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It's full of hard plastic...miserable 
+1 for thatWelly wrote:Oh dear that Mazda is UGLY
They're probably both competing in the same "dull cars for dull people" sector...lozz wrote:Is it my eyes or is that Mazda a copy of a ' Nissan Almera?
Cheers@ Steve. You've done some good building /plumbing work there.
Although the building is Miloš it's nice to have some encouragement, rather than the "are you still not done?" comments I usually get around these parts 
Ouch!406Break wrote:Got in a small accident on the 21. February. Nothing big but still.
Oh look. another bloody bimmer 
That's rather like something that happened to me where I first started driving the D9, although in my case it was an Aldi 
Yay! \o/Should get my ride back on Friday
If water leaks the worst than can happen is you get wet, on the other hand if electricity leaks...Welly wrote:I see, probable best.
Trouble with electrics is they look great on paper in diagrams but in the flesh it's like WTF?
And then I got the plug I'd stuck in the outlet, er, stuck. Queue impromptu shower
I was hoping for "looks ok" really. I can't be that good, I just don't have the experience but I do a lot of trial fits which maybe wastes a bit of pipe, but often I find what I picture in my head doesn't quite make it in reality. I'm sure a professional plumber just thinks "ah yes, this, that and the other" and off he goes. And none of this wondering where to put anything, just "where do you want it?" and if it doesn't end up ok it's down to you. I doubt they'd worry about trying to save tiles or not make a mess either, just straight in there with a hammer and chisel - smash bash crash. It was like that when I started with BT (in 1985Welly wrote:It's frustrating dealing with typical British Tradesmen now; they're not even half as enthusiastic about the project as you are, put obstacles in the way of actually working, sit in the van reading the paper, smoke fags, leave early and demand a lot of money.
). It all changed towards the end, after piratisation they'd cut back so many staff and there was so much idiocy from above we were all running around like headless chickens getting nowhere and weren't allowed to sort anything out properly without questions being asked about the amount of time we used (incidentally, my bro is still there, even less staff, not enough cover and the equipment is all so poorly maintained that, sooner or later, the whole lot will fall on it's arse.) (Oh, and the spares cataloguing project I was on for years was a complete waste of time as it's all been lost in numerous system crashes )
Who are probably amazed by the amount of money they're paid and are quite happy to work hard for more of it. I'm not sure if Slovaks and Poles are the same stock as Croats but workers here are just as feckless as the ones in the UK.Welly wrote: That's why these days we employ Slovaks / Polish they're bloody ace and do a super job. They are paid the same as UK workers but the difference is night and day. Biggest difference being they don't have Greed as a priority and take pride in doing a good job.
And we didn't even buy a single sodding brick for it yet. Useless thieving wankers. The lady confessed to being embarrassed about how ludicrous the planning situation is. Yeah, but you're not "planning" to do anything about it are you Beers are on you etc. 
Some kind of hand-held belt sander might work better? That way there's no rotating motion to wrench it out of your hands if it catches on something.steve_earwig wrote:I've been sanding again this evening, that thing is dangerous though: not only does it catch the urethane foam it also catches on the roof insulation. It's ok if I hit it with the rhs of the disk, that just knocks it away, the other side catches and brakes the disk, which spins the grinder anticlockwise into whatever it is and wrenches it out of your hands. Nasty. I've tried with both my orbital sanders but they're pretty ineffective, so I'm back to being careful with the grinder.
