I may renew my offer to get the pick and shovel out, for a price.
A Scotch Cast breach joint and a few yards of concentric, and the job’s a good’n. And yes you can take three concentric’s out of one breach with a bit of cable putty to fill the gaps between the concentric’s. It gets a bit cramped but it can be done, you just go one size of joint up. Give me a big enough joint (Jamaican style) there’s no telling what I’ll do!
Sorry I’m being flippant again, so ignore me for now!
But back to serious stuff, I’m sorry but your stuck with the DNO. Welcome to the rotten end of life. We all have to live through it unfortunately.
Fantasy:
“Phone DNO” “yes sir we’ll be there at 09-35 tomorrow morning, your full supply will be on by 11-25”!
Reality:
Estimator arrives, sucks on the end of his pen, shakes his head. “Need to speak to the networks department and jointers about this” Three weeks later a grubby thing appears, shakes his head and walks away. Two weeks later a suit shows up, “we’ve applied to the highways department for permission to dig a trench”. Five weeks later, a gang shows up armed with picks, shovels and a jackhammer. They dig through the gas main and the water main just for the fun of it. A knock on the door “ sorry Gov but we’ve had to cut you electric off as well. It’s unsafe with all this water and gas about. Two days later, gas board contractors show up and before doing any work get on the phone to sort out who’s paying for all this work, but they can’t start work because the hole is full of water. They retire to the local café. A few hours later the water board contractors show up, they cant touch anything as there’s gas bubbling through the water and there could be a live cable down there! They retire to the local pub because that’s open by now.
Some people call me a cynic, I can’t understand why!
