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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:20 pm
by 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 
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:30 pm
by Dave_L
Pretty crap innit! We need the rain, but rain overnight for gods sake!
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:42 pm
by 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"
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:52 pm
by lutonlagerlout
they'll be antiques by the time you start dan :;):
LLL
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:55 pm
by 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:
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:01 pm
by Carberry
Not done much landscaping this month, got plenty of new gas customers to keep me busy though.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:56 pm
by Injured
I just got very wet today levelling MOT and putting in flat top edgings. 
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:57 pm
by 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
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:44 am
by 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?
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:14 pm
by Dave_L
Done 20t of bitmac today on various dropped kerb and driveway extensions, didn't get wet either!
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:29 pm
by Kuts
We had a little drive to top off today, just as we got done the heavens opened.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:17 pm
by 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
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:24 pm
by 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
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:29 pm
by lutonlagerlout
what machine was that mark a 5 tonner?
think my mates 3tonner goes about 2.7m?
LLL
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:51 pm
by msh paving
On that job we had owner driver CAT wheeled digger,was ok but.....................not quite JCB.................MSH
