Thursday, September 04, 2003 |
I feel I can relate to mine clearance personnel
I have just spent another 20 mins in my backyard on the never ending quest to rid it of dog crap. This time spent treading every so carefully through a heavily effected area has given me a certain amount of empathy for mine clearance personnel in Afghanistan, Cambodia and other countries massively afflicted by the scourge of anti personnel mines.
There are certain attributes the successful mine/dog crap clearance person must obtain.
1. Keen eyesight
2. Situational awareness. The ability to know what it going on around you while still focussing on the job at hand
3. Nerves of steel
4. A shovel
5. Your shirt pulled up over your nose
Failure in any of these areas can have dire consequences with the possibility of ruining an otherwise perfectly good pair of shoes/legs.
You never see the one that hits you.
P.S. As I am yet to go shopping I still smell like a woman
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