The long rain

[lutonlagerlout]

is it me ? or has it pished down every day since that chuffing hosepipe ban came into force? :;):
for anyone that doesnt read much or thinks they dont like reading in these damp times,I cant heartily recommend " the illustrated man" by ray bradbury,in print since 1951 and one of the best sci fi books ever written

quack quack
LLL

[Dave_L]

Pretty crap innit! We need the rain, but rain overnight for gods sake!

[DNgroundworks]

Got blasted today, came up from you lot down sarf!

The slab we poured should have a nice finish on it in the morning

On the subject of books, ive not read ewt for ages, ive not even started properly on "LLL's shoebox collection"

[lutonlagerlout]

they'll be antiques by the time you start dan :;):
LLL

[parishpaver]

Rained off this afternoon, so, tired of getting moaned at about it, I took my scrap pile into Stockport to weigh in.

Was like a scene from Mad Max.

People of every nationality under the sun, dozens of beat up transits queueing to get in, blokes smashing washing machines up with sledge hammers, heavy machinery tossing cars about.

Got plenty of abuse from the tatters who recognised me as the bloke who won't part with any of his scrap :laugh:

[Carberry]

Not done much landscaping this month, got plenty of new gas customers to keep me busy though.

[Injured]

I just got very wet today levelling MOT and putting in flat top edgings.

[local patios and driveway]

We stayed on site till ten, then in the caff. Went out and bought the new milwaukee heated jacket after getting soaked and cold

[mickavalon]

Did a quick bit of Flowpointing, but I'm knackered, got a 30m2 Lawn to lay, fence and Rendered wall to Paint and shite load of planting to put in to finish, we're running a week late and no sign of it fecking stopping. At least I'm getting up to date with my paperwork, shame my cash flow isn't running along as smoothly!!
Just a little thought, don't the Water companies employ weather analyists? Surely this current weather hasn't just magically appeared, did they issue the hosepipe ban a bit prematurely, and why isn't the Government offering subsidies for Rainwater harvesting schemes, instead of shoving 6' of insulation in everything they can manage to stuff it into, don't any of their mates own Water harvetsing companies?

[Dave_L]

Done 20t of bitmac today on various dropped kerb and driveway extensions, didn't get wet either!

[Kuts]

We had a little drive to top off today, just as we got done the heavens opened.

[oioisonnyboy]

Backfilling waterboard trenches...getting taller every step

Local radio down here said this morning "if you didnt finish building your ark yesterday, crack on because you'll need it on thursday!!!"

hmmm

[msh paving]

Fitting treatment plant yesterday 2.4x2.4x3m deep,rain 7-1.30 fooking soaked,hole holding water sticky clay,digger driver not that quick, got it in but was not a easy job,



before any one passes comment the bossed coupling on the tank was only to allow that pipe to let pumped water in to hold it down

connected pipes today, backfilled ready for pumped outlet and sparky, then the rain came back

MSH



Edited By msh paving on 1335468486

[lutonlagerlout]

what machine was that mark a 5 tonner?
think my mates 3tonner goes about 2.7m?
LLL



Edited By lutonlagerlout on 1335479426

[msh paving]

On that job we had owner driver CAT wheeled digger,was ok but.....................not quite JCB.................MSH