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Post by ianali on Jul 3, 2020 19:20:40 GMT
Wishing all the best to those in pain.. but? A question? Should we stop and give aid to people who fall over, or just make sure they are ok to help themselves? I offered to help a women pick up some items outside a shop last week, and was told to keep my distance. Obviously if someone is in dire need of help, then help you should. If they can pick themselves up, dust themselves down, should we keep our distance?
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Post by phil70 on Jul 3, 2020 19:41:57 GMT
Certain amount of truth in that but a holler out of car window "you OK" wouldn't have gone amiss Phil
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Post by patty on Jul 3, 2020 19:44:53 GMT
Wishing all the best to those in pain.. but? A question? Should we stop and give aid to people who fall over, or just make sure they are ok to help themselves? I offered to help a women pick up some items outside a shop last week, and was told to keep my distance. Obviously if someone is in dire need of help, then help you should. If they can pick themselves up, dust themselves down, should we keep our distance? I don't know I'm uneasy with society developing into isolated bubbles unwilling to give or accept help Bubbles that pop when there is the opportunity for beach or pub time Something not right. I suppose we are all potential plague carriers
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Post by patty on Jul 3, 2020 19:45:27 GMT
Certain amount of truth in that but a holler out of car window "you OK" wouldn't have gone amiss Phil Exactly....
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Post by ianali on Jul 3, 2020 19:46:21 GMT
Certain amount of truth in that but a holler out of car window "you OK" wouldn't have gone amiss Phil Yes I agree. Wasn’t trying to make light of your injuries in anyway. Was just thinking out loud.
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Post by ianali on Jul 3, 2020 19:49:18 GMT
Wishing all the best to those in pain.. but? A question? Should we stop and give aid to people who fall over, or just make sure they are ok to help themselves? I offered to help a women pick up some items outside a shop last week, and was told to keep my distance. Obviously if someone is in dire need of help, then help you should. If they can pick themselves up, dust themselves down, should we keep our distance? I don't know I'm uneasy with society developing into isolated bubbles unwilling to give or accept help Bubbles that pop when there is the opportunity for beach or pub time Something not right. I suppose we are all potential plague carriers I don’t know either. I’m a gent by nature. I hold doors open and help when I see the need. It’s just so difficult right now.
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Post by Trina on Jul 3, 2020 20:03:58 GMT
Have to be honest,I'd go & help as it just wouldn't feel right not to.We have to share our lives with Covid but it shouldn't change us into ar**s.There are plenty of things we touch most days in shops etc which could be more dangerous than someone in need.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2020 20:51:52 GMT
Mouth to mouth resusitation feels a bit old fashioned in these days of catastrophic spiralling death rates and collapsed health systems, bodies piling up in the streets etc.
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Post by Isambard Kingdom Brunel on Jul 3, 2020 20:56:57 GMT
Compensatshun claim?
Nasty, take care not to get infections. Heading concrete is a silly hobby but unavoidable sometimes. I try to roll rather than go straight down. I know its tough but better the face than the back of the skull, that can so easily be fatal.
Pal of mine stopped to help a guy who fell into the road, turned out he was dead before he hit the floor. Did the good thing, got an ambulance etc. and left.
3 days later he was in the local paper and the police were looking for him. Seems a relation claimed he had an expensive watch that was missing. Just goes to show.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2020 20:59:21 GMT
There was an old tradition if you find a body in the river you get the valuables off it as compensation for the fact you will have to take time off work to attend the inquest because you found the body. Or you take them and don't report it.
Don't know if it's still acceptable these days but was certainly standard years ago for more honest people.
The one body I have found in the Thames I did check and someone had already had the good bits...
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2020 21:10:03 GMT
Wishing all the best to those in pain.. but? A question? Should we stop and give aid to people who fall over, or just make sure they are ok to help themselves? I offered to help a women pick up some items outside a shop last week, and was told to keep my distance. Obviously someone who knew me!
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2020 21:15:18 GMT
I didn't know Phil was 74 - he seemed much younger to us when we met him 2 years ago. Well, I suppose he was only 72 then. I like Phil, don't worry, only joshing. I was rather hoping he hasn't snuffed it by the time we get out his way so we can let him drive our boat a bit. I didn't get the mark on Rog's conk - it's almost as if someone has thrown one of them Chinese stars at him. Windlasses have rounded ends. I'm not buying his story.
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Post by ianali on Jul 3, 2020 21:16:31 GMT
Wishing all the best to those in pain.. but? A question? Should we stop and give aid to people who fall over, or just make sure they are ok to help themselves? I offered to help a women pick up some items outside a shop last week, and was told to keep my distance. Obviously someone who knew me! Sleep tight Ross.
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Post by metanoia on Jul 4, 2020 6:29:51 GMT
So very sorry to read that, Phil.
How are you feeling this morning?
Take care out there! x
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Post by JohnV on Jul 4, 2020 7:04:59 GMT
Have to be honest,I'd go & help as it just wouldn't feel right not to.We have to share our lives with Covid but it shouldn't change us into ar**s.There are plenty of things we touch most days in shops etc which could be more dangerous than someone in need. I would and have ...... 3 or 4 days ago heard screaming (panic type) went out and found that young lad and a girl had been trespassing on the barge behind me and either during the getting aboard or getting off, the girl had fallen in the river. The bank is vertical so no hope of climbing out and the lad wasn't strong enough to pull her out (big lass). The gap between the barge and quay is about 3 foot as there are fixed piles to hold it at that distance (not climbable)
I trotted over to them and managed to calm the girl down, (she was in no immediate danger of drowning as she could stand on the bottom and keep head and sholders out of the water) Joked that we had plenty of time to get her out as the high tide wasn't for a few hours. As I said she was a big lass and if the two of us had tried to drag her out she would have got scraped to buggery on the edge.
Making sure they were ok for a few minutes, I went and got my double 10 ladder from my container and went back and helped her out.
She was unhurt, just shocked and said she was quite ok to walk home (apparently only about half a mile away) ..... felt quite sorry for them but still gave them the standard old fogey lecture on why they shouldn't explore private boatyards and boats etc etc.
Sorry but in my book , like Trina, helping someone in trouble comes as a natural thing, risk and cost are not things that should come into your head in an emergency.
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