If you are interested in the politics of health and safety, there's current and relevant information ( here. )

I previously posted about an interview of Judith Hackit where she tried to dispel myths that the Health & Safety Executive prevent schools from conducting science experiments, well this time her subject is closer to my own knowledge as she is encouraging schools to return to providing out of school activities.

Judith Hackitt promotes common sense ( Read more... )

The more safety stuff I do the more often I get asked what level my proficiency in using data-bases is.

Can someone please tell me what the hell is a data-base without using acronyms or geek terminology?

Thank you for your time.

The woman in this news article who got her car out of a burning garage is my Mum.

( 4.00a.m. or earlier Mums garage caught fire. )

Tomorrow I go to see Physiotherapist, Chiropractor, Dentist, and Doctor in 4 different locations around Sheffield. I wonder if any of them will be able to cause me as much pain as the bus journeys between them.

Overpopulating the planet scares me as it leads to growing areas of exploitation, xenophobic violence, famine, spread of disease and environmental destruction.
I'm glad the view of Jane Goodall one of the patrons of Optimum Population Trust has been printed in The Independent ( Read more... )

Welcome to the deceptively new slimline Bob.
I'm wearing a corset now, I have to 'cos of my back
Suppose if it was good enough for Buck Rogers, it'll do for me.

As some of you have noticed from my face book post, I am not well, pelvis tilted locking up the right part of my hip and bending my spine, bent spine has a disk pushed out of shape crushing the sciatic nerve which causes a lot of pain. All this is probably from a bad sitting posture which doesn't surprise me as I have been driving a mini-bus with ( Read more... )

Since mentioning to some biker mates that I had started studying health and safety I have experienced a backlash of verbal abuse from some who see all involved in health and safety as the authoritarian enemy that must be defied and discredited at all opportunities ( Read more... )