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Previously on "That makes my stomach turn"

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  • Goatfell
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    I walked there last summer and had a peer over the edge. There were bits that looked distinctly dodgy, ie likely to detach.



    No need. I used to hate heights and at one time could not have gone anywhere near the edge. Same with spiders, used to terrify me now I can rescue huge ones in my hand. Phobias tend to diminish as you progress into old farthood.
    Anyone who is afraid of heights need their head looking at, I can stand, sit or even swivel on a unicycle looking up at heights all day.

    Depths on the other hand scare the utter tulip out of me...

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    Phobias tend to diminish as you progress into old farthood.
    apart from phobias about the risk of missing the Archers on the "wireless", or Newsnight

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  • xoggoth
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    I walked there last summer and had a peer over the edge. There were bits that looked distinctly dodgy, ie likely to detach.

    I wonder how one trains themself out of this fear?
    No need. I used to hate heights and at one time could not have gone anywhere near the edge. Same with spiders, used to terrify me now I can rescue huge ones in my hand. Phobias tend to diminish as you progress into old farthood.
    Last edited by xoggoth; 15 July 2015, 14:37.

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  • VectraMan
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    That's probably not going to make any of his songs more cheerful.

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  • anonymouse
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    This happens if you get it wrong.

    Nick Cave's son Arthur dies in Brighton cliff fall - BBC News

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  • shaunbhoy
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    That makes my stomach turn
    It would take a lot more than that to make YOUR stomach turn MF. I reckon that some heavy plant machinery might be required.

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  • tractor
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    ...

    For the non climbers amongst you, it's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the bottom.

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  • VectraMan
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    Anyone sitting near Zeity is.
    More likely to be lethal too.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by unixman View Post
    Your office chair is not flush with the ground, can be approached from any direction, and is not subject to gusts of wind.
    Anyone sitting near Zeity is.

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  • unixman
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    Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
    It's not really dangerous though. I'm sitting in an office chair right now-
    Your office chair is not flush with the ground, can be approached from any direction, and is not subject to gusts of wind.

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  • original PM
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    Probably cannot see it from this picture but thus building is a bit scary

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  • MyUserName
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    I am scared of heights but managed to do one of those Go Ape things. You just have to force yourself to be rational and just ignore the feeling of terror!

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
    It's not really dangerous though. I'm sitting in an office chair right now, ...
    Yes, but your office chair probably isn't made of crumbly chalk, or covered in a slippery grass and loose tufts of turf.

    Also when you get up, you're unlikely to be startled by a noisy seagull wheeling close by, or unbalanced by a sudden unexpected breeze.

    Face it, anyone who sits over a 300 foot cliff edge is bonkers and asking for trouble.

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  • VectraMan
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    Originally posted by unixman View Post
    I guess the most dangerous bit of that cliff sitting nonsense comes when you manoeuvre your body into/out of that position.
    It's not really dangerous though. I'm sitting in an office chair right now, but I'm not likely to fall out of it. Nor am I likely to fall over when getting up or sitting down. The proximity of a deadly drop doesn't make those things more likely; probably less likely in fact, so really it's not dangerous in any way.

    But then you wouldn't catch me anywhere near a cliff edge, or on a crane, or on that Grand Canyon walkway.

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  • unixman
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    I guess the most dangerous bit of that cliff sitting nonsense comes when you manoeuvre your body into/out of that position.

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