Moaner

[cliffed]

i know I'm a old git,but here's one for you,been quite cold lately,got some youngsters working with us,nice & warm in the offices,when it's brekkie time,I always sit in my van,especially if it's cold outside.The lads also sit in their van,but switches the engine on,to get warm.
Me,I put on another layer of clothes,so...the vans are on tracker so they know what's happening,back at the yard,does anyone care.
In my day we just wouldn't do that,wasting diesel etc.
Last year in 30°heat,a lad sat in his van,I went over to him & said why have you got the engine running,wound down his window,I've got the air conditioning on,am I mad to get frustrated ha ha

 

[westward10]

Caroline Flack for me

 

[sparkdog]

Still not got a heater in my old van. A waft of hot breath and that's it.

 

[Pete999]

I remember on site, on the new builds in winter, we used to stand round the bomb fire made. HS would have a field day.

Bomb fire? you mean bonfire 7/029 I hope

 

[7029 dave]

Bomb fire? you mean bonfire 7/029 I hope

Yeah ha ha. will edit ta Pete.

 

[Pete999]

I may be a bit younger than you guys [not that much though] but your posts bring back memories of freezing sites, great times when you think back though. And there were none of those ridiculously large 'site radios' blasting away either. And I'm sure cooperation between trades was much better back then, only this week I went back to 2nd fix a high spec shed which is to be a home office with flush sockets, a fancy electric rad and downlights etc. I'd fitted metal boxes and noggins all spot on for height and depth etc. Along came the shed blokes to do the ply lining and they took out all the boxes and brought the cables through 15mm holes drilled in the ply because 'they had nothing to cut the box holes out with' ffs....

Site kin radios wtf are they?

 

[Dave OCD]

You must know Pete ?

 

[Pete999]

You must know Pete ?

If you mean Transistor radios then yes, also are you on about those DeWalt jobbies? I know what they are honest just trying to be controversial, didn't work did it?

 

[Dave OCD]

Yeah they're everywhere Pete, annoying when you're concentrating with plenty to get done and some numpty turns up with one, they seen unable to have them at a reasonable volume.

 

[telectrix]

especially when the buggers are tuned into radio1. the worst garbage imaginable. fit for pre-pubescent teenage girls only.

 

[Dave OCD]

Precisely Tel, that seems to be a popular choice amongst the cretins.

 

[Doomed]

Sorry, but hate site radios. I AM Mr Grumpy.

 

[LankyWill]

Nothing worse than fault finding on a new build and some wood butcher has his radio on max volume(radio 1). I turn it off and tell him its staying until my brain can actually comprehend the abortion that is drylinig. Simplest job on site and still they manage to screw cables and mash boxes so the lugs are facked....HOW

 

[GMES]

Bring back the donkey jacket.

Giz a job I can do that.
Name the programme without Google

 

[uksrevivor]

Boys from the black stuff and not googled lol Yosher Hughes if I remember right

 

[uksrevivor]

Bring back the donkey jacket.

I still have one and still wear it warm as toast in it although the plastic shoulder pads are a bit worse for wear now LOL