scorch Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Refuse to spend money on anything but the correct way forward. Stick to your guns, they'll see you were right in the end. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 I came home from the con, which in itself literally took an hour, to find out that those schmucks building the underground line broke the fiber cable and my home internet is well and truly dead, at least until morning. Which also means I can't play Overwatch nor GTA Online. Tapped out with Tapatalk. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Facebook notification 2 hours ago. Apparently I need to check in safe from what happened in London. I'm 250 miles away. Wtf? You can all stop worrying. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Thank god for that, shmook. I got a letter on Friday from a debt collection agency... On behalf of a utilities company I've never used, in reference to a place I lived in for 6 months, and moved out of nearly 5 years ago... Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I had one of those once. Sadly just ignoring it doesn't work. Just phone them up and say that you've never been a customer of whatever company it was and certainly don't owe them any money. They'll probably go away. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Phoned up, its for a period after I moved out, so just need to email them some proof that I wasn't living there at the time. Hopefully I've got my council tax bills in a safe place somewhere! Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 It's that you should have to prove it. They should have to prove that you were there, not the other way around. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I have to go clean shaven for work tomorrow to have full face welding masks fitted. It's the first time I've been clean for years.. my face is cold! Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I saw an article recently that a building firm is demanding all its employees be clean shaven. So dust masks fit correctly and they don't get sued to hell in the future... Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 This is the reasoning for tomorrow.. they're coming To fit the masks and they won't fit them without full seal. I've made it clear it'll be a one time thing which defeats the object really but I don't mind really. ~£120 full face welding mask for the price of being clean shaven? Go on then! Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 How common are respiratory welding masks? New H&S legislation forcing it? Link to post Share on other sites
Tw1tch Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Suspicious package found in centre of Cambridge. Hopefully it's nothing. Unfortunately working in a large pub it never ceases to amaze me how many people leave their kit unattended, which makes it a security risk but I can't call in every unattended bag (and it's not that easy to find who it belongs to given out capacity is 1810 and we've hundreds of covers). Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 nobody is going to bomb cambridge... stand down Link to post Share on other sites
Tw1tch Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Eh I don't see why not, why Manchester? But I'm not alarmed or scared, it cautious as I've been for years anyway. Security is not a dirty word. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Just imagine when they cotton on to the chaos and disruption they could cause with a suspicious package campaign. No risk, no need to kill anyone, no need to be flagged sourcing dodgy *suitcase* for a bomb. Just leaving bags in key places. Scope out CCTV, wear a disguise, drop a bag and wait for everything to grind to a halt. Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 manchester is huge and lets face it, clearly has a bit of an extremist problem too. cambridge is not. i left a bag on the tube and the bloke laughed it off. if he can so can you. Link to post Share on other sites
Tw1tch Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Killing some of the "best and brightest" would be a bonus for scumbags though hah. Laugh it off? That's exactly what we're doing on our manager whatsapp, joking about how we need a refurb. Not trying to be disrespectful to those who've lost their lives but I take solace in a dark sense of humour. Wouldn't surprise me if it was a Cambridge uni student having a laugh as their exams are over tbh... Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I take solace in a dark sense of humour. The best way. A mate of mine was caught up in London this weekend. I was on duty, seeing the banter unfold on our whatsapp group and trying not to myself whilst dealing with jobs. Sounds horrible to some, I'm guessing not many of you bastards on here, but it's a great coping mechanism. I've used it for a long time in mu life. My whole family have. We also got a bomb threat on Saturday. Blasé maybe, twitch but I wouldn't worry too much. We sent 1 cop to the pub it was in, rucksack with wires reported. Some people are just *rickrolls*... Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I saw an article recently that a building firm is demanding all its employees be clean shaven. So dust masks fit correctly and they don't get sued to hell in the future... That I know of: Southern Gas Networks Skanska Bam Littlewoods Murphy And more that I can't remember. Anyone at those places who needs RPE for work needs to be clean shaven. Silica is going to be the next Asbestos. Anyone who cuts or drills stone or uses cement is exposing themselves to a risk that is cumulative, insidious and deadly. Young guys don't care about something that will slowly kill then 30 years from now otherwise nobody would smoke. You watch. Thousands of deaths. Link to post Share on other sites
Tw1tch Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Aye, I've had a friend lose everything below his waist (surgical amputation) due to a RPG hit in the Middle East, know the first thing he said to me after the fact? "I'm half the man you knew." In front of his family and we just ourselves. I think it is a defence mechanism, like how a lot of comedians seem to struggle with depression and the like, if you can't laugh you cry. As said, I'm not particularly worried, just vigilant which is the right way to be in my opinion. I ain't afraid of no terrorist. Good incentive to brush up on my first aid skills though as I'm a little rusty. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 It boggles my mind when I see people drilling stone or using a cut off saw and seeing all that *suitcase* in the air and just casually breathing it in. IT'S GOING IN YOUR LUNGS MATE. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Yeah but my lungs are massive. I reckon I've got a good 40% more that the average bloke. That's room for redundant backups, that is. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I have tinnitus from lack of ear pro on building sites when younger. An angle grinder cutting steel duct is amplified a hell of a lot at each open end of said duct. Multiply that by years of use because 'ear defenders are for old men' and you get a mess. Even fairly recently, sites would endeavour to help folk, but folk always knew better... It probably still goes on now. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 It's H&S that is causing us to need full seal masks. I also have Tinitus. I take hearing and eyes very seriously. Pretty much constantly wear eye pro at work and when using any air tool no matter what or for how long I have ear pro on. They laugh at me here but I'll be the one laughing in the future. My ears are already bad I don't want to make them worse. And I have perfect vision currently, don't want to risk that's Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 Security is not a dirty word. Crevice is a dirty word, but security isnt Link to post Share on other sites
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