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burfman

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36. tie off's and power cords - ooops - best not to confuse the two.......

Reply to JoeyT (Reply #24)

Fri Mar 21, 2014, 08:24 AM

Mar 2014

Joey,

Thanks for letting me know it was a power cord they were walking over, didn't know that their were tie's above - makes sense to keep from tripping. I can see that if it had been me up there I might have made a mistake and ended up dangling from the crane only held up by a power cord - how embarrassing in a comically fatal way! I've never been up on the end of a crane - but I can only imagine the strange gentle breezes up there early in the morning and the whole crane gently responding with slight vibrations and movements......makes me a little woozy just imagining it.....

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