A neighbour using plastic clothes pegs was putting their washing out on the line. The peg snapped and part of the peg has hit them into the eye.

Pegs were frozen and brittle even after being in sunlight.

So looking at these two posts the message seems to be - doing the laundry is dangerous and should be avoided, but keeping the bedroom tidy avoids accidents.

Don't even get me started about diswashers and knives !!!

ITS FRIDAY ;-)

No, what the original post was saying that in view of the recent cold weather, and in view that my neighbour is facing surgery and the possibility of no/reduced the sight in their eye, to be careful in case someone else gets injured as the properties of the product have changed due to the recent weather.

Who needs the media to ridicule IOSH members?

Sean,

The weather where I am in the South of Ireland hasn't been as bad as the UK.

I did state that "The Pegs were frozen and brittle even after being in sunlight".

Fingers crossed that she makes a full recovery.

Ciaran

Tha's exactly why I don't do the washing.

Hi grim - remember those days too my friend. Why hang them out? "Well fresh air is better".

My missus is the same - fresh air for washing to dry if weather permits. But usually drying is in all rooms and on all radiators with the windows open to deal with the resulting condensation!
This because tumble dryers use too much energy!

Well our central heating started switching itself off before Xmas if the radiators were covered and the windows were open.

A friend came to examine the system and delivered the verdict that the clothing on the radiators was pushing the system over its max load limit and it was tripping. (Well worth the tenner).
His recommendation was to buy a tumble dryer and he explained about the increased load on the central heating system, the heat loss from the open windows, the rebuild due to condensation etc against the cost of the tumble dryer.
Mrs H challenged him about the required window open for the tumble dryer exhaust - he then delivered the vedict - the spare room overlooks where the cars park. Put the exhaust there and no need to scrape cars in the morning.
Tumble dryer now in place in spare room - washing dry with only 1 window in house open, reduced bills, happy people.
Ok I am scraping 2 cars in the morning instead of 1 but what the heck. I wont tell if you dont lol

David

Ciarán - meant to send my good wishes above but got carried away. Good news!

But speaking of clothes pegs - my wife was seriously ill last year so I was forced to use them. (no tumble dryer)
Some broke in my hand, some would not grip and I binned them, some were good for nothing.
When I spoke to my missus about them she suggested I bought new ones - the ones in the bag were over 10 years old, and she "knew the ones to use"

Ciarán - all is well and chances of recurrence low - think more likely to suffer Seans described injury than from an old clothes peg.
Used to have great fun pinning them to the spaniels ears lol

David

Chris - dont know if your post will last past the national thaw, but nice one lol.

Never thought I would like my finger trapped in a bacon slicer LOl

As for hovvering - well ---

David

Ciaran - the consequences do not bear thinking about - so best keep any such mirth and merriment under control.

Chris - I really must learn to read my posts before hitting the 'post' button; I'm always wondering when the new system will wipe out my post before I manage to actually post it, as has happened on a number of occassions. It was a long while ago now, but I do recall that the cylinder Mower made a neat little pinging noise when I stuck my finger in there!

ps - I do not recommend Hovvering indoors - try explaining that one to the insurance assessor! I also suggest avoiding hoovering where possible!

Anyway, must get on I've got some hoovering to do. Just coming dear :-) !!!!

With regard to the brittleness of clothes pegs, whether plastic or wooden, they will become brittle due to exposure to sun, UV degradation, so the cold weather may not be to blame. Clothes peg strength should be assessed before each use.....

The really dangerous part is the spring. If the plastic/wood snaps while compressed the spring can become a projectile and there's a good chance it will strike the user in the face.

Ciaran

Not sure what point you are trying to make? People like me were having a bit of fun and even you joined in the banter. Chill out, it's a forum, you post your thread and takes your chances with the responses.

Ray,

Thats exactly my point!! I did join in the humour. I thought that some of the posts were hysterical. Then we have a post that seemed to think that we were all serious. We were all having a good laugh at ourselves and each other.

Look at Phils response to the consequences when I asked

"On a risk assessment basis, strictly for the males of us in this topic, if we laughed out loud at our beloved when they hit the pavement, do you think the consequences from an injury perspective be?"

"Ciaran - the consequences do not bear thinking about - so best keep any such mirth and merriment under control."

We would suffer payback for months - apologies if that isn't perceived as politically correct!!

Wills
Never heard of Schadenfreude?!? Would you care to expand on this line of humour please, purely for my education thanks.

Badger

Apologies to Ciaran, I got the wrong end of the stick. Carry on laughing...

Don't forget that laughing has also been linked to loss of bladder control!

Jaysus, There is some deep philosophin' going on in here. Wow Man ..... Way out...