Veiw from your office

[si brown 8,486]

14 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

I was in my grannies last week an a guy was out digging to neighbours back garden to get to a drain an I offered him 20 quid for his haha he said no but I had a feel, seem to be built for the job

I nicked mine

groundwork firms supply them so they just get left all over the spot

[jackthelad 1,855]

Yesterday.... here for the winter.... dc 5 ton says u couldn’t last half a shift in yer shorts January haha

[Daniel cain 42,791]

1 hour ago, si brown said:

done the same dc... stepped first foot back on site Tuesday since the first lockdown!

come to conclusion customers are nowt but a pain in the arse... been knee deep in footings throwing blocks about and its a breath of fresh air

I jacked in june after 12 yrs with the same civils  company,started working for a company doing council/housing association work...jacked that Thursday(most the cnuts needed a social worker ) ,started with 2 lads I used to work with,only 12 of us in the company..been doing the drainage and kerbs today for a massive crane pad,got 160 ton of tarmac Monday morning f***ing loving being back up to my nutts in muck...working under the machine lights, in the rain all day...feel like I'm 17 again

[Ken's Deputy 4,456]

@jackthelad Is that a DDB?

[jackthelad 1,855]

8 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

I jacked in june after 12 yrs with the same civils  company,started working for a company doing council/housing association work...jacked that Thursday(most the cnuts needed a social worker ) ,started with 2 lads I used to work with,only 12 of us in the company..been doing the drainage and kerbs today for a massive crane pad,got 160 ton of tarmac Monday morning f***ing loving being back up to my nutts in muck...working under the machine lights, in the rain all day...feel like I'm 17 again

half a shift yesterday few beers few bifters out till 4 this morning fer a shine...like a hawf shut knife the night

 

[Daniel cain 42,791]

1 hour ago, W. Katchum said:

Is that a jackal spade with the insulated handle? Any good? Thinking getting one for ferreting this season as me trusty ole round mouth had lost its wooden t handle

They light up if you hit a live service They are the bollocks Don..but f***ing heavy if your carrying them around,I use them for digging my dogs too.. I've got 6/7 of them various shape blades and the  matching grafters and bars...not cheap  at 70/80 a piece..

You looked at the Carter's spades,alot lighter ideal for ferretting/moleing..what I use,

[Daniel cain 42,791]

27 minutes ago, jackthelad said:

Yesterday.... here for the winter.... dc 5 ton says u couldn’t last half a shift in yer shorts January haha

Long John's with my shorts over the top count?

[si brown 8,486]

2 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Not arsed about weight tbh as I drive or quad onto most jobs. I might just get mine fixed or buy another one the same. But I did get one them little tingles I get cos I wierd when j see a decent spade, an I don’t mean Halle Berry

I was on a site in Cornwall and a bloke stuck a pick through the power supply to a cow shit power station… he got a fair tingle

since then I’ve had insulated stuff

[Daniel cain 42,791]

3 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Not arsed about weight tbh as I drive or quad onto most jobs. I might just get mine fixed or buy another one the same. But I did get one them little tingles I get cos I wierd when j see a decent spade, an I don’t mean Halle Berry

I can't use another man's...You bed them in,same as a decent trowelI must have a good 15 maybe more...can't throw them away...I've worn some that thin...they split...then I weld them back up...lots of folks have told me I'm strange

[si brown 8,486]

2 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

I can't use another man's...You bed them in,same as a decent trowelI must have a good 15 maybe more...can't throw them away...I've worn some that thin...they split...then I weld them back up...lots of folks have told me I'm strange

Back on for same firm I was when I got me last shovel… 3 years forward and I’m 55p down a trench blockafter a management shake up!

will still do alright but I’ll be having a new shovel.. if you’ve got a good anvil you can have me old one

[Daniel cain 42,791]

2 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

I’m same now, I usually pimp them I’ll somehow haha the new mole spade I got last year I took a few mil off all round with the grinder at work, tried w mates one day when I went to show him the craic, an his brand new spade was shite, in end I took it away an thinned it out for him

 My next door neighbour is a welder...crate of cans,he make me anything...knocking me up some light weight weed rakes so that we can clear the weed on the club's fishing lakes...

[Daniel cain 42,791]

Half day finish the kerbs setting the gully's and stoning up ready for tarmac in the morning..just earnt this weekend than the whole of last weekmoving was a wise moveonwards and upwards

[Greyman 25,092]

Bit of lead work for me today, wonder why we have damp in a brand new house, because you have a 1” gap between the wall next door and your gable end

Edited November 9, 2021 by Greyman

[ArchieHood 3,692]

 

On 06/11/2021 at 18:47, W. Katchum said:

I done it in my own garden, whole estate was out for 4 hours in end I had to admit it

Whole village was out last week.

[jackthelad 1,855]

Crackin day ..... make hay while the sun shines