Fazer Owners Club - Unofficial
General => General => Topic started by: dickturpin on 04 February 2018, 06:36:13 pm
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OK, I know we can be a pack of miserable foccers but today I feel good because I went out in the cold and bled my car brakes.... What's so good about that you ask?....well I thought I needed to fit a new servo or master cylinder which would have been a complete pita.
So, feeling good.
What made you feel good today?..(not expecting a busy thread!)
Come on guys... pretend to be happy...
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Woke up this morning and the two ribs I cracked a month ago didn't hurt when I coughed :)
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6 holidays all booked and payed for :D
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Turned the key pressed the starter the fz1 fired up first button she ain't been started since before xmas. A service, strip clean brakes and another year of big smiles.
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WUPPED MY MATES ASS AT CLAY SHOOTING THIS MORNING (ONLY BY ONE BUT IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD) :thumbup
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Just waking up.
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Knee was a little less stiff and sore this morning after full Knee replacement 3 weeks ago :)
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Just waking up.
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Finishing this little baby this evening, completely rebuilt with new clutch plates and back together.
To be honest (Oh! it a Honda C90 lump) the engine is in very good condition, it has done just under 30K mile from new 1989 Honda G90-G Cub.
Have had a great time rebuilding it and polishing the nuts off the engine cases.
That is what made me feel good today, and, when I go out into my workshop tomorrow I will feel good all over again.
Modified: Shit just noticed the green Crocks I look like Kermit :rolleyes
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A friend of mine told me about the plight of a poor African kid with severe disabilities who has to ride a completely dilapidated bike with only one pedal 6 miles each morning just to fetch water.
On his way home he falls off all the time because of the heavy load.
Anyway, I feel good because I sent my friend £5 and he sent me the video.
It was fucking hilarious.
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A friend of mine told me about the plight of a poor African kid with severe disabilities who has to ride a completely dilapidated bike with only one pedal 6 miles each morning just to fetch water.
On his way home he falls off all the time because of the heavy load.
Anyway, I feel good because I sent my friend £5 and he sent me the video.
It was fucking hilarious.
:rollin :rollin :rollin
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Finishing this little baby this evening, completely rebuilt with new clutch plates and back together.
To be honest (Oh! it a Honda C90 lump) the engine is in very good condition, it has done just under 30K mile from new 1989 Honda G90-G Cub.
Have had a great time rebuilding it and polishing the nuts off the engine cases.
That is what made me feel good today, and, when I go out into my workshop tomorrow I will feel good all over again.
Modified: Shit just noticed the green Crocks I look like Kermit :rolleyes
Looking great. (engine not crocs).
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Finally getting out for a blast even thou weather was poor
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Now back volunteering at Painshill Park and the forecast yesterday was snow and hail.
I've woken up to bright sunshine and blue skies (so far)
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Managed to achieve 58N/cm adhesion rubber to polyester fabric in the lab today. The manager and I have been trying different components and compounds for months and we finally cracked it. Customer spec only requires 30 N/cm so yeah, that felt good😊
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After making a concerted effort since the new year... I pulled on my trousers this morning and the belt buckle went in a notch... Maybe get my bike pants on again!!
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Managed to achieve 58N/cm adhesion rubber to polyester fabric in the lab today. The manager and I have been trying different components and compounds for months and we finally cracked it. Customer spec only requires 30 N/cm so yeah, that felt good😊
Bet you're fun to go out with. :b
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Talking rubber in my experience makes the women go bleary eyed, I always thought it was a turn on for them.......maybe it was from just pure boredom :)
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A friend of mine told me about the plight of a poor African kid with severe disabilities who has to ride a completely dilapidated bike with only one pedal 6 miles each morning just to fetch water.
On his way home he falls off all the time because of the heavy load.
Anyway, I feel good because I sent my friend £5 and he sent me the video.
It was fucking hilarious.
:lol This made me feel good. Laughed, anyway.
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Last Friday, (ok not quite today) riding back from a particularly disappointing experience at my local hospital (my back is not looking good...) I ended up a bit behind a guy on an 05 plate Fazer 6. He got pulled out on by some gonk in a mini, and catching up with him (the Fazer) at the lights, I comiserated with him for the antics of the mini driver. "Yeah, yeah, but.." says Mr Fazer, smiling like a loon, "it's my second day back on a bike after 16 years", his face lit up with a grin the size of Leeds. "I just got this, it's brilliant!" The happiest bloke in ALL of Yorkshire, he was. Properly made my day.
And you sir, If you're reading this, GET IN!
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Having my 8 and 4 year olds sat telling me what colour they are going to paint their motorbikes when they're older then proceeding to draw pictures of them.
My girl wants a pink one with a white skull and my boy wants a red white black and blue one thay can take him everywhere...... must be bringing them up right haha
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Having my 8 and 4 year olds sat telling me what colour they are going to paint their motorbikes when they're older then proceeding to draw pictures of them.
My girl want a pink one with a white skull and my boy wants a red white black and blue one thay can take him everywhere...... must be bring in them up right haha
Get him to drop the white and the blue, and you'll be on the right track ;) :lol
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https://www.visordown.com/news/general/watch-met-police-ram-moped-thugs-bikes (https://www.visordown.com/news/general/watch-met-police-ram-moped-thugs-bikes)
It's about foccing time!! I could watch that video all day.... little scrotes
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Thanks so much for posting that :thumbup . A joy to watch :) .
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After the last 10yrs or so biking to Central London in all weathers I've found myself a 2 yr contract working at BP Sunbury (40 mile round trip). Started on Monday and love it....strange listening to the radio in the morning and getting up an hour later.
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This
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Waking up !!!!!!
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Doing 60 miles on my bicycle in the quiet Shropshire lanes whilst others are stuck in cars queuing to get into town to take part in the madness that is Christmas shopping.
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This.....knowing I'm unlikely to run out this year and possibly for the next 3 years. :b
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https://www.visordown.com/news/general/watch-met-police-ram-moped-thugs-bikes (https://www.visordown.com/news/general/watch-met-police-ram-moped-thugs-bikes)
It's about foccing time!! I could watch that video all day.... little scrotes
Me too, the first one I saw I really did laugh out loud about time - brilliant just brilliant. Love the indignant unbelieving response from some when they get up off the floor.
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Got my car out of the garage and, as ever, first removed my very expensive electric bike and stood it against the fence. Out for a few hours and when I came home realised I FORGOT TO PUT THE BIKE AWAY !!!!!!Very fortunately it was still there, that made me feel happy :eek :lol
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Was last night actually, as me and a mate travelled up from Cwmbran to see Bernie Torme at the Robin 2 in Bilston.
He's played with Gillan and Ozzy back in the day and this is his farewell tour.
One of the finest guitarists I've seen and can still make that thing sing.
Awesome.
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https://www.visordown.com/news/general/watch-met-police-ram-moped-thugs-bikes (https://www.visordown.com/news/general/watch-met-police-ram-moped-thugs-bikes)
It's about foccing time!! I could watch that video all day.... little scrotes
I see Diane Abbott has said that the police shouldn't be doing it. What a surprise :rolleyes
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https://www.visordown.com/news/general/watch-met-police-ram-moped-thugs-bikes (https://www.visordown.com/news/general/watch-met-police-ram-moped-thugs-bikes)
It's about foccing time!! I could watch that video all day.... little scrotes
I see Diane Abbott has said that the police shouldn't be doing it. What a surprise :rolleyes
Yes but thankfully nobody is listening to her this time. There has been overwhelming support for the police on this one. So much so there is talk of them rolling it out to other major cities.
As the head of the MET said.... 'it's putting the fear back into the criminal'
Bang on the money sunshine! Now if we could apply that kind of thinking to other crimes we might actually be able to turn this shit pit of a country around
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Just hope that the police are diligent and get their facts right before ramming bikers. :guitar :guitar :guitar
I can see this going pear shaped and an innocent biker ending up in a wheelchair or a coffin. :'(
I think the police should stop them the conventional way and question them, if guilty of the crime, they should be given a 10 second start. :eek
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It has not made me feel good yet, but, can someone tell me the name of the product that bikers treat their bikes with before winterisation or riding through the winter.
Ta
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Just hope that the police are diligent and get their facts right before ramming bikers. :guitar :guitar :guitar
I can see this going pear shaped and an innocent biker ending up in a wheelchair or a coffin. :'(
I think the police should stop them the conventional way and question them, if guilty of the crime, they should be given a 10 second start. :eek
The moped muggers aren't stopping when the police try to pull them over in the conventional way. They're trying to evade them. If they don't want to be knocked off they can just pull over when the law requests it. Rocket science it aint :think
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It has not made me feel good yet, but, can someone tell me the name of the product that bikers treat their bikes with before winterisation or riding through the winter.
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ACF 50
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It has not made me feel good yet, but, can someone tell me the name of the product that bikers treat their bikes with before winterisation or riding through the winter.
Ta
ACF 50
....and Fuel Stabiliser mixed in with the petrol in the tank. You need to have a fair idea of how much fuel is in there so that you can get the mix ratio about right and you're supposed to use it with new petrol strictly speaking.
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It has not made me feel good yet, but, can someone tell me the name of the product that bikers treat their bikes with before winterisation or riding through the winter.
Ta
ACF 50
Ta!
That's the stuff :D
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Just hope that the police are diligent and get their facts right before ramming bikers. :guitar :guitar :guitar
I can see this going pear shaped and an innocent biker ending up in a wheelchair or a coffin. :'(
I think the police should stop them the conventional way and question them, if guilty of the crime, they should be given a 10 second start. :eek
Don't know how you can term these scooter stealing, mugging, acid throwing little cnuts bikers. I've been into bikes all my life and they've got foc all to do with me.Foc em. They deserve all they get and more. If they can't deal with the consequences, don't do the crime, simple as.
The moped muggers aren't stopping when the police try to pull them over in the conventional way. They're trying to evade them. If they don't want to be knocked off they can just pull over when the law requests it. Rocket science it aint :think .
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Got my car out of the garage and, as ever, first removed my very expensive electric bike and stood it against the fence. Out for a few hours and when I came home realised I FORGOT TO PUT THE BIKE AWAY !!!!!!Very fortunately it was still there, that made me feel happy :eek :lol
Years and years ago I wanted to go to the race of the year at Mallory Park,couldn't blag a lift off any of the" proper" bikers at the time (I was only 16) so I nicked my brother's push bike early in the morning and set off,this bike was a nail he used to go to work on,only one gear but I didn't give a fuck,it was getting me to Mallory! after about 15 miles I was almost in tears,I couldn't believe how hard it was and Mallory was another 25 miles away.I finally made it hours later,threw the bike against a tree and prayed it would get stolen,the racing was well under way so I climbed over the fence and snuck in.(it was a lot easier back then) anyway watched the race of the year and in my fantasy world I was John Cooper as we all made our way out,you can tell how crap that bike was it was still fucking there! I could have told my brother it had been nicked but I was already in for a bollicking for taking it so I figured at least if I got it home I might avoid a kicking.As it happened by the time I got home everybody was so glad to see me 'cause they didn't know where I'd gone that nowt happened but this reminded me of how much I wanted something nicked. :lol
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Old "Moon Eyes". Happy days indeed. :thumbup :thumbup
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It has not made me feel good yet, but, can someone tell me the name of the product that bikers treat their bikes with before winterisation or riding through the winter.
Ta
ACF 50
Ta!
That's the stuff :D
Just bought a can of the stuff on the Bay. £12-95 inc postage.
Thought about the bigger bottle of ACF50 with the spray bottle, but going to try it out first.
Want to give the FZS a through clean and go over with ACF before the final sleep this year, engine serviced with all the usual stuff, just the chain to clean and lube and the final clean then she out of sight for 4 months. MOT in March.
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It has not made me feel good yet, but, can someone tell me the name of the product that bikers treat their bikes with before winterisation or riding through the winter.
Ta
ACF 50
Ta!
That's the stuff :D
Just bought a can of the stuff on the Bay. £12-95 inc postage.
Thought about the bigger bottle of ACF50 with the spray bottle, but going to try it out first.
Want to give the FZS a through clean and go over with ACF before the final sleep this year, engine serviced with all the usual stuff, just the chain to clean and lube and the final clean then she out of sight for 4 months. MOT in March.
It will last ages and go a long way. Don't spray it as its a bit gloopy. I find its best to first spray on to a rag or into something and dip the rag in, then on the parts tricky to get to I dip a small brush in to a pot of it and use that.
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There has been overwhelming support for the police on this one. So much so there is talk of them rolling it out to other major cities.
As the head of the MET said.... 'it's putting the fear back into the criminal'
So what happens when the moped riders start taking to the pavements to get away?
Or maybe they start carrying a bag full of caltrops.
Or perhaps they lure the Police into a narrow section with no easy exit and there's half a dozen of their mates with bricks and scaffolding bars...?
And how many times have they tried this "Tactical contact" technique and it's been unsuccessful? A few videos clearly have made the "Hang them and flog them" brigade happy but how much other damage has been caused?
Of course the government *could* stop devastating services and resources and put those 20,000 Officers back on the streets, but then they'd have to put up taxes instead of penalising the poor for, well, being poor, which is clearly something that people should be punished for...
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Cheers for the info Sharpie. :D
The ACF50 should arrive by Friday, so will do the deed over the W/End.
Chain sprockets and drive train area clean to get all the old chain lube off tomorrow, inc inside the front sprocket case.
Drained Standard fuel out of the bike and shoved it in the car, then filled the FZS tank up with 'Super High Octane' fuel, put in Sta-Bil fuel stabiliser and a good slug of Marvel Mystery Oil then ran it for 10 or 15 minutes after the oil and filter change to get the stabilised fuel right through the system and the new engine oil filter full. :thumbup
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arranged a date for Friday night!!
1st time in 10 years!! :eek
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There has been overwhelming support for the police on this one. So much so there is talk of them rolling it out to other major cities.
As the head of the MET said.... 'it's putting the fear back into the criminal'
So what happens when the moped riders start taking to the pavements to get away?
Or maybe they start carrying a bag full of caltrops.
Or perhaps they lure the Police into a narrow section with no easy exit and there's half a dozen of their mates with bricks and scaffolding bars...?
And how many times have they tried this "Tactical contact" technique and it's been unsuccessful? A few videos clearly have made the "Hang them and flog them" brigade happy but how much other damage has been caused?
Of course the government *could* stop devastating services and resources and put those 20,000 Officers back on the streets, but then they'd have to put up taxes instead of penalising the poor for, well, being poor, which is clearly something that people should be punished for...
:z
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arranged a date for Friday night!!
1st time in 10 years!! :eek
:useless
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arranged a date for Friday night!!
1st time in 10 years!! :eek
:useless
Nice
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arranged a date for Friday night!! 1st time in 10 years!!
Me too. Hope the wife doesn't find out :eek
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:lol
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Nice
I would :b :b
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Filled my tank @ £1.18/L yesterday. Last fill up was £1.32/L. :D
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Cheers for the info Sharpie. :D
The ACF50 should arrive by Friday, so will do the deed over the W/End.
Chain sprockets and drive train area clean to get all the old chain lube off tomorrow, inc inside the front sprocket case.
Drained Standard fuel out of the bike and shoved it in the car, then filled the FZS tank up with 'Super High Octane' fuel, put in Sta-Bil fuel stabiliser and a good slug of Marvel Mystery Oil then ran it for 10 or 15 minutes after the oil and filter change to get the stabilised fuel right through the system and the new engine oil filter full. :thumbup
Never used the aerosol can type. The small spray unit you get with the bottle, it comes out as a jet, not a spray. I been using it for years, and found the best way is to buy a bottle and invest in one of those small low pressure spray guns, usually hundreds of them for sale at bike shows etc. Warm the ACF50 up first in a bucket of hot water to make it flow easier, it makes a difference. Air pressure no more than 5psi, comes out as a very fine spray. You can then get it under the tank, inside the frame, everywhere really. Bin liners over the wheels and brakes first. All done in half an hour. Ragging it on takes ages and you cant reach all areas.
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Nice
I would :b :b
FFS
Not as long as I have a firm grip
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Cheers for the info Sharpie. :D
The ACF50 should arrive by Friday, so will do the deed over the W/End.
Chain sprockets and drive train area clean to get all the old chain lube off tomorrow, inc inside the front sprocket case.
Drained Standard fuel out of the bike and shoved it in the car, then filled the FZS tank up with 'Super High Octane' fuel, put in Sta-Bil fuel stabiliser and a good slug of Marvel Mystery Oil then ran it for 10 or 15 minutes after the oil and filter change to get the stabilised fuel right through the system and the new engine oil filter full. :thumbup
Never used the aerosol can type. The small spray unit you get with the bottle, it comes out as a jet, not a spray. I been using it for years, and found the best way is to buy a bottle and invest in one of those small low pressure spray guns, usually hundreds of them for sale at bike shows etc. Warm the ACF50 up first in a bucket of hot water to make it flow easier, it makes a difference. Air pressure no more than 5psi, comes out as a very fine spray. You can then get it under the tank, inside the frame, everywhere really. Bin liners over the wheels and brakes first. All done in half an hour. Ragging it on takes ages and you cant reach all areas.
I think that is what I mean when I say gloopy, it is in a spray can but as you say it comes out like a jet rather than a spray. A rag suits my use because I do not ride in the wet, yet the dam thing still rusts. I don't bother putting it on painted areas but mainly nuts and exposed threads and a few brackets and already rusting areas. The big issue I find is like just last week when it was 5C one day and then 14C the next and everything that was cold "sweats"
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watching Corbyn lose his rag with May and her cronies when they laughed at him, when he was talking about the poor. That made me feel good
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Here is a good indication of how good ACF50 is. These are the ends of my mini scaffold tower I cleaned them up well over 2 years ago and on one stem I smeared ACF50 and I left the others. Can you spot the one that had the ACF50 :lol They are stored in a dry area and so are not subject to rain washing off any ACF50 but the area does get damp.
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arranged a date for Friday night!! 1st time in 10 years!!
Me too. Hope the wife doesn't find out :eek
hope her husband don't find out either!! :rollin :rollin
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Here is a good indication of how good ACF50 is. These are the ends of my mini scaffold tower I cleaned them up well over 2 years ago and on one stem I smeared ACF50 and I left the others. Can you spot the one that had the ACF50 :lol They are stored in a dry area and so are not subject to rain washing off any ACF50 but the area does get damp.
Hey! Surely that is not a wall at 'Sharp Manor' not exactly period is it, iron rubbed in mortar joints is modern, it became popular in the sixties,.
I was expecting lime mortar with pencil joints, big stone arches with massive key stone bricks, tiled Kneelers at the bases of all the gables.
Sharpie have you been bullshitting us as to your heritage. :rolleyes
Oh! The AFC50 has done a great job of protecting the tower. :thumbup
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Here is a good indication of how good ACF50 is. These are the ends of my mini scaffold tower I cleaned them up well over 2 years ago and on one stem I smeared ACF50 and I left the others. Can you spot the one that had the ACF50 :lol They are stored in a dry area and so are not subject to rain washing off any ACF50 but the area does get damp.
Hey! Surely that is not a wall at 'Sharp Manor' not exactly period is it, iron rubbed in mortar joints is modern, it became popular in the sixties,.
I was expecting lime mortar with pencil joints, big stone arches with massive key stone bricks, tiled Kneelers at the bases of all the gables.
Sharpie have you been bullshitting us as to your heritage. :rolleyes
Oh! The AFC50 has done a great job of protecting the tower. :thumbup
Its the storage mews - and they are metric bricks - you of all people should of spotted that one.
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Quote[/size]arranged a date for Friday night!! 1st time in 10 years!!
Me too. Hope the wife doesn't find out
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hope her husband don't find out either!!
He might hit you with his white stick :)
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Quotearranged a date for Friday night!! 1st time in 10 years!!
Me too. Hope the wife doesn't find out
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hope her husband don't find out either!!
He might hit you with his white stick :)
Foccer must be blind
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Here is a good indication of how good ACF50 is. These are the ends of my mini scaffold tower I cleaned them up well over 2 years ago and on one stem I smeared ACF50 and I left the others. Can you spot the one that had the ACF50 :lol They are stored in a dry area and so are not subject to rain washing off any ACF50 but the area does get damp.
Hey! Surely that is not a wall at 'Sharp Manor' not exactly period is it, iron rubbed in mortar joints is modern, it became popular in the sixties,.
I was expecting lime mortar with pencil joints, big stone arches with massive key stone bricks, tiled Kneelers at the bases of all the gables.
Sharpie have you been bullshitting us as to your heritage. :rolleyes
Oh! The AFC50 has done a great job of protecting the tower. :thumbup
Its the storage mews - and they are metric bricks - you of all people should of spotted that one.
LOL!
You are having a laugh Sharpie.
Imperial brickwork was gauged at 4 courses to the foot including bedding mortar.
Metric brickwork is gauged at 4 courses to 300mm including bedding mortar.
Converting 1 metric foot (12 inches) to imperial measure = 304.8mm, now that equates to 1.2 mm tighter gauge on the metric brickwork against imperial brickwork per course laid.
Imperial brick = 8 5/8 inches X 2 5/8 inches, with a 3/8 joint on the bottom (Bed Joint) and one on end (Perp Joint) you have a laid brick inc mortar of 9" X 3"
Metric brick = 215mm X 65mm with a 10mm joint on the bottom (As above) and one on one end (Ditto) you have a laid brick inc mortar of 75mm X 225mm.
Now I worked on the building sites for a good number of years, aged 16 started bricklaying apprenticeship and aged 68 retired from building, and I still needed a tape measure to tell the difference between 304.8 mm and 300mm.
Fuck I wish I was aristocracy with all the gifts and skills they are blessed with :fish
I love you really Sharpie :eek
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Lost me there.Is a metric brick smaller
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Yeah Metric gauge is tighter than Imperial by 1.2mm per course of bricks, that is why building an extension on a imperial gauged house with metric bricks when they were the standard was a bastard as you either, lost gauge again the main house or you ended up with large bed joint to keep up. Seeing as you new brickwork bonded/tied into the original you ended up with large bed joints , of course on a complete new build it was not a problem.
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It's surprising how much the slightly deeper joints show up to the eye, particularly when that white cement is used to try to match in with lime mortar.
I'm guessing new imperial size bricks are more expensive?.
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Yeah Metric gauge is tighter than Imperial by 1.2mm per course of bricks, that is why building an extension on a imperial gauged house with metric bricks when they were the standard was a bastard as you either, lost gauge again the main house or you ended up with large bed joint to keep up. Seeing as you new brickwork bonded/tied into the original you ended up with large bed joints , of course on a complete new build it was not a problem.
On an old building with new brick extension and if you are not bonding/tieing in which forces you to keep up. Which looks uglier - deeper beds to try and keep up or mismatched brick to brick.
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Zzzzzzzzzzz ;)
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Zzzzzzzzzzz ;)
RUDE
If you are bored go and find some anti brexit propaganda cartoons to post on the brexit thread
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Yeah Metric gauge is tighter than Imperial by 1.2mm per course of bricks, that is why building an extension on a imperial gauged house with metric bricks when they were the standard was a bastard as you either, lost gauge again the main house or you ended up with large bed joint to keep up. Seeing as you new brickwork bonded/tied into the original you ended up with large bed joints , of course on a complete new build it was not a problem.
On an old building with new brick extension and if you are not bonding/tieing in which forces you to keep up. Which looks uglier - deeper beds to try and keep up or mismatched brick to brick.
Miss-matched brick to brick looks worse. More obvious to the eye than deeper mortar beds I think.
It must be a cost saving thing to use metric bricks in such a situation. Some of the old types are probably only available via reclamation and there's company's making certain patterns in imperial size, but it's bound to be dearer isn't it.
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Yeah Metric gauge is tighter than Imperial by 1.2mm per course of bricks, that is why building an extension on a imperial gauged house with metric bricks when they were the standard was a bastard as you either, lost gauge again the main house or you ended up with large bed joint to keep up. Seeing as you new brickwork bonded/tied into the original you ended up with large bed joints , of course on a complete new build it was not a problem.
On an old building with new brick extension and if you are not bonding/tieing in which forces you to keep up. Which looks uglier - deeper beds to try and keep up or mismatched brick to brick.
First pic below is of toothed out brickwork, it could be the main wall of a house you are building an extension on, so as you can see to tie the new brickwork into old you have no choice with metric bricks but to put a larger bed joint on each course to keep in step with the original
The other option which I think looks terrible is to use a stainless steel tie in system, one of the most popular is the crocodile system (see picture 2).
With the Crocodile system you either use bigger joint to keep with the original gauge or you lay the bricks to the metric gauge with normal sized joints, but you can see what happens in my roughed out 3 pic. :'( [size=78%] [/size]
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RUDEIf you are bored go and find some anti brexit propaganda cartoons to post on the brexit thread
A joke, hence the wink.
Jeez you Leavers are so touchy at the moment....
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Yeah Metric gauge is tighter than Imperial by 1.2mm per course of bricks, that is why building an extension on a imperial gauged house with metric bricks when they were the standard was a bastard as you either, lost gauge again the main house or you ended up with large bed joint to keep up. Seeing as you new brickwork bonded/tied into the original you ended up with large bed joints , of course on a complete new build it was not a problem.
On an old building with new brick extension and if you are not bonding/tieing in which forces you to keep up. Which looks uglier - deeper beds to try and keep up or mismatched brick to brick.
The image I grabbed off the net showing the Crocodile Profile wall tie system is actually incorrect, you have to have a damp proof break between the external wall and any internal wall. As you can see in that picture the external of the original property has become an internal wall of the new extension and therefor should have a damp proof barrier between the two. What we used to do is cut a 10mm wide slot right through the wall the a large petrol diamond disc cutter and slot a damp proof membrane into the slot to form this damp proof break See revised pic.
I not sure that most councils would even accept this anymore as they are insisting on a thermal break as well, this method does not meet this criteria. it should now be a full width cavity to match the cavity size of the new extension.
Sorry if this is boring some but as an ex brickie I find it interesting. :finger
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Why is there a picture of my wife on here??? :look
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Building construction fascinates me. When me and the wife go to stately homes, old buildings, etc, I always end up looking at how they've been constructed. I spent hours looking at the framework of the Eden project when we went there. I spent 48 years as a mechanical crafstsman, and in the early 90s decided I want to replace the old concrete garage that came with the house and build my own with a proper pitched and tiled roof. Never done any construction work before, but hoped my engineering background would get me through. Got some books from the library on brickwork and roof construction and drew up my plans based on their simple design principles. All passed by the planners. Sloping site so stepped foundations. Took me 2 years, but I did it all by myself with a hired mixer. The planner came around to look at he walls before i could go ahead with the roof, and praised the quality of the brickwork he thought a "professional" had done. I said to him that I was a little disappointed because it was 2mm wider at the top on one corner, and he pissed himself laughing. "You wouldn't be a mechanical engineer would you?" he asked. "I bet you've laid every brick with a spirit level haven't you". Well, err, yes. Great fun though, really enjoyed it, wouldn't think twice about doing it again, and saved half the cost of having done professionally.
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RUDEIf you are bored go and find some anti brexit propaganda cartoons to post on the brexit thread
A joke, hence the wink.
Jeez you Leavers are so touchy at the moment....
It was the wink that I took the wrong way - not your fault. It if would of been a :lol it would of came across as more jokey
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Me to - love construction. About 30 years ago I did a night course on bricklaying, it was for big diyers like myself who wanted to learn some basics and since then have done loads and loads of brick projects, the first one was demolishing and rebuilding some out houses at the back of a terrace house to go from a loo/ coal shed/shed to one large shed.
Interesting about the DPM between the new and old, a few years ago we had an extension built and were made to have the front of it 1/2 brick back which then made it as you describe so that 1/2 original brick then becomes the internal wall further on and we did not have any cut and DPM as you describe. I would of worried that the front of the house would fall off if it was cut :lol It was signed off with regs all along the way and I was there every time.
I chose size bricks that matched the original and they were toothed in. But because it was set back 1/2 brick maybe we could of got away with miss matching heights (don't know)
The nasty bricks in the picture are from the previous Lord of Sharp Halls extension effort which are now hidden by the new stable block ;) .
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It was the wink that I took the wrong way - not your fault. It if would of been a it would of came across as more jokey
No problem. My fault, bloody emojis! Crack open a Czech beer together :thumbup
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Me to - love construction. About 30 years ago I did a night course on bricklaying, it was for big diyers like myself who wanted to learn some basics and since then have done loads and loads of brick projects, the first one was demolishing and rebuilding some out houses at the back of a terrace house to go from a loo/ coal shed/shed to one large shed.
Interesting about the DPM between the new and old, a few years ago we had an extension built and were made to have the front of it 1/2 brick back which then made it as you describe so that 1/2 original brick then becomes the internal wall further on and we did not have any cut and DPM as you describe. I would of worried that the front of the house would fall off if it was cut :lol It was signed off with regs all along the way and I was there every time.
I chose size bricks that matched the original and they were toothed in. But because it was set back 1/2 brick maybe we could of got away with miss matching heights (don't know)
The nasty bricks in the picture are from the previous Lord of Sharp Halls extension effort which are now hidden by the new stable block ;) .
Yes, before I turned a sod, I too went to the local shool who were running a basic brick laying course in Adult Education. Started of with a simple straight wall a metre high, finished up with a small archway. Great fun
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Building construction fascinates me. When me and the wife go to stately homes, old buildings, etc, I always end up looking at how they've been constructed. I spent hours looking at the framework of the Eden project when we went there. I spent 48 years as a mechanical crafstsman, and in the early 90s decided I want to replace the old concrete garage that came with the house and build my own with a proper pitched and tiled roof. Never done any construction work before, but hoped my engineering background would get me through. Got some books from the library on brickwork and roof construction and drew up my plans based on their simple design principles. All passed by the planners. Sloping site so stepped foundations. Took me 2 years, but I did it all by myself with a hired mixer. The planner came around to look at he walls before i could go ahead with the roof, and praised the quality of the brickwork he thought a "professional" had done. I said to him that I was a little disappointed because it was 2mm wider at the top on one corner, and he pissed himself laughing. "You wouldn't be a mechanical engineer would you?" he asked. "I bet you've laid every brick with a spirit level haven't you". Well, err, yes. Great fun though, really enjoyed it, wouldn't think twice about doing it again, and saved half the cost of having done professionally.
They're building what i can only describe as a new small town near where i work, a huge construction site. And as i ride past it 5 days a week i am truly amazed at how quick it is taking shape. And they have some proper boy toys on site as well, like cranes that are simply massive. The ingenuiety, planning and organistion behind these constructions just astounds me, but is a joy to see it take shape every day.
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Building construction fascinates me. When me and the wife go to stately homes, old buildings, etc, I always end up looking at how they've been constructed. I spent hours looking at the framework of the Eden project when we went there. I spent 48 years as a mechanical crafstsman, and in the early 90s decided I want to replace the old concrete garage that came with the house and build my own with a proper pitched and tiled roof. Never done any construction work before, but hoped my engineering background would get me through. Got some books from the library on brickwork and roof construction and drew up my plans based on their simple design principles. All passed by the planners. Sloping site so stepped foundations. Took me 2 years, but I did it all by myself with a hired mixer. The planner came around to look at he walls before i could go ahead with the roof, and praised the quality of the brickwork he thought a "professional" had done. I said to him that I was a little disappointed because it was 2mm wider at the top on one corner, and he pissed himself laughing. "You wouldn't be a mechanical engineer would you?" he asked. "I bet you've laid every brick with a spirit level haven't you". Well, err, yes. Great fun though, really enjoyed it, wouldn't think twice about doing it again, and saved half the cost of having done professionally.
Well done Sir, I raise my hat (Crash Helmet) to you.
I loved construction work and I can hardly recall a day that I did not want to go to work, its creative, builds homes for people and I met some of the nicest people ever working on sites.
Sadly I retired 4 years ago with work related damage to my wrists, would still love to be doing it even now at 72.
The crack on site was brilliant non stop piss taking and fun, yet we got the work done and earned bloody good money.
I finished up four years ago on £180 a day, what not to like? The guys that I worked alongside are now on £205 a day working for my old guv. :lol My mate Terry
AKA: Wildplumb.
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Me to - love construction. About 30 years ago I did a night course on bricklaying, it was for big diyers like myself who wanted to learn some basics and since then have done loads and loads of brick projects, the first one was demolishing and rebuilding some out houses at the back of a terrace house to go from a loo/ coal shed/shed to one large shed.
Interesting about the DPM between the new and old, a few years ago we had an extension built and were made to have the front of it 1/2 brick back which then made it as you describe so that 1/2 original brick then becomes the internal wall further on and we did not have any cut and DPM as you describe. I would of worried that the front of the house would fall off if it was cut :lol It was signed off with regs all along the way and I was there every time.
I chose size bricks that matched the original and they were toothed in. But because it was set back 1/2 brick maybe we could of got away with miss matching heights (don't know)
The nasty bricks in the picture are from the previous Lord of Sharp Halls extension effort which are now hidden by the new stable block ;) .
The bricks you mention above are a LBC (London Brick Company) brick, They were very popular in the 60's right up to the last 10 years or so but have fallen out of vogue recently, they are cheap and nasty to be honest, they do several patterns and finishes but are all the same brick (Used to be called Flettons) but with different sand faces on them and then fired.
They were OK in houses where there is an overhang (Soffit) to protect the brickwork, but in garden wall they just soak up rain until they are saturated, it then freezes and the bricks spall. See picture of spalled bricks.
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LBC bricks used to be made from material dredged from the Thames and were manufactured aroundBattersea area.
On cutting a brick with a hammer and bolster you could smell sewage gasses emanating from the cut surfaces. Hence the expression 'Shite Bricks'
Thankfully Old Father Thames is a lot cleaner now than he was years ago, but the bricks still sometime have that smell to them, I guess with hundreds of years of raw sewerage being pumped into it the sedimentary bottom is still contaminated with the stuff.
Don't swim in the Thames LOL :eek :thumbdown
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LBC bricks used to be made from material dredged from the Thames and were manufactured aroundBattersea area.
On cutting a brick with a hammer and bolster you could smell sewage gasses emanating from the cut surfaces. Hence the expression 'Shite Bricks'
Thankfully Old Father Thames is a lot cleaner now than he was years ago, but the bricks still sometime have that smell to them, I guess with hundreds of years of raw sewerage being pumped into it the sedimentary bottom is still contaminated with the stuff.
Don't swim in the Thames LOL :eek :thumbdown
With the tide coming in and going out I would not mind betting each turd travelled up and down the river like a river bus 20 or 30 times before coming to rest on the bottom LOL
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as another bricky with over forty years of slapping the old Work Hard and Starve about, I gotta say summat about LBCs. Coming from cambridgshire thats all I laid for the first twenty years or so As you say a horrible cheap brick back in the day, now a horrible expensive one. Fired from Fuel rich clay out of the fletton/yaxley/whittlesey pits, they only had to be burnt so much when the clay itself would then burn to finish te job. That meant an incredibly porous brick that wont survuive even one frost/thawcycle. As im sure Tommy can verify..stick a dry LBC in a bucket of water and yu can hear and see it sucking the moisture in..pull it out and its instantly dry. So not only have you got one useless turd of a weak brick, but it sucks the moisture out of the compo before proper "hydration" (the chemical reaction by which any cementatious mix ie compo/concrete/render hardens) can take place.
They used to be cheap but ae one of the most expensive bricks you can buy now, especially considering theres always about thirty in a pack of 380 that are broken..not funny at approx. 40p a brick. Id never use them nowadays to get a match with old lbcs..they never look right anyway, lighter shades, smaller bricks, and with rustics a completely different scratch pattern.
I'd go for an ibstock or summat that contrasted well..or even one of the matching bricks that other manufacturers use..Ive used another firms "heathers" tied in brickbond for instance, and they were a perfect match
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on extensions id have the labourer spraying water over the pack of LBCs for ages afore I laid em, gave me a chance at least to get a few down before I ponted up without the mortar turning to dust because the suction had killed it..
as fr what made me feel good (aside from talking about bricks lol) I had rotator cuff surgery a few years back and havnt bothered to try to get my shoulder strong again or even just exercise and loosen it, but last night I enrolled at a gym and im gonna sort the bugger out over winter, as well as getting fitter and stronger. im 59 now and mates are dropping like flies around me. im going down fighting at least lol...
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on extensions id have the labourer spraying water over the pack of LBCs for ages afore I laid em, gave me a chance at least to get a few down before I ponted up without the mortar turning to dust because the suction had killed it..
as fr what made me feel good (aside from talking about bricks lol) I had rotator cuff surgery a few years back and havnt bothered to try to get my shoulder strong again or even just exercise and loosen it, but last night I enrolled at a gym and im gonna sort the bugger out over winter, as well as getting fitter and stronger. im 59 now and mates are dropping like flies around me. im going down fighting at least lol...
Ah the old WHS eh! Used to swing the 12inch Broadheel, that was before Marshalltown took over the market. I still have an old Work Hard n Starve in my tool bucket in the shed, although it is only about 8 inches long now and decidedly bull nosed. I still have a couple of old Marshalltowns in the bucket keeping it company. One with the leather ringed handle and one with the red plastic handle.
Hey Ogri WTF is going on? I see 10inch Marshalltowns are being used more and more nowadays, the brickys are obviously not on a price per thousand if they are using them little babys. But then on the other hand, you say you have rotation damage to your wrists, same as that, was diagnosed with rotation and impact damage about 8 years ago, they wanted to do bone fusion on both wrist over the course of a year so it would have be one handed for six month with each wrist, fuck that even at my old ripe age I still need to swop hands :eek
Plus it would at the very least hinder me from riding the old FZS with both wrists fused.As you say the old LBC dropped into the water butt used to sizzle as it took on water, leave it there for 3 minutes, fish it old and watch in dry in you hand as if by magic over 2 or 3 seconds.
During summer before knock off time I used to get Keith my Labradog to strip the poly from the pallets of LBC’s and spray them with copious amount of water to make them usable in the morning.
I remember doing soldier courses with contrasting LBC bricks and having to dip each one individually into a bucket of water a second before pugging it up and laying it. [
You remember the Golden Buff and the Dapple Grey LBC’s? Scaffolder only had to tap one when lowering the lift and bits of the face would fall off them, leaving Fletton pink chunks of brick showing. Fucking Hate them.
Ibstock are a great brick, they lay easy and look good when laid.
One other thing WTF is all this 25 Kilo bags of dust about? LOL! When we had dust delivered years ago stacked on a flat bed we used to lower out shoulder to the bed and the driver would lay two bags of dust on your shoulder stand up and march off to the cement shed with it, they were one hundredweight bags (112 pounds) each, that’s 224 pound weight, now they weigh 25 Kilo a bag = 55 pounds and you are only allowed to carry one FFS.
Hard hats and fluro waistcoats, keep your legs covered and no short sleeves, I hope you have steel toenails on. It’s gone mad.
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Just to get this post back on track
I'M FEELING GOOD
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on extensions id have the labourer spraying water over the pack of LBCs for ages afore I laid em, gave me a chance at least to get a few down before I ponted up without the mortar turning to dust because the suction had killed it..
as fr what made me feel good (aside from talking about bricks lol) I had rotator cuff surgery a few years back and havnt bothered to try to get my shoulder strong again or even just exercise and loosen it, but last night I enrolled at a gym and im gonna sort the bugger out over winter, as well as getting fitter and stronger. im 59 now and mates are dropping like flies around me. im going down fighting at least lol...
Ah the old WHS eh! Used to swing the 12inch Broadheel, that was before Marshalltown took over the market. I still have an old Work Hard n Starve in my tool bucket in the shed, although it is only about 8 inches long now and decidedly bull nosed. I still have a couple of old Marshalltowns in the bucket keeping it company. One with the leather ringed handle and one with the red plastic handle.
Hey Ogri WTF is going on? I see 10inch Marshalltowns are being used more and more nowadays, the brickys are obviously not on a price per thousand if they are using them little babys. But then on the other hand, you say you have rotation damage to your wrists, same as that, was diagnosed with rotation and impact damage about 8 years ago, they wanted to do bone fusion on both wrist over the course of a year so it would have be one handed for six month with each wrist, fuck that even at my old ripe age I still need to swop hands :eek
Plus it would at the very least hinder me from riding the old FZS with both wrists fused.As you say the old LBC dropped into the water butt used to sizzle as it took on water, leave it there for 3 minutes, fish it old and watch in dry in you hand as if by magic over 2 or 3 seconds.
During summer before knock off time I used to get Keith my Labradog to strip the poly from the pallets of LBC’s and spray them with copious amount of water to make them usable in the morning.
I remember doing soldier courses with contrasting LBC bricks and having to dip each one individually into a bucket of water a second before pugging it up and laying it. [
You remember the Golden Buff and the Dapple Grey LBC’s? Scaffolder only had to tap one when lowering the lift and bits of the face would fall off them, leaving Fletton pink chunks of brick showing. Fucking Hate them.
Ibstock are a great brick, they lay easy and look good when laid.
One other thing WTF is all this 25 Kilo bags of dust about? LOL! When we had dust delivered years ago stacked on a flat bed we used to lower out shoulder to the bed and the driver would lay two bags of dust on your shoulder stand up and march off to the cement shed with it, they were one hundredweight bags (112 pounds) each, that’s 224 pound weight, now they weigh 25 Kilo a bag = 55 pounds and you are only allowed to carry one FFS.
Hard hats and fluro waistcoats, keep your legs covered and no short sleeves, I hope you have steel toenails on. It’s gone mad.
:) :) bang on tommy. that which kept us fit and strong when we were younger is taking its toll now mate
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:'( I know
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I still can't work out how brickies can lay bricks in foccing gloves didn't even wear gloves when laying Staffordshire blues those used to wear holes in your finger ends, glad I'm retired now. We were topping out a 3 story gable when we took our hard hats off (middle of summer) site agent came and gave us a bo**ocking the only thing that would hit us up there was a plane told we him f8ck off, and lick em and stick em.
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I still can't work out how brickies can lay bricks in foccing gloves didn't even wear gloves when laying Staffordshire blues those used to wear holes in your finger ends, glad I'm retired now. We were topping out a 3 story gable when we took our hard hats off (middle of summer) site agent came and gave us a bo**ocking the only thing that would hit us up there was a plane told we him f8ck off, and lick em and stick em.
Staffy blues, fuck them things, 12 of them buggers in a hod you knew about it, how heavy :eek and how dry did the pug have to be. :'(
Yeah never understood the glove thing myself, I recall years ago a internal block called Lignacite that were made from cement and sawdust or fine wood chippings, if they were even in the slightest bit damp the tips of you fingers would be bleeding with a few hours after the midday mess hut session you had to wear Marigolds or you could not grip the because of the pain, but that was blocks I can not imaging spinning a brick around on a finger to select the face side with gloves on, let alone the buggers getting hung up on the line.
Modified: Just as i posted this I remembered a bricky (Jonny Ward) that I worked with many, many years ago (70's) that used to pick up and lay 6 inch (150mm) concrete blocks with one hand and would butter the end of the block while holding it. I'm afraid I was a two hander on 6 inch, but saying that I tried to move some 4 inch (100mm) blocks a couple of weeks ago as I was having a tidy up at the end of my back garden and there was now way I could pick one up one handed now, In fact I find them quite heavy two handed. That's 72 year old knackered wrists for you.
I dont feel 72 in my head and my friends say that the years have been kind to me and I think they have when I look at my old building mates, but the reality is after changing a light bulb at home I jump off the chair and almost shatter my frame when I hit the ground, there is no shock absorption left in my body and getting up off the floor nowadays is a major event, roll over into the kneeling position and slowly get up from there. If I came off the Fazer now I am sure i would end up in bits, don't bear thinking about.
And this post is called 'What Made You Feel Good Today' :'(
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lol im the same mate. I went back on site three years ago after the shoulder op, but all these three storey houses they build now have high density concrete blocks in he jack walls, and working off the deck on the ninth and final course I was pushing the mortar off the top of the eighth course coz I couldn't push it high enough with my weak shoulder. I was twice the age of the next oldest brickie in the gang (it was a 6 and 2 doing a lift a day), and trying to prove I could still cut it, but after three months the decision was made for me. Id been to thetford and paid fifty quid to take a fifty question test for my general site safety ticket, but it only lasted three months then I had to get a bricklaying specific one. conversation between me and the spotty young HSE officer on site went as follows..
HSE "you need to go back to Thetford and get your bricklaying site safety ticket..2
ME "Really? Christ anither fifty quid!!"
HSE "Actually its £1200 if you've never held one before, unless you can prove your qualifications"
ME "I did a three year ****ing apprenticeship with my dad in the seventies ..good enough?"
HSE" was it NVQ learning pathways?"
ME " Oooh..sounds pretty f***ing fancy...I have no idea what that is, though to be honest im fairly sure such a thing didn't exist back in the old days when you was judged on nothing more than how reliable and clean a trowel you was. It was City and guilds, which I thought was pretty much the benchmark"
HSE " Err no...not any more. the only way you could be accepted now was if you submit to ongoing NVQ site assesments of your work, which you'll have to pay for"
ME " Wel..B***ocks to that old son!. ...over the last forty years I've built more houses than you've had w**nks you irritating little twat...best for both of us I go back to jobbing I think…"
Im fairly sure he thought it was best I did too.. :)
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Being told I didn't need surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon.
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Being told I didn't need surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon.
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Ouch! I broke my ankle 2 years ago but I wasn't as lucky as you- I've got a plate and four screws in there now. Hope they've given you some strong painkillers!
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lol im the same mate. I went back on site three years ago after the shoulder op, but all these three storey houses they build now have high density concrete blocks in he jack walls, and working off the deck on the ninth and final course I was pushing the mortar off the top of the eighth course coz I couldn't push it high enough with my weak shoulder. I was twice the age of the next oldest brickie in the gang (it was a 6 and 2 doing a lift a day), and trying to prove I could still cut it, but after three months the decision was made for me. Id been to thetford and paid fifty quid to take a fifty question test for my general site safety ticket, but it only lasted three months then I had to get a bricklaying specific one. conversation between me and the spotty young HSE officer on site went as follows..
HSE "you need to go back to Thetford and get your bricklaying site safety ticket..2
ME "Really? Christ anither fifty quid!!"
HSE "Actually its £1200 if you've never held one before, unless you can prove your qualifications"
ME "I did a three year ****ing apprenticeship with my dad in the seventies ..good enough?"
HSE" was it NVQ learning pathways?"
ME " Oooh..sounds pretty f***ing fancy...I have no idea what that is, though to be honest im fairly sure such a thing didn't exist back in the old days when you was judged on nothing more than how reliable and clean a trowel you was. It was City and guilds, which I thought was pretty much the benchmark"
HSE " Err no...not any more. the only way you could be accepted now was if you submit to ongoing NVQ site assesments of your work, which you'll have to pay for"
ME " Wel..B***ocks to that old son!. ...over the last forty years I've built more houses than you've had w**nks you irritating little twat...best for both of us I go back to jobbing I think…"
Im fairly sure he thought it was best I did too.. :)
I left school in 1962 aged 15 did a year as an improver tool maker, but the soluble cutting oil did not suit me and made me poorly.
I then did a 6 month trial with a building company on approval as a bricklayer, then started a full apprenticeship in my trade, working 4 days a week on site and one day a week at Guildford Technical College.
My apprenticeship along with the 6 months approval was 3.5 years, I continued working for the company for a year after finishing my apprenticeship before going self employed and chasing the £'s from site to site.
My qualification now according to NVQ is worth very little, not that I give a toss one way or another as I haven't laid a brick now for 3 years and no one is going to offer an old git like me a start on a site now anyway. :lol
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Being told I didn't need surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon.
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Ouch! get well soon buddy.
I tore a flexor ligament in my right ankle a few years ago and was given a prosthetic ankle brace that I was supposed to wear for the rest of my time, I wore it for about 4 days and it rubbed in a couple of places, one place sore the other place bleeding, in the bin it went.
Was called back to Haslar Hospital a year later for a review and was asked how I got on with the Prosthetic brace, I told them I had stopped wearing it as it made me sore. They said bring it back next appointment and the can adjust it, I said that I did not really want it as I had learned coping strategies that got me by.
I was told to post it back to them, as it had cost almost £2.5K :eek to build it for me (I knew carbon was dear but WTF) they gave me a postage paid bag to return it.
I never went back again :lol
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This is making me feel good.Celticbiker -- ditch the meds and drink beer - or was that the thing that got you in plaster in the first place :lol
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Not Champagne in Sharp Hall! Sniff, very down market, common beer, dear Oh dear! :rollin :rollin :rollin
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Being told I didn't need surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon.
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Ouch! I broke my ankle 2 years ago but I wasn't as lucky as you- I've got a plate and four screws in there now. Hope they've given you some strong painkillers!
Thanx for the support guys. It's not broken though, managed to snap the achilles tendon.
Thought it was surgery for sure but the consultant said it could be fixed without.
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Today made me feel good. Today being the shortest day of the year meaning from now on its gonna get lighter each day.
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Great shout Mr Sharp.
Also, the weather forecast over the Christmas period looks quite promising so chance(s) for a rideout or two.
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A nice bowl o hame made Cullin Skink. Nothin like it.
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Fyne food :lol
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A nice bowl o hame made Cullin Skink. Nothin like it.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/824/40197149690_8d427bc6d5_c.jpg)
Recipe please :thumbup
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Fyne food ([url]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/lol.gif[/url])
It's still making me happy two days later.
Recipe please ([url]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/thumbup.gif[/url])
There's loads of recipes fae Cullen Skink, but I don't think you'll go wrong with this one;
https://www.nicknairncookschool.com/Recipes/View/Cullen-Skink/ (https://www.nicknairncookschool.com/Recipes/View/Cullen-Skink/)
And it's the only soup I actually go to the bother o making the stock.I use undied smoked Haddock from my local fishmonger.I couldn't get any fennel so I just used a stick of celery.
Without a doubt my favourite soup.
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I'm at 2 Burns' Nights next month, and I'll be having it at both (followed by the usual) :)
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Cannae wack Cullin Skink :)
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ermmm…"you certainly cannot beat a nice bit of fish"?
I can't be too far out with that translation mate ;)
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Nice start to the year................£50 from ERNIE£46 from Topcashback, which I had forgotten to claimSaved £100 by changing energy suppliers plus another £22 for using Topcashback£14.95 refund from LIDL for a complaint£50 from a survey group
A nice little earner and my car insurance is next for a hammering. :D