check these little oops out

[bob 351]

[bob 351]

more

[Fev]

lol nice where are these all from?

[bob 351]

had them sent to me in an email think they are quite humourous got about another dozen of them

[Fev]

are you a miner? im assuming you are

[bob 351]

no i,m not anymore but did work in mt isa about 20 years ago

[Uncle Raggy]

Originally Posted by bob 351

no i,m not anymore but did work in mt isa about 20 years ago

Did you use Warman pumps?

[bob 351]

no mate never went under ground always woked in the concentrater plant and with the chemicals in the chem plant lovelely stuff that cyanide they say you taste almonds before you drop dead

[Uncle Raggy]

Nice!

[Chippar]

Originally Posted by bob 351

no i,m not anymore but did work in mt isa about 20 years ago

Me too..left in 1987 after 15 years there. Not in the Concentrators though. Which one were you at, No. 2 up at mill Hill or down at No. 4 at Gardenia St.?

[bob 351]

bloody hell mate you expect me to remember what they were called bout all i can remember about it was the foremans name was tom bell and my main job was in the zinc area and some concentrater work also in the chem plant in 1981 lived down at the one of the caravan park,s on the leichart river

[Chippar]

Originally Posted by bob 351

bloody hell mate you expect me to remember what they were called bout all i can remember about it was the foremans name was tom bell and my main job was in the zinc area and some concentrater work also in the chem plant in 1981 lived down at the one of the caravan park,s on the leichart river

LOL sorry to put you on the spot mate, it's just we had a great time in the Isa and it brings back good memories.
The caravan parks down by the Leichart river, were next door to each other, The Copper City caravan park and the Riverside caravan park.
Yep we lived in our van at the Copper City caravan park when we first went there in 1973..Only going to stay in the Isa for about 6 months and left 15 years later...

[Fev]

any fun? i was thinking about it a while back, becoming a miner i mean. what is it like, what i think is that you go down for 2 weeks(unless its open cut) come out for 2 weeks. open cut i have no idea. pay any good?

[bob 351]

mate if you can get a start at any mine you earn top dollar and if you have any skills diesal mechcanic or plant operator you can get good money and it is not only 2 weeks on 2 weeks of some work a normal week also shift work

[Ringo]

That last pic is the best.....

[AussieJason]

I've seen those before during a mine safety course. Good photos.

[Kommandant]

There is a website where they've literally got hundreds of these sort of pics, wish i could remember the URL

[TZENU]

Health & Safety is obviously not on the agenda! :

[Blue Oval Mopar Man]

Some very good pics in there . Sadly while most of these probly eneded up with little or no injury to the operator, sometimes they end in the worst way ! I used to know a bloke who lived 2 doors up from us in a small WA mining town who due to his own misjudgement, backed over the side of a bench in the dark. It was a 260 tonne payload haulpac water tanker. He was alive and conscious in the wreckage for a few hours after wards, talking with his rescuers. he didnt come home .

A young bloke that used to be a mechanic for my dad slid off a cliff in one of those big back end loader ute trucks and went like 50m down in mud/clay/slush in WA. Poor bugger :(

[Doctor Sodways]

www.wreckedexotics.com have a whole bunch of this stuff, just accidents that seem impossible and wierd

[XR Martin]

[peedee]

thats one nice pool