XTreme Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 21 minutes ago, Buckster said: His underwear drawer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 52 minutes ago, XTreme said: You get to some different places Yen.......what's the worst one they've sent you to? A street works certificate 5 day course followed by tests in an unheated shed in January with a true pig of a man acting as lecturer. I wouldn't mind but it was a repeat of stuff we did 5 years before and I had to do it again a few years ago, but that one time was the absolute worst. I have never been so cold indoors before, nor disliked a lecturer as much. Whenever I had finished writing out reams of old shit I would go and get a coffee or visit the toilet, when I came back there would be a circle of people around my paperwork copying it feverishly. If I got something wrong so did they. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 52 minutes ago, XTreme said: You get to some different places Yen.......what's the worst one they've sent you to? A street works certificate 5 day course followed by tests in an unheated shed in January with a true pig of a man acting as lecturer. I wouldn't mind but it was a repeat of stuff we did 5 years before and I had to do it again a few years ago, but that one time was the absolute worst. I have never been so cold indoors before, nor disliked a lecturer as much. Whenever I had finished writing out reams of old shit I would go and get a coffee or visit the toilet, when I came back there would be a circle of people around my paperwork copying it feverishly. If I got something wrong so did they. I was doing the repeat in 2019 when I went to A&E at 3am with my last kidney stone so I missed the last 2 days. They tried to stiff me out of my Street Works supervisor card and said I had to do the two missing days, but I did some research and the units I had completed was enough to get the basic card. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 Just got sent the draft traffic order notices for my new scheme to proof read. I won't paste the whole thing because it tells you how to object at the bottom. Drawing still a work in progress, but we start building on December 3rd, Gas board are doing something first so I have to wait for them to get out of the way. Using my new drawing frame, I've added shadows this year. I've started work on the area just below now, my dog turd roundabout and location for the burial of my time capsule. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 I like the staggered parking bays, good use of the space 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Do you refer to yourself as ' I Powell ' you know like in ' I Claudius ' 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 16 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Do you refer to yourself as ' I Powell ' Tends to read better than "Dirty Cunt" Bob! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 1 hour ago, boboneleg said: Do you refer to yourself as ' I Powell ' you know like in ' I Claudius ' That's m'name innit.......Ian. My fellow draftsman is called Et Tu Brute. I don't think he's from round here. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 5 hours ago, boboneleg said: I like the staggered parking bays, good use of the space Can get the bloody door open after parking too. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 16:10, Catteeclan said: Can get the bloody door open after parking too. You see, we bloody spoil them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 Today was day 1 of my trafficy type scheme. It should have started yesterday but the road was closed for Thames Water to fix a bust water pipe (first picture). After waiting for a nice electrician to disconnect the power supply we smashed out an island to make the road a bit wider to give us working room and me and Jim (Irish Jim) set out my echelon parking bays which I could do now I had the parking suspended. I pinched the white globe and lantern for my mate's garden lighting or a planter. I met the pair who will be doing the building, two east Europeans. The one who could speak English (there is only ever one in each pair) said I was to call him Jimmy and to call his mate Eddie as no one can pronounce their proper names. I was accosted by quite a few locals who wanted to know what we were doing and one lady who wants a bench put back that was there years ago. I promised her a new bench in the Spring, she said it has to be a cast iron one with wooden slats because that is the type she likes?? I was also accosted by 5 or 6 people who wanted to know why they had no water, they thought our JCB had hit a pipe. The angled bays in question are in my drawing below. I set them out and then got one of the contractors electric vans to park in the first one to make sure it fitted. You won't see them in the pictures but I got Jimmy (2) to put small saw cuts at critical points in the road so if the paint wears off we can remark it easily. He will them make his own cuts 500mm outside those so if the JCB smashes too much out when we do that bit he can still put his kerb lines in the right place. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 Hmm, when I hit post it puts all the pictures in a random order. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, yen_powell said: Today was day 1 of my trafficy type scheme. It should have started yesterday but the road was closed for Thames Water to fix a bust water pipe (first picture). After waiting for a nice electrician to disconnect the power supply we smashed out an island to make the road a bit wider to give us working room and me and Jim (Irish Jim) set out my echelon parking bays which I could do now I had the parking suspended. I pinched the white globe and lantern for my mate's garden lighting or a planter. I met the pair who will be doing the building, two east Europeans. The one who could speak English (there is only ever one in each pair) said I was to call him Jimmy and to call his mate Eddie as no one can pronounce their proper names. I was accosted by quite a few locals who wanted to know what we were doing and one lady who wants a bench put back that was there years ago. I promised her a new bench in the Spring, she said it has to be a cast iron one with wooden slats because that is the type she likes?? I was also accosted by 5 or 6 people who wanted to know why they had no water, they thought our JCB had hit a pipe. The angled bays in question are in my drawing below. I set them out and then got one of the contractors electric vans to park in the first one to make sure it fitted. You won't see them in the pictures but I got Jimmy (2) to put small saw cuts at critical points in the road so if the paint wears off we can remark it easily. He will them make his own cuts 500mm outside those so if the JCB smashes too much out when we do that bit he can still put his kerb lines in the right place. Working on a Saturday Yen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 minute ago, yen_powell said: Hmm, when I hit post it puts all the pictures in a random order. Insert each one individually to be sure you get the right order Yen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 minute ago, XTreme said: Working on a Saturday Yen? Yes, for two reasons, 1/ it's the quietest day there It's a major rat run during the week and rammed on Sundays due to a food market in the park. 2/ Overtime!!!!! Also we are only allowed to work up till the 13th December then we have to barrier it all up and wait till after Christmas because London's Mayor forbids all work over his embargo period (4th Jan). I couldn't start before Friday because Water or Gas were doing something up till then. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 The bit I pinched from the centre island column. I think the globe looked good strapped to the back of my bike. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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