expensive mistakes

[lukese]

Where do i start.... haha was part of a team that backed a magic carpet into a brand new 200k freezer.

evactuated a towerblock in the city of london, causing not one but about 15 fire engines to turn up.

evacuated a huge retail shop in lakeside on opening day.

cant think of many more of the top of my head but sure theres more, none really cost me money more pride haha

 

[Carter]

Oh....and letting one of the lads convince us that all the christmas copper would be safe from f*cking theiving gyps c*nts in his back garden.There was over a tonne waiting to be stripped.oohps

Did he turn up next week in a new car? just curious.

Stripped out a motor manufacturer's ancient electroplating shop once when an apprentice, just me and a spark. Row after row of baths all fed via 3" SOLID copper busbar, every 10 ft there was a 5lb solid bronze double-bolted coupler, miles of lead sheath armoureds. Their in house mainenance team refused to do it having got suddenly very scrupulous about replacing light bulbs throughout the plant. And when we started into it we could see why.

Every conduit you cut into produced a drain down of chromium green liquid crud that filled the pipe. ffs I expected the hacksaw to start dissolving. So after a week of this sh*t we had a stillage of couplers, 3 pallets of lead armoureds each 5ft high and the jewel in the crown 50+ lengths of the busbar ready for its rendezvous with our flatbed truck. Two happy sparks on poets day? with the thought of a nice little wedge on it's way, job wrapped up? where do you think we went. F*cking expensive pint that was. Maintenance men had the f*cking lot away, they must have been staking us out for days. Four and a half days covered in that sh!te plus the usual crud adhering to all parts of a 60yr old factory. That week I took home £24! b@stards, b@stards, B@STARDS!

 

[London Luke]

Not going back to my last school and smacking my house master and head master in front of everyone at Parents day

 

[rumrunner]

Not going back to my last school and smacking my house master and head master in front of everyone at Parents day

What a player

Did he turn up next week in a new car? just curious.

Stripped out a motor manufacturer's ancient electroplating shop once when an apprentice, just me and a spark. Row after row of baths all fed via 3" SOLID copper busbar, every 10 ft there was a 5lb solid bronze double-bolted coupler, miles of lead sheath armoureds. Their in house mainenance team refused to do it having got suddenly very scrupulous about replacing light bulbs throughout the plant. And when we started into it we could see why.

Every conduit you cut into produced a drain down of chromium green liquid crud that filled the pipe. ffs I expected the hacksaw to start dissolving. So after a week of this sh*t we had a stillage of couplers, 3 pallets of lead armoureds each 5ft high and the jewel in the crown 50+ lengths of the busbar ready for its rendezvous with our flatbed truck. Two happy sparks on poets day? with the thought of a nice little wedge on it's way, job wrapped up? where do you think we went. F*cking expensive pint that was. Maintenance men had the f*cking lot away, they must have been staking us out for days. Four and a half days covered in that sh!te plus the usual crud adhering to all parts of a 60yr old factory. That week I took home £24! b@stards, b@stards, B@STARDS!

**** happens at least the gippos didnt get the blame

 

[jimes]

drilling a water pipe in scotland yard then guy i worked for pressed manual release on halon system trying to get into computer room at oxford city council!

 

[spark-doctor]

Have made the con rods on one of these come out of the side of the block.

 

[Spudmiester]

Have made the con rods on one of these come out of the side of the block.

Please tell us how !!!!

 

[spark-doctor]

Set up the fuel governor wrong and used the wrong parts inside. When i load tested, it went to 180% power rating, turbo's fell apart and went into the engine, valves had a meeting with the pistons and had a "crashing time".

It was claimed on the insurance and i had to sit in-front of the boss for 20mins. He used a lot of swear words

 

[ian.settle1]

Where do i start.... haha was part of a team that backed a magic carpet into a brand new 200k freezer.

evactuated a towerblock in the city of london, causing not one but about 15 fire engines to turn up.

evacuated a huge retail shop in lakeside on opening day.

cant think of many more of the top of my head but sure theres more, none really cost me money more pride haha

Who are you Frank Spensor? OOOH Betty I've done a whoopsy

 

[rumrunner]

who are you frank spensor? Oooh betty i've done a whoopsy:d

pmsl:d

 

[Jumbonipondon_squilobidon]

LOL... some interesting replies here.

 

[Shakey]

pressed the wrong button on the remote load panel, when load testing a 1.2MeggaWatt generator, put too much ,load on,got distracted,.......but soon got back on the job, when i noticed molten windings dripping out of the bottom the genny itself

there was a smell of burning....then a smell of another kind as i found out what bicycle clips are for...........