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Carberry · Post: # 72051Post **Carberry** Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:29 pm

People that work with / for me hate me for it but I hand dig most stuff.

DNgroundworks · Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:25 pm

I can see where your coming from Tony, probs struggle digging that with a machine, last year we hand dug out the for a new patio base around 50m, quite enjoyed it, easy digging, didn't ruin the customers lawn, and definatley didn't over dig!

dig dug dan · Post: # 72055Post **dig dug dan** Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:43 pm

Looked at a job yesterday, and collected a tree, and spent the rest of the day in the barn maintaining tools, bit of welding on the quickhitch, and some tidying up. Moving to a larger barn end of the month, so good time whilst it was chucking ot down to do some indoor stuff.
did some tree work today.bits an pieces tomorrow and friday, at home sat and mon preping for my new kitchen being fitted.
back to work proper on tuesday.

Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:43 pm

are you fitting it yourself dan?
I have done a few and for a person of your mechanical skills it would be quite easy
just the electrics and tiling would be out of my reach

mike I will be 44 this year and digging is like breathing to me,i have always enjoyed it and find it strangely satisfying :;):
but i do know lads whos backs arent up to it
I like the fact that the lawn side of the trench is untouched
if there was even a small machine in it would be annihilated,also a lot of uneven levels
should be dug out tomorrow,15 lineal metres 1m deep and 500mm wide
6 cube friday
LLL

dig dug dan · Post: # 72058Post **dig dug dan** Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:50 pm

are you fitting it yourself dan?
I have done a few and for a person of your mechanical skills it would be quite easy

no its a mate of mine whos a carpenter (he has the barn next to me at the yard) and my bro in law is a plumber
I did the last kitchen at my old house . the masons mitres made my blood boil!
I made a good job, but struggled with the cornice.
in the end i did all the tiling and flooring, and it took me two weeks.
For the time it will take my mate, its better i go out to work, and let him fit.
There is only four base units, a cooker, hood, and four wall units, so shouldn't take hime long. and no masons mitres!!
but there is a fair bit of plumbing work, a flor heater to remove and blank off and two new wastes to put in, plus tidy up a mish mash of pipes under the sink!

Hawk · Post: # 72059Post **Hawk** Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:20 pm

went back to work today, all felt back to normal after brew time,

local patios and driveway · Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:50 pm

Bought my labourer a van today, was thinking it would be great to see his excited look wheni suprised him... Ungrateful focker didnt like it, wanted a transit really so he could run missis and kid around!!

rab1 · Post: # 72070Post **rab1** Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:39 pm

bus pass for him then.... :;):

rab1 · Post: # 72071Post **rab1** Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:41 pm

his hard working grateful replacement now has a van to drive :;):

Post: # 72074Post **Dave_L** Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:38 pm

local patios and driveways wrote:Bought my labourer a van today, was thinking it would be great to see his excited look wheni suprised him... Ungrateful focker didnt like it, wanted a transit really so he could run missis and kid around!!

Cheeky bastid, I wouldn't have bothered. Hate ungrateful people.

Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:55 pm

treat 'em mean ,keep 'em lean
that way when they get the last biscuit their gratitude will be never ending
LLL

Post: # 72077Post **seanandruby** Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:57 am

now was the van for him, or for him to ( your op, detest the word labourer ) ferry your tools etc; around? So now he has a van to find parking for and make sure your gear is safe. If so i assume you will be paying him extra for the inconvenience, from home to home as technicaly he will be working as soon as he's in the van and untill he gets out at night ???

DNgroundworks · Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:07 pm

When i worked for my old firm i was given a van, it saved me going to the yard every morning which was great as it meant i didnt have to get up as early, didnt dirty my car up, add mileage or use my own diesel. And i didnt get roped into a crap job at the yard eg - de-nailing timbers, stripping cable etc

I only got paid from when i got on site until i finished plus traveling time one way.

Why is he working as soon as he gets in the van he has to drive to work regardless of whos vehicle is he in.

Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:51 pm

I see it as a perk
I used to supply and insure pick ups for lads and one and all they took the piss,especially regarding the diesel cards

I would see tommy out shopping with his missus in the pick up, doing private jobs at weekends,picking up stuff for friends and family and I was paying for all this
so now everyone has to make their own way to site with tools

I pick someone up if its on my way but never outside their house,used to do house pick ups but the urine got took with that as well, so now it has to be the corner of the road,if they aint there ,they lose a shift
lastly i was a hod carrier ,for a while and i took being called a labourer as a badge of honour
operative sounds like a number in a faceless organisation
"me and my gang" or "me and my labourer " sounds fine to me
IMHO
LLL

DNgroundworks · Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:04 pm

Labourer, mate, pal all sounds better than operative, me and my brother get called the kray twins quite often, not that we are criminals or anything, just that we are spit of each other and are always seen cruising in the truck, A guy quite often rings and says "what are the kray twins up to next week, ive got a job for ya" - this got round and now a few folk think we are a bit dodgy ha ha ha