alt.building.construction

"Charlie" wrote in message
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> "Bill" wrote in message
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...[rip]...

>> So these young people can start their lives by reading and following
>> rules/laws. Or they can place their lives in the hands of Darwin... (In
>> my area, Darwin has claimed the lives of 3 young people already this
>> summer.) Needless...
>
> To be honest, I have seen more accidents in my 20+ years of commercial
> construction that were caused by careless "old timers" who were confident
> that they were in complete control. I have corrected safety issues with
> the younger guys on the site, but the seasoned vets believe they know more
> than I do and continue on doing it however they want.
>
> Charlie

I believe both sides. But this reminds me. For what it's worth, when I was
becoming certified for scuba, the instructor pointed out that she was not
the slightest bit worried about the inexperienced divers such as us at the
time. It was always the experienced divers becoming overconfident, and
especially the experienced divers who have not dived in a long time and jump
right back into it, that too often get hurt. Or die.