Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

Posts and likes get counted towards your total stats in this thread.

So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[DPG]

Yeah I agree, I wish there was a book to read for life! It is a rollercoaster!

Today got general house admin going on and forum admin stuff too.

Looks like there might be some sunshine on the horizon today!

I was really angry at the Just Stop Oil people last night for spray painting Stonehenge! I think it is shocking behaviour, they should throw the book at those people!

They need locking up. Same with people who are vandalising buildings etc.

Yep - forecast looks good. Off to a bike rally in North Yorkshire this weekend so that should be good.

 

[Lou]

Great stuff! I am going to North Yorkshire myself next weekend to visit my family all being well.

Yeah, they smashed up some computers in a bank too this week. At least I think it was them too.

 

[Mike Johnson]

IMO they are just vandals looking to legitimise themselves.

 

[Moley]

Today has not started well. I had to go to a different site yesterday. Got out of my van this morning to find I've left my tool bag there. I phoned one of the guys from another company who was working in the 400kv yard with us and he told me he would leave it in the power station security. So, a 1 1/2 hour drive there after work tomorrow then a 5 hour drive home. Got my permits for todays word. Reconnect a gen transformer and do the live tests on the transformer protection. This need power in the marshaling kiosk. Got ro the Tx and no power to the marshaling kiosk and it's tied up in other permits. OK, let's do the reconnection. Got the LV side connected. There's a baby peregrine screaming it's head off in the compound with the cherry picker so no access until a local bird sanctuary turn up. I really wish I had stayed in bed.

 

[Moley]

The day keeps giving. I got out of the cherry picker, 2 of the guys I work with got in and started working on a 400kv bushing. The cherry picker dies. Error 27 canbus fault. Luckily I could get them down on the ground controls.

 

[littlespark]

The day keeps giving. I got out of the cherry picker, 2 of the guys I work with got in and started working on a 400kv bushing. The cherry picker dies. Error 27 canbus fault. Luckily I could get them down on the ground controls.

Didn’t that happen on the last cherry picker you were up a few weeks ago?

 

[mainline]

IMO they are just vandals looking to legitimise themselves.

I don't think the typical vandal would do it in front of everyone and get themselves arrested.

It was done on the day before solace, where people gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the beauty of our natural world

 

[DPG]

I don't think the typical vandal would do it in front of everyone and get themselves arrested.

It was done on the day before solace, where people gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the beauty of our natural world

Vandals with the facade of protesting for a cause.

 

[pirate]

It's late in the day, because what I had on this morning was early and a bit of a change for me...

Yup, I got up early and went to the gym!!!

Yes, I even went in and did some exercise on the treadmill thingy and a rowing machine. I'm back again tomorrow, after which I have tennis with a pal. Got to start somewhere, eh?

As an aside, I decided to go this morning because having checked the timetable online there was a Pilates class on and I wanted to coincide with that...not to attend, just in hope of catching the lady of my desires! She wasn't at the class...

 

[mainline]

Vandals with the facade of protesting for a cause.

There was no damage to Stonehenge done, it was only cornstarch, so not really vandalism.

I'm pretty sure they believe in their cause and it's not a facade.

 

[mainline]

It's late in the day, because what I had on this morning was early and a bit of a change for me...

Yup, I got up early and went to the gym!!!

Yes, I even went in and did some exercise on the treadmill thingy and a rowing machine. I'm back again tomorrow, after which I have tennis with a pal. Got to start somewhere, eh?

As an aside, I decided to go this morning because having checked the timetable online there was a Pilates class on and I wanted to coincide with that...not to attend, just in hope of catching the lady of my desires! She wasn't at the class...

She was probably with her husband or girlfriend

 

[Moley]

Didn’t that happen on the last cherry picker you were up a few weeks ago?

Wasn't the last one but it was recently. The company I work for rent them from Sunbelt as they are the cheapest - and cheapest for a eeason :-(

 

[nicebutdim]

Great stuff! I am going to North Yorkshire myself next weekend to visit my family all being well.

Yeah, they smashed up some computers in a bank too this week. At least I think it was them too.

Quite a few branches of Barclay's have been smashed in the last week for their having the temerity to deal with Israeli companies. It wasn't carried out by Just Stop Oil, but some new anarchist group - most likely another new moniker of JSO/Extinction Rebellion etc.

It's late in the day, because what I had on this morning was early and a bit of a change for me...

Yup, I got up early and went to the gym!!!

Yes, I even went in and did some exercise on the treadmill thingy and a rowing machine. I'm back again tomorrow, after which I have tennis with a pal. Got to start somewhere, eh?

As an aside, I decided to go this morning because having checked the timetable online there was a Pilates class on and I wanted to coincide with that...not to attend, just in hope of catching the lady of my desires! She wasn't at the class...

Thought that had to be a euphimism until reading the last line.

There was no damage to Stonehenge done, it was only cornstarch, so not really vandalism.

I'm pretty sure they believe in their cause and it's not a facade.

The same can be said for every terrorist group - still doesn't justify their actions. The people who blew up Warrington and Manchester believed in what they were doing. Does that belief justify their actions?

 

[Lou]

Well done @pirate I think going to the gym can be really scary - super out of my comfort zone too.

@Moley did the birds get rescued?

I am so glad it is Friday today, seems to be ok so far, but only 930am! I am having a rest off swimming today and for the next few days, I have exhausted myself over the past couple of weeks I think!.

 

[littlespark]

What a week.

Youngest has been doing another musical show at the school… This time “Annie”
As it’s more an intro show for the younger ones, so she didn’t get a big part this time…. She actually got 5 smaller ones and a heck of a lot of costume changes…

Middle one has her driving test next week, so I’ll have her out at the weekend practicing reversing, slow speed manoeuvring and the proper hand gesture to be used when someone overtakes in a dumb place.

Eldest has handed in her notice at the hotel she works at. It was going to be the end of July, but she was being expected (not asked) to do 7 days a week and over 12 hours a day…. Doing breakfasts, housekeeping 10 rooms on her own, then dinner serving.
She had already told them couldn’t do a certain day, they put her on rota anyway, and when she politely refused and explained she was told “you should be available… and what do you do on your days off anyway?”

1. Not unless I get paid more than minimum wage and a retainer.
2. Mind your own damn business.