Grumpy old buggers thread

[ramblingboy42]

its becoming a bit of a thing now

many truck drivers are delivery only , no unloading

[4bee]

Pretty sure the Crutches on my back while riding around the place for a few months may have looked a trifle odd to those who do not know riding with a broken leg is fine and do not understand my insanity. Bikes are cool with broken bones as long as you do not fall off or stop with that leg down according to my surgeon- I love that man

The truck arrived. Driver said he is a bit sore and cannot help unload. Poor guy. a few tonne of recycled plastic decking unloaded. Nail gun is staying till the morning

Hasn't he got a crane on his truck?

[4bee]

its becoming a bit of a thing now

many truck drivers are delivery only , no unloading

Ya kidding me? I bet that leads to quite a few ****ups.


The best laid Plans etc eh?

[NavyDiver]

Last week a big wet rail saw used to cut 1000*500 slabs of blue stone mixed with 800*500 slabs and just a few smaller bits. The 35degree plus two days I had the saw was not enough to bed it all in properly so cut and roughly laid. I picked it all up from where it needed to go putting each the the three rows right beside where it was needed. Added more sand, compacted and screed level to perfection laying each of the slabs back, Got to the end and two rows were out by 200mm

How? I have no idea. Cut a few bits with the angle grinder to make it work. Dust coating every where now My jig saw skills clearly failed. Still baffled how I managed that stuff up.

[4bee]

Last week a big wet rail saw used to cut 1000*500 slabs of blue stone mixed with 800*500 slabs and just a few smaller bits. The 35degree plus two days I had the saw was not enough to bed it all in properly so cut and roughly laid. I picked it all up from where it needed to go putting each the the three rows right beside where it was needed. Added more sand, compacted and screed level to perfection laying each of the slabs back, Got to the end and two rows were out by 200mm

How? I have no idea. Cut a few bits with the angle grinder to make it work. Dust coating every where now My jig saw skills clearly failed. Still baffled how I managed that stuff up.

Probably a little ****ed J1.

[Tins]

Last week a big wet rail saw used to cut 1000*500 slabs of blue stone mixed with 800*500 slabs and just a few smaller bits. The 35degree plus two days I had the saw was not enough to bed it all in properly so cut and roughly laid. I picked it all up from where it needed to go putting each the the three rows right beside where it was needed. Added more sand, compacted and screed level to perfection laying each of the slabs back, Got to the end and two rows were out by 200mm

How? I have no idea. Cut a few bits with the angle grinder to make it work. Dust coating every where now My jig saw skills clearly failed. Still baffled how I managed that stuff up.

Measure once, cut twice has always worked for me

[4bee]

Measure once, cut twice has always worked for me

Yeah me too. So you have ****ed up a few projects as well, John?



Scratch head & ask thyself "what the **** happened there?"

[NavyDiver]

Measure once, cut twice has always worked for me

Thats my grumble. I laid and cut one and promise I measured twice, each bit was about 80kgs and a bugger to move. It fit to perfection in place around a chimney and a few other custom cuts which all went back down perfectly. Promise I did not have a beer before finding two rows mucked up . All fixed now. Bizarre plus!

[4bee]

Thats my grumble. I laid and cut one and promise I measured twice, each bit was about 80kgs and a bugger to move. It fit to perfection in place around a chimney and a few other custom cuts which all went back down perfectly. Promise I did not have a beer before finding two rows mucked up . All fixed now.

Even better would be to Measure thrice & cut once. [/QUOTE]


I have known clangers occur when the Metric & Imperial scales on a Measuring Tape get tangled up in the laying out.


Have never cut a tape yet but is probably bound to happen one day.
Power Guillotines seem to make that so much easier than a marking pencil.

[windsock]

Promise I did not have a beer before finding two rows mucked up . All fixed now. Bizarre plus!

Ahh but what was fixed up though? The lack of a cold beer or the mucked up rows?