jukel123 9,388 Posted 14 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 14 hours ago I remember a kid was run over on the motorway we were working on . They used to plague us playing chicken. He was bleeding from his ears and his nose and unconscious. We stood there in shock. Meehall, this ganger, shouted out instructions. For me, because I was the youngest and skinniest. "Get your boots off, shoes on , find a telephone,ring an ambulance and get it to the bridge" and he gave a road reference. He told the others to rip the shed door off its hinges, tie the kid to the door and carry him to the bridge using the door as a stretcher. By the time the guys had carried him to the bridge the ambulance was waiting. Top man. Very quick thinker. He was a genuine leader. Guys just naturally respected him. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitre 273 Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago Playing chicken across the road was a stupid game what kids did there was a girl who d did the same with her mates but sadly none of her school pals could do anything just run to the phone box screaming and crying Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 31,401 Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago Never really had a proper job type job the ol man made me take a trade as a youngster so i started as a chippy as a teenager but got thoroughly bored and was too ambitious and impatient for normal work....being a bit of a lunatic and up for anything i became a bit of a Terry McCann type as a younger man looking after the local Mr Big,getting into plenty of mischief and not being a follower took some chances of my own that eventually led to owning some businesses that with good people around have gone from strength to strength......nothing but respect for the hard working types i just knew it wasnt a trait i possessed but good on anyone who can turn a pound note i say. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 28,578 Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago Loads of factory and Wherehouse jobs as a young fella...forklift driver...delivery driver 7.5 tons... As some of you know I worked the doors here and abroad for 28 years...loads of different venues around notts...Mansfield Chesterfield Derby Leicester... Also pest control...started for myself back 2004...then started subbing for Ken about 6..7 year ago...just odd bits at first...but it snowballed....then he sold out to a big company...of which he's the director...I got took on the books as there wildlife technician....there's 2 of us who do all the wildlife work nationwide.... So all the Rabbit.. Squirrel ...fox..deer..badger mole....work gets sent our way....so quite a bit of shooting ferreting etc 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 16,974 Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago 3 hours ago, Qbgrey said: 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) CMT ? what’s the money like doing that ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Halfhound 106 Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago Have never had a 9-5 steady job when we were young my father worked away a lot and was only ever really home every couple of months so once we came of age we were just sent to join him in england. He was a pure chancer and main game was building materials all shipped back home. We went around signing by day and getting what we could at night f**k me when I think back. In those days if you had cash you could buy anything so old man ended up with a few houses around Wembley and Harlesden way had a couple of yards around the place as well so once the game was up he was well looked after. Often wonder now should I of just went and got a job but it was never encouraged so I am what I am. Always have a few tangles on but more to keep and interest than anything else Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 49,867 Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago 9 hours ago, waltjnr said: 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 They got bought out by Cemex years ago didnt they, they used to run lakes all over the southeast first as Leisure Sports Angling, then RMC angling and finally Cemex…..sold them all off about 15 years back. They had some of the best waters in the country 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bangersanmash 5,089 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 10 hours ago, Seagull said: Concrete testing on site isn't it, they have to come out with every big pour. 10 hours ago, Seagull said: Concrete testing on site isn't it, they have to come out with every big pour. Clever c**t looked it up . He's one of them with photographic memory. Reads it on Google straight back on here. It's concrete testing on site isn't it haha. Clever lad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bangersanmash 5,089 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 7 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: CMT ? what’s the money like doing that ?? Ask Greb . Give him 10 minutes to Google it. He's great. Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seagull 583 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 15 minutes ago, Bangersanmash said: Clever c**t looked it up . He's one of them with photographic memory. Reads it on Google straight back on here. It's concrete testing on site isn't it haha. Clever lad. Aye, takes a brain surgeon to work that out. What do you think happens on a pour? Cubes go away for testing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bangersanmash 5,089 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago Just now, Seagull said: Aye, takes a brain surgeon to work that out. What do you think happens on a pour? Cubes go away for testing. He's here is lad. Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 7,976 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 7 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: CMT ? what’s the money like doing that ?? Wasn't great but you got the van to use ,free derv ,and usual perks of a big company, once you were in with the batchers, you could ring them and they'd get your sample at the plant ,leave it in a bucket for you! My only experience of working from home lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seagull 583 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago (edited) 2 minutes ago, Bangersanmash said: He's here is lad. Lol Solid thee, I'm shocked you actually find that amazing. I've done loads of concrete pours, some folk can take things in and some folk make good tea lads. Lol Edited 4 hours ago by Seagull Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seagull 583 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago Old Bangers would have needed resuscitation after this, hand dug in to barrows as we were working in a tight underpass and then tipped into a telehandler bucket. Job and knock on a Saturday morning and done for 10 in the morning. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mC HULL 15,783 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 2 hours ago, Halfhound said: Have never had a 9-5 steady job when we were young my father worked away a lot and was only ever really home every couple of months so once we came of age we were just sent to join him in england. He was a pure chancer and main game was building materials all shipped back home. We went around signing by day and getting what we could at night f**k me when I think back. In those days if you had cash you could buy anything so old man ended up with a few houses around Wembley and Harlesden way had a couple of yards around the place as well so once the game was up he was well looked after. Often wonder now should I of just went and got a job but it was never encouraged so I am what I am. Always have a few tangles on but more to keep and interest than anything else Thieving dosser as blacky would say lol I'm with you make I love buys a bobs of all sorts to make a quid I couldn't be in one job rather understand it use it me self Edited 3 hours ago by mC HULL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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