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Very relatable. I got asked once to dismantle a bunch of ancient (redundant) stuff in an Art Deco block’s boiler room... Discovered a built-in wooden bench was actually a two cube coke bin. That was a filthy job, bucketing coke out of a basement in Elizabeth Bay.
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16-04-2020, 07:18 PM | #3 | ||
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Pub story of the week, you win.
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16-04-2020, 07:08 PM | #4 | ||
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Servo bait.... $8 for 125g of dodgy prawns...
Would have been cheaper to buy the good stuff from Coles / Woolies at the deli.
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16-04-2020, 09:14 PM | #5 | ||
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in the previous global financial hoo haa I was out of work and offered a job. took it without asking too many questions, I lasted 8 hours and only that long as I had no way to get home at 2AM...job... cleaning out fat flues from fast food joints, literally climbing up the pipe, cleaning scraping fat off as you went, the smell of fresh air as you reached the roof was a pleasure.
I have not eaten a hamburger or fries from those places since, still almost puke when I pass one
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16-04-2020, 09:43 PM | #6 | |||
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20-04-2020, 06:57 PM | #7 | ||
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Today i got 2 phone calls that rank high up on my list of phone calls i do not like. First was from my mum saying my grandpa is likely to pass away in the next few days. The old bloke is 93 and has pneumonia. The next was an upset call from my ex wife. My mum keeps her in the loop with stuff like this. She doesnt deal well with this kind of gear, and i dont really deal to well with her. But to be she had known my grandparents for the past 19 years, and she still cares about my family, i still care about hers, we just dont like eachother. When my dad died she took that news worse then even my sister whos an emotional wreck at the best of times. But what really sucks is i cant even visit my grandpa. Cant even call, he isnt in a state to talk. Its not a very nice feeling.
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20-04-2020, 07:55 PM | #8 | ||
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That’s a bit average, sorry to hear it.
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20-04-2020, 08:28 PM | #9 | ||
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Just got the word. The old bloke hasnt expired yet, but things arent looking good. That man has been more of a father to me then my dad. My kid even listens to his words of wisdom and looks up to him as a role model of sorts. Just a really old one. To be fair, and this is me on mortality. To be of 1926 vintage, only recently volintarily given up driving, yet still hold a licence, drive (drove) a 2017 prius, able to use a mobile phone, even text. Always take the possitives out of the negatives. I commend the bloody good trot. I wish that i could eventually be like that. Im just rambling.
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23-04-2020, 10:07 PM | #10 | ||
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Having someone ring the doorbell at 8:30, wanting me to basically drop everything for the sake of their job from tomorrow. Do they think I’m under-employed?
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23-04-2020, 11:39 PM | #11 | ||
Shenanigans..............
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....bad editing....
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24-04-2020, 08:50 PM | #12 | ||
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I have good tickets to the AFL ANZAC Day clash at the MCG, did well on the website back in February. Have tickets for my family and a group of mate’s families......
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25-04-2020, 10:11 PM | #13 | ||
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My father s****ing all over the bathroom floor, then shuffling through it. Goodbye morning schedule, hello bleach, mop and washing machine...
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26-04-2020, 09:57 PM | #14 | ||
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Current camp food situation...
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27-04-2020, 11:02 AM | #17 | ||
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decided to get outside for a little while and do some gardening.
I had three plants in pots to go in the garden, and three plants to get out of the garden.. should have been easy. The 'soil' was gravel and dirt that had set to a nice thick crust on top that a shovel couldn't penetrate. No problem I'll grab the mattock. Imagine my surprise when the first or second hack at the ground resulted in pieces of PVC pipe. Turns out there is a storm water pipe running from the neighbours place down my side of the fence line and it was lucky to be 2" under the surface. And perfectly placed in the centre of the garden bed that is lucky to be two feet wide, limits the planting choices. 5 hours of gardening later I still needed to do a bunnings run to get PVC cement to fix the pipe and buy some more plants to fill the garden and hopefully stop the weeds growing. Should have stayed on the lounge playing GTA V
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27-04-2020, 11:46 AM | #18 | ||
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WTH is neighbours pipe doing on your property?
Shouldnt be your problem.
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I did consider digging it up and shifting the pipe back to the fence line, then I looked at how much digging was involved and I'll just work on knowing where it is and not digging there again
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28-04-2020, 12:29 PM | #21 | ||
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Ordered some stuff yesterday for a job today and another tomorrow, some specialised bearings and brackets, global supplier with good track record. Selected “collect from trade counter” option and received two emails confirming it was ready as of late yesterday.
Arrived at the depot today, expecting the usual 1,5m tape lines on the floor, 2 people max etc etc. Nope, bolted down tight. Not a squeak, even the reception was locked down. So I rang the only number they have, spoke to someone probably 20m away from me behind locked doors. Apparently they haven’t yet got around to amending their web order form to exclude the pickup option. I grumbled a bit and they agreed to courier it out today. Would have been nice to know before I planned my work or drove a 50km round trip. Yeah, I hate that. |
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Sure enough the surveyor picked up that some time in the past the neighbor redid the fence and shifted it that 100-150. Whole fence had to be removed and re-done.
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I told them not to worry, I know where it is and won't dig there again apparently there was some history with some of the neighbours and the run off from the drains.
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28-04-2020, 04:23 PM | #24 | ||
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First major service on my Focus daily, the lovely timing belt job.
The bolt holding the harmonic balancer into the crankshaft came out a bees dick then sheared Luckily it's been done at a workshop, as such this is not my problem, every cloud has a silver lining! I guess a timing belt is easier on an engine stand anyway |
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29-04-2020, 06:09 PM | #25 | ||
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I really am starting to dislike one building work picked up a maintenance contract for last year. We werent part of construction, but the building is only 12 months old, so from the day it opened ive looked after the electrical side of things. On the handover the foreman pulled me aside and told me it was a rush job so there may be some minor issues. So i didnt think too much of that, initially it was just getting the cbus programmed. Its a nice looking building, but since then every what looks like a little issue turns into a monster. Like today, 1 light in the fire stairs, i wont get into how pretty smart the sensors used are when done properly, but they werent. Every fitting was set different, no 2 looked like they were done by the same person. 6 hours later and now everything is uniform. But the stairs dont conform to the minimum light standard for a fire stairs on sensors. So realistically every second light fitting will need to be changed. If i wasnt such good mates with the building manager, i would palm jobs off to the other guys i work with.
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29-04-2020, 06:26 PM | #26 | ||
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With an electrician checking some lighting in the garage, one of the cars needed to be moved to gain access. Of course those threatening clouds decided to let go the precise second I backed the previously spotless car out of the garage.
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01-05-2020, 05:48 PM | #27 | ||
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Geriatric Poopageddon.
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Clouds start parting, umm might get to lay some stone after all. Mixed up a nice half barrow of mortar, bucket it up the scaffold 6m high along with cut stone. Very first trowel of mortar goes on the wall and BOOM, down comes the rain. Out comes the plastic cover, seeya Monday chimney..
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01-05-2020, 06:55 PM | #29 | ||
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I noticed today the keys to my works office were missing from the top tray in my centre console in the car. Its a silly design, so if you dont know that things fall behind the seats. All i keep under that in the console is phone chargers and crap, not stuff i really ever use. Others borrow all the time but. So i assumed theyd fallen behind the seats. Got home and tore the car appart. No dice. Went inside and checked all the pockets in my work pants. ****. Tore appart my house, double ****. My boss would murder me if i lost a set of keys to his office. Contemplating whether to call it in or not, i decided to go outside and check the laundry. Stress level 11 was eleviated. Yep, washing machine. Did de clutter the car somewhat, i had 5 or 6 clean spare work shirts, 3 clean jumpers, and 11 more bog rolls then the 1 i usually carry. If youve ever worked on construction sites, you'd understand the value of 3 ply.
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03-05-2020, 11:26 AM | #30 | ||
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People doing swapsies with Bunnings products to “return” their failed item and get a new one FOC. Then some bunny ends up with the item that’s no good...
Just got burned on a pair of LED tubes. Suspect miswired and cooked. There’s a reason I prefer JRT for replacement lamps. |
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