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General Discussion / Re: That's the jollies 2012 sorted.
« on: January 18, 2012, 10:24:30 AM »Claustrophobia, I used to to work in the pit.
It wasn't that bad, as long as your lamp worked.
Turn your helmet lamp of in some areas of the pit and you couldn't see jack.
If your lamp failed, and you were in a tight restrained area, good luck.
Old argument.
What colour is a red scarf in 'total' darkness.
Answer, black.
You can't see it.
It's only red when light reflects off it.
If a spanner falls of a shelf in your shed (wind), and your not there,
does it make a noise.
Answer, no.
Only to the people who hear it fall.
I salute you Fly as anyone who worked down the pits were/are incredibley brave! I had the opportunity to go down a pit back in the 70's and went. How any human was brave enough to work on that coal face which was just a hole bored into coal beats me the men were on the bellies, backs and sides. Going down in the lift alone was scarey (well I'm a wimp!) it went so fast i didn't think we were going to stop!