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Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:45 am
by seanandruby
Last day of a nice mini break. Had a good chill, nice weather got a bit done in the garden. Shelved the painting for a rainy day, undercoats ok for a bit. hope you all had a good time? I look forward to the next bank holiday.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:21 am
by lutonlagerlout
sadly us small independent types don't get paid for bank holidays sean
so kind of Mr.Cameron to give us all a day off without pay :;):
£90mill for security for the royal wedding yet schools are being shut hehe i am being devil's advocate here
since xmas I have had easter monday and today off, and thats 6 sometimes 7 shifts a week
off to skegness butlins for a 27 man stag do next weekend hic
LLL 
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:22 am
by Dave_L
Lot od self-employed trades working today on local sites.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:35 am
by lutonlagerlout
after the 2 year recession and the 2 bad winters a lot of lads have to work when its there
i took mrs and miss lout +plus miss lout's mate to london yesterday
have to say it was good value at £23.80 for the lot of us on a travelcard
untill they mentioned replacement buses
the driver on the way down got lost on teh M25 and ended up heading back up the M1 to luton ???
the one on the way back (poor old fella from tamworth,great driver but shoulda gone to specsavers) missed the north circ finchley road turning and took us on a 40 minute mystery tour of north london,all well and good apart from the 16 on the bus needing to catch flights from luton 
ended up speding about one and a half on tat (various clothes for women etc) and some street food in brick lane
it wasnt that bad as we only had tummy aches for a couple of hours last night :;):
all in all a nice beer free day
just teeing it all up nicely for next weekend :;):
LLL
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:48 am
by mickavalon
Having a Day to catch up on Quotes and paper work, so not relly a Day off, just a Pause for breath, not complaining though, good to be busy.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 2:01 pm
by Carberry
No rest for me unfortunately. Self employed and have 40m2 of indian sandstone, 60m2 of monoblocking, 20m2 of decking, some weeding, pruning and tree removal to do for a customer.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:51 pm
by seanandruby
.....O my heart bleeds for you lads having to work on a bank holiday
When i was self employed i used to stick a few bob to one side to make up for days off so that i could spend it with the family. A lot of the time i would work but now i look forward to days off. I put in a lot of hours, most days 16 hours with the travelling and weekends have to do maintenance on the house, so i know where you are coming from as regards work. My chill day today consisted of, building a one course planter out of granite stones, planting up, tip run shopping, now cutting the grass. Holiday.... :laugh:
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:22 pm
by lutonlagerlout
haha
I hear ye
sometimes its easier going to work,at least you get paid
:;):
LLL
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 6:16 pm
by Dave_L
I've got cabin fever here, time to go back :-/
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:28 pm
by Blocker
I can't wait to get back to work tomorrow and get a splinter from a lump of oak instead of sore fingers from those horrible block pavers and sharp sand, I hope I don't have to touch another block paver ever again ever!
Dunno how you chaps do this every day for a living.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:39 pm
by Carberry
I don't mind not having the day off, I'm happy out in the sun all day. The hard graft i treat as a workout 
As for handling monoblocks all day, wear gloves or wait a couple of months until you have hands like leather.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 8:25 pm
by Dave_L
Tight fitting nitrile faced gloves are great for handling blocks. Size 10 is ideal!
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:11 pm
by GB_Groundworks
got home at 9pm thursday night and been on it since then 3am friday morning, 2am saturday morning, 10am sunday morning(illegal party i was at got shut down by the coppers) 3am last night and had a dirty donner on the way home guts are bad hehe, been in the prk playing rounders today and pub for lunch but back to work tomorrow. my alarm went off at 6am this morning with news of osama so got up and checked it out. back to being a responsible parent but was a great blow out hehe.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:20 pm
by seanandruby
.....Kinda' suspected that giles :;):
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:52 pm
by Dave_L
What was dirty donna like?? Bet she was reet dirty! :p