within 18" of the mark while hand digging. And as part of the new(er) Miss Dig law you are required to hand expose 48" on each side of the staked location which is considered the caution zone. Yes, a lot of responsibility on the locator, but the digging "crew" still needs to take responsibility as well. It is a team effort.

dirtfan21 Senior Enthusiast

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I have seen that video or one similar. I am not crazy about heights either, but have actually gotten better as I have gotten older. Still not great though! Lol

 

I went to an orientation to be a lineman (knowing heights issue), and was doing ok even at 30' up (feet have to be at least height they tell you, not your head). Was leaning out left and right at that height, BUT then they said- "free climb down", and knew it wasn't for me. So the gas department it is for me! Lol

 

As for locating utilities and possibly being mismarked, that is why you call in for a restake if you don't find the utility within 18" of the mark while hand digging. And as part of the new(er) Miss Dig law you are required to hand expose 48" on each side of the staked location which is considered the caution zone. Yes, a lot of responsibility on the locator, but the digging "crew" still needs to take responsibility as well. It is a team effort.

 

I suppose I should have been more clear with my utility locator comment. I meant any negligence or unknowns on their part could get someone hurt very badly. My point was if a utility is not marked and we don't know about it, you can't hand expose something you aren't aware of. Indiana 811 requires you to hand expose within 24" of a marked line and typically we are very conservative with that number because locates are almost never right. I'm very aware of responsibilities of a contractor, the owner, the utility companies, and the locating companies. Buries lines are not something to take lightly, safety of our friends, neighbors, and workers are priority number one on our jobs. A locator is only as good as his as-builts allow him to be.

wurgs Senior Enthusiast

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Heights never use to bother me so much. Granted, never was stuck on I-beam several stories up, so cannot speak to that. But the older I get, the more heights bother me these days.

Matter of fact, watched *some of* this video a year or so ago. The reality is these guys are flippin' insane & there is no way you could get me up there.

 

 

There isn't enough money in the world to get me up there!

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cool vid.. heights have never bothered me, when i was young, and stupid. :lol: now that i'm older i'm more careful when i climb.. i just remind myself, that the fall won't hurt you, it's the sudden stop at the bottom, thats the bitch.. :cry: so just don't fall...

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