Pointing with your fingers - Tommy walsh

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Al Jardin
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Post: # 56326Post Al Jardin

Evening
Watched an episode of challenge Tommy Walsh on Quest @ around 6pm. He'd laid a circular patio. I caught it at the pointing stage. His method - pre wet the joints, knock up a 3:1 dry mortar & then he pushed it into the joints with his fingers while moving the pile around with his hands. No gloves!! He did strike it off with a jointer. Dodgy?

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tommy walsh enough said.... mdf anyone.....
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Post: # 56329Post lutonlagerlout

i am sure there must be a limerick with tommy walsh, berkshire hunt, and merchant banker in it some where :;):
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Post: # 56332Post Tony McC

What? He wasn't using that crappy sand-with-weedkiller that he was flogging last year? The one that turned a normal pavement into a permeable pavement, with no need to change any of the sub-layers? :;):

He missed an opportunity there!
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Post: # 56340Post lutonlagerlout

to be fair,if i was paid enough i would happily state "the moon is made of cheese"
I did laugh when he was on some diet programme and he said his favourite tipple was "pints of baileys"
imagine laying flags after 8 pints of baileys?
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Sometimes, you look at the flagging and you can tell he's been on the Bailey's! :p
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Very low comment there Mr Mc, still you could be right :D :D MSH
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Post: # 56354Post rab1

give him his due, he has made a mint out of talking shite :;):
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Post: # 56367Post lutonlagerlout

if tommy was morse code he would be letter H
dot dot dot dot
thats enough tommy baiting for me now,
hes made barrows
of money from doing what he does
i may not agree with his methodology,but it works for his wallet
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Post: # 56384Post London Stone Paving

Pointing with his fingers!

I remember when I used to be on the job. Those little cement burns on the end of the fingers were bloody painful. Used to keep me awake at night

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