Yeah, that was good flick. Hey South, Hi-Rise/’skraper construction was my gig before retirement also. Remember the old reply, when up in the tower, when another tradesman passed you by and asked ya, “Hey, hows it goin”? Yep, it was: “D.L.D.B.”!! (Don’t Look Down Baby)! Damn a lot of years ago, and I’d probably crap my pants now just LOOKING at an exterior man-lift cage clankin’ it’s way up the side of one of those monsters!
Hey Bobby. I’ve worked on many tall buildings. On Fox Plaza I tried to stay on the ground. Of course that wasn’t always possible. One day a few of us went to the roof. It was interesting (great view, btw). We approached the rail which was about 4’ tall. I really felt safe so it was cool. Then we walked up a set of steel stairs and found ourselves on the helipad where there was no rail. We got within 6’ of so from the edge to look down. It was incredibly scary. So we laid on our bellies and inched closer. I have no idea why we did such a thing other than we were young and dumb. I’ve been on many buildings since but I didn’t go the the helipad. Once in a lifetime was enough.