amateurstuntman Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Perhaps I just spend more time outside than most of you but there has been sod all rain this summer. This winter a bike ride was a guaranteed soaking. I hadn't been properly wet on the bike in weeks (until this weekend). Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Perhaps I just spend more time outside than most of you but there has been sod all rain this summer. It's all been weekend rain, so for us regular 9 to 5 folk it appears to rain a lot more than it actually does. In fact, I'm sick of it being glorious while I'm office-bound, and then proceeding to it down for 3 days when I get off work on a friday. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I'm in the same boat Scorch... Soon to change job though as I've finally found an apprenticeship that'll take a 22 year old! I think a gas strut would be totally awesome but you're right a chain or rod would be easier and probably more reliable over time! Less to break! Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Ah, I'm outside a lot during the week and I usually only spend 6-7 hours outside over the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Ah, I'm outside a lot during the week and I usually only spend 6-7 hours outside over the weekend. Got any jobs going? Lol. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Sliced open my hand. No idea how or when. Just noticed the blood. Didn't & doesn't hurt. The Human body is weird. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 It is. I've had some nasty cuts where I haven't initially noticed them until I see blood on something. It's daft, because then you would get 2 duct fitters stopping work and methodically checking themselves to see who had the bleed! My forearms are pretty much impervious to pain due to years of working with steel. .. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Got any jobs going? Lol. As it happens, probably. A guy just quit. Do you have much experience teaching, assessing NVQs or operating plant? Preferably all three. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Nope. I make a good brew though. Edit: unless a few laps of an off road track in an fv432 counts as operating plant? Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I work outside so rain or shine, depending. If its cloud sweat we work, if its down pour we don't. *suitcase* sucks Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Having dabbled with working within the glass industry, you learn fast you can cut your hand open, without feeling, pretty easily. Hell, you can slit your wrist easily too. If it's sharp enough you won't feel a thing. Ruined many a perfect fitting, of a new frame, pissing blood all over the nice shiny white plastic. Link to post Share on other sites
Got Wood? Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Do you have much experience teaching, assessing NVQs or operating plant? Preferably all three. I've chopped up a stinging nettle with a stick many a time. Does that count as operating on a plant? Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I think I'm getting sick. Just before my well-deserved two week holiday. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 You ever have one of those days where the road to basically everywhere you need to go is bloody closed. Most infuriating. Found some interesting back country roads though and it was nice and sunny so not all bad I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I love finding small back roads that are fun to drive on!! So long as they aren't so narrow your constantly worrying about a car coming at you! Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 You ever have one of them days where you look at your coworker and say how the hell are you still employed here? Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I love finding small back roads that are fun to drive on!! So long as they aren't so narrow your constantly worrying about a car coming at you! A lot of it was single track but still fun at a safe speed. You know those sunken roads set in tree tunnels. Gave it the full beans when all was clear ahead though And Alias, yes. Every day sadly. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 A lot of it was single track but still fun at a safe speed. You know those sunken roads set in tree tunnels. Gave it the full beans when all was clear ahead though And Alias, yes. Every day sadly. Oh yeah driving at safe speeds is fine but if the road is proper thin it's the morons coming the other way that worry me! I've had two friends have to put their cars in ditches because of that. One being said moron unfortunately! Still love roads like that! Very satisfying to have a clear road ahead too. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Safe speed as in slow enough hopefully to brake if I come round a corner and some knob is going way too fast. No ditches either, just earth walls :s Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 *fruitcage* NHS. My GF applied for a job with them. Spent 3 hours on the application form, getting every last bit perfect. Got an interview today, so I stayed up late last night sewing her nice trousers for her because she hadn't worn them in a while and forgot that one of the seams had come apart slightly. And they'd advertised the salary wrong. So even if they offered her the job, she can't take it as it wouldn't pay anywhere near enough. I'm absolutely fuming. She's put so much into this interview. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 NHS middle management needs a huge cull. It's wallowing in a pit of incompetence. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 So yesterday I crashed, and today there's no water. Turns out they're fixing a busted pipe somewhere nearby and had to turn the water off for the entire goddamn building. I just came back with four bottles full of water from a nearby deep well. Link to post Share on other sites
Got Wood? Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 To be honest Scorch, she's better off not working there. The only reason ANYONE works there is because they care about the patients. The handling of staff, the way they are treated, promotions/sideways movement, is all absolutely abysmal. My girlfriend is a Health care assistant at reading hospital. Some of the stuff she tells me, any other kind of work place you'd probably sue Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 It was for an administration role in the mental health sector. She works for the county council at the moment doing a similar role already, it was just intending to be her making a slight change for more money. Link to post Share on other sites
Got Wood? Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 It was for an administration role in the mental health sector. She works for the county council at the moment doing a similar role already, it was just intending to be her making a slight change for more money. Ah. Still, I imagine she's better off still when it comes to how they'll handle her. I was when I worked for a council administration Link to post Share on other sites
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