Jobs

[jukel123 9,391]

How many have you had? Which were the worst and which the best?

I've had dozens. Millworker, pipe layer, labourer, support teacher in a behaviour unit, forester, steel erector, Ford worker, kitchen hand, bin man, fisherman, part _time farm worker, voluntary kennel man, owned businesses, and many, many more. There were no cvs in the old days, you went for a vacancy and you were accepted if the job was still vacant.

The ones I really enjoyed were outside jobs , pipelaying ,working in the woods and fisherman ...when the weather was good. I don't know whether it's just looking at the past through rose tinted specs, but there seemed more camaraderie and fun in the old days.

When I was a kid I wanted to be a vet. I used to write 'Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons' after my name. I got to grammar school and went from 11th in the A class and demoted to last in the C class within one year. Then I was chucked out. Partly my fault and partly theirs. If I had been a vet I would have been struck off. I would just put all spoiled, snappy dogs down. I'm not a fan. Rats and mice I would euthanize by stamping on them out of view of the customer lol

I've met some great people in all walks of life and some bosses who I really took to and some I despised because they  achieved their positions by arse licking. If you are going to be a leader you've got to command real respect not just fear of the sack.

If I had my time over again is a daft saying imo. Because you would still make the same mistakes. Starting again with a mature mind would be different. But how can you do that when you are a kid?

One things for sure.Life will always bite you in the arse for sure. Just when you are not expecting it.

Happiness is a silly thing to aspire to imo. You have to live every day as best you can. Intending to be happy in the future but living unhappily now is bollocks. Live now.

Rambling old git signing off.

I

Edited 20 hours ago by jukel123

[waltjnr 7,977]

RMC cubie, best job I've had ,work van ,dog with me and air rifle ,got to see lots of interesting places ,great bunch of lads ,id fall asleep on site and the groundworkers would leave a bucket of concrete next to van for my cubes

[jukel123 9,391]

6 minutes ago, waltjnr said:

RMC cubie, best job I've had ,work van ,dog with me and air rifle ,got to see lots of interesting places ,great bunch of lads ,id fall asleep on site and the groundworkers would leave a bucket of concrete next to van for my cubes

Whats a cubie mate? And RMC?

[Seagull 586]

1 minute ago, jukel123 said:

Whats a cubie mate? And RMC?

Concrete testing on site isn't it, they have to come out with every big pour.

[Qbgrey 4,264]

Ready mixed concrete ( rmc) put delivered concrete in a cube and send it off for crush test, to see if it meets the spec. Also slump testing of concrete ( something like that look)

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[Qbgrey 4,264]

Bloody hell jukel  you had more jobs than Judith chalmers has had holidays

[jukel123 9,391]

4 minutes ago, Qbgrey said:

Bloody hell jukel  you had more jobs than Judith chalmers has had holidays

That's only half of em  mate. I get bored easily lol. 

Edited 20 hours ago by jukel123

[waltjnr 7,977]

11 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Whats a cubie mate? And RMC?

Ready mix concrete, now cemex ,taking samples ,airtest,slump ,cubes ,big pours ,or little farm jobs ,got to choose where I went ,as long as i got the variety of tests samples needed

[waltjnr 7,977]

The rmc hq something else indoor pool behind the receptionist desk ,top restaurant, money no object ,used to go down there for training ,loved it

[Seagull 586]

16 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

How many have you had? Which were the worst and which the best?

I've had dozens. Millworker, pipe layer, labourer, support teacher in a behaviour unit, forester, steel erector, Ford worker, kitchen hand, bin man, fisherman, part _time farm worker, voluntary kennel man, owned businesses, and many, many more. There were no cvs in the old days, you went for a vacancy and you were accepted if the job was still vacant.

The ones I really enjoyed were outside jobs , pipelaying ,working in the woods and fisherman ...when the weather was good. I don't know whether it's just looking at the past through rose tinted specs, but there seemed more camaraderie and fun in the old days.

When I was a kid I wanted to be a vet. I used to write 'Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons' after my name. I got to grammar school and went from 11th in the A class and demoted to last in the C class within one year. Then I was chucked out. Partly my fault and partly theirs. If I had been a vet I would have been struck off. I would just put all spoiled, snappy dogs down. I'm not a fan. Rats and mice I would euthanize by stamping on them out of view of the customer lol

I've met some great people in all walks of life and some bosses who I really took to and some I despised because they  achieved their positions by arse licking. If you are going to be a leader you've got to command real respect not just fear of the sack.

If I had my time over again is a daft saying imo. Because you would still make the same mistakes. Starting again with a mature mind would be different. But how can you do that when you are a kid?

One things for sure.Life will always bite you in the arse for sure. Just when you are not expecting it.

Happiness is a silly thing to aspire to imo. You have to live every day as best you can. Intending to be happy in the future but living unhappily now is bollocks. Live now.

Rambling old git signing off.

I

Not called Frank by any chance? Lol

The first job I ever had was in the 6 weeks holidays helping out an obese lazy sod on a milk round. Getting up at 3am was a shock to the system but it was good money for a 13 year old. I'll always remember the fat mess calling to a cafe and buying himself a bacon & egg sarnie and not even offering me one. He was sat there like a pig in shit with the yolk dropping down his chin and all I was thinking was "choke ya fat c**t!" I then had a paper round for a few years and it was the biggest round in the newsagents so was payed handsomely for it.

After leaving school I started labouring for my best mates dad's fitting carpets and really enjoyed it. He was working for Courts at Chesterfield and the thing I liked was every day was something different, we could be fitting a 3 story house locally or we could end up doing loads of smaller jobs with lots of traveling in between, which I loved. 

I ended up courting an older lass from Scunthorpe for a few years and worked in a glass works there for a while before I got offered a job on the railway at 18. I remember my first day like it was yesterday, the job was at Gainsborough, sleeper changing. Old Soldier said to be bluntly, "dig that sleeper out and change it." No problem for me I thought, I was a strong young lad, two hundred weyt. Well every tool and fitting felt as awkward as hell, digging ballast makes digging coal feel like sand. Well, I'd dug out the bed ready for the sleeper to lay on it and looked at Soldier and he said to me "What are you putting in there, a coffin!" Lol

Worked on the railway since 2003, had a year hiatus and went scaffolding for a mate and then went back to what I know. The best times were when I was in my early 20's working with the old miners, many now dead, but the best of times. No politics, not bitcheness, just graft and crack.

[jukel123 9,391]

My first ganger took one look at me and said" oh ffs who's this cowboy they've sent me".

Turned out to be a great bloke. Really stood up for his men and got me two pay rises. A frightening f****r if you crossed him mind.

[Seagull 586]

Just now, jukel123 said:

My first ganger took one look at me and said" oh ffs who's this cowboy they've sent me".

Turned out to be a great bloke. Really stood up for his men and got me two pay rises. A frightening f****r if you crossed him mind.

One of our old foreman was an old hard case from near Brampton, Wally Watson. He looked like like Charles Bronson, all for himself like but a laugh, did every weekend available, completely money mad. I enjoyed working with him because if we got sent on a job and say we were put on 10 hours, he'd get that mad and get stuck in to the site agent and by the time he'd left we were on 12 hours, you'll do for me son. Lol

[Seagull 586]

He used to crack me up, he was in pretty good nick for his age, he'll be about 65 now. He used to cut the arms off his shirts to show off his guns which were full of tatts. After every shift he'd be in the wing mirror combing his hair back, or what was left of it. When in the pub he'd only have a couple of pints but he used an old Indian trick, he'd order a pint, drink 3/4 of it and then tell the barman, put us half in there mate, 9 times out of 10 they would top it up and only charge him for half. Hahahaha

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[jukel123 9,391]

This ganger had a habit of sticking his filthy thumb into the tin foil of a bottle of milk. He would drink the cream. Then give us the rest for our tea.

We  all used to complain behind his back. So one day, f****n big man me, all of seventeen ,said to him he was out of order. He back handed me and told me to shut the f**k up. I decided it wasn't such a big issue after that. And learned not to fire bullets for others laughing their bollocks off at my stupidity.

[Seagull 586]

I haven't worked in that company for about 12 years now and last I heard he'd had a stroke at work but he was telling the lads not to say anything the crazy c**t, was still working and driving home whilst it was happening, eventually they talked him in to getting seen.