Tea? (Part 4)

[Mo1959]

I've seen an 82 year old, out in the fields digging drains with pick & shovel. None of this new technology for him whilst he could do it himself.

My dad was a fencing & drainage contractor and did much of his work by hand. Paying for it now mind you with crippling arthritis. No post chapper machines back then. I used to watch him swinging the mell round in circles and hitting the post square on every time, never splitting the post. The straining posts were dug with a long handled spade and he got them into position by hand. Although he had a JCB for digging the drains, it was still the clay pipes back then so he was down in cold damp drains laying them by hand.

 

[classic33]

My dad was a fencing & drainage contractor and did much of his work by hand. Paying for it now mind you with crippling arthritis. No post chapper machines back then. I used to watch him swinging the mell round in circles and hitting the post square on every time, never splitting the post. The straining posts were dug with a long handled spade and he got them into position by hand. Although he had a JCB for digging the drains, it was still the clay pipes back then so he was down in cold damp drains laying them by hand.

I'm only going back 10 -15 years.

 

[stephec]

I've seen an 82 year old, out in the fields digging drains with pick & shovel. None of this new technology for him whilst he could do it himself.

He'll pay for it when he gets old though.

Afternoon all, I've had a trip to sunny Leicester today.

 

[Fubar]

Ooooh @Fubar
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No ta - bit early for me...

 

[172traindriver]

Cake was tanned, could have done with more - though Club members were complaining at the end there was no savoury food Ye cannae feckin' win!!

Strange how they never volunteered though

 

[172traindriver]

No cough wotsoever!

No 40 a day habit then

 

[Fubar]

Strange how they never volunteered though

Indeed! Moaning gits. It's always the same people who step forward to volunteer, while the rest go out and "enjoy" themselves.

 

[172traindriver]

Cycled in 36°C, nay problem.

A man for all seasons is our Mr Classic

 

[172traindriver]

Lots of talk about broke backs, pulling, stuffing and smashing down the back doors on here today...

...if I had an imagination I might think you lot were being rude

Mr Fu you certainly have a vivid imagination

 

[172traindriver]

OY!, less of the "young man" bit.

No pleasing some

 

[172traindriver]

Set to be better than today!

If it comes

 

[172traindriver]

Ooooh @Fubar
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Go and sit in the corner Classic.
You know what that will do to poor Mr Fu

 

[172traindriver]

No ta - bit early for me...

What, you feeling ok?

 

[172traindriver]

Indeed! Moaning gits. It's always the same people who step forward to volunteer, while the rest go out and "enjoy" themselves.

Very true, my mate has organised a couple of audaxes and the amount of work that goes into it os unbelievable.
We all appreciate his efforts and how smoothly the events have run, but he tells us about how some people moan.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Numpty alert..
whats an Audax ride ..sportive is a short all levels race ,yes?