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In message <op.wnqgt6qsytk5n5@i7-940>, Lieutenant Scott <n...@spam.com> 
writes
>On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:10:22 -0000, geoff <tr...@uk-diy.org> wrote:
>
>> In message <nyyfbegfubjuvyypbz.mdgio40.pmin...@srv1.howhill.co.uk>, Dave
>> Liquorice <allsortsnotthis...@howhill.com> writes
>>> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:35:40 +0000, geoff wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not saying you can't set fire to it, but mature bamboo is very
>>>> dense and difficult to set fire to
>>>
>>> It does burn and there is a danger of explosion from the air trapped in
>>> each of the chambers... Bamboo is not a hollow straw but a stack of
>>> sealed cylinders.
>>
>> If you're working on a building site in India or Bangladesh,
>
>They undercut our prices because they don't waste money on health and safety.
>
>> bamboo catching fire is so far down the list of health and safety issues that
>> its not even off the starting blocks
>
>We need to ban the word "issue".  People are overusing it.  It's now a 
>generic term that could mean almost anything.  When I were a lad, an 
>issue was one of a series of magazines.  Instead of "health and safety 
>issue", try saying "it's sharp", "it's explosive", or "it's slippery".
>
What's wrong with "children"
-- 
bert