What's the pay for changing a bulb?

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    I'm not sure if we have had this up before but it brings me out in a sweat watching the first half!
    No harness. Could you do it?
     
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      Bet he could do with a cuppa when he reaches the top :)
       
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        We have Strongy but it still sends a shiver up me doobrie:yikes:
         
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        You've done it Zigs where?
         
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        No, I meant we've had a thread with that on before, still had to watch it all the way thru though:hate-shocked:

        Best i've done was to be on the top of Wells Cathedral, that was high enough for me.
         
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        Can't look at that, I'm off! :runforhills:
         
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          OMG, even when he clips in the carabiner it could easily slip off sideways. And it's only fastened to a flimsy bit of metal anyway. I sure hope they pay them well.
           
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          Thanks Strongy - very difficult to watch.

          What happens 40 years in the future when parts start to get rusted through?
           
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          Bulbs grow - lamps glow.:ideaIPB:

          Cheers, Tony.
           
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          Being a Horticultural forum, I thought 'bulb' appropriate.:biggrin:

          Peter, they will have built a replacement tower (another 500ft higher!!!)
          made of something indestructable that we haven't invented yet.
           
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            Aye, that takes balls - bad enough with one of them being up there, but when the second one gets up you can see the top of the pole quivering.

            I wonder at what point did that become a 'good idea' for a career?
             
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              And some people just do it for fun.


              At least the mast guys had rungs!
               
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