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From: bandy@lll-crg.ARPA (Andrew Scott Beals)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: How much does a firehose weigh?
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 16:22:34 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 28 16:22:34 1985
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Reply-To: bandy@lll-crg.UUCP (Andrew Scott Beals)
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Well, it all depends. Empty hose isn't very light, but it's nowhere near
as difficult to handle as a hose with pressure behind it - a two and a half
with "full" pressure behind it can take a 200lb man (I've never seen it
happen to a woman - who knows, they may be different! :-) and toss him around
like a ragdoll.

In any case, sheer brute force and stamina IS a factor in fire-fighting.
(knocking holes, carrying people, controlling hoses, etc)

When was the last time you jogged up a 600ft hill with 5 gallons of water
on your back?
-- 
andy beals	bandy@lll-crg.arpa	{sun,gymble,mordor,dual}!lll-crg!bandy

If you love something, hit it with a club. If it comes back, then
it must really like you.