Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you
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I think a lot operate without insurance
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Especially the way a lot of them operate. A lad across the road from me was working for a local company before he joined the army. I saw him one morning standing on a section they’d assembled (no boards yet in place) effectively doing a shoulder press of a large bucket of couplings to his mate above. No hands, people walking below. I really should have reported it to HSE as a professional obligation.
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Yes. One of those jobs that is very easy to do badly and get away with it for a bit. Then your scaffold has landed on school bus or pulled the front off a building.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I actually meant dangerous for the scaffolder rather than the public and therefore higher wages are required.
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Yes, obviously working at height adds risk and it's always easier/cheaper/quicker to not use safety equipment. Essentially the same root cause: it's easy to cut corners and get away with it enough to kid yourself that you are safe until you slip.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Most of the scaffolders I have known seem to have either been dropped on the head as a baby or have fallen on their heads from a hight. They all seem to have a massive amount of disposable cash on them too.
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
This.
Anyone who thinks physical work outdoors is easy, please send me a list of active 60 something tradesmen. I do value experience.
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I was reminded of this last week when we did a 'corporate volunteering day' doing manual work ìn the hot sun. Bloody knackered afterwards and we knocked off at 3.30pm.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Minimum wage is £11.44!
Its been a while since i had to hire a scaffolder at work but I would have thought around £220 a shift in London is about the level.
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Loads o money.
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But that won’t cover their well known drug issues.
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I know a roofer in his 60s and his helper is 70 now. But they're a rare breed
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Flashing the cash is a strange activity which I have concluded is more about projecting an image than actual earnings.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Roofing is brutal. Stonemasonry not far behind.
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My first job after university I worked with a stonemason who must have been at least mid 50's. He was built like Arnie, he used to hoist coping stones up a 5 storey building using a gin wheel because the electric hoists used to burn out too often.
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It's mostly that a lot of small scale construction is still paid in cash. If you were paid cash, you'd have a lot of it to hand.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I had a flatmate in 1988 who was a Stonemason. He earned about £15-17 per hour back then. He was absolutely minted (compared to me). However he came home everyday covered in stone dust in his eyes, ears and lungs.
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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Did you start at 8, though?
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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As someone in their 60s I can confidently say what is easily possible in your 50s is not quite so easy in your 60s.
And the recovery time is a good bit longer too. Then there is injury/strain recovery, oh dear.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
And did you spend the evening doing estimates for the next few jobs?
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I dont doubt it, i can be in pain for a week if i sleep in a strane position and i'm in my forties.
it was more a reflection on how physical the work was - I could barely even carry the coping stones at 21 😀
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Nope, 10. Rocked up at 9.30 and the gates were still locked...
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Pfffft. Barely even a half day. 🙂 I bet you stopped for lunch as well.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Well of course. They got what they paid for.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Starting at 10 is odd, that’s when they should have been having a cup of stewed tea and bacon roll whilst reading The Sun in the Transit van.
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A puzzle: daughters made some cupcakes at the weekend. They decided to do three different colours and put the batter in the cases in layers. You'd think the cakes would come out with roughly horizontal bands of colour, but the colouring was concentric like an onion.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0
