Brit and Thai partner help dangling painter to safety on 26th floor after "someone cut waist rope"

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Netizens were busy sharing footage from what Daily News called a very scary incident at a condominium in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok on Tuesday.

 

Two painters were dangling by ropes doing work high up when one of them banged on the window of an apartment where a British man and his Thai partner were staying.

 

The desperate painted said to  Praiphaiwan, 49, that someone in the condo building had cut his restraining rope. 

 

It was lying in a heap 26 floors below.

 

It happened around midday at Lumpini at the five way intersection.

 

The man scrambled inside and was then able to go down and contact his foreman below to report the incident. 

 

It is a 32 story block.

 

Praphaiwan said that the man was shaking though he had no fear of heights. 

 

People online praised the couple for their assistance. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News suggested it was a deliberate cutting of the rope and they showed a picture of the rescuers apparently being interviewed but made no mention of police involvement. 

 

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[johng]

Pianter man, painter man,  who wonna be a painter man ?  ( BoneyM)

[kcpattaya]

[Denim]

8 minutes ago, kcpattaya said:

This bloke and the one below work for the same construction company 

 

 

[smedly]

27 minutes ago, Denim said:

This bloke and the one below work for the same construction company 

 

 

jesus christ almighty

 

charge your phone while taking a shower

 

that is a UK socket and the bright spark looks Indian

 

 

 

 

[AsiaCheese]

3 hours ago, johng said:

Pianter man, painter man,  who wonna be a painter man ?  ( BoneyM)

Make that The Creation (1967) - brutally wonderful group back then, with a guitarist who bowed solos!

[johng]

6 minutes ago, AsiaCheese said:

Make that The Creation (1967)

Thanks  didn't know about them    still prefer the BoneyM version though.

[pookett]

4 hours ago, johng said:

Pianter man, painter man,  who wonna be a painter man ?  ( BoneyM)

Painter
Come colour up my life
Oh painter
Come colour up my life
Take away the misery
Take away the strife

 

Deep Purple

[Bluespunk]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Daily News suggested it was a deliberate cutting of the rope and they showed a picture of the rescuers apparently being interviewed but made no mention of police involvement. 

Who the ‘crudity for procreation’ would deliberately cut a safety rope.?

[StevieAus]

4 hours ago, Denim said:

This bloke and the one below work for the same construction company 

 

 

I might ask my wife if she would like one installed so that she can dry her hair while showering.

[mvdf]

Give him and her Thai and British citizenship respectively. And a Guinness. 

[StevieAus]

3 hours ago, smedly said:

jesus christ almighty

 

charge your phone while taking a shower

 

that is a UK socket and the bright spark looks Indian

 

 

 

 

That’s ok,  I remember someone telling me that years ago in the UK that some people had an adaptor plugged into the light socket to allow the to use of an electric iron etc.

Also saw a documentary about when electricity was first introduced in the UK in homes the power cables were not insulated.

Now that would be fun.

 

[smedly]

4 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

That’s ok

ok ?

 

a 240v mains socket in the shower 

 

 

and years ago (pre 1950) houses were wired differently - lighting circuits were heavy guage and in some cases the only electric source in a room - wall sockets were round pin if they were there at all and wiring ran on the outside of walls, I remember my grandmothers house - and street lights were gas lol

 

Irons were not electric

[johng]

18 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Who the ‘crudity for procreation’ would deliberately cut a safety rope.?

In the video it says the rope was cut bellow the painter man...so someone saw some ropes dangling outside their window/balcony and cut them  possibly unaware that painter man  was painting above.

Luckily painter man looked down and saw the rope had been cut before descending further and reaching the end of his tether still 26 storys above ground.

[Bluespunk]

11 minutes ago, johng said:

In the video it says the rope was cut bellow the painter man...so someone saw some ropes dangling outside their window/balcony and cut them  possibly unaware that painter man  was painting above.

Luckily painter man looked down and saw the rope had been cut before descending further and reaching the end of his tether still 26 storys above ground.

Still seems a very odd thing to do but cheers. 

[Muhendis]

 

Nobody spotted it's a bath tap used for the shower, or maybe the bath is due to be fitted later covering the power socket.

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

5 hours ago, Denim said:

This bloke and the one below work for the same construction company 

 

 

Is OK. Have grounded socket.......

[Jaxxper]

It’s hard enough getting construction workers here to wear safety lines. Beggars belief that someone would cut one.

[StevieAus]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

ok ?

 

a 240v mains socket in the shower 

 

 

and years ago (pre 1950) houses were wired differently - lighting circuits were heavy guage and in some cases the only electric source in a room - wall sockets were round pin if they were there at all and wiring ran on the outside of walls, I remember my grandmothers house - and street lights were gas lol

 

Irons were not electric

I was being facetious with my first comment.

Always ready to learn I have pursued the history of electric irons and found that the first one was produced in the 1880’s.

Also came across an article dealing with the use of electric irons in the 1930’s 40’s showing the adaptor to which I referred and the author stating that it was plugged into the light socket, but often blew the fuse.

 

[rwill]

I didn't see anyone other than the other painter help him onto the balcony.  I think maybe they just unlocked their balcony door to let him go down.

[markeewan]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

ok ?

 

a 240v mains socket in the shower 

 

 

and years ago (pre 1950) houses were wired differently - lighting circuits were heavy guage and in some cases the only electric source in a room - wall sockets were round pin if they were there at all and wiring ran on the outside of walls, I remember my grandmothers house - and street lights were gas lol

 

Irons were not electric

I am not sure why I know this, but the iron used to be plugged into the light socket to do the ironing. So what you are saying makes sense.

 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, johng said:

Pianter man, painter man,  who wonna be a painter man ?  ( BoneyM)

Not me with a nutter cutting your safety line.

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, Muhendis said:

 

Nobody spotted it's a bath tap used for the shower, or maybe the bath is due to be fitted later covering the power socket.

 

But it's OK because I ran out of wire and the plastic conduit. 

[RobU]

3 hours ago, StevieAus said:

That’s ok,  I remember someone telling me that years ago in the UK that some people had an adaptor plugged into the light socket to allow the to use of an electric iron etc.

Also saw a documentary about when electricity was first introduced in the UK in homes the power cables were not insulated.

Now that would be fun.

 

Yes I lived in those times (1950's/60's/70's) It was mainly people on the poverty line who rented 2 up 2 down (Cham 4) houses. we had 1 round pin electric socket in the Kitchen and one electric light in the kitchen and that was the sum total of our electric supply. No lighting upstairs, no lighting in the hallway or front room. There were no warnings to people or education about the dangers of electricity or overloading sockets. Special 'Y' adaptors were available to run power appliances from the light socket whilst keeping the bulb on and you would often see 2 or 3 of these plugged in to give 3 power outlets and one lightbulb from a single ceiling pendant. The power socket in the wall (Fitted at Chest height) was similarly overloaded with multiple plug in adaptors (That can't happen these days because of the modern design), there was no such thing as a multiple socket extension lead with its own fuse because cartridge fuses didn't exist at that time fuses were bits of wire between 2 poles.

[Surasak]

3 hours ago, StevieAus said:

That’s ok,  I remember someone telling me that years ago in the UK that some people had an adaptor plugged into the light socket to allow the to use of an electric iron etc.

Also saw a documentary about when electricity was first introduced in the UK in homes the power cables were not insulated.

Now that would be fun.

 

Perfectly true. You're obviously not old enough to remember, but I can. I used to climb up onto the table to reach the light socket, because mother couldn't.

[KannikaP]

3 hours ago, mvdf said:

Give him and her Thai and British citizenship respectively. And a Guinness. 

What did the Brit and his wife actually do? Open the window to let him in.

And why was someone videoing up so close to two painters on the 26th floor.

[Surasak]

3 hours ago, smedly said:

ok ?

 

a 240v mains socket in the shower 

 

 

and years ago (pre 1950) houses were wired differently - lighting circuits were heavy guage and in some cases the only electric source in a room - wall sockets were round pin if they were there at all and wiring ran on the outside of walls, I remember my grandmothers house - and street lights were gas lol

 

Irons were not electric

The round pin you refer to were 15 amp, and yes, the street lights were gas. As to the electric iron, ours was at about 1954. The fuse box was a wire between to points held by a screw. If the fuse kept blowing it was a case of two or three wires, so the house wiring must have got very hot. 

What do you mean, dangerous?

[bougnat]

WELCOME TO LANDSMILE

[Jen65]

9 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

I'm having a job to get my head round this !

[arick]

Same old  same old she loihs OK while he looks mingy