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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:40 pm
by flowjoe
Could really do with two dry days so i get Monday off.
Putting up/ repairing garden fences due to the arrival of new pooch in the FJs household.
Busmans holiday weekend 
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:49 pm
by Dave_L
Still.....at least the kettle will probably work at this job!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:05 pm
by James.Q
its just taken me 2 soddin weeks to finnish a 35mtr roccoo drive in sunny bolton grrr
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:22 am
by Suggers
4am - Just got in - it's absolutely slashing down - my good friend's yearly pig-roast tomorrow - fingers et al severly crossed. No hay for us this year - June's too soon - now we're bolloxed.
Goodnite.
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:31 am
by Dave_L
Suggers wrote:4am - Just got in - it's absolutely slashing down - my good friend's yearly pig-roast tomorrow - fingers et al severly crossed. No hay for us this year - June's too soon - now we're bolloxed.
Goodnite.
6am and we've just got up! Off to London for the day!
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:57 am
by Edgecraft
Hi all
After much deliberating aided by last years appauling weather and this year not being much better I have finally decided a change of career is due, so I am going over to the DARK SIDE !
Yes that's right I have gone back to college and started the Nebosh health and safety course :p
Hopefully if I pass I will be on my way to a regular wage instead of the feast or famine situation of the past couple of years
Darren
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:16 pm
by James.Q
goood luck im thinking of doing the self same change of life but selling up aswell and going back darn sarf 
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:51 pm
by lutonlagerlout
in the last recession most of the lads i did my time with ended up doing other careers
1 lad went to college and is now a building inspector,poacher turned gamekeeper,
i have had him on a few jobs and he knows that i know what is expected, and there are no problems.
if it wasnt for loft converions and extensions i would be up the creek
LLL
ps good luck darren
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:52 am
by Suggers
James - I think you'll be horrified by the cost of living down here now - you probably know all that.
Darren - all the best.
My missus gave up high-powered job in compters - went back to universty at age of 50 - to do degree in conservation & urban planning - now loving giving the the finger to the pompous Archies - "does your client really need 5 bathrooms?"
in a conservation area? - tosser....
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:54 am
by Dave_L
I think loft conversions and extensions will still be a busy area - as people won't move house, they'll improve their existing.
Same goes for our trade - people will spend money on their existing property/driveway etc rather than move.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:04 am
by lutonlagerlout
yes but when push comes to shove dave,building work is all discretionary spending
food roof and heat are the main concerns for any family
LLL
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:44 am
by seanandruby
Its like the last recession ( mass panic ) except we also have a change in the weather to contend with. I would say to ride out the storm on both counts. things may get worse before they get better, it'll come right in the long term.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:20 pm
by lutonlagerlout
yes sean,its the bloomin meejah as per usual
1 minute they are saying "quick get on the property ladder before its too late!"
next week its " damm greedy fools fancy buying a studio flat for £3.6 gazillion in dalston?"
elsewhere on this site i forecast this recession last may.as the saying goes "what goes up must come down"
it will weed out the cowboys and fly by night merchants ,but a lot of good lads will go skint too
LLL