After 50 years鈥� unbroken employment in the construction industry I was made redundant in July. I鈥檝e been catching up on some 好色先生TV back numbers before savouring the luxury of going back to bed for an hour or so before breakfast

And so to health and safety. Yes you should keep the pictures coming 鈥� better still make them into a calendar so that every week we can be reminded of some of the crazy things people get up to if they are not properly looked after. Designers, too, have a great deal to answer for: 鈥淚f you put a parapet around this roof it will save 鈥� for ever 鈥� the problems of safe access to it鈥�. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 do that, the planners won鈥檛 let me, blah, blah鈥�. Surely the scissors of CDM regulations can cut to shreds the planners鈥� paperwork? Crikey, it鈥檚 7.30, I must get back to bed ...

William Matley

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