*sigh* I'm loosing my touch. (Warning: Hi-jacked by Em)

[perchie.girl]

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Oh mann thats some heavy duty work..... does he operate machinery or is he one of those ones that climbs to the top of the tree to take the top off....

from the top ten most dangerous jobs:
1. Logging
2. North Sea fishing
3. Pilots

deb

 

[hennible]

Oh mann thats some heavy duty work.....  does he operate machinery or is he one of those ones that climbs to the top of the tree to take the top off.... 

from the top ten most dangerous jobs:
1. High rise steel workers
2. North Sea fishing
3. Logging


deb

Hardly any hand falling in the north here Deb, trees are too small .... They just take trees down now with machine... Plus there's not a lot of selective logging anymore just clearcuts, so machine it is....
He operates a skidder some of the time but mostly he's a heavy duty mechanic..

 

[vehve]

@hennible Now that's a stereotypical job for a Canadian.

 

[hennible]

I live in BC you're either a minner or a logger or stupid enough to try treeplanting...
Now if it was Alberta he'd either work on the oil fields or work on the oilfields....
No idea what the rest of the country does for work....

 

[vehve]

Mounties? Being polite? Oh, and maple syrup makers. And hockey players!

 

[hennible]

Here are Canada's most dangers jobs...
Canada’s Five Most Dangerous Industries

The least safe jobs in the country have casualty rates well above average. Based on total fatalities, according to statistics from AWCBC (Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada), here are Canada’s most dangerous industries.
Fishing And Trapping
This industry has the highest incidence of workplace fatalities with 52 per 100,000 workers.
Mining, Quarrying And Oil Wells
With 46.9 fatalities per 100,000 workers, this industry is the second most dangerous.
Logging And Forestry
The logging and forestry industry, with 33.3 workplace fatalities per 100,000 workers, rounds out the top three.
Construction
Construction, not surprisingly can be fatal too, with 20.2 fatalities per 100,000 workers.
Transportation and storage
Coming in fifth as the most dangerous industry, transportation and storage has the distinction of 16.0 workplace fatalities per 100,000 workers.

 

[hennible]

Mounties? Being polite? Oh, and maple syrup makers. And hockey players!

Mounties lol... We call em cops... You forgot fishing... I think that's what east coasters do....

 

[vehve]

By the way, I had a completely faulty image of Canadians. I once flew to the Dominican Republic, and we landed in Halifax where the plane had to undergo some maintenance, which took 4 hours. During this time, we were locked in a humongous room, with food and drink for about a third of the passengers. They had some "Customer Service Agents" there, and I asked one to provide some more water for the passengers, and he was very rude to me. I don't think he lived up to his title.

 

[hennible]

I think the notion that Canadians are particularly polite is some sort a ploy to attract tourists...
Mostly were drunkin rednecks and if you're in the city were snobs....

 

[vehve]

Us Finns aren't as serious as people think either, here's an example:

(Warning, a rude joke in the beginning)