On 24 Apr 2016, at 13:04, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> On 23 April 2016 at 19:11 Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> I really like the shot--lots of interesting detail, and the lighting is >> dramatic. >> >> When my wife was doing research at the Bodleian Library in Oxford in 1995, >> the >> books she requested suddenly became unavailable. The reason was that >> government inspectors had closed the stacks as a hazardous workplace--the >> piles of unshelved books (for which there was no room) threatened to topple >> at >> any moment. Specially trained workers had to retrieve books, which extended >> the waiting time from a day or two to about a week. >> >> So, don't let any British workplace inspectors into your apartment! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rick > > The only reason I know of for "government inspectors" to visit a workplace > would > be in the event of an incident causing serious injury or death. Must be > almost > unheard of in a library. >> I worked in Monograph Records at the BL for a year or so and nearly died of boredom. In the case of excessive stack height, I imagine a lot of people must have tried to throw themselves off the top, armed only with a plastic shelf gusset, in the hope of ending it all. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
