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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:30 pm
by michaelthegardener
been in business 7 years this year and this has to be the strangest job ive done so far someones selling there mums house as she passed away asked me to remove these
and also to bury the cremated remains of 2 other dogs i know people love there pets but wow thats a few quids worth of stone :O dont know what to do with em now either 
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:26 pm
by lutonlagerlout
straight in the skip michael
i found a similar plaque attatched to a tree we had to take out,when i mentioned it to the home-owner ,she said they were ours
I said what cats or dogs?
sadly they were the ladies stillborn twins 
just wanted the ground to open up
LLL
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:51 pm
by haggistini
OMG
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:53 pm
by haggistini
i'd cut "randy" out and hang it in the garage....
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:37 pm
by mickavalon
oops, that's sad LLL mate. And so is that haggistini but in a very different way.
We did once get asked to watch out for the Dogs Grave when prepping a Garden, and then promptly dug straight through it with the bucket. Luckily the Lady had gone out, but wierdly her Daughter who was a bit of a Goth saw what we'd done and asked us for the skull, whch she now keeps in her Bedroom...I've not seen it by the way, she's about 15.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:47 pm
by dig dug dan
I have just crushed up a load of granite, and marble removed from old graves in the church where i got married
There was a strange smell from them , which i can only asusme was the spirits of the deceased being released into the air:0
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:12 pm
by ken
I had strange request by phone the other week, caller said “hi you laid my friends drive a few years back and she gave me your number, would you be interested in re-insulating my loft?�
Its not some thing I have done before, but it can’t be that hard so I gave her a price as works work, never heard any thing back from her tho.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:15 pm
by haggistini
work is work? are you sure she did'nt want something else for her money ken? 
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:17 pm
by Mikey_C
dig dug dan wrote:I have just crushed up a load of granite, and marble removed from old graves in the church where i got married
There was a strange smell from them , which i can only asusme was the spirits of the deceased being released into the air:0
are they "gravecycling" or getting rid of them all. did the crusher cope and/or produce anything usable?
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:21 pm
by ken
Haha haggistini, the lad that works with me said that, as quick as you just have!
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:28 pm
by michaelthegardener
i cant bear to chuck em in the skip be to much of a waste wounder what they cost to have made ........
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:46 pm
by dig dug dan
Mikey_C wrote:
[/quote]are they "gravecycling" or getting rid of them all. did the crusher cope and/or produce anything usable?
they are trying to make it easier to mow, so removing some of the edge stones. Had to have a public notice to see if any objections were raised.
The crusher coped, although it was the hardest and slowest thing i have ever crushed. the marble was ok, as was the york stone. It was the granite that was tough.
It did produse some nice stuff, which is now under a patio as we speak
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:48 pm
by digerjones
you better keep them mike, looks like there either granite or slate. they might make pillar caps or steps, upside down of coarse. ive got slate worktop in my kitchen made from snooker table.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:07 pm
by haggistini
ken wrote:Haha haggistini, the lad that works with me said that, as quick as you just have!
we can smell a dead rat a mile off ken
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:24 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i had can we hire a digger for a birthday party, it was like a 12 yr old they wanted to let all the kids drive it i said erm no thanks